Comments on: Klaxons Win Mercury Music Prize http://www.psfk.com/2007/09/klaxons-win-mercury-music-prize.html Ideas & Trends Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:51:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Roger Bagula http://www.psfk.com/2007/09/klaxons-win-mercury-music-prize.html/comment-page-1#comment-7391 Roger Bagula Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:10:48 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2007/09/klaxons-win-mercury-music-prize.html#comment-7391 I did a sampling of mp3's by the groups up for the prize: I love Amy Winehouse's style. New Young Pony Club is just flat better than the Klaxons... So you brits are in to robbery and ceating lately, eh? There were two more equal with the Klaxons in the running too. Get new judges, you soiled yourself here. Roger Bagula I did a sampling of mp3’s by the groups up for the prize:
I love Amy Winehouse’s style.
New Young Pony Club
is just flat better than the Klaxons…
So you brits are in to robbery and ceating lately, eh?
There were two more equal with the Klaxons in the running too.
Get new judges, you soiled yourself here.
Roger Bagula

]]> By: VictoriasJukebox http://www.psfk.com/2007/09/klaxons-win-mercury-music-prize.html/comment-page-1#comment-7358 VictoriasJukebox Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:51:48 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2007/09/klaxons-win-mercury-music-prize.html#comment-7358 Congratulations are in order to London based Klaxons for winning last nights prestigous Nationwide Mercury Music Prize I think. I am pleasantly surprised with news of the Klaxon’s victory. Singer and bass player Jamie Reynolds made perfect sense when reflecting on the judges decision, "I think [the Mercury judges] have rewarded forward thinking music," Asked about winning over Winehouse, the band grumbled about having to answer questions about her all day. "She is fantastic, but her record is a retro record, and we have made the most forward thinking record since I don't know how long," Reynolds said. If its true the award is to honour forward thinking music then Klaxons had it in the bag all along…its just the criteria for winners seems to change every year. Previous winners Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand could hardly be described as forward thinking but their winning credentials could not be doubted. Year after year the awards are marred with controversy - I think the board at Mercury need to clean up once and for all what the awards are supposed to reward…that way the awards might make a little bit more sense. What do you think? Congratulations are in order to London based Klaxons for winning last nights prestigous Nationwide Mercury Music Prize I think.

I am pleasantly surprised with news of the Klaxon’s victory. Singer and bass player Jamie Reynolds made perfect sense when reflecting on the judges decision,

“I think [the Mercury judges] have rewarded forward thinking music,” Asked about winning over Winehouse, the band grumbled about having to answer questions about her all day. “She is fantastic, but her record is a retro record, and we have made the most forward thinking record since I don’t know how long,” Reynolds said.

If its true the award is to honour forward thinking music then Klaxons had it in the bag all along…its just the criteria for winners seems to change every year. Previous winners Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand could hardly be described as forward thinking but their winning credentials could not be doubted.

Year after year the awards are marred with controversy – I think the board at Mercury need to clean up once and for all what the awards are supposed to reward…that way the awards might make a little bit more sense.

What do you think?

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