Oh Dear : Band fails to understand presenter

[The Lone Gunman]

The Devil in me wants to buy tickets to their concerts and shout get off you fat **** and similar abuse.

[Pinto]

I can imagine it was the female part of the band that threw a strop, as they are considerably fatter than the males and, of course, hypersensitive with it.

To be honest I didn't think the guy meant it as an insult. if they were skinny,
he may still have said the same to describe the band, and nobody would notice.

[OwlHoot]

Not being au fait with pop culture, I have only one question. Are the members of the band indeed adipose-tissue challenged?

Dunno, but maybe it wasn't the fat word at all but the melting pot crack. After all not everyone wants to be told they live in a pot!

[sasguru]

SAS. Read the piece.
"What do you get when you put two brothers and sisters in a band? A big fat melting pot of talent."
The big and fat references were made to the container required to hold the bands talent, not the physical attributes of the band.

And you think the choice of the word "fat" to describe their talent was just an accident?
I would have introduced them as "The fantastic four fat feckers"

[Bagpuss]

A better intro would have been a big fat melting pot of talentless crap

[SupremeSpod]

People don't often like hearing the truth, isn't that so Chico you total ******* moronic gullible cretin.

Whoa DG, don't mince your words, let it out! You'll feel better!

[The Lone Gunman]

Right, perfectly adequate description by the presenters, then. The solution, rather than walking out, is to eat less pies.

SAS. Read the piece.
"What do you get when you put two brothers and sisters in a band? A big fat melting pot of talent."
The big and fat references were made to the container required to hold the bands talent, not the physical attributes of the band.

[Dundeegeorge]

Hmnn you can see why they'd take umbrage

People don't often like hearing the truth, isn't that so Chico you total ******* moronic gullible cretin.

[sasguru]

Right, perfectly adequate description by the presenters, then. The solution, rather than walking out, is to eat less pies.

[darmstadt]

They area bit chubby though....

[SupremeSpod]

Not being au fait with pop culture, I have only one question. Are the members of the band indeed adipose-tissue challenged?

They're certainly a bunch of fat feckers!

[sasguru]

Not being au fait with pop culture, I have only one question. Are the members of the band indeed adipose-tissue challenged?

[The Lone Gunman]

I hope this is a proper use of the Oh Dear trademark (my first).

This band is either so up themselves or simply too thick to understand.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/10082005/32...han-magic.html

'Fat' jibe leaves band feeling less than magic

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LONDON (Reuters) - One of the country's most highly-rated new pop bands stormed out of their debut performance on BBC TV show "Top of the Pops" after a presenter allegedly described them as "fat".

The Magic Numbers, made up of two pairs of siblings, refused to perform their new single on Sunday's show after taking offence at remarks made by guest host Richard Bacon.

Newspapers reported that in rehearsals Bacon introduced the band by saying: "What do you get when you put two brothers and sisters in a band? A big fat melting pot of talent."

As a result the group, whose debut album has been nominated for this year's Nationwide Mercury Music Prize, refused to perform.

"Due to derogatory, unfunny remarks made during the guest presenter's introduction to our performance, we felt we had to make a stand and leave," the band said in a statement on their Web site.

"It was an important day for us and should have been special. We didn't take this decision lightly but we stand by it."

A BBC spokeswoman admitted Bacon used the word "fat" but said it was a misunderstanding and that he had not meant to cause offence.

"It was a figure of speech and he was referring to the band's status," she said.

"It was absolutely in no way referring to the appearance of any of the band members. Richard was mortified about the misunderstanding."

She said Bacon had tried to apologise to the band but their management team refused to give him access.

The group was replaced on the show by electro-pop group Goldfrapp.

The British-based Magic Numbers, who are made up of siblings Romeo and Michele Stodart and Sean and Angela Gannon, have won a growing fan base and much critical acclaim with their cheery 60s-style pop tunes.



Click to enlarge photo

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the country's most highly-rated new pop bands stormed out of their debut performance on BBC TV show "Top of the Pops" after a presenter allegedly described them as "fat".

The Magic Numbers, made up of two pairs of siblings, refused to perform their new single on Sunday's show after taking offence at remarks made by guest host Richard Bacon.

Newspapers reported that in rehearsals Bacon introduced the band by saying: "What do you get when you put two brothers and sisters in a band? A big fat melting pot of talent."

As a result the group, whose debut album has been nominated for this year's Nationwide Mercury Music Prize, refused to perform.

"Due to derogatory, unfunny remarks made during the guest presenter's introduction to our performance, we felt we had to make a stand and leave," the band said in a statement on their Web site.

"It was an important day for us and should have been special. We didn't take this decision lightly but we stand by it."

A BBC spokeswoman admitted Bacon used the word "fat" but said it was a misunderstanding and that he had not meant to cause offence.

"It was a figure of speech and he was referring to the band's status," she said.

"It was absolutely in no way referring to the appearance of any of the band members. Richard was mortified about the misunderstanding."

She said Bacon had tried to apologise to the band but their management team refused to give him access.

The group was replaced on the show by electro-pop group Goldfrapp.

The British-based Magic Numbers, who are made up of siblings Romeo and Michele Stodart and Sean and Angela Gannon, have won a growing fan base and much critical acclaim with their cheery 60s-style pop tunes.