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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:50 pm
by paolo
'I never need a statue to tell me how nice I am'
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:57 pm
by slothrop
Capo Ultra wrote:Buzzy wrote:
You have to remember that it's a handful of about four panelists who are deemed to be musical 'experts' who declare to you what is the 'best'. They're there to tell you what the best album is, as though their opinion is more valid than your own.
That's exactly why I love the Mercury. Its what sets it apart from most other piece of junk awards show. The majority vote (ie Home voting, popular consensus etc) is nearly always not ever 'the right choice'. Thats why the pop charts are so shit, most people dont know what the fuck they're talking about. That's why underground music is so vital. Elitism is the answer unfortunately, even if we dont agree with the end result. How else would Roni Size gain recognition over the top of Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and Radiohead? How else would the talent of the likes of Badly Drawn Boy or Anthony and the Johnsons be showcased?
Yeah, the winner of this sort of thing is always a toss up, but as far as I'm concerned the point of it isn't to somehow objectively decide what "the best album of the year" is so that if anyone's wondering whether Elbow are better than Radiohead they can find out authoritatively, it's more about drawing the attention of people who don't follow blogs or the music press to some areas of music they might not have heard on daytime radio 1. And if anyone's going to flag up a bunch of albums and say "hey, even if you're not really into this sort of thing, these are worth checking", then I guess it's going to have to be people whose job is basically listening to new music all the time.
I think the shortlist matters a lot more than the eventual winner, basically.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:34 pm
by plastician
people keep saying he couldn't be bothered to show up, but if i am not mistaken, you actually have to pay to attend even if you're nominated. and its not cheap either.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:50 pm
by ikonika
Plastician wrote:people keep saying he couldn't be bothered to show up, but if i am not mistaken, you actually have to pay to attend even if you're nominated. and its not cheap either.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:55 pm
by batfink
So, is it more or less than £5.99?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:01 pm
by ashley
Batfink wrote:So, is it more or less than £5.99?
try a few hundred quid
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:08 pm
by datura
Plastician wrote:people keep saying he couldn't be bothered to show up, but if i am not mistaken, you actually have to pay to attend even if you're nominated. and its not cheap either.
Is that true? If so changes what I typed a bit. I assumed it was a paid for industry piss-up.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:13 pm
by plastician
Ashley wrote:Batfink wrote:So, is it more or less than £5.99?
try a few hundred quid
If you could get tickets for a few hundred you'd still be quids in
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:18 pm
by ufo over easy
setspeed wrote:UFO over easy wrote:i might just be biased in her favour cos she's hot
yeah, i'd bias in her, er, favour
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:11 pm
by Pistonsbeneath
Plastician wrote:Ashley wrote:Batfink wrote:So, is it more or less than £5.99?
try a few hundred quid
If you could get tickets for a few hundred you'd still be quids in
so you're not gonna go next year then after beg to differ gets nominated?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:27 pm
by ashley
Plastician wrote:Ashley wrote:Batfink wrote:So, is it more or less than £5.99?
try a few hundred quid
If you could get tickets for a few hundred you'd still be quids in
Well, I had a look before (could of been the Mobos actually) and its £250 per person on a table of 12. Actually I think it was the Mobos :S But isn't Burial nominated for that too?
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:00 pm
by buzzy
Just a reminder that the extended version of the Mercury Prize is on at 11.35pm on BBC2 tonight. That's in about an hour and a half from the time of this post.
It'll be interesting to see that Burial video in full which we got a brief glimpse of the other night, and also what kind of reception and reaction he got from the crowd there even though he wasn't there in person.
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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:05 pm
by datilt
Its definately the best album of the year
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:23 pm
by setspeed
(bbc2) well, that was a bit underwhelming
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:25 pm
by setspeed
christ, adele is poor
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:28 pm
by saxenhammer
lol