darren hayes

I bumped Darren Hayes in the Cat & Fiddle on Sunset Blvd a few weeks ago. He seemed perplexed at the image of someone downing ale at eleven in the morning.

On the surface it would seem that 'the other guy' (Daniel Jones) really had amazing pop songwriting/production talent and without him, Darren was nothing. However, it's rare that to see this model in reality (e.g. as if silent partner Andrew Ridgeley was the 'real talent' in Wham! etc). And also, record company support is always important in success to SGs degree, and Hayes should have had it.

Any thoughts or inside info? Did Hayes not get the commensurate support from his label? Were his solo albums (he did squeeze out two, didn't he?) really THAT bad?

The second is probably the finest Australian pop album of the last 10 years or so. The first one is probably better than the second Savage Garden one, but I never liked them anyway.

Edward what did you think of Darren's version of "Lost Without You"? I didn't like it much at all, but it might just have been the whole seriousness vibe of that Aria awards that really put me off (see also Farnham's acceptance speech).

(yes it would be hard for most things to beat Shape)

(how WTF is "The Analyst" anyway)

SG/DH is the kind of music that I would never rush out and buy, but get three singles stuck in my head and eventually I come around.

Is this racist action old news??

THE former frontman of Savage Garden, Darren Hayes, has been arrested for an alleged racist attack on a waiter at a Thai restaurant in London.

Hayes fronted police in London last Friday night, where he was arrested for racially abusing a member of staff at Busaba Eathai in Wardour Street on July 22. The attack did not involve physical violence, but is believed to have been directed at a male member of staff.

Hayes was released on bail.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We can confirm that a 35-year-old man was arrested by Westminster police on suspicion of racially abusing a member of staff.

"He was arrested after voluntarily attending a Central London police station by appointment. He has been released on bail pending further enquiries, until the 21st of September."

The spokesman would not comment further.

A manager at the Soho restaurant, who did not want to be named, confirmed the incident and said that it involved a verbal attack by Hayes on a member of staff.

He said restaurant staff reported the incident to police, who took statements on July 23. He said the victim had returned to work, and the matter was now being left in the hands of police.

The incident follows Hayes's public criticism of the Prime Minister, John Howard, on a visit to Australia a week ago, for his stance on homosexuality.

Hayes hit out at the need for his partner, Richard Cullen, who he married in London last year, to fly to Australia on a tourist visa.

"It makes me angry and frustrated," Hayes told News Ltd newspapers. "I'm Australian and the way the law sits I can't bring my partner home as my partner.

"That to me is an infringement of my civil rights - a very un-Australian thing.

"I would never have voted for John Howard and I encourage people not to. I don't think he speaks for this country in the same way I don't think George Bush speaks for the US."

also this photo of said scum racist:
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/08/21/hayes22807_narrowweb__300x449,0.jpg

Has anyone heard Mr. Racist's ambitious new double album? I want to get it for his voice, but the last one only had a couple good songs.

Is there a bit of Pim Fortuyn about Darren Hayes??

He got arrested for what exactly? What did he say? Can you be arrested for insulting people now or something!? (not that I am at all excusing racist abuse)

Quite good restaurant, tho they try to get you out quick. Maybe that's what caused him to snap.

Australians working in London being racist shitbags? Whatever next?

They'll be arresting Portugese art students in Camden for dressing badly next.