Damon Albarn Slams X Factor
Damon Albarn has recently slammed ITV’s X Factor in a massive outburst. The ex Blur and current Gorrillaz front man has compared the contestants on Simon Cowell’s hit show as Cows being packed off to the slaughter house!
When asked about the popstar searching show he didn’t hold back with his comments claiming “It’s not good because, though from time to time they may stumble across a beautiful voice, they put them through a food processor and make them fast food.”A cow is definitely a more beautiful thing before it hits the hamburger factory.”
He continued to rant “I think music would be totally fine and in a healthy state if people weren’t so preoccupied with celebrity. – There is potential for insane cross-fertilisation but there’s this sort of malignant tumour that keeps growing, very much based on a few TV and record executives practising this dark art of the television show.”
Damon made his way to fame in the music industry after coming out of a music college in Essex then forming Blur who later become a major role in the whole Brit Pop era through the 90’s along with Oasis.
In fact Damon’s comments reflect some of the quotes that where made by Noel Gallagher when he was questioned on these types of shows. Along with a load of reasons why the X-Factor is “S***e” Gallagher claimed that the show is nothing about the contestants and only about Simon Cowell.
Damon is currently on tour with the Gorrillaz in the US and was also questioning the treatment that the X-Factor hopefuls get. “They do things to these kids. They play with their bodies and their faces. They just bleach and sanitise everything about them and that’s a very potent aspirational aspect of our society”.
It’s a good thing that both Damon’s bands are very popular already and it is doubtful they will ever need to get publicity from millions of viewers via these kinds of shows.
