Photo: Ostertag/Getty Entertainment Weekly interviewed Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne on the recent honor of having their tune "Do You Realize?" named the official rock song for the state of Oklahoma. During the interview, Coyne was questioned on the disparaging remarks he made to the Smoking Section about the dudes in Arcade Fire. You know, when Coyne told us, "They really treat people like shit. Whenever I've been around them,
I've found that they not only treated their crew like shit, they
treated the audience like shit. They're pricks, so fuck 'em."
The feud started an all out war between fans and bloggers prompting Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler to post his own response to Coyne on his band's website.
Now, Coyne wants to clarify and apologize.
"I wish that had never happened," Coyne said. "I didn’t necessarily mean it about the
people in the Arcade Fire. I meant it about the guys that were running
their stages at a couple of festivals. I wish whatever had been said
wouldn’t have been taken as such a defiant statement from the Flaming
Lips, because it wasn’t.
"I really feel bad about it. I like enough of their music. The idea that I’m somehow against them… I’m not!"
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me | June 11, 2009 4:38 AM
"I didn’t necessarily mean it about the people in the Arcade Fire. I meant it about the guys that were running their stages at a couple of festivals."
Haha what? That's the worst excuse I've ever heard.
... | May 7, 2009 5:42 PM
Bull**** your sorry!
The minute you realised what you said you started crying!
the man | May 5, 2009 5:46 PM
wayne coyne gets a pass on this because of his concerts
but you only get one