George Michael commented the other day about the sorry state of British music, about how companies were signing "pretty young things" and not real songwriters, and he criticized the music listening public all over the world by saying that what they were listening to is crap. These comments are getting some publicity, mainly because it is George Michael, not because George Michael is a person with anything remotely interesting to say on the state of the music industry. Sure, it's true that minimal talent and a tight ass are big sellers these days, but let's face it, when has this NOT been true? Does anyone think for a single second that if Elvis or the Beatles or the Supremes or Michael Jackson had been 400 pound slobs with harelips that they would have become stars? Does George Michael really believe that Wham was signed because they were bright young songwriting talents, or because they were good looking teenagers that were marketable to a British public that adores it's squeaky-clean, made-for-tabloid popstars? George Michael is a wanker (pun very much intended) who is using his recent publicity as the buyer of John Lennon's "Imagine" piano to get on his soap box and pretend that anybody still cares about his opinion, all in the name of boosting his profile and (hopefully) his CD sales. Come on, Georgios, the current trend of Mickey Mouse pop will run it's course of mainstream mega-success, just like grunge, new wave and disco, just like all musical trends do, just like just like your career already has.