The interesting thing is: why is it so easy to claim a musician nasty and arrogant? Why did never anybody think about nasty and arrogant music managers behind the scenes? Or TV or radio producers? Haines is not the only one to write about things like that: so did Lemmy Kilmister, so did Tommy Lee, so did Ozzy, so did Keith Richards, etc.... Think about one fact not to be discussed: first there were the musicians making music, any image fall into place later, very often created by someone else!
So, Luke is an arse? Jagger, Gallagher, Weller, Richards, Lennon - 5 talented wankers. Personally, I'd put Luke up there with all of them. Can't blame the guy for having an attitood - I'd be kinda chippy, too, churning out quality LP after quality LP & getting fuckall in return. From The Auteurs to Black Box Recorder to (the incredible) Baader Meinhof one-off . . . top, top drawer, folks. BUY his new album. BUY his back catalogue. BUY his book. Give the guy a break. And, Lenny Valentino is 2:32 of perfection.
Nasty and arrogant people in the music business?? Surely not... Actually, I think there were probably a few of those, but there's not many could write a song with the intelligence and wit of Luke Haines. ..
Thanks for posting this!
a class act
Still love them very much!
good stuff...one of their best songs>
Inimitably delicious music!! All hail Haines in this blistering performance!
The interesting thing is: why is it so easy to claim a musician nasty and arrogant? Why did never anybody think about nasty and arrogant music managers behind the scenes? Or TV or radio producers? Haines is not the only one to write about things like that: so did Lemmy Kilmister, so did Tommy Lee, so did Ozzy, so did Keith Richards, etc.... Think about one fact not to be discussed: first there were the musicians making music, any image fall into place later, very often created by someone else!
So, Luke is an arse? Jagger, Gallagher, Weller, Richards, Lennon - 5 talented wankers. Personally, I'd put Luke up there with all of them. Can't blame the guy for having an attitood - I'd be kinda chippy, too, churning out quality LP after quality LP & getting fuckall in return. From The Auteurs to Black Box Recorder to (the incredible) Baader Meinhof one-off . . . top, top drawer, folks. BUY his new album. BUY his back catalogue. BUY his book. Give the guy a break. And, Lenny Valentino is 2:32 of perfection.
Nasty and arrogant people in the music business?? Surely not... Actually, I think there were probably a few of those, but there's not many could write a song with the intelligence and wit of Luke Haines. ..
...Luke Haines is God!....and I've got the Lord Lucan mugs (and BBR) to prove it..