Eoin Basic Member Posts:174  
| 9/6/2006 12:58 AM |
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Artic Monkeys, for f**ks sake .
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blacksheep New Member Posts:50
| 9/6/2006 2:26 AM |
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Just saw this on bbc4.'twas pretty good.Really enjoyed
Zoe Rahmon's performance.She was outstanding.
Kind of predictable that the Artics would get the prize.
Fair play to them.
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GarretBasic Member Posts:244
| 9/6/2006 9:31 AM |
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They don't deserve it.
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bonzoBasic Member Posts:364
| 9/6/2006 9:31 AM |
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Good album. Delighted for them. My pick of the rest would have been Richard Hawley.
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Una Veteran Member Posts:1721
| 9/6/2006 10:14 AM |
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Of course they deserve it, along with a lot of other people.
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GarretBasic Member Posts:244
| 9/6/2006 10:17 AM |
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It's supposed to be for the best album of the year. Whatever People Say... deserved to be on the shortlist, it's a good album, I'm a fan. But it wasnt the best of the year. Guillemots, amongst others, was better.
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nerrawBasic Member Posts:475
| 9/6/2006 10:24 AM |
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Good record, but I haven't listened to it in months, no longetivity for me. Anyone could've won it as is always the case.
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ctrlaltdeleteBasic Member Posts:268
| 9/6/2006 10:28 AM |
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....and people still can't spell their name properly.
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EoinBasic Member Posts:174
| 9/6/2006 11:44 AM |
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as biased as I may be I really was hoping Hawley would win, either him or The Guillemots. I just happen to think the Artics are overated greatly, and they acted like total d**ks in the interview afterwards.
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nerrawBasic Member Posts:475
| 9/6/2006 11:47 AM |
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Didn't they come out with something witty like 'call 999, Hawley was robbed' only later to say we deserved it, was the best record.
Can't see people listening to it this time next year
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EoinBasic Member Posts:174
| 9/6/2006 11:54 AM |
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Originally posted by nerraw
Didn't they come out with something witty like 'call 999, Hawley was robbed' only later to say we deserved it, was the best record.
Can't see people listening to it this time next year
yep, absolutly, on the plus side I read somewhere that Hawley's album is so far today selling the most out of all the nominees, a 368% increase in his sales or something to that effect. I remember going to see him play to a couple of hundered in Whelans and earlier this year to a couple of thousand in The Shepherds Bush Empire, and now he will hopefully go on from there, The guy is as genuine and as sound as can be and thats as much of a reason why I hoped he win,and I know he wont be one bit bothered at not winnning last night btw.
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Rev JulesVeteran Member Posts:1041
| 9/6/2006 1:49 PM |
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I'm sorry but, to me, The Artic Monkeys just sound like Jilted John, you know "Gordon is a moron / Gordon is a moron"
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stroller Advanced Member Posts:576
| 9/6/2006 1:58 PM |
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I would have given it to either Hot Chip or Isobel Campbel & Mark Lanegan.
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AntistarAdvanced Member Posts:544
| 9/6/2006 2:17 PM |
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It's ArCtic Monkeys, for fcuk's sake!!
What is the point of this award? Music is totally subjective and always will be.It's not about awards.Competition should be kept out of art. So this is the best album by an Irish/Uk act from the past year or so? So all the other hundreds, maybe thousands of albums released are somewhat inferior to this?? Utterly nonsensical, a complete waste of everyone's time.
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Norman SchwarzkopfBasic Member Posts:427
| 9/6/2006 4:14 PM |
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Im gonna delve in to Hawley's back cat soon after seeing him at EP. Excellent, so he was.
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Vent My SpleenAdvanced Member Posts:500
| 9/6/2006 4:22 PM |
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The man's a legend. He's being releasing quality albums for the last five years completely under the radar.
Of course all such "competitions" are subjective but the Mercury list for each year is usually a pretty damn fine list. OK, you might think there are some obvious ommisions and you might not agree with the winner but if you bought no other albums in a particular year other than the Mercury list, it'd be a good haul, I reckon.
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Vandal_with_HandleNew Member Posts:23
| 9/6/2006 4:46 PM |
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I thought Hawley was super at the picnic, super songs, super band and fabulous presence on stage. I particularly enjoyed the jam of Interstellar Overdrive towards the end. I was disappointed he didnt win but am delighted the nomination gave him such exposure.
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Protein biscuitBasic Member Posts:364
| 9/6/2006 5:02 PM |
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Yeah, i agree with the Hawley-ites. Would really liked to have seen him winning it. He's a sound man and i'm a big fan of his music. Saw him in Whelan's a while back and he was great craic and put on a fabulous show finishing up with a balls out rockabilly cover of "It's all right Mama."
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 9/6/2006 5:06 PM |
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Originally posted by Protein biscuit
Yeah, i agree with the Hawley-ites. Would really liked to have seen him winning it.
Seems to be doing pretty well out of the 'call the cops ..' remark. |
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ctrlaltdeleteBasic Member Posts:268
| 9/6/2006 5:10 PM |
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If he won it you'd only get loads more pricks liking him. He's better off.
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