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BRITs 2009 – reflections

By | 18 February 2009

Righto.

After musicOMH gallantly reported on the BRITS launch party, we thought the least we could do was watch the ceremony and follow this through to its Fern Cotton flavoured finale.

So. A few notes.

1. Hosts James Cordon and Gavin off t’Telly were, at best, average. A couple of unfunny and smutty gags were made up for – just – by a joyous dance to the Pet Shop Boys‘ Go West at the end. Kylie was DREADFUL.

2. Coldplay. Poor man’s U2 or just poor? Military uniforms and drummers posing do not a triumphant concert make. And Chris was out of tune.

3. Take That. Flying saucer. Incredible. A BRIT moment for the highlights video – like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, with added Gary Barlow. Even without the much touted Robbie comeback, this was superb entertainment.

4. Duffy. Care? Nein. M.I.A. was robbed.

5. We don’t think the Pet Shop Boys were taking their performance seriously.

6. Elbow‘s shock best band award – couldn’t have happened to a more deserving band. Humble, lovely and they even had a joke at David Hasslehof’s expence on live TV. “Fancy a drink, Dave?”

7. The Cotton. God. There must be better out there, right? Perhaps The X-Factor should start auditioning presenters too.

8. And finally, are Kings Of Leon really that good? Really?

Anyone anything to add?

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  • http://musick1.blogspot.com Michael Cragg

    1. Very true.
    2. Not that bad really. They have something about them when they perform.
    3. Nice set and all, but why were they dressed like something off Lazy Town?
    4. Duffy was a mistake.
    5. Good, I’m glad they didn’t take it seriously, it’s pop music.
    6. Seriously dull.
    7. There is better, but ITV had run out of money.
    8. They used to be. No-one cared then.

  • taz

    Why does everyone including Take That always keep mentioning Robbie around Take That……mmm seems to me people including Take That just want to add him on every conversation just to cash in on him, roll on when Robbie is back solo…..after the last Take That single and seeing them on the Brits….looks like there time is up…..THANK GOD
    j

  • Nic Oliver

    Coldplay wouldn’t be where they were without having something about them, despite Chris Martin being a smug bastard.
    Elbow do make some great music but are seriously dull.
    Duffy is just annoying.
    Pet Shop Boys are class, despite being an annoying synth-pop band.

  • http://profile.typekey.com/musicomh/ Michael Hubbard

    @ Nic: “An annoying synth-pop band”?! You mean rather than an annoying folksy happy-clappy band?
    @taz: People mention Robbie around Take That the same as they’d mention Geri around the Spice Girls. Meh. But a flying saucer was a lovely reference, wasn’t it?
    @Craggle + Nic: Sorry, but remember who our writers voted for top album of 2008? Apparently some people like them.
    Anyway, I was elsewhere. So obviously none of it matters.

  • Jono

    James Cordon and the other one were terrible, un-funny but Kylie did well to put up with them.
    Duffy is bloody brilliant, Rockferry was the biggest selling album in the UK and second best selling album in the world last year. She has an amazing voice and brings real talent to the charts to fight off the likes of Lady GaGa and other manufactured drivel.
    I can not understand the nation’s obsession with Take That, they’re a bunch of washed up old men who just happened to cash in at the right time (when everyone else was doing ’90s comebacks) and one of them was miming last night – if not all of them.
    All in all, a brilliant night, i thought Fern Cotton was alright!

  • Michael Cragg

    “Duffy is bloody brilliant, Rockferry was the biggest selling album in the UK and second best selling album in the world last year. She has an amazing voice and brings real talent to the charts to fight off the likes of Lady GaGa and other manufactured drivel.”
    Duffy is just as manufactured as Lady Gaga. The fact her album has sold so well does not mean she’s any good. This notion of ‘real talent’ seems a bit hard to swallow. It really comes down to whether her songs are any good.
    Also, Take That are a very good pop act. The end.

  • John Murphy

    Corden and Horne were woeful. I thought half the time Kylie looked like she wanted to sack her agent (damn though, she still looks good). Don’t get me wrong, I loved Gavin & Stacey, but they’re really starting to believe their own hype.
    Guest presenters – Jamie Oliver? Joe Calzaghe? Errrr, why?
    What is the point of the Critics Choice award? I love Flo and her Machine, but it just smacks of ‘we’ve thrown loads of money at this person, we’d better give them some kind of award to justify it’.
    Call me a conspiracy theorist, but the appearance of Duffy in an extended commercial for one of the ceremony’s sponsors shed a bit of light on her three awards.
    Katy Perry, best international female? Really? With Beyonce also nominated?
    Sarah Harding was heroically pished.
    As great an album as In Rainbows is, wasn’t it released 18 months ago?
    Loved the hilarious audience silences during the Best International Group nominations (“Fleet Foxes” – silence, “MGMT” – silence, “Kings of Leon” – high pitced pre-teen screams)
    It’s a bit sad that Kings of Leon’s worst album is apparently the most popular of their career. Should never have cut your hair Caleb, it all went wrong from that point on.
    Still, the Brits has always been dreadful, and I can remember back when they were ‘the BPI pop and rock awards’.

  • bigjok

    coldplay were robbed
    after the year they have had to be snubbed by the brits is a slap in the face,
    viva la vida was a great album with the title track the single of the year
    i am astounded that girls aloud beat them
    travesty.
    dont think the group is too bothered though, grammys and the worlds best selling album for the 2nd album in a row and sold out concerts across the globe

  • Darren

    Does anyone actually take the Brits seriously anymore? I mean, this is an ITV produced show and ITV want a commerical looking show for those viewers who still think Heartbeat is at the cutting edge of TV drama. Thus we have Alan Carr and Gok Wan presenting awards (WTF!) and performances obviously vetoed by ITV execs.
    So what have we learnt? That Kings of Leon are a great band but apparently their woefully dull last album is better then it’s argubaly better competitor, MGMT. Coldplay go and make the best album of their career and win nothing. Radiohead are not only snubbed of any recognition, the Brits committee won’t even let them perform. Oh and Duffy is this years Darkness. What’s the betting that in 4 four years time we’ll be going Duffy Who? As for the presenters, well now I know why I never bothered watching Gavin & Stacey.

  • Michael

    Oh Darren.
    Still, for those excited by what a random bunch of faceless folk think of something at a particular moment in time, next week is the NME Awards. Doubtless Twitter will again explode into life…