Neil Milan slams Sam Smith for ‘talking cr*p’ and having a ‘flaccid’ song
By Ben Kelly
Clean Bandit star Neil Milan was one of many who took to Twitter yesterday (Feb 28) to criticise Sam Smith for his comments at the Oscars – and he took a pop at Sam’s award winning Bond theme too.
Writing after the 88th Academy Award ceremony, the violinist tweeted that Sam was “talking crap again”, arguing that Dustin Lance Black’s film Milk is “beautiful”, whereas Sam’s song ‘Writing’s On The Wall’ is “just a flaccid copy of [Michael Jackson’s] ‘Earth Song’.”
He went on to quote an earlier comment from Sam, where the singer said people shouldn’t make their sexuality an issue, calling it “horribly disappointing”.
Milan’s comments came amidst a torrent of criticism aimed at Sam on social media after he mistakenly claimed to be the first gay man to win an Oscar while accepting the ‘Best Original Song’ award for his aforementioned Bond theme.
The song itself garnered mixed opinions upon its release, but nevertheless became the first Bond theme to reach number one in the UK singles chart.
sam smith talking crap again milk was such a beautiful film @DLanceBlack + writing on the wall is just a flaccid copy of earth song
— Neil Milan (@neil_milan) February 29, 2016
ps let’s not forget this monstrous snippet pic.twitter.com/EsuvYILGN0
— Neil Milan (@neil_milan) February 29, 2016
(Said by Sam smith) (and so horribly disappointing)
— Neil Milan (@neil_milan) February 29, 2016
history is important 4 so many reasons.Take responsibility 2 make yourself aware that as an lgbtq person u stand on the shoulders of giants
— Neil Milan (@neil_milan) February 29, 2016
However, he did later issue something of a retraction, saying he was unimpressed with himself for airing his views on Sam’s song, as he isn’t into “petty public meanness”.
q unimpressed at myself for airing my views on the song itself in public cos I’m not really into petty public meanness but oh well
— Neil Milan (@neil_milan) February 29, 2016
Neil has become an outspoken figure in the LGBT community since his band Clean Bandit had a number one with ‘Rather Be’ in 2014, and just last month took The Sun‘s head showbiz reporter Dan Wooton to task over how he handled the coming out of Union J star George Shelley.
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