Mercury Awards

[Yoni]

What is your verdict?

 

[Turamber]

Won by an American band, yet its supposed to be the best of British music? Hmm ok... Strange.

Not that Kaiser Chiefs are 'all that' though, only a few good songs on their album imho.

 

[JingleBells]

Watching the news this morning I heard some of the winning chappys music, it sounded fucking shit, like Radioheads Pyramid Song, but played slower and with more moaning. Who on earth is the winner, I've certainly never heard of him.
I've got the Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party and Coldplay albums that were nominated, and out of those the Coldplay album is by far the best. The Kaiser Chiefs may have the better singles, but not all the songs on the album are listenable, whereas the Coldplay album is full of great songs. I suppose this is what you get when artsy fartsy people pick awards, if us peons voted then Girls Aloud would probably win everything, so its a catch22 situtation

 

[Turamber]

The Kaiser Chiefs may have the better singles, but not all the songs on the album are listenable, whereas the Coldplay album is full of great songs.

Whilst I wouldn't disagree about the album fillers on the Kaiser Chiefs album I have to disagree about Coldplay. They are just so ... dull. Musical anaesthetic, it does nothing for me at all. When people look back on the music of this decade in another ten to twenty years I really think people will wonder why such bland music was so popular.

 

[Doomy]

I wanted the Go! Team to win but happy that Antony and the Johnsons won. Its not my cup of tea but fuck me he has an awesome voice. The album is nice, Im just in nasty wall of sound noise phase atm.

Anyways, better than the wank nominated 10 other albums.

 

[JBP|]

In my opinion Antony and the johnsons shouldn't even have got a nomination.

One review of thier album was "The gayest thing ever recorded".

 

[leggy]

I've got the Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party and Coldplay albums that were nominated, and out of those the Coldplay album is by far the best.

This is why you haven't heard of them.

 

[Bodhi]

Can think of many better albums released this year than those mentioned, Pendulum, The Rakes, Shy FX and T Power to name but three.

 

[throdgrain]

Whilst I wouldn't disagree about the album fillers on the Kaiser Chiefs album I have to disagree about Coldplay. They are just so ... dull. Musical anaesthetic, it does nothing for me at all. When people look back on the music of this decade in another ten to twenty years I really think people will wonder why such bland music was so popular.

Yes!! Whinge fucking music, god :/

Bring back the Dead Kennedys tbh

 

[maxi]

In my opinion Antony and the johnsons shouldn't even have got a nomination.

One review of thier album was "The gayest thing ever recorded".

It's pretty gay. It's also pretty awesome. Fistful of Love is an amazing song and it transcends sexuality. Though I suspect the idiot journalist has probably never heard Jobriath. Have you heard it?

 

[Doomy]

Yes!! Whinge fucking music, god :/

Bring back the Dead Kennedys tbh

I actually met Jello Biaffra in london a few years ago (went to see the von bondies in some pub - turned out they didnt turn up and they had anoter band whos name eludes me now, wrote a song called 'whos got the crack' bla bla)

He was there with two really hot dreaded chicks in a band called Iowaska that he was promoting, I was there with my mate whos like the biggest fan of the Dead Kennedys ever and he missed out on meeting him coz pub was way too busy to find him.

Mehehehe