WELLER’S REALITY TV FEARS
PAUL WELLER fears the music industry will fall into disrepair over the ne xt few years because of the spiralling number of youngsters who see reali ty TV show competitions as the easiest way to the top of the charts.
The legendary rocker is convinced aspiring artists now look towards TV talent contests and their winners for inspiration, instead of holding up hard-working bands of the past as their heroes.
And the former The Jam frontman fears there will be serious repercussio ns for the music industry in the years to come.
He tells Classic Rock magazine, "The people who influenced me as I was growing up were all f**king good at what they did. Now, you get your boat -race (face) on telly (TV) and you’re famous. What sort of message is tha t? That it’s easily attainable? If it’s the flick of a switch, you ain’t learning f**k all mate. You don’t see the journey. There is no journey." But Weller is adamant the "kids" of today are not to blame - insisting the fault lies with the older generation who created the reality TV show competitions which have been saturating the charts.
He adds, "I don’t blame kids for going on The X Factor. It’s a symptom of our times, which is created by my age group and media - not kids…" (
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