Q Awards: it's like DiS community bear-baiting
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Held this afternoon was the Q Awards. Below are the deserved winners:
Best New Act
The Enemy
Best Track
Manic Street Preachers 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough'
Q Classic Song
Stereophonics 'Local Boy In The Photograph'
Q Classic Album
The Verve for 'Urban Hymns'
Best Video
Kaiser Chiefs 'Ruby'
Q Innovation in Sound
Sigur Ros
Q Merit Award
Ryan Adams
Lifetime Achievement Award
Johnny Marr
Q Hero
Anthony H. Wilson
Best Album
Amy Winehouse 'Back To Black'
Best Live Act
Muse
Q Classic Songwriter
Billy Bragg
Q Legend
Ian Brown
Q Inspiration Award
Damon Albarn
Q Idol
Kylie Minogue
Best Act in the World Today
Arctic Monkeys
Q Icon
Paul McCartney
Breakthrough Artist
Kate Nash
Where's Oasis? Fire off your vitriol below regarding how all these bands are old, rubbish, or even better, old and rubbish. Ready, set... GO!
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Blur
Kate Nash
Arctic Monkeys
Amy Winehouse
Billy Bragg is old and not rubbish
And he told GayGuevara to fuck off, which is worth something.
see my comments on social board
Music is quite dull when you look at it from the point fo view of an award ceremony isn't it?
Very deseved.
Especially the first three. Also good to see they have a load of awards for the same thing:
Lifetime Achievement Award, Hero, Classic Songwriter, Legend, Inspiration Award, Idol, Icon.
Still
Ryan Adams got a Merit Award.
Don't know whether that's a good thing or not...
As requested, vitriol
All these bands are old, rubbish, or old and rubbish.
Except Sigur Sigur Rosnik, they did that David Attenborough soundtrack, I liked that.
And Tony Wilson, he's neither rubbish nor old, he's dead.
bites tongue...
bites tounge..
bites tongue..
shall not post sarcastic/witty/loathfull message regarding these awards..
bites tongue..
i dont understand why they should be "old & rubbish" ?
q awards always been boring or "passe" but there are important names on that list. i'm actually quite happy that klaxons are not there.
*the same award winners as last year*
That first one made no sense.
best act in the world today
a little smash hits??
Still
The Enemy and Kate Nash won awards, so it can't be that bad, can it?
*goes to find nearest implement that could used to kill self*
on the whole depressing mainstream band wank subject
watched the vodafone live awards last night on tv and i was shocked by just how shit all the bands that were featured on it were. I mean Q has always been made for old men growing old disgracefully clinging onto any semblance that they once were cool. It's the only way I can excuse the awfulness.
Oh hang on...
Q Innovation in Sound
Sigur Ros
Q Merit Award
Ryan Adams
That's not too bad is it?
After the Vflive I watched some mobile breaking bands thing with Alex Zane- I think Jo Whiley has had botox. A lot of crap bands on there tho but quite funny when Lily Allen got one of the lead singers phone numbers and then couldn't remember his name?! I never liked her, but that was quite amusing. I'll remember that next time I hear 'Smile' played in Asda along with the Kooks and the killers efforts.
Hmm
What is a 'merit' award? An award for generally deserving an award? The 'thanks for trying' award? Maybe they're admitting he deserves an award but know their readers won't vote for him.
I know trying to find logic in the Q Awards is a futile search, but still.
That Manics song...
has been one of the best mainstream singles released in a while though. I'm pleased about that at least.
What's with all the 'classic' bullshit??
Manic Street Preachers 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough'
HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA.
Good god.
totally not even worth bothering
ranting about this.
Sigur Ros
were innovative about 6 years ago.
I bet the presenter called them "Siggur Ross" too.
To be perfectly honest I don't find the 'winners' that bad overall.
I was expecting alot worse and alot of them do make perfect sense when you consider the magazines readership. Also it's Q what did most of you expect? Pagan Wanderer Lu & Deerhoof to win? At the end of the day, most people are hardly ever happy with these type of things and the main reason for their existance is to increase record sales.
Ryan Adams
The Verve and Sir Paul all get awards = good.
Perhaps
Q should introduce a Belated Recognition Award?
its jonnie woss isn't it?
surely siggur woss?
excuse my ignorance
but how are you meant to pronounce it exactly? xxx
That would be amusing.
CUNT, it's basically "Seer Rose". The 'rose' bit is slightly clipped.
Those type of awards
exist solely so Q can be sycophantic towards old, past-it bands when they have done nothing of note that year, or for a number of years prior.
Lifetime Achievement Award.
Q Hero
Q Classic Songwriter
Q Legend
Q Inspiration
Q Idol
Can anyone think of more spurious categories that all mean the same thing? They might need them for next year's awards, especially if someone they've already given a similar award to releases a new album or dies.
The sad thing is
that you can't even use Q as toilet paper.
nmee
the nme.com article about this is hilarious, they're not the Q awards you see.. they're 'fan voted awards'..
Seriously...
Who gives a tit
A Merit Award
is a little yellow badge that says merit on it, accompanied by a small paper certificate declaring who received the merit and for what.
Mine were often for being ace at spelling, or being helpful or shit like that.
I do not know why Ryan Adams got a Merit Award.
what the difference between NEw act and Breakthrough act?
one of them sounds like a shite magazine if you say it quick enough....the other is kate kate nash.
Congratulations to Q
Another year of their elaborate hoax taking the piss out of music awards. They are truly the Chris Morris of music magazines!
see above post, they speak the truth
their website used to have a bunch of sound clips of pronunciation of their name and some of the song titles.
to be the chris morris
of musical awards would they not have to have some concept of irony?!
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Mojo was worse
Mojo Hero
Mojo Icon
Mojo Hall of Fame
Mojo Lifetime Achievement Award
Mojo Inspiration
Mojo Outstanding Contribution to Music
Mojo Cult Hero
Mojo Maverick
Mojo Vision
Mojo Medal
Farce.
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