Is there any point to the Brit awards

Posted by: Guido Fawkes on 20 February 2008

I suppose this the modern equivalent of the Melody Maker or NME poll awards of years gone by - but what puzzles me is that with so many good modern artists around why did not a single one of them get a mention - dross after dross after dross picked up awards. I only watched it to see Paul McCartney - thought he was mediocre, but by far and away the best thing I saw on there. Was Amy Winehouse drunk or she is always like that?

I think they should have re-titled the show what not to buy.

Made the folk awards seem wonderful.

Rant over - any more balanced views than mine?

I must be getting very old.

Posted on: 24 February 2008 by BigH47

Oh I'll wait until the oscars come out to see which films I should see!
Mindless customers they are made for each other.

Posted on: 24 February 2008 by Guido Fawkes

quote:
Originally posted by nap-ster:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7259523.stm

Ask the record companies.

I think you hit the nail on the head, it has nothing to do with music or the quality of music, it is just a big promotion effort. So the winners are simply the acts that the record company think they can thrust on unsuspecting buyers. Hence they pick an uninspiring load of mediocrity - or do the public vote for them from a list that sponsoring record companies decide could do with such a promotion?

Thanks, Rotf