Radiohead are the best, Oasis are crap (Q awards)

by Ollie Appleby [Edit this content] ▾ 2 comments 16:36 October 21st, 2002

Radiohead have been named 'Best Act In The World' for the second year running at the Q Awards with Oasis leaving empty-handed after being shortlisted for three titles.

Despite releasing nothing but a live album over the past year, the band beat both U2 and Oasis to the title. Oasis also lost out for Best Single to Sugababes for 'Freak Like Me', and the Best Live Act title that went to The Hives.

The best album title went to Coldplay for 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head', and now have now won the title twice with debut 'Parachutes' taking the prize in 2000.

Winners of honorary titles included Tom Jones who landed the Q Merit Award for his career stretching nearly four decades, Depeche Mode were given the Q Innovation Award while Echo And The Bunnymen got the Q Inspiration Award.

Simon Cowell won the Q Unwanted Award, having received the most votes for the person music fans want to see banned from the awards.

The full Q Awards 2002 list of winners is:

Best new act - Electric Soft Parade
Q merit award - Tom Jones
Best single - Sugababes, Freak Like Me
Best video - Pink, Get The Party Started
Best producer - Moby (for his own album, 18)
Q innovation award - Depeche Mode
Best live act - The Hives
Best album - Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
Q inspiration award - Echo And The Bunnymen
Q classic songwriter award - Jimmy Cliff
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'Oasis are crap'

Surely 3 nominations is better than the 0 that the vast majority of artists got?

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 22 Oct '02, 03:59 | X | Reply

Radiohead are the best, Oasis are crap (Q awards)

all those stupid fuckers gave jimmy cliff a standing ovation and about 0.3% actually knew who the fuck he was. GO AND DIE SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY IN YOUR DISEASED GUTTERS, YOU DUMBASS COCK-SUCKING MUSICIANS.

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 23 Oct '02, 03:01 | X | Reply