estelle obv
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Nuclear holocaust 30 years ago.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:54 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
ffs britain
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:55 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
This really is a Radio 2 list.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:56 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
British Sea Power - Such an Average Band - Why did they get nominated?
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:58 (sixteen years ago) link
apparently: Ironic - Stay with me ?
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 (sixteen years ago) link
lex = the nicest guy in the wrestling industry
― Tom D., Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:59 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
Is Burial set to be the British DJ Shadow with this nomination
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Girlslowd, Katenasj, the rockin' feeling, gonks go beep?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Burial won't turn up ergo won't win.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:02 (sixteen years ago) link
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― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:02 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
YES
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:04 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
Is Frith that much older than you, Marcello?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:07 (sixteen years ago) link
- Just got offed, - i don't listen to mainstream radio !
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:07 (sixteen years ago) link
tinchy stryder! ny! wiley!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Frith is much older !
Old enough to be my dad, in actual fact.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:07 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
NEON NEON IS THE BEST ALBUM THERE. EVERYONE ELSE SHUT UP.
― zeus, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:08 (sixteen years ago) link
He actually is 95
― Tom D., Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Adele 19 - Young female British 'sou' hope British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? - Maturing indie band now writing 6+ minute songs Burial Untrue - Token edgy urban nomination Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid - Mature Britrock stalwarts Estelle Shine - Token unedgy urban nomination Laura Marling Alas I Cannot Swim - British non-soul femme debut Neon Neon Stainless Style - Indie rockers do 'serious' electro/dance Portico Quartet Knee-Deep In The North Sea - Token jazzers Rachel Unthank & The Winterset The Bairns - Token folkers Radiohead In Rainbows - Hoary old rock lords, potential "it's about time' winners Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand - Aged icon makes acclaimed comeback (Collaboration Division) The Last Shadow Puppets The Age Of The Understatement
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Aren't you old enough to be Louis' dad, Marcello? And possibly mine too?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Precisely (xxp).
I can't possibly comment.
Neon Neon should be shot at dawn - boring old timeserving Taff chasing the long-fled ambulance.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Aren't you old enough to be Lex's dad, Nick?
― ledge, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link
neon neon suck. it involves someone out of the super furry animals, how could it not suck.
actually even giving more than 15mins of thought to this is dispiriting and pointless enough. basically if you have any clue at all you'll be too busy listening to 'high price' by ciara ("MY BODY LOOK SOFTER THAN A MCDONALD'S HAMBURGER BUN!") and 'need u bad' by jazmine sullivan on loop to have time to give a shit. i am off to do just that, have fun stewing in your own tedium kidz xxx
xp nick is like 40 or something so yes
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Ljagger was born in 1987 - so yes
― djmartian, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Maturing indie band now writing 6+ minute songs
I don't see myself buying anything by this band, somehow
― Tom D., Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah, it's Zeus the crazy SFA fan, so crazy he defended the last album to the death even though it was patently shit. Can Gruff Rhys do no wrong? Apparently not. Haven't heard Neon Neon but I doubt it's all that.
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Last Shadow Puppets are Token Wildcard.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Hahah, Lex is about three years younger than me!