The ever-reliable Jarvis Cocker has set his sights on pop act Razorlight, accusing them of being "career pop stars".
Cocker has never been one to shy away from rock star antics, most famously invading the stage at the 1996 Brit Awards as Michael Jackson was performing. He said at the time, "My actions were a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing... I just ran on the stage... I didn't make any contact with anyone as far as I recall."Noel Gallagher said at the time that the Pulp frontman should receive an MBE for the effort. So, Cocker's comments, that Razorlight behave more like record company executives than rock stars, comes from a reliable authority on the matter.
Cocker said, "I've always liked people who mess up. I don't like career people - it doesn't seem very appropriate when it comes to music which is about something emotional."
"Reading an interview with Razorlight is just like reading 'The Economist', saying 'Yeah, well we're going to be really big in America and we think this album's going to follow up the next one' - that's what the record company should be saying, not the people in the band."
