MrPleasant wrote on Dec 14
th, 2014 at 6:40pm:
Good for Ronnie. Maybe some young dumbfuck will or have watched this and ask him/her self: who is that?
More like 'what is that' ?
There are ways of bringing in new fans, but bouncing around with a manufactured boyband a quarter of your age playing one of their songs (not his) on a reality show that's almost single handedly killed the music industry stone dead and which is watched by people who have zero taste in music to begin with or no concept of the musical universe outside these karaoke farces isn't one of them.
Pointless and embarrassing IMO.
Nothing against One Direction personally. They seem likeable enough kids and by all accounts it was a big thrill for them to play with Ronnie. But real musicians shouldnt be touching or endorsing these kind of phoney shows with a bargepole IMO. Had he played with them at an awards show, it'd be not quite as hideous - but the X-Factor (or its 'American Idol' equivalent) is a joke concept for pretty much anyone with any musical taste.