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The BBC gave a heads-up this morning to a page on the Irish Times. Chris de Burgh finally had one too many negative reviews and blew his top.

It's a gem.

Chris de Burgh sees red - The Irish Times - Fri, Sep 11, 2009

I'm with Peter Crawley

link doesn't work for me..

flopstock;1240848 wrote: link doesn't work for me..


I'm distressed to hear it floppy. One hears of bits of the Internet that don't talk to other bits on occasion because of routing errors, maybe that's cropped up on your patch.

Here's a taster:Being a theatre critic and not a music critic, you must have strayed into the Gaiety by mistake last Monday night, possibly looking for the rear entrance to Neary’s pub, but you certainly arrived with the word “prejudice burned into your furrowed brow. How it must have galled you to hear the rapturous welcome I received at the start of the show; how you must have writhed at every standing ovation; how you must have cringed at every call of “Chris, we love you; how you must have felt isolated as the audience rose to their feet as one, singing, dancing and shouting out for more; how you must have growled to yourself as you left, surrounded by so many happy people, to make your curmudgeonly way to the safety of the street outside. You really should look up the word “entertainment again, you might be surprised to see that it is all about people having a GOOD TIME!!

Good for Chris de Burgh! :yh_clap:yh_clap:yh_clap

So many critics think that to critique actually means to criticise!

And to criticise negatively rather than constructively.

Chris de Burgh has not only shown that he can out-sing this creepy Crawley, he is also a much better wordsmith too.

spot;1240833 wrote: The BBC gave a heads-up this morning to a page on the Irish Times. Chris de Burgh finally had one too many negative reviews and blew his top.

It's a gem.

Chris de Burgh sees red - The Irish Times - Fri, Sep 11, 2009
I must admit that I would rather stick pins in my eyes than listen to Chris De Burgh... why Is It so funny when an artiste gets ripped to shreds?

Perhaps De Burgh should take some tips from Jean Jaques Burnel who after a negative review, kidnapped the journalist, stripped him naked and tied him upside down from the Eiffell tower.

"Initially bracketed with punk, the Stranglers owed as much to their pub-rock background and it soon emerged that they were older and more knowing than their teenage contemporaries. Nevertheless, their first album, Rattus Norvegicus, was greeted with enthusiasm by the rock press and sold extremely well. The blasphemous lyrics of "Hanging Around" and the gruesome imagery of "Down In The Sewer" seemingly proved less acceptable than the women-baiting subject matter of their next single, "Peaches". Banned by BBC radio, the song still charted thanks to airplay for the b-side, "Go Buddy Go". Rather than bowing to the feminist criticisms levelled against them, the band subsequently compounded the felony by introducing strippers at a Battersea Park, London concert (though male strippers were also present). Journalists were treated in an even more cavalier fashion, and the band members were renowned for their violent antics against those who opposed them (karate black belt Burnel would attack writer Jon Savage after one unhelpful review). Having initially alienated the press, their work was almost universally derided thereafter.

The public kept faith, however, and ensured that the Stranglers enjoyed a formidable run of hits over the next few years. The lugubrious protest "Something Better Change", and the faster-paced "No More Heroes" both reached the UK Top 10, while "5 Minutes" and "Nice 'N' Sleazy' each entered the Top 20.

Perhaps Chris should use similar tactics... that would shut them up.

oscar;1240868 wrote: I must admit that I would rather stick pins in my eyes than listen to Chris De Burgh... why Is It so funny when an artiste gets ripped to shreds?

Perhaps De Burgh should take some tips from Jean Jaques Burnel who after a negative review, kidnapped the journalist, stripped him naked and tied him upside down from the Eiffell tower.



"Initially bracketed with punk, the Stranglers owed as much to their pub-rock background and it soon emerged that they were older and more knowing than their teenage contemporaries. Nevertheless, their first album, Rattus Norvegicus, was greeted with enthusiasm by the rock press and sold extremely well. The blasphemous lyrics of "Hanging Around" and the gruesome imagery of "Down In The Sewer" seemingly proved less acceptable than the women-baiting subject matter of their next single, "Peaches". Banned by BBC radio, the song still charted thanks to airplay for the b-side, "Go Buddy Go". Rather than bowing to the feminist criticisms levelled against them, the band subsequently compounded the felony by introducing strippers at a Battersea Park, London concert (though male strippers were also present). Journalists were treated in an even more cavalier fashion, and the band members were renowned for their violent antics against those who opposed them (karate black belt Burnel would attack writer Jon Savage after one unhelpful review). Having initially alienated the press, their work was almost universally derided thereafter.

The public kept faith, however, and ensured that the Stranglers enjoyed a formidable run of hits over the next few years. The lugubrious protest "Something Better Change", and the faster-paced "No More Heroes" both reached the UK Top 10, while "5 Minutes" and "Nice 'N' Sleazy' each entered the Top 20.



Perhaps Chris should use similar tactics... that would shut them up.Please post a link to all articles.

Link to the above article;

The Stranglers

abbey;1240912 wrote: Please post a link to all articles.

Link to the above article;

The Stranglers
I knew I'd get you to google The Stranglers one day :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

oscar;1240967 wrote: I knew I'd get you to google The Stranglers one day :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
:yh_rotfl

Bugger.