The Brits Aftermath

I haven’t watched The Brit Award since 2001, yet again I missed it this year but I wasn’t too fuss about it. Every year the list has been nothing short of disappointment, also every year they changed the rule or whatever it was. Like this year, only artists had Top40 album or single chart will be eligible to be nominated. For me that’s bullshit! Some truly great artists would never ever get recognised. Have been mentioned from the music award were the way to get their album sales and profile rise up, otherwise who the hell would come to gigs and see the artists that no one had heard of? (Few of my friends and I didn’t count because we spent more time on internet to discover new music, but not many people do that isn’t it?)

Also, every year had controversy but this year was perhaps the most embarrassed one, bet shop had suspended the betting because of the scam and suspicious of information has been leaked. As a result, Paul Weller was an outsider for winning the Best Male category and became favourite. As soon as I found out Paul Weller had actually won it, really made me laugh. For the Brits committe you really screwed it, people would think "oh well its fixed what's the point to watch it?"

What the fuck was Kate Perry get nominated, I meant won Best International Female? Just because she had a hit song about loving it to be a lesbian? Fuck that! I think I should be the one that vomit and not her! That perhaps was the worst winner I had heard for years (since A1 won Best Breakthrough Act in 2001, and that probably the reason I stopped watching it!).

Not everything was moaning though, fair play to Elbow and Duffy. I thought they both deserved to win something. Duffy had an incredible year with best selling album Rockferry, which took her almost 4 years to make. Whilst Elbow just kept going making music since 2001 but got ignored by media and press till last year when they released The Seldom Seen Kid, it was the album that gave them luck, won Mercury Music Przie, sold out Brixton Academy on their late autumn tour. They beat the like of Radiohead and Coldplay to win Best Group made me think that finally they are in the same league as big profile band. Even though I found them boring at Latitude, I am happy for once to see them get recognition they deserved.

The rest I was not too fuss about, one thing though. I used to hate Girls Aloud, but recent two albums really impressed me. I just didn’t understand why Call The Shot didn’t do well on the single chart otherwise they would have won The Best Single last year with that song. Oh well they got it with “The Promise” to make up for it. People should stop branding Girls Aloud as a manufactured pop group by now they were came from Pop Idol that sort of crap.

That was it this year, glad I didn't witness Lady fucking Gaga ruined Pet Shop Boys song, I think listening to 5live for football was better entertainment than that thank you very much!