If anyone is going to shock the Oscars it's going to be the man who can drop a sledgehammer. The success of Pixar's Wall-E shouldn't come as a surprise to many people at this point but to find out that Peter Gabriel is no longer performing his song from said movie at the February 22 event is a little surprising.
"We were originally hoping to perform," told Gabriel. "We'd assumed, as there are only three nominees, that the songs would be performed [in full]." Gabriel, who is nominated in the Music (song) category for his track "Down To Earth" in Wall-E, was anxious to finally perform this song in full but pulled out after learning it would only be played as part of a 65-second medley. Notifying the public with a video on his website, he has said that the decision to no longer feature this song is "unfortunate" but he will attend the Oscars.
"I do think it's a bit unfortunate. I do think songwriters, even though they're a small part of the filmmaking process... we still work bloody hard and I think deserve a place in the ceremony as well," said Gabriel. "So I'm an old fart, and it's not going to do me any harm to make a little protest. But the ceremony will be fun and I'm looking forward to it."
"We were originally hoping to perform," told Gabriel. "We'd assumed, as there are only three nominees, that the songs would be performed [in full]." Gabriel, who is nominated in the Music (song) category for his track "Down To Earth" in Wall-E, was anxious to finally perform this song in full but pulled out after learning it would only be played as part of a 65-second medley. Notifying the public with a video on his website, he has said that the decision to no longer feature this song is "unfortunate" but he will attend the Oscars.
"I do think it's a bit unfortunate. I do think songwriters, even though they're a small part of the filmmaking process... we still work bloody hard and I think deserve a place in the ceremony as well," said Gabriel. "So I'm an old fart, and it's not going to do me any harm to make a little protest. But the ceremony will be fun and I'm looking forward to it."
