This Just In: Ryan Murphy is a huge bitch
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This Just In: Ryan Murphy is a huge bitch
A.K.A. Glee Boss Ryan Murphy Blasts Kings Of Leon, Slash for Snubbing Show
From TV Line:
Link: http://www.tvline.com/2011/01/glee-r...of-leon-slash/
Glad some artists are saying no to this show. It's telling how few must be, though, if Ryan feels as if he has to go off the rails on the ones who do.
From TV Line:
Glee creator Ryan Murphy has two choice words for one of the bands that has kept their music off the Fox hit — and they aren’t “Forget You.”
“F— you, Kings of Leon,” Murphy says, recalling how the Grammy-winning rockers denied Glee‘s request to cover “Use Somebody.”
“They’re self-centered a–holes, and they missed the big picture,” Murphy continues, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter. “They missed that a 7-year-old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make them want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument…. You can make fun of Glee all you want, but at its heart, what we really do is turn kids on to music.”
Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill responded, “This was never meant as a slap in the face to Glee or to music education or to fans of the show…. We just said no to a license for a TV show, which we do a lot.”
Murphy also took Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash to task for comments he made in a recent interview. “Glee is worse than Grease and Grease is bad enough,” Slash told EW. “Actually, I look at Grease now and think: Between High School Musical and Glee, Grease was a brilliant work of art.”
Murphy’s take: “Usually I find that people who make those comments, their careers are over; they’re uneducated and quite stupid.”
Missing from this fray: Gorillaz, the “virtual band” that somewhat famously (foolishly?) turned down a Glee overture that never happened nor was to ever come.
“F— you, Kings of Leon,” Murphy says, recalling how the Grammy-winning rockers denied Glee‘s request to cover “Use Somebody.”
“They’re self-centered a–holes, and they missed the big picture,” Murphy continues, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter. “They missed that a 7-year-old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make them want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument…. You can make fun of Glee all you want, but at its heart, what we really do is turn kids on to music.”
Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill responded, “This was never meant as a slap in the face to Glee or to music education or to fans of the show…. We just said no to a license for a TV show, which we do a lot.”
Murphy also took Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash to task for comments he made in a recent interview. “Glee is worse than Grease and Grease is bad enough,” Slash told EW. “Actually, I look at Grease now and think: Between High School Musical and Glee, Grease was a brilliant work of art.”
Murphy’s take: “Usually I find that people who make those comments, their careers are over; they’re uneducated and quite stupid.”
Missing from this fray: Gorillaz, the “virtual band” that somewhat famously (foolishly?) turned down a Glee overture that never happened nor was to ever come.
Glad some artists are saying no to this show. It's telling how few must be, though, if Ryan feels as if he has to go off the rails on the ones who do.
