It's odd, isn't it, how you can sometimes find yourself with a grudging respect for someone you previously had no time for?
Like when Michael Winner called Richard Littlejohn an "arsehole" on live television, thereby almost redeeming himself after producing years of misogynist hateful rubbish.
Almost.
A similar thing has happened with Matt Bellamy of rocker-types Muse. Hecklerspray, you see, hasn't really seen eye to eye with Muse in the past – mainly because they're a bunch of wailing unoriginal prog-borers who no doubt foam with excitement whenever they're within thirty feet of a Pink Floyd record.
And now? Now we're going to add them to our Christmas card list. Why? Because – unlike so many publicity-seeking celebrity idiots – they're one of the first people to actually question the logic of holding a gigantic energy-devouring concert in order to 'tackle' climate change.
We're talking, of course, about Live Earth – officially all set to be the hypocritical ego-fuelled all-star shindig of the summer.
What's that? Elton John – a man who used to spend £100,000 a day on flowers – telling the world how much he hates poverty? Get with it, Grandad – that's so 2005! This year we're all looking forward to Madonna waggling her finger in our faces and telling us how dreadfully naughty we all are at one of the Live Earth concerts.
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy shared his thoughts:
"Private jets for climate change, not sure about it that seems to be a bit on edge really- that's an issue really, so we need to think about it!"
Ashok Sinah, director of Stop Climate Chaos, has leapt to the defence of the soon-to-be-assembled pop stars, however:
"They have to reduce carbon emissions, we have to do reduce carbon emissions, and in just the same way that we may look at a pop star and say, ‘you use more carbon than I do,' then people from Africa could look at us and think we don't go flying around everywhere, I have met people in Africa who haven't even made a phone call let alone get on a plane."
To which three responses immediately spring to mind:
a) Yes, we do all have to reduce carbon emissions, and therefore should have better things to worry about than arranging a nice big pop concert,
b) While we do over-consume in our society, there's a fair bit of difference between our mate Dave leaving his Volvo running for five minutes and Bono chartering a private jet simply to fly his hat back from New York,
and c) stop being such a patronising dick.
Anyway – we're going to have go now. Apparently Razorlight are on the phone with the solution to the Middle East Crisis, and we're due for a meeting with Robbie Williams about how best to tackle the problem of growing gang culture within poverty-stricken urbanised communities.
Should have it all sorted by lunchtime, mind.
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Shiver says
I applaud hecklerspray’s ability to decipher the language those two are speaking. Without the ‘spray, I honestly would have no idea what they are babbling about.
Crown Lion says
Check it out – 24 hour Global Powerdown – 7am on 7.7.07
Jon says
write a song .0000001% as one of theirs and then you can criticize them you ignorant idiot. Music evolves over time, and Muse is helping break out of the craptastic bands out there today
jack says
muse are GREAT!!! i agree with jon
Vershay says
I am insulted. Muse are great. Matt Bellamy is the best singer ever and …. I am so insulted. Also, they are all very down to earth, and make proper music unlike that rap shit. And they like a laugh. So what?
‘Hecklerspray, you see, hasn’t really seen eye to eye with Muse in the past – mainly because they’re a bunch of wailing unoriginal prog-borers who no doubt foam with excitement whenever they’re within thirty feet of a Pink Floyd record.’
Hm. They are not unoriginal. The music most likely you like is rubbish.
megan says
agree!