Russell Brand to host the Brit awards

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but, for fans of alternative music, this was the only brit ceremony that mattered:

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temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Monday, 4 December 2006 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link

nothing happened last year iirc. the 'shambolic fiasco etc.' was reference to the '89 awards. the decision to broadcast them live seems more an act of desperation to make it exciting rather than a genuine understanding of how to televise a good awards show well.

sede vacante (blueski), Monday, 4 December 2006 11:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh I see; I misread that part

Awards show HAVE to be live to hold any interest whatsoever

Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 4 December 2006 11:49 (seventeen years ago) link

not when you have a fantastic mash-up of 'crazy in love' and 'hey ya' to look forward to.

temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Monday, 4 December 2006 11:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Remember that the first ceremony (1978?) was co-hosted by Anne Diamond and DLT

Sue Lawley wasn't it? Back when it was the, er, Nationwide Rock & Pop Awards.

Venga1 (Venga1), Monday, 4 December 2006 12:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, Sue Lawley seems more likely, but then Marc's rarely wrong.

M Grout (Mark Grout), Monday, 4 December 2006 12:45 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't think Diamond made it to national television until breakfast TV started in the UK, circa 83. Anyway, I remember Lawley hosting this show.

Venga1 (Venga1), Monday, 4 December 2006 12:51 (seventeen years ago) link

googling suggests it was lawley as the thing was on 'nationwide'.

temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Monday, 4 December 2006 12:58 (seventeen years ago) link

nominee predictions (winners marked by asterisk):

male
ROBBIE WILLIAMS*
JAMES MORRISON
LEMAR
PAOLO NUTINI
THOM YORKE

female
SANDI THOM
AMY WINEHOUSE*
LILY ALLEN
EMMA BUNTON
JAMELIA

group
RAZORLIGHT
THE KOOKS / THE FEELING
KEANE
MUSE
THE ARCTIC MONKEYS*

album
RAZORLIGHT
KEANE
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
MUSE
THE ARCTIC MONKEYS*

single
RAZORLIGHT - AMERICA
THE KOOKS - NAIVE
MUSE - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
LILY ALLEN - SMILE
GNARLS BARKLEY - CRAZY*

breakthrough
THE KOOKS
THE FEELING
GNARLS BARKLEY*
PAOLO NUTINI
JAMES MORRISON

urban
LEMAR
GNARLS BARKLEY
THE STREETS
ALESHA
BASEMENT JAXX*

rock
RAZORLIGHT
THE FRATELLIS
KEANE
MUSE
THE ARCTIC MONKEYS*

live
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
MUSE*
GNARLS BARKLEY
KEANE
THE ARCTIC MONKEYS

pop
GIRLS ALOUD
WESTLIFE
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
MCFLY*
THE PET SHOP BOYS

int male
AKON
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE*
MEAT LOAF
BOB SINCLAR
P DIDDY

int female
PINK
NELLY FURTADO*
BEYONCE
SHAKIRA
NERINA PALLOT

int group
SCISSOR SISTERS*
THE KILLERS
THE RACONTEURS
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

int album
SCISSOR SISTERS*
THE KILLERS
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
BEYONCE
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

int break
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE*
ORSON
THE RACONTEURS
NERINA PALLOT
NE*YO


Muse COULD dislodge AMs for some awards and Snow Patrol may oust The Kooks or The Feeling for some noms tho it would be funny if they did end up overlooked completely (not that the Kooks or Feeling or any better).

Riveting stuff!

sede vacante (blueski), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Kasabian might also squeeze into a couple of cats (rock, live). Depends on whether they do five or six noms for the bigger awards.

sede vacante (blueski), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Why are Gnarls Barkley nominated? Is Cee Lo secretely from Cleethorpes or something?

Dom Passantino (DomPassantino), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Lemar = urban = roffles.

Venga1 (Venga1), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:06 (seventeen years ago) link

shit, i keep thinking Dangermouse is British

sede vacante (blueski), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Gnarls will win Best Int Breakthru then = DEVASTATING BLOW FOR EMOISTS

sede vacante (blueski), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:08 (seventeen years ago) link

paolo nutini = cryingeagle.jpg = nuclear holocaust in nought point two seconds

Louis Jagger (Scourage), Monday, 4 December 2006 13:20 (seventeen years ago) link

two months pass...
it's tonight. er yay. mmm british people all left offices now i guess.

acrobat (acrobat), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

British Male Solo Artist
Artist
James Morrison
Jarvis Cocker
Lemar
Paolo Nutini
Thom Yorke


British Female Solo Artist
Artist
Amy Winehouse
Corinne Bailey Rae
Jamelia
Lily Allen
Nerina Pallot


British Group
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Muse
Razorlight
Snow Patrol


British Album
Amy Winehouse Back to Black
Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Lily Allen Alright, Still
Muse Black Holes And Revelations
Snow Patrol Eyes Open


British Single Shortlist
Corinne Bailey Rae Put Your Records On Eliminated (Round 1)
The Feeling Fill My Little World Nominated
James Morrison You Give Me Something Eliminated (Round 2)
The Kooks She Moves In Her Own Way Eliminated (Round 1)
Leona Lewis A Moment Like This Eliminated (Round 2)
Lily Allen Smile Eliminated (Round 2)
Razorlight America Nominated
Sandi Thom I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker Eliminated (Round 1)
Snow Patrol Chasing Cars Nominated
Take That Patience Nominated
Will Young All Time Love Nominated


British Breakthrough Act
Corinne Bailey Rae
The Fratellis
James Morrison
The Kooks
Lily Allen


British Live Act
George Michael
Guillemots
Kasabian
Muse
Robbie Williams

International Male Solo Artist
Beck
Bob Dylan
Damien Rice
Jack Johnson
Justin Timberlake


International Female Solo Artist
Beyoncé
Cat Power
Christina Aguilera
Nelly Furtado
Pink


International Group
The Flaming Lips
Gnarls Barkley
The Killers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scissor Sisters


International Album
Bob Dylan Modern Times
Gnarls Barkley St Elsewhere
Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds
The Killers Sam's Town
Scissor Sisters Ta-Dah


International Breakthrough Act
Gnarls Barkley
Orson
The Raconteurs
Ray Lamontagne
Wolfmother

Outstanding Contribution To Music
Artist Presenter
Oasis Ringo Starr

acrobat (acrobat), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

(Spoilers!)

________________________________________________

RUNNING ORDER

Start 8pm Finish 10pm

RUSSELL BRAND WELCOMES

PERFORMANCE: SCISSOR SISTERS - I DON'T FEEL LIKE DANCING

AWARD: BRITISH LIVE ACT, PRESENTED BY KEITH ALLEN

PERFORMANCE: SNOW PATROL - CHASING CARS

AWARD: BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT, PRESENTED BY JARVIS COCKER

AWARD: INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT, PRESENTED BY TONI COLLETTE

PERFORMANCE: AMY WINEHOUSE - REHAB

AWARD: BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST, PRESENTED BY JOSS STONE

AWARD: INTERNATIONAL MALE SOLO ARTIST, PRESENTED BY ERIN O'CONNER AND ROLAND MOURET

PERFORMANCE: THE KILLERS - “WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG"

AWARD: BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST, PRESENTED BY JO WHILEY

AWARD: INTERNATIONAL FEMALE SOLO ARTIST, PRESENTED BY RICKY WILSON

PERFORMANCE: TAKE THAT - “PATIENCE"

AWARD: BRITISH GROUP, PRESENTED BY ANTHONY HEAD

AWARD:INTERNATIONAL GROUP, PRESENTED BY SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR AND STEVEN TYLER

PEFORMANCE: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS -“DANI CALIFORNIA"

AWARD: INTERNATIONAL ALBUM, PRESENTED BY SIMON PEGG AND NICK FROST

PERFORMANCE: CORRINE BAILEY RAE - “PUT YOUR RECORDS ON"

AWARD: BRITISH SINGLE (VOTED LIVE ON AIR BY VIEWERS), PRESENTED BY ALLEN CARR

AWARD: MASTERCARD BRITISH ALBUM, PRESENTED BY SEAN BEAN

PEFORMANCE: OASIS - “CIGARETTES & ALCOHOL"/“MEANING OF SOUL"/“MORNING GLORY"/DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER"/“ROCK AND ROLL STAR"

_______________________________________

pisces (pisces), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

wow the live acts are really dispiriting. last year there was kanye and prince at least.

acrobat (acrobat), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link


shall we run a book on how long it is before keith allen mentions lily? i'll start the bidding at 5 seconds.

pisces (pisces), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

AWARD: BRITISH SINGLE (VOTED LIVE ON AIR BY VIEWERS), PRESENTED BY ALLEN CARR

Wow.

White Collar Boxer (DomPassantino), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link

PREDICTIONS

British Male Solo Artist
James Morrison

British Female Solo Artist
Corinne Bailey Rae

British Group
Arctic Monkeys

British Album
Snow Patrol Eyes Open

British Single Shortlist
Take That Patience

British Breakthrough Act
Lily Allen

British Live Act
Robbie Williams

International Male Solo Artist
Jack Johnson

International Female Solo Artist
Pink

International Group
Scissor Sisters

International Album
The Killers Sam's Town

International Breakthrough Act
Gnarls Barkley

acrobat (acrobat), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

me prediction are well wrong. the show is not very good. not even good bad just very mediocre, very trying, very 2007.

acrobat (acrobat), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Brand is the best thing about this shindig. So much for the 'it's gonna be live - anything can happen!!' it's been all "thanks to Sony/EMI and everyone in the marketing department, bye now" so far.

So far...

DavidM (DavidM), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 21:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I watched nelly furtado win a prize and take that sing some tune when I was waiting for my takeaway a little while ago. It all looked pretty boring. Why does any "international" act waste their time coming to this? the takeaway was good, at least.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link

No-one gives/gave a shit about the brits '07, evidently.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 21:58 (seventeen years ago) link

"Surely Sting is the accountants choice?"

"You are sadly mistaken, it's all Arctic Monkeys round their way."

No it fuckin' ain't.

The Accountant (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link

What was in your takeaway Norman?

Sadly I don't think anyone got my Sting-Accountants joke.

Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link

king prawns and chicken w/tomatoes, boiled rice. Very tasty, lots of garlic.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Russell Brand isn't very funny, is he? By which I mean, not actually funny at all.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, but sometimes he might reference his gentials by a comedy nickname, or namedrop a cultura commentator who has no relevance to the discussion in hand, so that puts him ahead of Mark Dolan at least.

White Collar Boxer (DomPassantino), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't even know who Mark Dolan is ([/lex]). (which I guess also puts Brand ahead of him)

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

what got me about the whole show was how they seemed to be striving for some kind of illusion of edginess. also russell brand managed to sound completely bored throughout the whole thing which was not really a unwarranted reaction.

acrobat (acrobat), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 22:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Liam sounded rough!

And the rest was almost as embarrassing as the Mick/sam one.

M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 23:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Joss Stone: What?

M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 23:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah well.. see you in the morning.

M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 23:44 (seventeen years ago) link

lily was robbed. get fucked BRIT awards.

pisces (pisces), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Hello Morning.

M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 15 February 2007 09:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Has RB ever said anything that's actually funny?

braveclub (braveclub), Thursday, 15 February 2007 09:54 (seventeen years ago) link

arguably. subjectively. ask enrique.

acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:04 (seventeen years ago) link

man that was a depressing two hours. i half tuned out. the last brits i saw was 2004, i remember presenter cat deeley informing us rock was back. i guess she was right, in the end.

all of the music was uniformly bad, all of the winners were vile privately educated corporate drones with shit music, but the funny thing was how in awe of the mid-90s it was. nelly furtado said her favourite acts were all british -- pulp, blur, postishead... a bit like saying your fave producer is timbaland i suppose.

but with oasis and take that on board too...

temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:05 (seventeen years ago) link

brand has said funny things, i'm sure. not last night particularly.

temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:06 (seventeen years ago) link

joss stone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkKhe8j0G2c

Frogm@n henry (Frogm@n henry), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:07 (seventeen years ago) link

i didn't get what he was doing last night. he was on the whole delivering cat deeley style "wow that was greats!" but in such a strangely bored manner sort of like he was either aware of the show's inate rubbishness or this was simply another level of "edginess" or "irony" or something.

xp

acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:10 (seventeen years ago) link

i think in his heart of hearts RB wanted to sound more sarcastic but bottled it, so it came off even lamer. who was the woman in the leopard-print dress? it's on the tip of my tongue. awful anyway. don't read this wrong but what is up with all the dropped accents with these fuckers?

temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:13 (seventeen years ago) link

out of curiosity, why did you all watch it? you knew you would be bored, you ended up being bored...

lexpretend (lexpretend), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I was hoping that the Oasis performance would help sell my Oasis CD on Amazong, but no luck. I blame Liam's bald patch.

I wacthed it, or started watching it, because "I am interested in pop music".

PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:19 (seventeen years ago) link

that's kind of why i didn't watch it

lexpretend (lexpretend), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:20 (seventeen years ago) link

out of curiosity, why did you all watch it? you knew you would be bored, you ended up being bored...
-- lexpretend (lexusjee...), February 15th, 2007.

i like to know what all the hip kids are listening to.

temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:20 (seventeen years ago) link

yeh that was your average sunny day real estate show back in the day

acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 15 February 2007 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, I'd like the Stooges on.

M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 15 February 2007 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link

yeh, there teaming up with kode 9 and the spaceape next year, it's booked already.

acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 15 February 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Was there anyone involved in the ceremony this year who wasn't a complete and utter cunt?

-- Sick Mouthy (njsouthal...), February 15th, 2007.

nick gets it, although i can't say i watched the blessed thing.

unfished business (Scourage), Friday, 16 February 2007 01:32 (seventeen years ago) link

what no one explained to me was how joss stone seemed to have *planned* and (under)rehearsed this whole thing. the whole out-in-front-of-the-podium-i-wanna-tell-you-a-storee affair. the arrogance of the womanchild! hillariously she's been 'serrenading the president' lately which perhaps accounts for the wee poppet thinking that now teh whole world wants to hear what she has to say!

even more hillariously she has no auto-filter or whatever on her myspace page leading (by last night at least) to a deluge of 'oh you have let us down so badly' type comments on there for teh world and his wife to gawp and cringe at.

pisces (pisces), Friday, 16 February 2007 11:52 (seventeen years ago) link

i was thinking about how they could improve the show

resumo impetus (blueski), Friday, 16 February 2007 12:02 (seventeen years ago) link

see my post about 8 or 9 up

acrobat (acrobat), Friday, 16 February 2007 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Tits and guns.

White Collar Boxer (DomPassantino), Friday, 16 February 2007 12:06 (seventeen years ago) link

i think kirsty wark should compere. give it a bit of frisson.

temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Friday, 16 February 2007 12:06 (seventeen years ago) link

"This profile is undergoing routine maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience!"

Frogm@n henry (Frogm@n henry), Friday, 16 February 2007 12:09 (seventeen years ago) link

even more hillariously she has no auto-filter or whatever on her myspace page leading (by last night at least) to a deluge of 'oh you have let us down so badly' type comments on there for teh world and his wife to gawp and cringe at.

I just checked - either they deleted it all or the deluge of myspace comment spam has pushed it all down the list.

Norman Phay (Pashmina), Friday, 16 February 2007 15:01 (seventeen years ago) link

"I watched Dragons Den followed by The Verdict."

I still want to know how come no-one involved in making The Verdict seems to have noticed that Jeffrey Archer isn't actually eligible for jury service 'cos he's been in nick within the last 10 years....

Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

erm maybe cos it wasn't actually real and jeffrey archer is generally more well to known to middle aged folks than megaman.

acrobat (acrobat), Friday, 16 February 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

"yeh but it's like brand presenting. everything is so draped in cool, irony and this weird aggression"

that's ilx in a nutshell

iain macdonald (the_article_don), Friday, 16 February 2007 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link

"erm maybe cos it wasn't actually real and jeffrey archer is generally more well to known to middle aged folks than megaman."

So they couldn't find anyone else that middle aged folks had heard of who is eligible for jury service?

(I know it wasn't real, obv.* - but surely the object of the exercise was to make it as real as poss., using a jury who were a reasonable cross-section of the population who by some extraordinary coincidence just happened to be celebrities and to therefore appeal to as large a proportion of the population as possible?)

* - I'm wasn't 100% sure that all of the jurors realised this 'though

Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Saturday, 17 February 2007 08:19 (seventeen years ago) link

'cos he's been in nick within the last 10 years....

Is it just 10 yrs? I thought it was: criminal conviction = ineligible for life.

Affectian (Affectian), Saturday, 17 February 2007 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Isn't that for "being an MP"..?

M Grout (Mark Grout), Monday, 19 February 2007 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link

"Is it just 10 yrs? I thought it was: criminal conviction = ineligible for life."

Apparently not.

"Isn't that for "being an MP"..?" I don't know abouit that, but I'm not sure the Conservatives have even allowed him to rejoin the Party.

He is a Lord 'though, isn;t he? Doesn't that make him not only ineligible to be an MP (didn't Anthony Wedgwood Benn have to disavow his own title in order to become / remain an MP?) but also again make him ineligible for jury service?

It would be a bit of a joke if, as a Peer, he is member of the ultimate Court Of Appeal whilst simultaneously being ineligibe for jury service - but then Lord Archer's entire life seems to have been filled with such incongruities.

Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link

House of Lords as a Higher Court is not the same as the House of Lords as a legislative body, i.e. the legal function of the House of Lords is restricted to a v. small group of Law Lords. I can't remember the relevant version of the Jury Act but I'm fairly certain that Lords can sit on a jury too.

It's Expected I'm Maud Gonne (Modal Fugue), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Jeffey Archer still a cunt tho'

da mystery of sandboxin' (fandango), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Well OBVIOUSLY.

It's Expected I'm Maud Gonne (Modal Fugue), Monday, 19 February 2007 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link


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