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Post by jayfreeman on May 24, 2014 16:05:16 GMT
Well, not everybody in the press is against Kasabian;) Here is an interview to a russian sport magazine sports.ru. It is called "Kasabian: Fernando Torres said he loved our music and after that Spain won World Championship". I do not know if english translation is available on the net, but if somebody is interested, let me know - i can try to translate or something. It is a sport magazine and the journalist specializes in English football, so the big part of the interview is about football. Except for Torres, Sergio speaks about his and Tom's passion for Leicester City FC and football in general, about performing on stadia, playing Kasabian song when Leicester scores, etc. And of course a part of the interview is about the new album, inspirations, gig expectations, etc. |
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Post by zeneo on May 24, 2014 16:13:09 GMT
They aren't against them because they are not some UK or US Magazine, who take bands for granted. And yes, they appreciate them.
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Post by jayfreeman on May 24, 2014 16:31:03 GMT
Well, you are right in many ways. In UK you have (alternative) rock bands on every street corner - almost every week I learn a new one. By the way it means you have to be truly exceptional to separate youself from all of them. And some people (including press) do take them for granted.
But there are also a lot of magazines who are also trying to separate themselves from the other, so they use all kind of tricks including fabricating rumours. Usually it works well for both sides, because some artists are interested in scandals as well. Kasabian are becoming too famous, and this is the other side of the medal.
In Russia not all of the press are exactly saints as well, but it is very clearly devided into yellow press, which is for idiots, and the rest, which you can trust a little. Luckely Kasabian have only come across the second category in Russia so far.
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Post by zeneo on May 24, 2014 17:04:23 GMT
I do understand that. But something inside me doesn't want me to believe Kasabian want to be really that famous. TBH, Serge is that kind of a guy who would put out a new album, tour, make fans happy and then walk into his Leicester mansion. And TBH, I hate how they scrutinise Tom most of the time
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Post by cuttoff on May 24, 2014 17:33:56 GMT
In all fairness, it's a very very neutral article, nothing special to be honest, just your usual standard questions about football and an obligatory Noel Gallagher one.
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Post by jayfreeman on May 24, 2014 18:34:10 GMT
I do understand that. But something inside me doesn't want me to believe Kasabian want to be really that famous. TBH, Serge is that kind of a guy who would put out a new album, tour, make fans happy and then walk into his Leicester mansion. And TBH, I hate how they scrutinise Tom most of the time Oh, no, i don't think Serge wants to be famous. He doesn't seem to care about these things. But he is famous now, and has to deal with the press one way or another. And looks like he doesn't always likes it. The problem of the press is that they often do not see the difference between pseudo-celebs, who are famous for being famous and are desperately tring to stay that way, and people who just want to do their thing. In this case making music. Some journalists want to score on other's fame, like in this case trying to turn Serge and Tom against each other and make a sensation of it. So what really irritates me - why do this with everybody? Do this staff with Miley Sirus or someone like this - they will gladly participate and even contribute. It looks like Tom and Serge can deal with this at the moment. "Ignore" approach is probably the best one, because i do not want them to become like John Frusciante, who became sick of all of it and almost turned into a hermit. |
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Post by jayfreeman on May 24, 2014 18:37:15 GMT
In all fairness, it's a very very neutral article, nothing special to be honest, just your usual standard questions about football and an obligatory Noel Gallagher one. Nothing special indeed, neutral questions as well, but at least they did not ask when Kasabian are going to split up or something. To be clear - this magazine even didn't have any business interviewing Kasabian, but they took the opportunity just to meet them, because some of them are fans. Sounds like taking advantage of their position, but i would do it as well to be honest;) |
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Post by cuttoff on May 24, 2014 19:17:07 GMT
My favourite bit in the article was Serge's beautiful pic  |
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Post by jayfreeman on May 24, 2014 19:43:18 GMT
My favourite bit in the article was Serge's beautiful pic This is excatly why i posted the link;) |
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Post by zeneo on May 24, 2014 20:54:07 GMT
I think anyone can be in the press? I believe they are not aware what to ask and end up with football and Gallagher. There was this beautiful interview long back with Sergio talking about his guitars, thought process, etc. You can find it with the search term Sergio Pizzorno Rickenbacker
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Post by jayfreeman on May 25, 2014 14:42:27 GMT
I think anyone can be in the press? I believe they are not aware what to ask and end up with football and Gallagher. There was this beautiful interview long back with Sergio talking about his guitars, thought process, etc. You can find it with the search term Sergio Pizzorno Rickenbacker Well, apparently everybody can be in the press. But you can do it well, or badly. I think that integrity makes the most difference between a good journalist and a fake one. And of course things like doing some research, homework and stuff. In this case, don't forget that this is a sport site. So not being clear what the purpose of this interview was (except shaking hands with Serge), the came up with more or less standard questions in football direction. |
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Post by highroyds on May 25, 2014 15:00:01 GMT
I think anyone can be in the press? I believe they are not aware what to ask and end up with football and Gallagher. There was this beautiful interview long back with Sergio talking about his guitars, thought process, etc. You can find it with the search term Sergio Pizzorno Rickenbacker Well, apparently everybody can be in the press. But you can do it well, or badly. I think that integrity makes the most difference between a good journalist and a fake one. And of course things like doing some research, homework and stuff. The problem is that it doesn't seem to be valued anymore to ask intelligent questions, do your research before, those things. Neither by journalists nor by the readers/viewers. I feel like it got so much worse over the past few years, I suddenly know all these really personal details about the band members' lives that I simply don't care about. I buy a magazine hoping for an in depth article about the making of the album and instead I get unwarranted questions about their children + football + Noel Gallagher, all coated in the writer's personal prejudice. |
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Post by jayfreeman on May 25, 2014 16:36:05 GMT
Well, apparently everybody can be in the press. But you can do it well, or badly. I think that integrity makes the most difference between a good journalist and a fake one. And of course things like doing some research, homework and stuff. The problem is that it doesn't seem to be valued anymore to ask intelligent questions, do your research before, those things. Neither by journalists nor by the readers/viewers. I feel like it got so much worse over the past few years, I suddenly know all these really personal details about the band members' lives that I simply don't care about. I buy a magazine hoping for an in depth article about the making of the album and instead I get unwarranted questions about their children + football + Noel Gallagher, all coated in the writer's personal prejudice. Well, this is why i stopped reading magazines. Ratings has become too important for them, so they try to reach as bigger audience as possible. Somebody decided that to do that an article has to be as shallow and scandallic as possible, so magazines compete with each other who does it worse. I do believe most of the readers would care more about something more interesting that personal rumours, but people who decide what and how to publish think otherwise. Couple of times I was personally invoved in similar situations in advertisement (when a CEO finally made an idiot decision), and it was not a pleasant experience. It felt like professionals were not allowed to do their work anymore, because they were overruled by an idiot who thinks he knows everything. But i posted this article not because it was deep or so, but because it was at least positive and not hostile. |
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