Chris de Burgh Vs The Irish Times

General Zod · 11-09-2009 02:37PM

In reeeeeeed corner, Chris "The Travelling Spaceman" De Burgh

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

But Mr Blobby didn't sell 50,000,000 records before getting that No. 1

Neither did De Burgh.

copacetic · 11-09-2009 02:44PM

General Zod wrote: »

Crawley kept his to a minimum, De Burgh's letter was almost entirely, "I'm really great, and you were called names in school".

rubbish, he phrased the whole 'review' as a personal attack. Not much time for deBurgh myself, but he is what he is.

The reviewer obviously felt he was a soft target for mindless abuse dressed up as a review and thought there would be no response as the general view in his circles is the same. He went into the review with contempt for the singer and his audience. Might as well have sent him to review a heavy metal gig.

humberklog · 11-09-2009 02:46PM

javaboy wrote: »

The review should be done in context. You don't dwell on the character development in a slasher film or on what the latest Pixar kid's flick says about society.
In this case, the reviewer's not asked for his opinion. He's asked to review a concert. We all know Chris is cheese. All the reviewer has to do is tell us whether it was good or bad cheese.

Whilst you have a point I'm still falling on the flip side.
One dreary critic writing in one dreary newspaper about one dreary performer would just culminate in the usual drear that these three items squeeze out like a warm fart every day.
Obvious and as easy as the targets are it's still fun and a bit of a gee-up from these three typically dull as dishwater 'performers' are.

Good on Creepy Crawley for poking one in the eye, good on Creepy De Burgh for swift kick in the shins back and good on the Creepy Times for housing the school playground. More of it please especially from this triumverate of drearyness. They may as well be doing this bit of tomfoolery than thinking people are taking them serious.
These emperors have no clothes and it's fun watching them in the mud bath. I do hope it continues.

javaboy · 11-09-2009 02:48PM

humberklog wrote: »

Whilst you have a point I'm still falling on the flip side.
One dreary critic writing in one dreary newspaper about one dreary performer would just culminate in the usual drear that these three items squeeze out like a warm fart every day.
Obvious and as easy as the targets are it's still fun and a bit of a gee-up from these three typically dull as dishwater 'performers' are.

Good on Creepy Crawley for poking one in the eye, good on Creepy De Burgh for swift kick in the shins back and good on the Creepy Times for housing the school playground. More of it please especially from this triumverate of drearyness. They may as well be doing this bit of tomfoolery than thinking people are taking them serious.
These emperors have no clothes and it's fun watching them in the mud bath. I do hope it continues.

Now that's dry.

You should do reviews yourself.

Sanjuro · 11-09-2009 02:56PM

Where's the 'they're both utter c**ts' option?

mehfesto2 · 11-09-2009 03:03PM

In reeeeeeed corner, Chris "The Travelling Spaceman" De Burgh

Isn't a review just one person's view though?

Chris should be more than happy he's still making money out of old material. If he had new stuff (not covers) he has a right to be offended. However he put on a show for the fans/or the money. He shouldn't care about review if this is the case. He has made his fans happy and made a bucket. To hell with the review.

However for the music lover out there, a fair review is required. Which, I believe, was written. He hasn't done anything impressive, but stuck to the old reliables. This - if done by anyone, would warrant a poor review (see: any of the Eagles reviews from recent years)

However, I think CdB well overstepped the mark by insulting the reviewers location, the same size as "greater manchester" remark. Makes no differece. Poor shows will be as poor wherever they are played.

livingtargets · 11-09-2009 03:40PM

"....how you must have writhed at every standing ovation; how you must have cringed at every call of “Chris, we love you”..."

"PS We were wondering by way of explanation and as you seem to portray yourself as a bitter and unfulfilled man, were you much teased by your school chums in the schoolyard and called “Creepy Crawley”? I think we should be told!"

"...ACTUALLY WANT TO BE THERE!!"

The first quote here just sounds too Alan Partridgey.I mean "Chris,we love you.."?

His whole letter is just one step off "U R GHEY!!1!1!"

Equally well,yer man Crawley seems like a proper prick as well.

super_furry · 11-09-2009 03:57PM

In fairness, exactly what is the point of a Chris de Burgh review? It's not like he's going to branch out and suddenly offer up some death metal covers or throw in some big beat mixing. Pretty much everyone in the world knows what his concert is going to be like and the review is just a cheap excuse to sneer at the man and his fans.

Having said that, he is ****e.

sceptre · 11-09-2009 04:05PM

super_furry wrote: »

In fairness, exactly what is the point of a Chris de Burgh review? It's not like he's going to branch out and suddenly offering up some death metal covers or through in some big beat mixing.

Indeed not. Although Paul Young and Paul Anka pulled covers of Metallica and Nirvana respectively.

Having said that, he is ****e.

This will hurt you quite a bit:D:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XEVJp_Dksg

Muahahaha

Quint · 15-09-2009 08:55PM

The reviewer ovbiously hates CdB, he could have stayed at home and wrote the exact same review. Whatever happened on stage that night wasn't going to change what he was going to write.

Coriolanus · 15-09-2009 09:45PM

I've noticed the Times choice of reviewer to be ... lacking the past year or two, most noticeably in cinema but I guess music too (I don't read concert reviews.)
Can't remember the film, but a reviews first paragraph was literally "Well, this is the directors name, he did this and this and this and I really thought they were all crap. So lets watch his latest crap!"
Don't send a theatre critic to review CdB, don't send a French film noir aficionado to review a superhero flick etc etc.

Edit:

Noel McHale, MCD wrote:

The band was shít hot

That's kind of lolsome though. Hot Press has some extended coverage, including Creepy's reply.

http://www.hotpress.com/news/Chris%20de%20Burgh%20takes%20on%20Irish%20Times%20reviewer%20Peter%20Crawley/5806565.html

Dudess · 15-09-2009 10:25PM

Ok, insults aren't necessary, but the reviewer gave his opinion - that is what reviews are. If you're a performer you have to accept some people won't like you.
Chris gave more than as good as he got with the insults btw.

And also, I can never understand how "loads of fans" = "therefore good"...

Plus, to say the reviewer is trying to be "cool"? Seriously? Maybe he just thinks, as I and many others do, that Chris De Burgh is... sh1te?

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