TV talent shows – and their value to the music industry – has been a point of debate for years.
Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl’s point of view is very clear: they’re not much chop.
“I don’t want my kid to think that the only way you can be a musician is to stand in line at a song contest audition,” Grohl told US media this week. “And then wind up having a bazillionaire tell you if you’re not a good singer.”
“To me, that’s not what music’s about,” he said.
Grohl is not the first musician to hit back at the TV talent show genre, for either its failure to deliver lasting talent, or for its shortcomings in nurturing emerging artists while exploiting them for television entertainment.
Sir Elton John famously said TV pop competitions had “killed talent”, while Sting, the former frontman of The Police, has described
