Russell Brand to host the Brit awards

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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.

― 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

I watched 24 and Heroes instead. Much better.

― Sick Mouthy (sickmouthy), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:23 (seventeen years ago) link

i didn't watch it! my freeview box has decided to block itv, quite blessedly i think! (and i don't have analogue reception for some reason). the joss stone thing was linked on digitalspy.

― Frogm@n henry (Frogm@n henry), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:24 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't have sky.

i did watch the daily show during some of the brits.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:24 (seventeen years ago) link

joss stone was totally embarrassing. all that suggestive slinking around the stage then talking about robbie williams - "an inspiration to us all" wtf!? - then to top it off she got all competitive and tried to sing a bit of that rehab song that amy winehouse had just finished. just completely transparent and cringeworthy

― colin0Hara (colin_o_hara), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:25 (seventeen years ago) link

WTF at Joss Stone's fake accent, I'm just flabbergasted by how bad it was.

― Norman Phay (Pashmina), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:26 (seventeen years ago) link

i somehow missed the one thing peoples are talking about. damn you john stewart.

i think joss was in an american movie. could be trying it as an actress.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:27 (seventeen years ago) link

it was on in another room. there was food in that room.

― acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:27 (seventeen years ago) link

god i just watched that again - "big big BIG love to robbie williams for going through what he's going through right now" *vomit*. refreshingly, half the audience sounded like they were either booing or didn't give a fuck.

― colin0Hara (colin_o_hara), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:29 (seventeen years ago) link

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

surely you knew that already

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:30 (seventeen years ago) link

x-post

It's sort of why I switched off after a bit.

And I suppose it's why I kept flicking back from time to time.

I just couldn't get into Bolton and Arsenal, although I'm sure it was quite good.

The audience seemed quite shocked at Russell B taking the piss out of Robbie W.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:31 (seventeen years ago) link

to give the insufferably smug cuntwit credit, keith allen's gag about robin hood would have been funny if he hadn't fluffed it like a tit.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:33 (seventeen years ago) link

who was the woman in the leopard-print dress? it's on the tip of my tongue.

Fern "I love Oasis, me!" Cotton.

― neil stewart (nstewart), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:42 (seventeen years ago) link

ah i thought it might have been! lots of make-up.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:43 (seventeen years ago) link

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

― Sick Mouthy (sickmouthy), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:46 (seventeen years ago) link

that model erin whatshername is supposed to be ok.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:47 (seventeen years ago) link

but in general, all utter cunts. i saw noely g on newsnight and he was an unspeakable thatcherite fucktard.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Why do they still insist on shunting Lauren Laverne off to ITV2 instead?

Fearne's question standard = "What was your favourite moment of tonight" to every winner who then replied "winning this, woargh!!!!" and five mins later eventually got round to "oh Amy Winehouse's song was um quite good"

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:48 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost Jarvis?

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:48 (seventeen years ago) link

jarv's presence was just kind of sad.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:53 (seventeen years ago) link

He should know better as well- revisiting past glories and all that.

― neil stewart (nstewart), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Jarvis is probably the most pathetic figure in music these days, I'd say he's overtaken David Van Day in that respect now.

― White Collar Boxer (DomPassantino), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm expecting Pulp to reform and play "all the songs you know and love" at some point in the next few years.

― White Collar Boxer (DomPassantino), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought Erin Wahtsername was fairly detestable on this.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 15 February 2007 10:56 (seventeen years ago) link

out of curiosity, why did you all watch it?

I didn't watch it, I watched Bolton-Arsenal. Gilberto's penalty was funnier than anything RB could produce.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Funnily enough, I saw that penalty too. Maybe watching several channels at once *is* all it's cracked up to be.

Expert analysis from the BBC:

Oasis, who took the outstanding contribution to music award, performed several songs.

Standing ovation

Their performance, which was so loud it could be felt under foot, got everyone up dancing, and some were even up on the tables.

Oasis sang a selection of their best hits on stage

Fred Rigele travelled all the way from Austria just to see his idols perform.

"I'm mad for Oasis," he said. "They were the best band today, the whole hall gave them a standing ovation."

There were some that were disappointed with the Gallagher brothers though.

"I thought Liam might have caused a bit of trouble, but no such luck," said Sarah House from Reading.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:03 (seventeen years ago) link

jarvis seemed to be attempting a jimmy saville impression and having a pop of sorts at oasis. like brand's sycophantic irony the mixing of messages lead only to confusion and embarrasment for all concerned. he then got mooned at by the fratellis. he, understandably, blanked someone i know years back when they rather tactlessly brought up michael jackson. now... i dunno he seems to be embracing, or at least letting those round him, use it as his main claim to fame.

― acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Orson were the only truely awful shower of idiots last night. Joss Stone being kind of exempt due to her WTF-ness being a highlight in many ways.
Otherwise everyone was either forgettable, bland or just okay. Russell Brand was just okay, certainly better than previous hosts whose bellowed scripted enthusiasm always echoed into nothingness. He smoothed out the stiltedness of the event as best as anyone could.
Jarvis was alright, the Arctic Monkeys deadpan to the point of sarcastic acceptance speech dressed as Wizard of Oz charecters was alright, Amy Winehouse, looking like a wonky Tim Burton claymation figure, was alright. Er, was that it?
Who are The Fratellis?

Noel Gallagher was good on Newsnight.

― DavidM (DavidM), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I know its been said upthread, but it deserves repeating: Oasis were truly abysmal, Liam's voice is shot, they should just give up. And I thought Liam's acceptance of their trumped up award was disgustingly petulant: "I suppose this'll have to do". What a cunt.

― neil stewart (nstewart), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:07 (seventeen years ago) link

orson! the mika of last year!

― acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:09 (seventeen years ago) link

noel gallagher on newsnight was like: thatcher was a meanie but for me y'know, i take care of me and my family, and that's it; charity begins at home... dick.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:10 (seventeen years ago) link

If you cut the line about Red Bull out, "No Tomorrow" is a pretty great song.

― White Collar Boxer (DomPassantino), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:11 (seventeen years ago) link

thing about "no tomorrow" is how i know i have heard it many, many time but can barely remember it. it's as good as "grace kelly".

― acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:13 (seventeen years ago) link

And I thought Liam's acceptance of their trumped up award was disgustingly petulant: "I suppose this'll have to do". What a cunt.

I can't help but feel you might have taken this a bit personally

― Feargal Hixxy (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:16 (seventeen years ago) link

one thing about bloor and owaysis winning in 1995 was, however cringily, they did feel appreciably different from the people who always won -- AOR, radio 2, britannia music club stuff; they were in nme and annie lennox was not, etc, blah.

so anyway now oasis are the old cunts, but not even famously 'lippy' songstress lily allen, famously talentless alcoholic amy winehouse and famously shirty dickbags kasabian seem to have anything but blandness to offer against them.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Noel was just saying how being a campaigning rockstar like Thom and Chris Martin "bombarding their audience with depressing images at a rock concert" isn't for him. I don't like Oasis or anything but I agree with what he said.

― DavidM (DavidM), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Did anybody actually manage to raise a laugh intentionally?

Russell got "oh, tut!",

Keith Allen got "I don't get it.. oh hang on Robin Hood, yes he was in it, wasn't he?" laugh slow dissipation.

Joss Stone got big laffs but it doesn't count if you're laffing at your own joke.

Anyone?

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:23 (seventeen years ago) link

yeh but it's like brand presenting. everything is so draped in cool, irony and this weird aggression that it's hard to find a way to disrupt that. all the exit's have already been sealed. it's like donny toruttes on cbb/nevermind the buzzcocks. you can't undermine it cos it is already so far gone itself. i guess there might be another way but you just end up playing an expected part.

― acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Liam sang like he was swallowing a telegraph pole at the same time!

(OK, so maybe he had a bad throat on the day)

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:24 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't know if those bands even do that (project images of war on stage etc). but he's ignorant of rock history if he thinks radiohead being into politics is anything new or un-rock-like. apparently john lennon took the occasional stand on issues that interested him.

xpost

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Thursday, 15 February 2007 11:24 (seventeen years ago) link

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