On the train this morning I read the outcomes from the annual NME (New Musical Express) awards and there are some interesting outcomes to agree/disagree with (but bear in mind the NME is a British music paper):
Best British Band:
Arctic Monkeys (Yeah, I’ll go with that – over the last year no-one else has produced enough of the goods to earn that title)
Best International Band:
The Killers (Could it have been anyone else?)
Best New Band:
The Enemy (Of course is is!)
Best Live Band:
Muse (Another ‘Of course!’ – it really couldn’t be anyone else)
Best Solo Artist:
Kate Nash (Hmmm… not Mika?)
Best Album:
‘Myths of the Near Future’ – Klaxons (Haven’t heard it so no comment)
Best Track:
‘Flourescent Adolescent’ – Arctic Monkeys (Strongly disagree – surely there have been better album tracks released by British artists during the last year?)
Best Video:
‘Teddy Picker’ – Arctic Monkeys (Haven’t seen it so no comment)
Best Live Event:
Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festival (Haven’t been so no comment)
Worst Album:
‘Blackout – Britney Spears (No, no, no, no, no! Surely it’s the album from the next group?)
Worst Band:
The Hoosiers (Completely agree, it really couldn’t be anyone else could it?)
Hero Of The Year:
Pete Doherty (They couldn’t be more wrong if they tried)
Villain Of The Year:
George W Bush (They couldn’t be more right if they tried)
Best Band Blog:
http://www.radiohead.com (It’s good, but it’s not that good)
B.
Am I getting old ? Why do I think that Pete Doherty is a drug addled waste of oxygen, and yet certain sections of the media portray him as the coolest poet of modern times ?
Okay, I am getting on, but jeez the guy’s a tosser.
Oh, Pete Doherty really does some music? I thought he was just around to be doped and trashy-looking and sell the Sunday papers.
Darn.
Oi.
I like the Hoosiers.
They’re fun in a “I really can’t take you seriously” way.
But The Killers? Listening to “Sam’s Town” makes me want to slip into a coma!
Gumpher: Some might say that, others couldn’t possibly comment. Except for me – yeah, I totally agree with you!
Citronella: He’s making a career out of it; I wonder what the job description says?
Ginny: Oi to me? It’ll be balls to the Queen next! 🙂 I’m not sure your description of The Hoosiers is the kind of compliment they’d like to have. The thing is with The Killers, every track is so well produced that they sound like classics.
But they’re so boring that I want to bang my head against a wall until I’m unconscious. That’s not the sign of a good band