Not only is it completely predictable but it ignores many musical genres, focusing on mainly pop or urban acts and as long as they continue to give awards out to Justin Beiber or JLS, then it will always lack credibility and relevance. The Brits claims to honour the year’s biggest and best stars. Yes, they are right about the biggest, but the best? I’m guessing no one has actually bothered to listen to The Vaccines then. The nominees have populated the airwaves of Radio 1 for the past 12 months and it’s only the Critics Choice award that seems to offer some unknown talent; but not really. Emeli Sande has nabbed the prize for the 2012 ceremony, yet she’s had a number 1 through her collaboration with Professor Green on ‘Read all about it’ and achieved a solo hit with ‘Heaven’ earlier in the year.
We already know another guaranteed winner; Blur for outstanding contribution (Yes, they were one of the innovators of the Britpop movement but blah blah blah). How have Led Zeppelin or The Smiths never won this accolade before but Oasis and Robbie Williams have? So critics - please, please, please make this happen at some point in the near future before we all lose faith completely. Also, there’s bound to be a winner who went to the Brit school as there always is. So Jessie J and Adele will have to battle it out here then. Thankfully, they’ve got rid of the current students who used to annoyingly perch themselves in front of the stage and grin, oh so irritatingly.
On the whole, the nominations make me sigh with their predictability. Of course they couldn’t leave Ed Sheeran or Adele out or even One Direction (ok, they probably could of). Arctic Monkeys, Elbow and Kasabian are nominated for best British group yet again, because clearly there aren’t any other bands in the UK. No, none.
The Brit Award statuette has been revamped yet again, this time designed by Sir Peter Blake who created the artwork for the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP. The new figure looks as if it was involved in a cataclysmic scuffle with a tube of Aquafresh toothpaste – and lost. Take note Brit award winners, the best thing to do with it, is to channel your inner Liam Gallagher and thrust it into the crowd because it won’t be a pretty site on your mantelpiece or your Bathroom.
But, admittedly, the Brits aren’t all that bad. They gave us that cracking Dizzee Rascal and Florence Welch duet back in 2010. However, the same can’t be said for Paloma and Cee Lo Green last year, oh dear. This year, performances come from Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Adele and Rihanna. I suppose RiRi can perfect her miming this time round. Practise makes perfect and all. Those that perform on the night tend to nab one so by the looks of it I’d say the likelihood of those belting their hits out and then accepting their own statuette is high. Besides, there would be an outcry if Adele didn’t win one. 2011 saw some unexpected but undoubtedly worthy winners in Laura Marling and Arcade Fire. So not all hope is lost, at least.
Not only do we have to suffer ITV1 being hijacked for a few hours, but ITV2 too. I really couldn’t care less which black dress Adele is sporting this year or which band member is too trolleyed to construct a complete sentence. On the plus side it’s only once a year, but then again, so is the Queen’s Christmas message.
James Corden returns for presenting duties for the third time round, I just wish he’d bound on stage as the boisterous Smithy and liven the whole affair up. We can at least dream.
We already know another guaranteed winner; Blur for outstanding contribution (Yes, they were one of the innovators of the Britpop movement but blah blah blah). How have Led Zeppelin or The Smiths never won this accolade before but Oasis and Robbie Williams have? So critics - please, please, please make this happen at some point in the near future before we all lose faith completely. Also, there’s bound to be a winner who went to the Brit school as there always is. So Jessie J and Adele will have to battle it out here then. Thankfully, they’ve got rid of the current students who used to annoyingly perch themselves in front of the stage and grin, oh so irritatingly.
On the whole, the nominations make me sigh with their predictability. Of course they couldn’t leave Ed Sheeran or Adele out or even One Direction (ok, they probably could of). Arctic Monkeys, Elbow and Kasabian are nominated for best British group yet again, because clearly there aren’t any other bands in the UK. No, none.
The Brit Award statuette has been revamped yet again, this time designed by Sir Peter Blake who created the artwork for the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP. The new figure looks as if it was involved in a cataclysmic scuffle with a tube of Aquafresh toothpaste – and lost. Take note Brit award winners, the best thing to do with it, is to channel your inner Liam Gallagher and thrust it into the crowd because it won’t be a pretty site on your mantelpiece or your Bathroom.
But, admittedly, the Brits aren’t all that bad. They gave us that cracking Dizzee Rascal and Florence Welch duet back in 2010. However, the same can’t be said for Paloma and Cee Lo Green last year, oh dear. This year, performances come from Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Adele and Rihanna. I suppose RiRi can perfect her miming this time round. Practise makes perfect and all. Those that perform on the night tend to nab one so by the looks of it I’d say the likelihood of those belting their hits out and then accepting their own statuette is high. Besides, there would be an outcry if Adele didn’t win one. 2011 saw some unexpected but undoubtedly worthy winners in Laura Marling and Arcade Fire. So not all hope is lost, at least.
Not only do we have to suffer ITV1 being hijacked for a few hours, but ITV2 too. I really couldn’t care less which black dress Adele is sporting this year or which band member is too trolleyed to construct a complete sentence. On the plus side it’s only once a year, but then again, so is the Queen’s Christmas message.
James Corden returns for presenting duties for the third time round, I just wish he’d bound on stage as the boisterous Smithy and liven the whole affair up. We can at least dream.
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| Published in the March 2012 issue of the Huddersfield Student. |
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