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Topic History of: Brits
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Dex	I thought the whole thing was poor with the exception of Peter Kay whose wit was wasted on the audience, and Lady Gaga and Robbie for their live performances. How come so many people mime - it's pathetic. Alicia Keys sounded poor at the beginning and obviously improved immensely when the miming kicked in. I didn't know anyone would mime to rap - why do you need to mime speech, talking is hardly difficult. I don't need to go on.
Prunella Minge	One problem is - from Oasis to Duffy - people hear a pastiche of a song from an earlier era and say, 'Now THAT I like!' But that's not real 'contemporary' music. And most of us with any honesty realise it, and feel downright awkward - we WANT to like music that makes us think of NOW, not 1963, or 1976, or whatever, however accurate the copy is. But if you strip that aspect away there's...not much. And Simon Cowell is like some tea boy at Magnet Records who made a Faustian deal. I remember when Lennon had a struggle to make the top ten (with a great single). This over-hyped nonsense is depressing.
BR	I love music - but preferred to watch Holby City and Survivors on BBC 1 which were both really great. If the "music" is crap ( as it is this last 12 months ) then the show is bound to be crap - even if they tart it up. Lady Ga Ga......... Yes - Lily Allen is a talent - but the rest of them.........no wonder record shops are dying in every town. I hate to say this but the days of the Music Industry being fantastic are gone - long gone. It has been a long time since the UK has produced a fantastic act - how old are KASABIAN ? If our best band has to be an act that have been around for so long - where is the exciting new music ? The Upper Middle Class Stage School poppets have moved from TV into the Music industry - which is a real shame. They lack any real reason to make music. JK says GLEE lacks passion and orginality - sorry JK I would watch GLEE every time over the BRITS awards
robbiex	Best album of the last 30 years, in my opinion none of those nominated should have been. How about Rio by Duran Duran, Dare by the Human League both sold shed loads both here and in the US, even the Libertines second album. Oasis were just a pub rock band, nothing original there at all.
Prunella Minge	Jonathan Ross must be going through the longest mid-life crisis in history. So sad because he's a perfectly sensible, thoughtful person when he's not trying to be either a comedian or an ersatz Simon Dee. As for The Brits, IMHO it's become like all those other awards shows - horribly smug and self-indulgent. Whether it's comedians or actors or musicians or music industry execs, the sight of them drunkenly cheering each other on all evening makes me loathe them. Best to avoid such shows, I fear, unless one is an insider. I wish music mattered (to me) as much as it used to - it upsets me to be reminded how little I care about it these days.