That Mercury Award Thingy

[richdidnt]

M.I.A's album is quite good innit. Shame about the rest.

Rich

[spinme]

I've heard - often through no fault of my own, I might add - songs from every one of the albums nominated, which kind of defeats the object of the Mercury Awards for me. Surely the only reason they champion half of the schlock that they do is so that they can say, 'Oh, yeah, I was totally digging the Ty album way before he went all commercial and shit' (in my head, everyone is a character from Mean Girl).

, Michael. xxx

[spinme]

'He looks like that sea monster... Ursula!' - Spime's Mum, on Antony.

A most deserving winner, even if there are only three or four songs on his album I'd listen to again.

, Michael. xxx

[somethingbiblical]

I hate NME bands.




Which is what they all were.



Coldplay were the best on the list, but they didn't deserve to win, I'd say at a stretch that KT Tunstall should have won

[Greg]

Maximo Park were, like, so, robbed.

[Mike]

greg said:

Maximo Park were, like, so, robbed.

I'm really sorry to hear that, but can we stay on topic?

Clearly it should have been M.I.A., but I'm glad Antony and the Johnsons won.

[spinme]

thisisnotatest said:

Clearly it should have been M.I.A., but I'm glad Antony and the Johnsons won.

MIA did provide me with my favourite shot of the night - after she mentioned in her speech that she couldn't have made it as far as she has in any other country, 'not even Sri Lanka', they cut to a snooty looking record company lady who screws her nose up, bewildered, shoots a look at her partner and mouths 'What the fuck?'.

Love it.

, Michael. xxx

[rockkid]

hard-fi, bloc party or maximo park should have won