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February 17, 2006
Pete "Buddy Holly" Doherty?
From a colleague.
Total speculation follows
I have some serious questions about this, but it's floating around there. Perhaps Pete Dougherty doesn't exist? (Via Gawker)
According to an email we got, Pete Doherty is a giant hoax created by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty of KLF/ burning a million quid/ firing blanks at Brits audiences/ leaving dead sheep lying around fame.
What does this say about The Libertines' first (overhyped, but still good album)? The Guardian called it the most important band in Britain.
What does this say about hype machines? Dubious media? Subjective taste? Does intent matter when it comes to music?
Read the whole thing with great, great skepticism. Let's see how far this goes...
Tags: Babyshambles, The Libertines, Pete Dougherty, hoax
Posted by Keith O'Brien at February 17, 2006 01:32 PM
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So Doherty sang Peggy Sue? And its on video (whatever that is). What is devious about someone singing my song? And what does it prove? And what do these KLF wankers know about anything anyway? Seems like their prior stunts were just stupid. Whether Pete sang my song or not, its not easy to write songs with the depth, emotion and power that Pete did. So the KLF should go back to burning yen or whatever they do for "genius" reasons, and let the rockers rock.
Posted by: Buddy Holly at February 19, 2006 01:02 AM
