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Oscars Short Shift Gabriel |
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Written by KZYR
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Friday, 13 February 2009 |
Peter Gabriel refuses to perform at Oscars due to his song being cut short.
Peter Gabriel says he will not be performing at the Feb. 22 Academy
Award telecast in support of his best song nominee "Down To Earth,"
from the film "Wall-E."
In a video posted on PeterGabriel.com, Gabriel says that Oscar
producers told him the three nominated songs will be performed as
part of a medley, giving "Down To Earth" about 60-65 seconds of
total air time. Gabriel says he doesn't believe it's enough time to
showcase the song -- and while he'll still attend the ceremony and
he's hoping the Soweto Gospel Choir will perform the snippet of the
song in his stead -- he won't play it himself.
"I think it's a bit unfortunate because while songwriting is a
small part of the filmmaking process, we still work bloody hard and
deserve a place in the ceremony as well," he says.
A representative with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences declined to comment on the matter, saying that no
announcements have been made, to date, as to who will or will not
perform at the ceremony.
The other nominated songs are A.R. Rahman and M.I.A.'s "O Saya" and
Rahman's "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire."
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