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Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

disnews by DiS News [Edit this content] ▾ 19 comments 12:07 May 27th, 2005
Reading 03 - The Streets (Sean Hopson)
The poshest music awards ceremony in town took place yesterday. The Ivor Novello awards are a big up to 'quality' songwriting and recognise the men and women behind the songs. Here are your bastions of music 2004/05...

Best Song Musically & Lyrically: The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
Best Contemporary Song: Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Best Original Music For Television: Rob Lane for Blackpool
Best Original Film Score: Jeremy Sams for 'Enduring Love'
PRS Most Performed Work: Britney Spears - Toxic
International Hit Of The Year: U2 - Vertigo
Best Selling UK Single: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
International Achievement - Robert Smith, The Cure
Songwriters Of The Year - Keane
Album Award - Snow Patrol - 'Final Straw'
PRS Outstanding Contribution To British Music - Duran Duran
Outstanding Song Collection - Queen
Special International Award - Lou Reed
The Ivors' Special Award for Songwriting - Mick Jagger / Keith Richards

U2 The Cure The Streets Franz Ferdinand
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Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

surely 'these words' by natasha bedingfield should have won best song musically and lyrically !!!**??!!
magicwindow | 27 May '05, 12:25 | X | Reply

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i completely agree. i mean you can't get much better than this:

"Read some Byron, Shelly and Keats
recited it over a hiphop beat
I’m having trouble saying what I mean
With dead poets and drum machines
You know I had some studio time booked
But I couldn’t find the killa hook
Now you've gone and raised the bar right up
Nothin' I write is ever good enough "

Alexander @magicwindow | 27 May '05, 12:44 | X | Reply

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oh and does this mean that Crazy Frog thing will be an applicable candidate for the Most Performed Work award next year. I hope so!
Alexander @magicwindow | 27 May '05, 12:45 | X | Reply

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I'm sure this has been said before, but some of the different catagories make no sense. If The Street wrote the best song of the year musically and lyrically, how do Franz have the best contemporary song of the year? Is Mike Skinner considered to write classical music?
benrith @Alexander | 27 May '05, 12:50 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

Why are music awards so shitty and wrong?

The streets? That song is turd.

Two words.
One of them is "off".
homesick_alien | 27 May '05, 13:14 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

im more worried about the fact that snow patrol got an 'album award.' Jesus.
thunder_cat | 27 May '05, 14:41 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivo

Does anyone else read that title as frank skinner... or is it just me?
thedaythatthatcherdies | 27 May '05, 14:49 | X | Reply

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'Album Award' though. Not 'Best Album'. Just 'Album'. So, fair enough really! It is one...
nice_squirrel @thunder_cat | 27 May '05, 15:00 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

Nope, I read it as Frank Skinner too. I just hope you're as old as me.
mmd040 | 27 May '05, 15:13 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivo

The only thing I think that really sucks is having categories like 'PRS Most Performed Work', 'International Hit Of The Year', 'Best Selling UK Single', since none of them really relate to songwriting merit, just commercial success, and as such they should be confined to the annual industry backslapping Brit Awards. As for the awards, I think that, while 'Take Me Out' is a great pop song, 'Dry Your Eyes' is an epoch-making record, and deserved to be the only award winner. ...Snow Patrol and Keane... be grateful Coldplay left it til this year to release their album, wannabe m**herf**kers!!!!
chrisnettleton | 27 May '05, 15:17 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

we are qpr.

oh, thought that was a qpr top.
stubryce | 27 May '05, 15:22 | X | Reply

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Unfotunately not...

but you like herman dune, so all is good with the world
thedaythatthatcherdies @mmd040 | 27 May '05, 15:25 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

I don't like the streets. At all. One bit.
mcsean_lpool | 27 May '05, 20:06 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

i've said it before and i'll keep repeating it, goddamit: vertigo by u2 is a complete and utter fucking ripoff of dirty boots by sonic youth. but shit. the cunts.
Jamie_Summers | 27 May '05, 22:17 | X | Reply

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Ahh! You're right! Just listened to goo and was wondering what it reminded me of, the unoriginal bastards.
Kid_A @Jamie_Summers | 28 May '05, 13:28 | X | Reply

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it's coz the Streets were so 2003
dan-oh @benrith | 29 May '05, 10:13 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

Final Straw won despite being released about 21 months ago? Hmm.
brusma | 30 May '05, 11:54 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivo

Yeah, but it got re-released and I'd imagine that was enough for them to bend the rules so Snow Patrol got it.

They all make this shite up as they go along anyway.
Effloresce_Sean | 30 May '05, 13:01 | X | Reply

Franz, Skinner and Robert Smith triumph at the Ivors

Crazy Toad is gonna win an award.

Damn.

Like the Streets though, although Eyes was a sh!t song. I don't see the fascination, but anyway, Coldplay will make sure none of those softie bands ever get an award ever again. Coldplay ARE the best in making songs that make your dick soft, admittedly.
IanK | 1 Jun '05, 12:36 | X | Reply

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