Are you saying that you made the decision to watch an appalling show where record companies take it in turns to promote themselves, a show with a track history of bland mediocrity, a show clearly aimed at 12-year-olds, and this show you chose to watch wasnât that entertaining?..
I know, I just have myself to blame.
The Guardian described Drake and Rihannaâs performance as âruttingâ.
We could have a discussion about the #britssowhite instead.
Was it ever much cop?
Ooh, somebodyâs got a pineapple on their head! Ooh, sheâs wearing a Union flag dress! Ooh, heâs just wiggled his bum at a paedophile!
How edgy.
I thought the Bowie tribute and speeches were pretty good. So was James Bay. Sorry.
Any Bowie tribute is beyond criticism - within reason.
However it is open season on the other 95% of the show.
Granted, Iâm basically her number 1 fan boy, but I thought Lorde nailed it.
Thatâs the only bit I saw, tbh. Couldnât really care less. Did have some fun trolling idiots on facebook crying about how they wish people would stop talking about the lack of diversity.
Fave was all those harking on âWhat about the MOBOâs?!â.
Good move getting his band along to play.
So is that a version of âtwerkingâ ??
Music isnât dead but I donât think itâs very well at the moment.
It has been suffering from Cowellâs Disease for a while.
BRITs are about the mainstream, always have been always will be (bar the occasional nod to something else).
Has the mainstream ever been the greatest barometer of the overall health of any medium? I wouldnât say so. The best of a medium is usaully found when you scratch beneath the surface a bit.
Which, I think, is where a lot of where the frustration with the BRITs lack of diversity comes from. Grime is a truly UK based genre that is really starting to make inroads on a scale greater than just the isles. Whilst that hasnât neccessarily turned into chart success, it is gaining traction it has not seen before and in a way a lot of âbigâ British bands (Oasis) failed to do so overseaâs.
Granted, it wonât be to everyoneâs tastes and that is fine. But it is disappointing that an award ceremony that appears to be about rewarding the best in British music over the past year to entirely ignore the rise of an innovative genre that is starting to make an impact and gain attention from major artists in different (granted, similar) genreâs from around the world is something that deserves at least some kind of nod.
Heck, even Drake showed up at a Skepta gig after the ceremony last night.
So yeah, the mainstream is what it is. You rarely see the best, or most innovative stuff there. It follows that a ceremony there to prop up the mainstream is going to be a bit bland. I donât think that is neccessarily a true reflection of the larger picture of the music scene.
I get that it is all about celebrating achievement and all that malarky and that it is hard to avoid Adele etc, but it would be nice if they had a niche section for the cool stuff that is bubbling away in a universe somewhere clear of Radio 1. Perhaps they do something like the Oscars where the obscure stuff is dealt with off TV?
I didnât watch it but some of the stuff you guise are posting, about Rihanna Rutting and the absence of Grime, is making me think I Missed Out.
Because I dont like something it doesnât mean its bad but in the sake of British people copying yanks I make an exception and grime is shite, why dont these lads wear bowler hats as opposed to West Coast Gangster shit, unless they mean West Country and then why arenât they dressed up as pasties?
I think (and its taking a big leap of faith/dose of assumption) I know what you are getting atâŚbut I could be completely wrongâŚ
Originally posted by @areloa-grandee
Originally posted by @Barry-Sanchez
Because I dont like something it doesnât mean its bad but in the sake of British people copying yanks I make an exception and grime is shite, why dont these lads wear bowler hats as opposed to West Coast Gangster shit, unless they mean West Country and then why arenât they dressed up as pasties?
I think (and its taking a big leap of faith/dose of assumption) I know what you are getting atâŚbut I could be completely wrongâŚ
Steady on there Gay!