Ah, the stuff of legend....
A few weeks ago the creators of that silly musical show Glee -- the one everyone seems to enjoy because they do what I deem to be shite versions of what are generally considered pop staples -- asked Southern rock band Kings Of Leon if they could rework or revamp some of their material for a future episode.
The Brothers and Cousin Followill at the time declined, saying they would not allow that to happen as they had never seen the show. It was not a rude response and there was no sarcasm involved, for the Kings Of Leon don't spend every waking hour glued to a television screen Tivo-ing Glee between tour stops. However, this appears to have been an obvious affront and sin as the creator of Glee, Ryan Murphy, told Hollywood Reporter that the band were assholes and told the group to basically go perform an act of self-love on themselves.
Word of the reply got back to the band, who proceeded to reply via Twitter in what I thought was a humorous way, especially when somebody is calling you an asshole. The post, which has since been removed, basically told Murphy to go get a manicure, wear a bra and calm down.
Murphy -- obviously somebody who can dole out criticism but cannot be one to take it -- has since replied saying the band is homophobic and the band has apologized if anybody took offence by it.
I take offence at the fact that a popular television series which will be off the air in five years (or less) believes they rule the roost and can tell or bully an artist into doing what they want. If the artist wants to do it, then that is their choice. If they don't want to do it, then calling somebody out because of it probably goes to show that Murphy might just be more of said a-hole than the four members of Kings Of Leon can ever aspire to be.
Murphy also was quoted as saying Guns N Roses/Slash's Snakepit/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash was stupid, as he too turned the television show down by saying Glee was basically a poor man's version of Grease, and to him Grease was not the greatest.
Hopefully these artists are the first of many.....
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