Mercury music prize - worst winner ever?

[heatmeiser]

So because she lived 'on da streets' and now makes 'authentic' music, she is now an award winning artiste?

Speech Debelle won the increasingly awful Mercury music prize the other night.

Maybe I'm a musical snob but to me this sounds like a 12 year old dyslexic singing out of tune about how her mean auntie used to steal her Haribo.

Complete guff of the lowest order.

Pass me the newest Yo La Tengo album any day. But then, I'm a musical snob, at least according to that girl that I groped this morning....

Thoughts?

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

Even the Nominees for this year were a bit of a joke.

Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
Florence and the Machine – Lungs
Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
La Roux – La Roux
Led Bib – Sensible Shoes
Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men
The Horrors – Primary Colours
The Invisible – The Invisible

Apart from Kasabian, it was a who's who of who's nobody.

 

[teppic]

gomez were quality winners back in '98. beat off competition including catatonia.

looks like standards have been falling ever since.

 

[NeoNaoNeo]

At least Florence and the Machine never won.

But I agree, rubbish. Seems like they chose it because they want to seem urban and 'on the pulse' as it were.

 

[Clarky66]

Even the Nominees for this year were a bit of a joke.

Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
Florence and the Machine – Lungs
Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
La Roux – La Roux
Led Bib – Sensible Shoes
Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men
The Horrors – Primary Colours
The Invisible – The Invisible

Apart from Kasabian, it was a who's who of who's nobody.

God I must be getting old, I haven't heard of any of them.

 

[heatmeiser]

Glasvegas are ok. Forgot about them. They didn't play because their singer might have killed himself.

Fair enough.

Florence and the machine are poo but I have some funny dreams about her.

Other than that I saw a video for Friendly Fires the other day and I honestly thought it was a joke. I would rather have Jamie Oliver and Frank Lampard touch me in my sleep than listen to it again. Horrible.

 

[Wildcat]

God I must be getting old, I haven't heard of any of them.

GOD Me Too lol

 

[linglong]

At least Florence and the Machine never won.

But I agree, rubbish. Seems like they chose it because they want to seem urban and 'on the pulse' as it were.

Add "down wid da kidz" and you're pretty much on the button..i've not heard of any of them really must be getting old.

 

[bluebastardo]

Even the Nominees for this year were a bit of a joke.

Bat for Lashes – Two Suns
Florence and the Machine – Lungs
Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
La Roux – La Roux
Led Bib – Sensible Shoes
Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Twice Born Men
The Horrors – Primary Colours
The Invisible – The Invisible

Apart from Kasabian, it was a who's who of who's nobody.

I'm a musician and haven't heard of any of these with the exception of Kasabian, and I couldn't name a record of theirs off the top of my head.
I must be getting old.