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PrintableMattUK said: The rendition sure lacked energy and Missy was completely mis-used. What the F was all the Pass the Dutch stuff about. Not interested... Next...!
Very disappointing in my view. The only consolation being that this wold appear to be yet another sign of the industry getting behind Prince this year. After all, they could have sung any song by anyone. I dont think it's an accident that they "chose" a Prince song. The performance was symptomatic of the entire show I felt. This is The Brits after all. Now I know we're used to Guest-star appearances from our betters(?) over the pond (Madonna, MJ spring to mind from the past) but this should ultimately be a showcase for British talent to the rest of the world. Instead we get Gwen/Alicia/Missy, Bouncy, Outkast & 50Cent. All we could muster was Busted doing an awful version of Teenage Kicks (talentless - Next...!), a disappointing collaboration between Katie Melua and Jamie Cullum which should have been better. Thank goodness for The Darkness and Muse. For a country that has such a diverse range of musical styles this show was a complete waste of time. No matter what your feelings about them, where were the representatives of Dance? No Goldfrapp, No Basement Jaxx. Where were the representatives of the Urban sound? No Dizzee Rascal, No Amy Winehouse. Leave Rap and R&B to the MTV music awards. These aren't styles of music that originated in the UK. If the U.S is completely subsumed by this stuff then that's up to them. We have a richer diversity than that in the UK. We don't need to ape the U.S. We should be proud of our music industry. Sadly it would appear that the organisers of this year's Brits disagree. I couldn't agree more. We are our own worst enemy. Where were the live performances from Coldplay, Bowie, Dido, Craig David & Sting, Basement Jaxx, Dizzee, Joss Stone, Radiohead, blur, the strokes, Kings of Leon etc etc? The U.S. record companies are taking over. Last year we got Avril, now we get outkast. Its about advertising what is doing well in the US, rather than what is doing well in the UK. Its killing the industry. What about the Outkast/Beyonce "duet"? What a bunch of crap. It simply allowed double advertising. Two singles sung, in a slot normally allotted to one artist/track. Beyonce winningthe award? For what? one hit single and a fairly successful album (in UK standards). Yet Christina has had 3 number one singles and a number one album. Who wins? The person with the next sales potential. Beyonce coverage will shift more units than Christina this year. I never understand the whole nomination thing. So Coldplay "Clocks" is a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. It wins the Grammy for "Song Of the Year" in the US, but it doesn't even make the short list in the UK? Is it good music or not? Mad, I know. [This message was edited Wed Feb 18 17:05:20 2004 by SquirrelMeat] . | |
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headhunter said: I haven't watched it yet, but my 12 year old daughter said:
"Julia Roberts sang it better." I laughed like a drain! 
Al I watched it last night, and d'you know what... Julia Roberts did sing it better! 
 Looks like we're gonna take the long way home 2night...  | |
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