Giggs just nosing ahead of T-Pain now.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:51 (fifteen years ago) link
radio 1 are playing this awful Eminem type rap trax with weird garbled squeaky voice and bad moby muzak - shocking
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Dean Windass - nominated every time, maybe finally his year
― blueski, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:52 (fifteen years ago) link
apparently: Ironic - Stay with me ?
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Adele 19 British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? Burial Untrue Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid Estelle Shine Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim Neon Neon Stainless Style Portico Quartet Knee-Deep In The North Sea Rachel Unthank & The Winterset The Bairns Radiohead In Rainbows Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand The Last Shadow Puppets The Age Of The Understatement
Absence of Portishead or Edwyn Collins surprises me. Smart money has to be on Radiohead or Plant & Krauss - can't see everyone on the panel (not that I know who they are) signing up to Burial unfortunately.
― Dorianlynskey, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:52 (fifteen years ago) link
oh i heard that on the chart show - unbelievably bad. xp.
― ledge, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Is that shortlist official?
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:53 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm putting 50p on Estelle
― blueski, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:53 (fifteen years ago) link
...Don Estelle
― NickB, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:53 (fifteen years ago) link
In
Radiohead Elbow Estelle Last Shadow Robert Plant Burial Laura Marling Adelle BSPower Neon Neon Rachel Unthank Portico Quartet
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
estelle obv
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Nuclear holocaust 30 years ago.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Oho, I predicted 7 out of 12. Didn't think Plant/Krauss would be eligible. Yay for Unthank. Surprise omissions: Duffy and PORTISHEAD.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
ffs britain
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset The Bairns
ftw.
No weller? Surprise. No duffy? Life is worth living.
apart from that, um, nothing really stands out does it?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Predicted eight. Worst shortlist since, oooh, the last one.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:55 (fifteen years ago) link
This really is a Radio 2 list.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Adele: industry's most talked up new artist last Christmas so this is pretty much a contractual obligation
― blueski, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
If ever a "token folk" was going to win it, then this would be the year. But, yeah, fat chance. I'm predicting Elbow.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm still saying Radiohead, just because they'll feel they have to.
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link
The Mitchell Brothers were the biggest selling act on The Beats, which is like being the ILM poster who makes the most money from music writing.
the nicest guy in the wrestling industry
Who is the ILM poster who makes the most money from music writing? I'm guessing Jordan S.
― MPx4A, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link
As usual with these things the real talents are overlooked; it's always Buggins' turn time for the rubbish that's been around for years.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link
British Sea Power - Such an Average Band - Why did they get nominated?
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:58 (fifteen years ago) link
his name is spelt ironik. i think his song is sweet! if negligible.
estelle or marling ftw but god, the fact that you people care so much is almost as embarrassing as the shortlist itself
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:58 (fifteen years ago) link
lex = the nicest guy in the wrestling industry
― Tom D., Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if Portishead's previous win worked against them but they at least deserved a nomination. Best reviewed British album of 2008, surely?
Also - Neon Neon?!?
No more a Radio 2 list than any other year - that's always been the Mercury's schtick. What serious contenders, apart from the Bug, would have made it less so?
― Dorianlynskey, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:00 (fifteen years ago) link
ironik - core blimey - is this rad with teenage kids in da charts and all that ting
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:00 (fifteen years ago) link
So, who are Portico Quartet band? Them and Neon Neon are the only acts not to be mentioned upthread...
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
djmartian FYI: http://www.last.fm/user/bbcradio1
The Elbow album - 1985-style soft rock SHIT Last Shadow Puppets - 1983-style WEA indie vanity project SHIT Robert Plant - 1974-style soft rock SHIT Laura Marling - 1974-style Brit School singer songwriter SHIT Adele - 1985-style Brit School soul passion & honesty SHIT Neon Neon - SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHITTY McSHIT FROM SHITCHESTER SHITSHIRE Portico Quartet - RFH busking cod-jazz SHIT
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Is Burial set to be the British DJ Shadow with this nomination
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Girlslowd, Katenasj, the rockin' feeling, gonks go beep?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Burial won't turn up ergo won't win.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
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― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Is the formula of the pattern of nominees now so predictable that it can be broken down utterly into X, Y, Z, etc?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I normally avoid the mainstream because the music is so shockingly bad - 30 minutes of radio 1 confirms my worst fears
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Portico Quartet were recommended to me by Amazon months ago; I should have remembered tghem as tyhe exact same thing happened last year with Basquiat Strings. Oh well, I'll be able to get it for abut £7 in three weeks.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:04 (fifteen years ago) link
YES
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Welllll.... there are 8 albums on this list that I really, really like. What's a boy to do?
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Are you OK, DJ? Clambering out of the diving-bell you look like you've aged a decade. What the hell's down there?
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I suppose it's all we can expect with 95-year-old hipster Simon Frith still in charge.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I think it can be broken down like that. I guessed 9 out of 12 this year, which doesn't say much for the panel's wild unpredictability.
― Dorianlynskey, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Is Frith that much older than you, Marcello?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:07 (fifteen years ago) link
- Just got offed, - i don't listen to mainstream radio !
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:07 (fifteen years ago) link
tinchy stryder! ny! wiley!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Frith is much older !
Old enough to be my dad, in actual fact.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:07 (fifteen years ago) link
You look shaken, DJ. Perhaps a camomile tea and then we can talk about it?
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link
NEON NEON IS THE BEST ALBUM THERE. EVERYONE ELSE SHUT UP.
― zeus, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link
He actually is 95
― Tom D., Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link