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Last Post 9/18/2007 4:41 AM by Ally

Mercury Music Prize

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aidan

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9/4/2007 9:30 AM
Well, tonight's the night - who d'you reckon'll win/be robbed? Is it for certain Bat For Lashes? Or could Fionn Regan really win it?

Binokular

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9/4/2007 9:47 AM
No idea, I hope bat for lashes gets it though, only discovered her stuff about a week or two ago, what I've hears so far kind of sounds like Black Box Recorder produced by Phil Spector. Fionn Regan is good, and NYPC are fun, but hardly ground breaking.

elmo95

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9/4/2007 4:32 PM
Well no such luck, the musical apocalypse is at hand: The Klaxons won. Bang shoots self in head (and writes about it afterwards)

christianwise

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9/4/2007 5:54 PM
jaysus very dramatic there isnt supposed to be about new music well i think the klaxons are a pretty new type of music. theyve even inspired new kinds of fashion all those tight colourful hoodies. and im biased i like the album an will be in the ambassador to see them in november

Binokular

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9/5/2007 1:49 AM
Posted By christianwise on 04 Sep 2007 5:54 PM the klaxons are a pretty new type of music. If you're deaf, or twelve... New Rave, pfft! shakes head

UnaRocks

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9/5/2007 5:17 AM
Can't BELIEVE Klaxons won. Two good tracks and a cover = Mercury Prize. Ridiculous.

Sebastian Dangerfield

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9/5/2007 7:54 AM
Big deal. Past winners of the Mercury Music Prize include, if I'm not mistaken, M People. These ceremonies are just marketing tools anyway. Their main function is to enable the record industry to label the front of CD cases to make it easier for dullards to decide what to buy in a record store.

Peejay

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9/5/2007 8:55 AM
Jesus, the mans right! M People won it for Elegant Slumming in 1994, sandwiched between Suede and Portishead. The last battle-cry of the Lexus driver.

Binokular

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9/5/2007 9:11 AM
M People won it for Elegant Slumming in 1994, sandwiched between Suede and Portishead. The last battle-cry of the Lexus driver. Depends which lexus, those Altezza/IS200 yokes are more the preserve of happy hardcore/trance heads these days.

GangofGin

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9/15/2007 2:12 AM
I wouldn't take the Mercury Music Prize seriously - it seems to follow a formula every year of a lot of mainstream acts, with a few "alternative" bands thrown in to create some false authenticity. That The Klaxons won only confirms its worthlessness.

Carlsberg

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9/15/2007 2:33 AM
I would like to say that if MTV are looking for any 'real celebrity death match' ideas then may i put forward the Klaxons and may they fight amongst themselves till death breaks them up. Shockingly bad band.

Ally

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9/18/2007 4:41 AM
Posted By Sebastian Dangerfield on 05 Sep 2007 7:54 AM Big deal. Past winners of the Mercury Music Prize include, if I'm not mistaken, M People. These ceremonies are just marketing tools anyway. Their main function is to enable the record industry to label the front of CD cases to make it easier for dullards to decide what to buy in a record store. well said the gingerman... although i'd argue that their main function is to alert the majors to which acts they're supposed to be buying...

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