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THIS IS FUNNY
Remember Max, the well-connected ‘gapper’ whose short-lived blog provoked such outpourings of bile on the Guardian’s website last year? Well imagine if young Max was back and was making music that was, like, a mixture of acoustic, funk, pop and light-hearted drum n’ base… Yeah? But it’s not a joke. Steve Appleton, apparently, is a 19-year-old singer-songwriter whose debut album, When The Sun Comes Up, is out in July on Sony Music. Yet there are moments when the guy’s twattishness is just so exquisitely manifested that, one has to suspect, either Messers Gervais, Morris or Brooker has had a hand in his creation.
But they haven’t. Steve is 100% genuine. His debut single Dirty Funk is out May 3rd and is predicted to be on of the hits of the summer. You can check out the video here. Think Andy Sandberg impersonating Chesney Hawkes. In a Heineken commercial. With a fake Jamaican accent. I really hope its not a hit. Because if it is, the world is going to crucify this kid.
Update: more on Steve Appleton here.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Holy shit, could be the easiest kid to hate since a dude from clongowes i went to the gaeltacht with in ’95. And I tell ya he was a wankstain and a half.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
This guy is such a wankstain i kind feel protective of him, where are his parents? whos stopping him from being such an obvious dick? also, sure its not a piss take?
April 16th, 2009 at 12:20 am
To be fair, not even jackie chan could have gotten over that fence. did you see the size of it?
April 16th, 2009 at 8:35 am
One of my friends emails to say:
“Meatloaf … I used to pop him in occasionally…” I bet you did son, I bet you did.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Thought this was a joke at first so looked him up and the wankstain is real.
He hits all the notes of being a wanker and tops it all off at the end by doing a football trick. The one which most pricks practiced as a kid.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
OMG what a tool… can this dude possibly be for real? he’s so david brent its uncanny e.g. “i’m not going over that fence. end of.”
April 16th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Sweet devine, my ears have started bleeding and my eyes now refuse light.
“Hes” like the love spawn of James Bunt, Chris Martin and Peter Andre.
April 17th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Smug little shitefart.
April 18th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Re: the fence. Its a fucking car park mate. therefore there’s most probably an entrance. use your fucking brain stevie.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
[…] that – if his debut single (released May 3rd) is a hit – the 19-year-old will become the most colossal knobjockey to hit the charts, if not since records began, then at least since Vanilla Ice in […]
April 21st, 2009 at 5:09 pm
when’s the album out again son?? …THIS TWAT IS THE SCUM OF THE EARTH.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Thank god hipster interneters don’t believe in violence or this dude would be a gonner.
Can’t you just feel the love?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:02 am
Am I the only one that thought (having just seen that intro video), despite huge confidence (the charm of youth?), he’s actually quite an accomplished pianist? The fact he’s got talent and good looks seems to be annoying people perhaps feeling a tad envious… Welcome to the way pop music works! This clearly isn’t supposed to be high class art, one would suggest u get over it.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:05 am
Ah Pam, no. That’s not it at all.
May 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Total JEALOUSY on this blog cos Steve has looks and talent u lot could never dream of possessing!!
May 1st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
[…] the Irish Times magazine tomorrow. 3. The backlash against the Steve Appleton backlash is underway here and here. 4. And finally, I just got served with a summons to appear in court on June 5th. […]
June 11th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
aww COME ON he’s cute and people (girls, to be more precise) love him, stop being such haters.
he’s got some talent there, you’ve GOT to admit it, now stop acting so ruffled you haters’re just jealous he landed so many chicks 😀 but yes dirty funk was good and this intro video, although a tad forced at times sure didn’t hurt anyone’s eyes, with that kind of awesome looks steve’s got!
July 30th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Steve = tosser
I’m sorry but how can anyone fancy this twat??
August 1st, 2009 at 2:08 pm
ahh he is so fiiiiiiiit 🙂
August 6th, 2009 at 10:04 am
he sounds lik those pple who hav a good life ,but knows how to hav a gd time just with music
August 7th, 2009 at 11:32 am
[…] four months ago have continued to notch up an insanely prolific 30-40 hits per day (with comments) here and […]
March 4th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
[…] business is a fickle industry. And certainly these damning excoriations of his music, the first written by myself, the second, and more hilarious, by my friend Mark, can’t have helped either. (To this day, […]