The last time we heard from Lily Allen she was threatening to retire from the music business - so much for promises. She was also blaming the Internet for ruining the music industry. She made known in a number of on line rants that she believed that free on line music downloading was preventing artists - such as herself - from earning a living off of their own music. The reason artists don't make money from their own music is because recording companies eat up the profits in dubious production costs. That's why most major acts, including the Rolling Stones - earn their bread & butter on the concert circuit. It's also why many bootleg recordings come from the artists themselves.
Lily might shoot from the lip, but she is capable of reassessing her opinions. For one thing she has finally realized the the Internet isn't her enemy. Lily has come out in another online rant and announced that she knows who's really responsible for the current state of the music industry - Simon Cowell. For one thing Lily thinks that Cowell has shifted the emphasis in the industry away from smart and original indie acts, or even performers like herself; and shifted towards amateurs doing karaoke style covers.
Allen has taken to twitter, and other electronic media previously believed to be the ruination of popular music as she's come to know and despise it - to publicly attack Cowell. For instance Lily tweeted "X factor - FAIL. Too set up/scripted in my humble opinion. I don't know how Simon
So what has gotten into Allen? Well her behavior is no more erratic and volatile than usual. However this might be something she picked up second hand from some one else. For one think Mick Hucknell expressed pretty much the same opinion about a year or so ago. In a very public interview Hucknell basically described Cowell as the JR Ewing (kids get your parents to explain to you who JR Ewing is - but in the meantime think George W Bush). So perhaps Allen thought that she could get herself some credit for being a thoughtful person by recycling previously expressed ideas (I do it daily here - though I've never gotten credit for thoughtfulness. 4 out 5 Tibetan Buddhists have described Wondertrash as mindless tripe, and warned the faithful that the time spent on this site is something that they'll never get back. Then again that's the nature of time and they shouldn't need to be reminded of that!). Goodness knows that Lily needs some help formulating ideas, as she no doubt does with writing her own music.
Now some people speculate that Allen has an ulterior motive for her Cowell bashing. For one thing people claim she's resentful about not being asked on X Factor as one of their celebrity judges. For another some insist she's jealous about celebrity enemies like Cheryl Cole being asked on. Allen is aware of this, and has addressed the issue in her usual calm & considered manner. Allen says, and I quote (hence the inclusion of quotation marks around Ms Allen's statements) "I'd rather actually eat my own crap, than sit next to any of those goons. Except Cheryl, obvs (obviously). I've better things to do with my time than feed the nation with the notion that doing cover versions will sort your life out." I'm glad she added the "actually" into that statement though I'm not sure what it proves, unless she was considering "virtually" eating her own crap and then decided that she actually felt more strongly about the issue.
Now Lily was never one to mince words, or ever leave anyone in doubt about what she really thinks. For instance in regards to the above mention Cole, Lily once said that the singer's husband was "horrendous". She also described Cole's bandmate Nicola Roberts as"the ugly one in the group". Of course that was said during a hi profile word wars between the dueling divas. If you're a regular Wondertrash reader then you know that a lot of shit gets said online.
So what does that say about Lily Allen. Well for one thing she knows how to get attention by shooting off her big fat mouth. She's like Megan Fox in that way; except much more obnoxious and a lot less entertaining. Of course it doesn't take a rocket scientist, or even a Tara Reid, to realize that if you publicly bash Cowell you're gonna get some easy media attention. He is kind of Mr Entertainment these days.
That leads to another theory as too why Allen is shooting off her big ignorant mouth in again. She must have some new project coming out, and needs to attract the spotlight in her direction. If that's true then the bad news is that the rumors about her leaving show business were exaggerated. That story had to be too good to be true. Besides, Allen isn't actually qualified, or even competent, to do anything else with herself (and that includes tweeting without gorss spelling and grammatical errors). Still the cheap grandstanding is unbecoming. Lily should try to put the issue in proportion - it's not Simon Cowell's fault is the public finds 70's & 80's amateur covers more interesting than anything she does. In fact maybe Cowell could come up with e few pointers for Allen to sharpen up her already tiresome routine.
