Noel Gallagher Hits Out At X Factor & Dannii Minogue
Oasis star, Noel Gallagher has taken yet another swipe at reality TV, the X Factor in particular.
Noel has criticised the show for having “nothing to do with music” and accused judge Dannii Minogue of not knowing talent when it hits her in the arse.
Gallagher, 41, told the Radio Times: “If somebody is dangling this carrot of ‘fame and fortune’ in front of a check-out girl from Barnsley who can sing like Britney Spears then they’re going to go for it.”
He continued: “But it seems to bring on instant mental illness. You’re going in at the top, with a number one that sells 750,000 or whatever and you’ve got someone like Dannii Minogue telling you you’re really talented – and if there’s one person in the room who wouldn’t know talent if it kicked them in the a*** it’s Dannii Minogue.
“You spend a year slogging around the country and then what? You can’t go back to Barnsley and be a check-out girl ‘cos that would look bad.
“So you end up either trying to be an actress or trying to sustain your profile by going on celebrity shows.”
He added: “Instead of instant fame and celebrity and all your ex-boyfriends and girlfriends coming out of the cupboard and your family being ripped apart, the prize ought to be, ‘I’ll introduce you to someone who might introduce you to someone who might, if you’re very lucky, know a producer who’d record one of your songs’. That’s the only way to make any money.”
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Well the voice of reason. Who would have thought it?
I agree, there is nothing to beat the long and winding road for regional singers and musicians. unfortunately its a hard one and many give up struggling to make ends meet. Thats why competitions are dangling a carrot, it does give someone a chance to ‘make it’ without having to finance and really work towards that goal.
Giving someone a chance comes at a cost, the cost of yes poor quality tv invading our living rooms and having to spend some pennies voting, but I think the main worry is whether the gates to opportunity have ever been ope n int the first place. So until more artists than a smattering make it through into the music industry every year competitions like the X factor will flourish.
Maureen
Newcastle.
That’s a bit picky.
Who’s Simon Cowell if he’s not the person who’s a known music genious you “might meet if you’re very lucky be a producer to record one of your songs.”
That just sounds like a whining grudge to me.