Musicians Badmouthing Other Musicians

[Farin]

"[Liam] is like a man with a fork in a world of soup"

~ Noel

[Liberal]

As far as I can see, most of the "badmouthing quotes" don't really stand up to much analysis: for the most part they are taken totally out of context, if the ones I already knew about are anything to go by.

e.g. Elvis Costello's infamous remark about Ray Charles seems to be totally outrageous, but is less so, when you have an appreciation of the context in which it was made.

Sid Vicious' remark about his contribution to The Sex Pistols is an utter lie and shouldn't even have been included. To make sense of this remark, one needs to acknowledge that, by the time of Sid's membership of the band, making outrageous (dumb) claims in order to stir up confusion and chaos (or just to have a laugh at some sucker journalists expense)had become an integral part of the mythology-building process.

I could go on, but I can't be arsed. I suspect that most of these examples, if subjected to similar contextual scrutiny, would crumble to dust.

To add to this, reputable sources for this would help.

[MuzikTyme]

I think a true musician would never "badmouth" another musician.

Though many fables and myths stem from media heresay.

Musicians never cut down other musicians.

Those that do aren't musicians or are simply jealous.

Lynryd Skynryd never cut down Neil Young just like Roberta Flack never dissed Don Mclean.

[MindCrime]

Pink and Katy Perry have bashed Kanye West numerous times.

"Kanye West is an Idiot, a Waste of Skin, and a Toolbox"

[edna]

John Lennon vs Paul McCartney in the early seventies is quite famous... Lennon said lots of things about many other musicians as well...

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/12/john_lennons_19.html

[miamisammy29]

Pink and Katy Perry have bashed Kanye West numerous times.

Kanye West is not a musician and, therefore, not relevant to this thread.

[Taiyo la Paix]

Joe Perry of Aerosmith admitted he felt jealous when Guns N’ Roses got huge. I think he’s the only one being honest here. It’s sad how all these great artists are so threatened by and ungenerous about each other. I guess the massively talented are just as human and fragile as the rest of us…The only genuinely confident people I’ve known are kind people.