Lily Allen: angry at "f*cking patronising" magazine

i already liked Lily Allen, but those are pertinent and well placed comments.

she's fucking ace.

but she's making some vaild points here.

What the fuck is new rave?

makes me like her more. I know a lot of people hate her and her opinions but the Pitchfork interview especially showed her to be surprisingly intelligent and she usually (unlike say the Gallaghers) backs up her criticisms pretty well).

And she's responsible for my favourite quote of the year (from a Time Out London interview about um...London):

"You go to places like Los Angeles for instance, and you just go “Where’s all the old shit?”’"

That made me laugh.

to you Lily. I was never really a fan before but I have a whole new respect for you.

give me a break.

That Cool List was good after all. It should have been only a Top 1, not a Top 50. And at number 1 should have been Lily Allen.

Update the above article with a link to the Pitchfork interview, Mike...

I really do. But I like these comments

But I have some kind of new-found respect for her after reading this..

Nice one Lily! Too fucking right.

If i find out youve taken insurance with Shiela's Wheels or watch Loose Women though you've crossed the line! ;p

are awful, Karen-o can't sing and if she's going for the whole fashion rock thing she should really get a decent haircut (but talet is preferable)

VD

But then I was dubious when I saw its position within the daytime schedule

Imagine my disappointment when I first tuned in to Kirsty's Home Videos...

good things about lily allen:
her blog.
her general honesty and sanity.
she gives good interviews.

bad things about lily allen:
her music.

Can't she just go be a good kids tv presenter or somesuch instead...?!

McNicholas just got his River Island dressed arse served to him! AT LAST! I don't really like Lily's music much (although Smile was harmless enough weren't it?) but I love her "don't give a flying fuck" attitude. I hope this gets about.

today, i am wrong.

Lily Allen now gets a 10/10 rating on my profile. Even in spite of that "I believe that it's called al fresco" line.

I was not a fan of this girl.

but I'm totally converted now. ON THE NAIL OR WHAT? Hopefully if she manages to keep her gob shut then she might actually come out of this smelling of roses..

You're quite obviously not a man

...I meant put it in the actual article so as many people as possible see it!

Oof!

They've been around for 5 years
They've made 4 albums
Their sound has eveolved from being very bluesy punk 5 years ago to what it is now.
Even if you have just heard the last record their are songs that are more then 1 note riffs and disco high hats.

Sometimes I wish NME would stop writing about bands I like as it always leads to aimless drivel from too cool for school kids. It doesn't happen often but when it does this is always the result.

Plus Lily Allen is bang on.

1. matt bellamy
2. lily allen
3. musebass (chris?)
4. musedrums

i think she's trying to say they're 'idiots'

otherwise i agree with what she says :D

because he identified that the NME cool list means absolutely funk all.

i'll agree with lily allen. Well done.

The gossip are still shit though.

Been around 5 years huh? Four albums right?

And yet the magazine interviews, MTV videos and Tv appearances all start coming right at the moment they start sounding like an indentikit 'art' band.

I repeat: They'll be back to obscurity in a year.

..if "you can still rock a crowd when yr wearing stilletto's" is a "dangerously sexist remark" in todays society im never talking to another person.

It's incredibly patronising. This is 2006, dude.

'the gossip are the yeah yeah yeahs with a fat bird instead of a tranny'

Umm, not that I would expect anyone to realise it from reading the NME, but the Gossip have been around for a while now. I think their newest record's their best actually, but it's hardly a big stretch from their previous work. It's got more of a groove, but it's still minimal bluesy garage led by beefy riffs and a howlin' singer.

They are hardly, as you say, a "fad band." And what is that fad, might I ask?

I live in Canada and to anyone with an ear to the underground, they haven't been "obscure" since well, before they signed to Kill Rock Stars. Then again, they're hardly a hyped up phenomena over here. We don't quite work on the same level that the UK press does...

I'm also a little disappointed that most people are fickle enough to like someone just because they slag off NME on a myspace blog. It doesn't take a genius.

minus the lily allen. and dom before chris. otherwise...mmmmm.

"i'd much rather look at muse any day of the week"

did you read her comments?

the reason the nme is such a fucking abomination is because of people like yourself

That's not ironic.

the gossip are hardly a fad band. they have been around since 1999 and pre-date the yeah yeah yeahs. i think you have your critique arse about tit.

I think the two of you should get it on! You could yank each other off while discussing how much fat girls and girls who look a bit like boys disgust you.

both bands are shit as ... art rock is so fucking style over content ... i just wish they would write some tunes

lilly allen was write about NME she is better off out of it

I would rather hear about Metric then the gossip... heard the album and its crap

metric pisses on it plus the lead singer is not going to die of a heart attack by the time she is 40

but ive got to agree with her there.
although she shouldnt let the NME get to her to be honest...theyve always been offensive.
ive said it before and ill say it again 'gender is not a genre'
although some people still insist that it is.

have a 'girl issue' at some point.
its downright offensive.
could you imagine if they started doing 'boys that rock!' issues of magazines?
it just would never happen

Oh my God! A band have performed and released material for a length of time before attaining mainstream popularity.

Thank you for your flash of the bleeding obvious and refer to my other posts.

that Lily Allen really is one of the coolest girl's ever

all so fickle. if she didnt care about it, then why would she spend time writing a blog about it, or just keep her opinions discreet. Yet again, people play into her hands. Ridiculous

what?

Where does anyone say she doesn't care about it?

she doesn't care about the list. The rant itself is about NME as a magazine and their editor's patronising stance towards women in rock.

I don't like what I've heard of her music and until now thought she was another manufactured pop idiot, but I'm full of respect for her after reading this and the Pitchfork interview.

Lily Allen has a greater independent mindset than 95% of bands covered on this site. Good on her.