Bloke Party: Kele lays into the Gallaghers
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Bloc Party's Kele Okereke has laid a myriad of societal ills at the door of popular ladrock outfit Oasis.
Aside from simply being "over-rated", Okereke told Uncut that the "pernicious" band had endangered British music, national intelligence and the entire working class.
"I think Oasis are the most over-rated and pernicious band of all time. They had a totally negative and dangerous impact upon the state of British music.
"They have made stupidity hip. They claim to be inspired by the Beatles but, and this so saddens me, they have failed to grasp that the Beatles were about constant change and evolution. Oasis are repetitive Luddites."
Bish, bash, bosh! Strong words, but part of me thinks the Mancunians would agree. Asked about comments made regarding his band back in April 2005, in which Oasis' Liam said they looked like they'd walked off the set of University Challenge, Kele continued to rail:
"Well, it's quite funny. It probably would have been a lot more funny had he not used exactly the same words to describe Travis a couple of years ago.
"Having said that, it's probably a very sad indication of the state of his mind.
"Why is it bad to better yourself? It's all about the weird way in which this country chooses to view the working classes. It is really daft to reinforce the idea that there is something cool about being dumb.
Kele was studying English Lit at Kings College before quitting to concentrate on Bloc Party, but will leave these shores as soon as his band cease operation. Why?
"The idea that your ambitions shouldn't extend beyond getting pissed and watching the football really irks me. It's this idea that to be authentically working class you need to be untainted by the airy-fairy ephemera of education. And it seems to be pretty unique to this country."
Drugs!
"Can there be anyone out there who has never had a line?" Kele said in regards to the media's reaction to Kate Moss' cocaine-gate.
"Everyone I know has done it. Cocaine can be very attractive, very seductive. But for me it's bad news because that drug can really damage your voice.
"The drug I do enjoy taking is ecstasy, which gives a real sense of euphoria."
Who's side/what drugs do you take? DiScuss.
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I think you'll find
the singer out of Starsailor had a go a few years back. They're now residing in the where are they now file. I fear for Kele, I really do. He's gonna be mincemeat.
can't read article
laughing too much at photo.
what's taking him so long?
*ctrl r*
!
I can image Oasis' response will be somthing along the lines of "ooooggaaaoooggga...brahhhhh!!!!". Probably in next weeks NME.
Everything he said is true, well done sir Okereke.
Pointless argument
really.
Bloc Party and Oasis are two of my favourite bands. Is that allowed? Not according to this "debate" it isn't...
hot air swapping really
Fair points made by Kele, but to deduce the inferences implied by Liam to go that deep is giving too much credit to Mr Gallagher!
Not only
did Bloc Party put out an absolute shitty album, now they're having a go at Oasis like the average 3 grade indie schmuck would.
Aren't they getting a bit nervous about AWITC's reviews???
Liam and Noel
grew up in a house with no carpets. Their mum made Jaffa Cakes for McVitie's and their dad worked on building sites - when he wasn't beating up his kids. Neither were academically bright so they left school with no qualifications, but instead of settling for a life of mundane jobs or petty crime they became world famous rock'n'roll stars.
If Kele thinks that celebrates stupidity, he's the stupid one, not Noel and Liam.
Nah, Noel will say something genuinely witty
to make Kele look like the pompous arse he really is.
What exactly are Bloc Party saying with their music that's so earth-shatteringly original and important that without it humanity would crumble into the sea?
Good point, The_Glory
I think Kele is right about how dumb and depressing tabloid culture is, but it's hardly fair to blame Oasis for that. Noel Gallagher is obviously bright and funny, and his own past comments make it clear that he knows Oasis ran out of ideas 11 years ago.
'Pernicious'?
Last time I heard someone using that word was Gene Wilder on Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory discussing Knids.
He later described Bloc Party as 'Scrumdiddly-pissants'.
Noel only needed one idea.
It was that good.
very odd
he has a dig at oasis for being dumb, and then rehashes one of their most famously dumb statements...
"Can there be anyone out there who has never had a line?"
Even allowing him to overlook the over-50s (c'mon, what's the chance of grandad doing coke?) That statement always screams RICH CELBERITY BUBBLE, I LIVE IN A RICH CELEBRITY BUBBLE.
Never done coke, never even been offered it - and no, i've not lived a withdrawn dull life. Just live beyond the horizon of Kele's limited perception.
what a twat.
music with no brain
oasis always been shit.
"it's bad news because that drug can really damage your voice"
your voice could do with some serious damaging buddy. might make it sound better than the earnest whine you currently subject us to. i don't know who i hate more (musically) the brothers Gallagher or laugh-a-minute Kele.
his argument here is fairly sound, right up until the "who hasn't had a line?" comment. for someone who thinks of himself as a commentator on society he appears know fuck all about the people who live outside his little bubble of Londoner indie-fame or whatever. i don't think i've ever heard a more ridiculous sentence from any of the parties involved in this joshing, and yup, i include the entire lyric back-catalogue of Oasis in that
!
Such as..."they look like they just came off the set of University Challange."
Pure wit.
Also, I love when people confuse the musicians with the music they make.
That was Liam.
And he didn't use those exact words. It was funny the way he worded it. Natural wit, see.
And who's confused? Not me. At least I can answer straight forward questions.
They aren't running the country, you div.
They're just singing. And if you were any more of a Daily Mail reading snob you'd actually be living in Surbiton next door to Felicity Kendall in 1975.
*raises hand*
I've never had a line.
You forgot Arctic Monkeys.
Better than Bloc Party by a trillion light years. Another band Kele has slagged off for being stupid, by the way.
How radical
to have a go at Oasis. What will he do next? Tell us he hates marmite? The world's ears are pricked!
cock
what always bothers me most about cocaine (besides the fact it seems to turn people into even more vain and shallow versions of themselves) is the effect buying and using it has on a) our culture and b) the places where it's grown and the people who import it. what kind of angst-ridden left-wing liberalista like kele doesn't take these things into account? his main problem is something useless like 'it's bad for my voice'.
cock.
You're all idiots.
Liam sits there, and says about five words. 'They look like University Challenge contestents.'.
And suddenly, everyone's up in arms. The fact Kele responded to this clear provocation is ridiculous of him. Liam's done it to get a rise, and guess what, Kele's taken the bait.
Its like me and DiS. Leave one post in a thread, and watch all hell break loose, from people who claim to be more intelligent than the instigator.
Guess what? Liam's the genius. Kele and everyone else crying about it are the chimp-brained fools.
Wake up.
Doesn't matter.
Franz Ferdinand did what everyone of these idiotic Southern twats should have done, and laughed it off with ease. Alex just said 'Well, if that's his opinion, fair enough.'
Its like that wanker from Klaxons at the NME awards. 'We're glad you hate us Noel.'
Get off the stage, you embarrassing nobody.
i don't think
you can blame Starsailor's downfall on Liam/Noel insulting them.
musicians
especially those in the media, should never talk about what drugs they take. Do they not realise how many easy influenced kids are going to absorb what is said? I realise a lot of the responsibility is on the editor of the article and the publisher of the magazine/whatever, but it's silly. There was an article in kerrang a few years ago that centred around Bert McCracken saying he loved being off his tits on mushrooms....
I might sound like an old cunt but it's irresponsibly to print things like that.
Huff.
Hooray!
It's The_Glory, back again to stand up for the underdog, for honesty, fairness and justice on the DiS boards.
Oh, wait...
'scuse me
but what exactly is "genius" about trying to get a rise out of people? What's good about trying to upset people, annoy me, generally be a complete arsehole?
Have I missed the memo to the British public where we were told that being shits was good?
Seriously, Kele's got every right to respond if someone insults him. It doesn't do any good, but it's still his right.
So, to sum up, all musicians who spend any portion of their time insulting others, trying to deflect notice from their inept, appalling music by saying "X is a cunt" or somesuch needs to piss off and concentrate on making their over-hyped, over-rated, over-sexed band less interminably shit. YOU SHOULD HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR TIME
i always thought bloc party were anti- drugs
that's one of the reasons i like them so much, they seemed to be an alternative from all the pete doherty/ libertines/let's all take drugs shiteness. that and of course their music is a million times better than bands like that.
i still like them but that ecstasy comment at the bottom kind of lets me down.
true.
cocaine is horrible. i've found that the people who take it have no personality when they're not on it. and i get the feeling that kele was talking about ecstasy with the air of chemistry student who has never experienced true euphoria.
methinks he's trying to gain some credibility, but is looking even more twattier.
Yup
...
no
it really is euphoric.
or can be, at least.
get off
the forum, you embarrassing nobody.
oi The Glory
Come here. No closer. Little bit closer. Just a teeeny bit more...OASIS ARE FUCKIN SHITE!
Same question
This time at Oasis
2 words
brian hervey....ta ta kele ta ta


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