Remember the time that bloke form Pulp dropped trou and mooned Michael Jackson? Remember Liam Gallagher’s acceptance speech at the Brits in 2010? I refreshed my memory of said event by reading an article from The Sun about the incident. Part of the article said:- The award was presented by “a shocked Noddy Holder.” The mental imagery that occurs from just that one sentence shows the true power of beautiful journalism. An achingly cool Brit rock star and a “shocked Noddy Holder.” Liam, say what you like about your brother and the future of music, express yourself on stage in-front of thousands, but Jesus Christ Liam don’t swear in-front of Noddy Holder. There’s a line.
Aaah. Britain, foul mouthed, bare bottomed and likes to shock ageing members of Slade, please don’t ever change.
It seemed this years’ main shocker was Rihanna’s various raunchy clothing ensembles. Maybe if mid way through her performance of S&M, Rihanna had backslapped another ageing member of a British band widely known for releasing a popular Christmas song.. Bob Geldof? (Technically “Do they know it’s Christmas” was not performed by the Boom town rats but hey it’s just a suggestion.. ) my interest may have piqued.. But this year I don’t really think there is anything worth saying about the Brit Awards. Some performances were great, Adele was fantastic, Rihanna did look absolutely stunning, I would. And I just think if you watched it you watched it. One opinion is as valid as another, I guess that’s the point of an awards show, democracy, you vote for who you want to win.
You know what you liked about the Brits and you also know what you didn’t. I think it is fair to say that the Brit awards, like British music has evolved, nothing encompasses that more than the elegant new statuette designed by Vivienne Westwood. Even so, the awards show still serves its original purpose of promoting music and getting people talking, but if you like a bit of good natured, casual violence along side your skimpy outfits it was probably better to switch over to channel 4 for my big fat gypsy wedding.
Jane Lordy
February 19, 2011
A farce that Adele was not nominated for best British female; she has the greatest voice of all the women singers, can do it live(some can neither sing or perform without miming eg Cheryl), she sings from the heart and composes her own songs. At the Brits, she was the only soloist who sang without dancers/pyrotechnics/backing singers etc as James Corden mentioned. He also said she was No 1 in 17 countries; which makes her lack of nominations even more ludicrous.