I feel a bit stupid writing about this; nobody in "the music industry" at the moment is interested in music; they only care about The Brits to earn corporate points. I bet Lucian will be there, fatter than ever, sipping champagne and thinking corporate profits. As a music lover I find that sad (his brother Nigel, when Lucian was made Chairman of Universal, said - he's never owned a record). Channel 4 just did the annual obligatory Brits bit on "is there enough diversity in The Brits?" instead of asking "why is British black music so crap?" and illustrated it with the current equivalent of Miss Dynamite-Tee Hee which actually answered the question. Sometimes I feel sad that I got forced out of music just when it needed me most.

I wish the show the very best; fond memories of my successful time when I hosted it (1987) and produced it (1990/91/92), bringing it back to life after the Sam'n'Mick fiasco year of 1989.

I do like Ant and Dec but Ant is starting to look like one of the Munsters.

Coldplay - when they are good, they are brilliant; but when they are not, they are ordinary.

Justin very good but I wish he'd done my favourite What Do You Mean

Hello - Best single; OK with me (see other thread on Your Views) - ordinary song, fantastic vocal.

Ah What Do You Mean was Justin's tune as Best International Male - white boy beats black rappers racist scandal? No, better tracks.

I'm sorry; I've said it for 50 years; the format needs freshening; the tired old Awards format is simply not entertaining. I tried to change it when I produced it, with Maggie crooning How Much Is that Doggy and live gigs at Wembley. If I was doing it now it would be very, very different and miles more appealing (with triple times the ratings).

Incredibly tedious show. I tweeted that you could have made it better

Thank you; yes it has dragged - I kept switching over to ITV2 where Will Smith and his son were in a terrible movie. One of 1D sounds like Tweetie Pie.

I thought last years show was tat...this one takes the biscuit.

Album of the Year 25? When the only song on it seems to be Hello (nothing else from it featured on the entire show).

I did think Lorde On Mars left a lot to be desired - bad balance (drums too loud); riffs dodgy; she has no voice.

And Adele proves me wrong by doing another ordinary song as her finale (any producer worth 5p would have insisted on Hello) - it's OK but nothing special. She looks like Hattie Jacques. I kept wanting to call "Matron".

The funny thing is - when I was young I was one of only two music industry people (the other was Obie) who supported The Brits School.

I had to turn it off. It was a load of tripe.

I actually think the BBC Music Awards are much better.

The BRITS do not need presenters, just a voice over man, surely then we would have 20-30 mins more dedicated to music, which is what it should be about.

I thought the BBC MA's were excellent but no, my approach would be to make the format better; remembering that 90% of the viewers need far more than just music to keep them entertained, that 99% dislike every song (which was why No Limits had 90 second clips, not the whole thing; enough to satisfy lovers and bring in new fans without putting off those who disliked that track); still satisfying those attending (which was why my Record of the Year shows had far more off air than on screen). But I'm now too old and, apart from anything else, a Vile Pervert - mind you, these days that's essential in life, just like killing people used to be a standard requirement for all rappers.

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
I had to turn it off. It was a load of tripe.

Ant and Dec looked out of place, Rihanna was doing she does best acting like a cheap prossie and Little Mix again doing what they do best acting like a manufactured group.

andrew wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
I had to turn it off. It was a load of tripe.

Ant and Dec looked out of place, Rihanna was doing she does best acting like a cheap prossie and Little Mix again doing what they do best acting like a manufactured group.


The last straw for me was when Ant and Dec shoved the girl wearing an elastoplast over her genitals at the camera.

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
andrew wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
I had to turn it off. It was a load of tripe.

Ant and Dec looked out of place, Rihanna was doing she does best acting like a cheap prossie and Little Mix again doing what they do best acting like a manufactured group.


The last straw for me was when Ant and Dec shoved the girl wearing an elastoplast over her genitals at the camera.


ITV have a lot to answer to, the whole show was a shambles.