Kids got Brit Awards replay on .....

Maybe they sounded bad because they actually play their own instruments. Musicians these days seem to get by without doing that and get awards thrown at them from all over the place.


Today's music is the reason I never listen to anything other that Absolute and TalkSport and why I can't remember the last last time I went into a music shop nevermind bought any.

 

i thought they were good, espescially with phil daniels too

 

This 'they play their own instruments' thing has always bugged me. I understand why some people feel they deserve more respect but I really don't understand why people say they sound better.

Would Robbie Williams sound better if he was in a band called the The Entertainers comprising of Robbie Williams on vocals, Chris Sharrock on drums, Gary Nuttall on guitar and Jerry Meehan on bass? No. All those people have been part of his band but because Robbie gets the headlines that means they must sound ****. Repackage them so theyre all part of a band and apparently they suddenly sound better. Its the same people playing the same song.

 

Just watched the Brits. If Blur are still going to close the Olympics after that, then God help us. I've heard people doing drunken karaoke versions of "Park Life" that were better than that performance. Damon Albarn needs to put the mic away now. He was awful. Or drunk. Or high. Not sure, but it will be an embarassment if he closes the Olympics "singing" like that.

 

Give Smooth 70's, Magic (60's /70's & 80's music) or Absolute 80's (if this isn't the Absolute you meant) a listen for your music; there's some cracking music played. Radio 5 for news and sport.

 

I think there's plenty of cracking music to be found unfortunately a lot of the radio stations playlists are based on what's in the charts

 

Just listened to it on Youtube

Pretty much like any Blur concert. Blur have never been my favourite, but they're alright and that was a decent performance.

I think you're judging it like it was an X-Factor audition. As though the quality of his vocal performance is what matters. I'd say his vocal performance is completely incidental. It matters not one jot. It's about the music, about feeling about having some ******** and nothing to do with whether or not the lead vocalist can hit every note. That's what talent shows have made people think pop music is about, but it never was. No lead singer from any band that ever mattered would have got past the preliminary audition on X-Factor. Not The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Oasis or whoever because pop music is about so much more than being the best singer, which is pretty low down the list of priorities.

So Blur are going to close the Olympics instead of some Pop idol act? Thank God for that, we've made the right decision for once.

 

I've been seeing comments about how awful they were, so I've just watched their performance on YouTube and they were great. Pissed up, all over the place, chaotic, out of breath. Live music, it's brill.

Some of my best gigs ever have been awful sound wise.

 

Just had a quick look on YouTube. I managed to watch 30 seconds.

Blur are **** and always have been.

 

I'd bet 90% of the audience went home and asked their parents who the band where at the end with the bloke from Eastenders singing.

 

They couldnt lace Oasis' boots but I'd have them over the ***** music for the hard of thinking that people are forced to listen to today.

 

The Brit awards have always been a load of hyped up, commercially driven, puerile, self-congratulatory *****. Blur have always had to go along with it because of major label pressure but it's not unusual for them to demonstrate their contempt and be 'crap'. Sometimes bad vocals/performances can be down to bad sound, particularly with fast turnaround performances, festivals and the like - but get on youtube and look at Blur footage over the years and you'll see Damon isn't really a good singer in a conventional sense, he goes flat & off key all over the place, even on record sometime. That and they were generally pissed all the time.

Blur were a 'pop' band for about six months in 1995, if anything they were 'anti-pop'. I think they were embarrassed by the success of Parklife and tried to tear it down but inadvertently moved the genre on subsequently while desperately trying to cling on to some indy credibility. I like a lot of the American stuff they were trying to align themselves with - Pavement, Pixies etc, but the 'pop' damage was done. Ironically, the American bands wanted what Blur had - commercial success with a retention of creative control - for a bit of financial security if nothing else. Someone should have told Blur some years ago that it is okay to be successful, because musically at least, it was more or less on their own terms - more or less, give or take the odd single choice etc... more or less.

I think the decision to allow Blur to close the Olympics is fantastic in it's total, utter effin stupidity! It's the establishment thinking a rock band can belong to them, that 'it' can adopt some cool Blairy British cool from yester-year. Oh, you lot are middle-aged and one of you's an MP or whatever, so you're one of us now, or four of us as it were. All I can say is fckin hell? What on earth is in their heads? What possible associations are between the Olympic 'ideals' and a bratty bunch of pissed up art students who got a band together and did okay? Apart from comparing random drug tests and retro trainers? 'Oh, we would have asked Oasis but they might swear live on tv.' I can not wait for that!

Though why not ask the great contemporary British rock band? Oh yeah, sorry there isn't one.

 

Damon Albarn has never been a good singer but there's nothing wrong with the recorded stuff.

And Duran Duran a few years back at the Brits were even worse.

 

I thought Bruno Mars was very good live, they should put a limit on the booze or would that make them sound worse?

 

Agreed Mr C, up to the last line. One that never disgraced themselves, Manic Street Preachers. But then they a) still can't be trusted and b) aren't 'British' enough to do it.

Motorcycle Emptiness to close the Olympics please. "What a nice tune" say the Condemnations. "This happiness corrupt political ****" replies Bradders on behalf of the nation.

 

Saw Blur touring Think Tank and they were absolutely amazing. Their range of music and ability to keep producing new and different music is brilliant. I do like earlier Oasis but there's more talent in the song Tender than the entirety of Oasis' back catalogue