Boys and toys

Evel Knievel is to sue Kanye West over his video for 'Touch the Sky' in which Kanye West plays a seventies stuntman prepared to jump the Grand Canyon on a rocket bike.

I would have thought that Mr Knievel, or just plain Evel to his friends, would have liked the publicity, introducing him to a whole new generation of Gangsta Rap fans.

Mr Knievel believes the video ....

.... tarnishes his image by its "vulgar, sexual" nature.

Mr Knievel spent most of the seventies trying to fly over big holes with a rocket propelled bike between his legs. Vulgar ? Sexual ? Psychologists, make of that what you will.

However, I support Mr Knievel (we've never met, so I can't call him Evel), but not for the video reason. I support him for the butchering of the Curtis Mayfield classic, Move on Up, used as a sample in the aforementioned track.

And for that, and that alone, Kanye West should be sued for every penny he's got.