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Paul McCartney's son wants to start a Beatles 2.0
By Alex HeiglApril 4th, 2012, 6:30 pmComments (22)
Today in "Entitled Children of Famous People:" Paul McCartney's potato-y looking son James recently told the BBC that four of the Beatles' children were interested in forming "The Beatles — The Next Generation." My only question is, who's going to play Picard?
James McLumpy (my, I'm feeling mean today) said that Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison and Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey were apparently talking over the idea of forming a sort of sons-of-supergroup.
"I'd be up for it," he said. "Sean seemed to be into it, Dhani seemed to be into it."
AFP reports that James said Starkey (who is a successful musician already: not only is he quite the session drummer, but he's been doing an uncanny Keith Moon impression on the skins behind Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey for quite some time) is "less keen," but that the band could "hopefully" happen with "nature's support," whatever that means.
Here's my favorite part. James has apparently "dreamt of being better than The Beatles," though he's "not sure if [he] can do that."
Continuing: "If anything, I would love to be equal to the Beatles — but even that's quite tough." Uh, yes, rather. Setting aside the practical impossibility of succeeding on the scale of The Beatles' scale in today's "Pay for music? [sarcastic laughter, torrenting]" climate, a thirty-four-year-old man (who's just now launching a music career with the help of — you guessed it — his dad) thinking that he can surpass the greatest group of the past century just because he and four other dudes happened to be spawned by said group is just sad. At least he's got that famous-dad thing going for him, though. That should carry him for a while.
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Commentarium (22 Comments)
Epic fail in the making. Just sit back and enjoy the carnage.
Eh, we'll see what happens... good music genes across the board.
But man, you're quite the dick today, aren't you?
A. Just because your father is a famous musician doesn't mean squat. None of them have even a fraction of the talent their dads did (except Zak, who is not even going to be a part of this.)
B. "Better than the Beatles" is the most laughable thing I've ever read.
Eh, hrmm....The Beatles aren't even the best band from Liverpool. Everyone knows it's Echo & The Bunnymen!
Um... no.
"Good music genes" are a "thing" only in a very vague, tenuous sense, and just because John Lennon and Paul McCartney had great songwriting chemistry, doesn't mean their sons will. I mean, if Theodora Richards, Seraphina Watts, and a small orchestra of Mick Jagger and Bill Wyman's illegitimate children got together, would you still be saying that?
It's fun to think about. Since rehearsal space and travel costs aren't an issue, why not just do it and see what happens?
...um, who's going to play Yoko?
with a train wreck like this, might as well be tila tequila
@c.m. - in this day and age, a bonfide porn star is a must here: Asa Akira.
omg, he looks like paul mccartney - with younger skin, a fatter face and less hair.
Why is everyone so negative? If the sons of the Beatles get together to try to make good music, I wish them well, and I'm certainly not going to snark before I hear what they create. It may be crap, or it may be beautiful, or anything in between. As a marketing gimmick, it's brilliant, and on that basis alone I hope they'll take a crack at it.
well said.
So you're a fan of shallow, marketing-driven attempts to cash in?
yeah, like most musicians aren't trying to cash in.
Why is this any different from Paris Hilton trying to have a career? Zak Starkey is the only one who's independently become a successful musician -- the rest are just banking on their parents' names. I mean, there's thousands of people that have worked harder for longer in the music business, and they'll never get a chance, but because Paul McCartney's son dreamed of being "better than the Beatles," he's getting all kinds of press?
There's nothing wrong with Paris Hilton *trying* to have a career -- what's wrong is that the media and enough of the population are buying it. Life hands everybody a set of advantages and disadvantages, in wildly unequal proportions. There's nothing wrong with taking the good stuff that's been handed to you and trying to make the most of it. If what you do with it is crap, then its up to the public not to buy it. To take another kid-of-the-famous example, there was nothing wrong with George W. Bush capitalizing on his father's presidency; what was wrong was that the public bought it and allowed him to become president. To abuse the Shakespeare line, the fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves.
why would you care if Paris Hilton "tries to have a career"? Would you rather her do nothing, instead living off of her fortune? I mean, what is it that you see fit for her to do, and moreso, why do you care?
I particularly like that Sean Ono Lennon is missing from the mix.
He will probably weasle his way in and sit at Julian's feet and then ruin and break up the band...
I mean that in a 'nice' way.
Read the article again. It's Sean that's in the mix, not Julian.
Alex, I liked you a lot more when you were lambasting Madonna, but ... I also believe that if Dhani Harrison had any real talent, why was he playing and singing quite far from the microphones at the Concert for George?
It's silly because they're all filthy stinking rich. Like "my dad was a Beatle" rich. I'm so sick of these fucking people that can't be satisfied just living a ridiculously wealthy lifestyle. One they they did nothing to obtain I might add. They use their fame to foist themselves into the spotlight a la Paris Hilton even though they lack anything resembling talent. (Zach Starkey excepted. He can play) "Better than the Beatles?" Really? Another no-talent douche said that once but at least he sold a lot of shitty records to people who enjoy mono-tone singing. That's right, I said Oasis sucks donkey dicks. Always did, always will.
Go back to that mountain of cash daddy made using his genuine talent and shut the fuck up. Either that or do something on your own using your own talents and skills.
Schadenfreude loves a delusional optimist.