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And Finally
Glee update: Kings Of Leon still out, Scissor Sisters maybe in
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 27 January 2011
‘Glee’ creator Ryan Murphy has belatedly commented on that previously reported quote from Kings Of Leon bassist Jared Followill, who told the NME last August that he and the band had turned down the chance to have their music in the show, saying: “We could have sold out so much more. We turn stuff down constantly”.
This week, Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter: “Fuck you, Kings Of Leon. They’re self-centred assholes and they missed the big picture. They missed that a seven 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. It’s like, OK, hate on arts education. You can make fun of ‘Glee’ all you want, but at its heart, what we really do is turn kids on to music”.
Also responding to negative comments from Slash in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Murphy said: “Usually I find that people who make those comments, their careers are over; they’re uneducated and quite stupid”.
Wow, it’s not often you find yourself siding with the Followill clan, but that Ryan Murphy sounds like a bit of a dick. Anyway, KOL frontman Caleb Followill responded: “This whole ‘Glee’ thing is a shock to us. It’s gotten out of hand. At the time of the request, we hadn’t even seen the show. It came at the end of that record cycle, and we were over promoting. This was never meant as a slap in the face to ‘Glee’ or to music education or to fans of the show. We’re not sure where the anger is coming from”.
In more upbeat ‘Glee’ news, one of the show’s star’s, Chris Colfer, has said that he is “campaigning to get a Scissor Sisters episode”. Following this, someone set up a Facebook page for said campaign, which has now attracted almost 5000 people.
Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears said yesterday: “This campaign to get us on ‘Glee’ is awesome, we’re very appreciative to the fans and we love the show! We’ve been into it since it first aired, and then got to meet Chris Colfer and some of the ‘Glee’ cast on Jonathan Ross last year. Chris comes to our shows and feels a real connection with the band and I think he sees a proper fit between [the show’s] aesthetic and a lot of our music. I know this would be a blast for the band, fingers crossed!”
