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| 1244.1 | Conspiracy theory, M People were on the grassy knoll | MOVIES::VERBIST | Free the Files 11 ! � | Wed Sep 21 1994 16:20 | 17 |
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I believe the Prodigy's "Music For The Jilted Generation" was also
nominated, but didn't get anywhere. If you've taken sufficient drugs
to be able to dance to something going at ~200 bpm, it's quite good
really.
Just thinking about it, it sounds like they (whoever is responsible for
this particular conspiracy) nominated a band from each pigeon hole:
o M people, soul
o Blur, chirpy cockney guitar pop band, Faces rip-off (sorry Mark)
o Prodigy, techno
o Take That, pre-pubescent teen appeal
Anybody know who the 'eavy metal entry was? (to bolster up my theory)
Guy
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| 1244.2 | | FERNEY::MACFADYEN | you've got to work | Wed Sep 21 1994 16:31 | 3 |
| > Anybody know who the 'eavy metal entry was? (to bolster up my theory)
Therapy? The theory survives...
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| 1244.3 | | AYOV20::MRENNISON | Modern Life Is Rubbish | Wed Sep 21 1994 16:38 | 13 |
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The theory sounds good. And since I'm too young to remember the Faces,
I still say that Blur were conned.
I remember when Screamadelica was awarded the prize first time round
and thinking "Oh goody, a serious award for quality contemporary music"
or words to that effect.
Mark
P.S Despite the p-n, I'm not a big Blur fan. I've found their other
albums a trifle naff.
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| 1244.4 | | CHEFS::GEORGEM | Paddy Hashdown | Wed Sep 21 1994 17:25 | 14 |
| According to the music press in the week before the winner was announced, the
judges of the awards were under severe pressure to select a band who weren't in
the indie/guitar category, in order to lend some credability to the whole
caffuffle. Clearly it didn't work, because noone can believe that M-People won
it!
I forget who else has won it....isn't it Suede and Primal Scream (was there
another one?)
Apparently, they didn't want to alienate any music fans (hence the "band from
every genre" tactic), and saw giving M-People the award as a statement that they
were totally objective and un-biased.
Tripe! That's what I say....give it to Blur.
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| 1244.5 | | SUBURB::ODONNELLJ | Julie O'Donnell | Wed Sep 21 1994 21:54 | 1 |
| I can't believe that M People won either.
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| 1244.6 | Off with her mincey meat she went. | BHAJI::GBRUCE | | Thu Sep 22 1994 03:03 | 7 |
| I think the reference to 'The Faces' should read 'Small Faces'as I
think Damon Alburn is not at all like Rod the mod,but quite like the
late Steve Marriot.
The 'Small Faces' were in fact cockernee geezeers who had hits with
Lazy Sunday,Itchycoo Park and the Ogden's nut-gone flake album,which
featured Stanley Unwin doing a bit of narrating on your tumload what
deep joy oh yes about threw to few years back.
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| 1244.7 | Wibble Wibble | PAKORA::SWRIGHT | Uno CoCa Cola Porfavor | Thu Sep 22 1994 07:19 | 8 |
| Gordon...
You've been staring at that Comets screen too long....!!!
*:@))
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| 1244.8 | | FERNEY::MACFADYEN | you've got to work | Thu Sep 22 1994 09:19 | 6 |
| > featured Stanley Unwin
I just saw a thing about him in NME, that he's done vocals for
some techno/ambient outfit... he's ancient now, 81.
Rod
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| 1244.9 | more conspiracy theory | MOVIES::VERBIST | Free the Files 11 ! � | Thu Sep 22 1994 10:13 | 11 |
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a friend (yes, I have one) told me last night that other nominees were:
- Michael Nyman (classical)
- Paul Weller (AOR)
re Faces/Small Faces, that's what I meant, only I left my brain in
San Francisco.
Guy
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| 1244.10 | | AYOV11::SROBERTSON | | Thu Sep 22 1994 16:44 | 5 |
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re - a few back
That brings back memories and a laugh - Unwin is realy funny - ONGF is
crazy to listen to - the guys sounds as if he's on another planet.
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| 1244.11 | Blur is best! | SUBURB::JOURNALS | | Fri Sep 23 1994 14:16 | 10 |
| I can't believe that no one has even considered Pulp. They were also
nominated for an award and their narative lyrics have to be heard to be
believed. However, I have to agree that Park Life was by far the best
nomination.
My own opinion is that the award was given to M People to counteract all
the hype that Blur had already received once the nominations had been
declared.
Mike
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| 1244.12 | | CHEFS::GEORGEM | I've passed my JSP/COBOL exam! Hoorah! | Fri Sep 23 1994 14:46 | 5 |
| There was an article in the Sun (i think), yesterday, saying that Blur were
condemning the awards, saying they were a joke, because they didn't win (which
is fair enough really). They also said that it didn't matter anyway, because
they would sell twice as many albums as M-people by the end of the year. An
interesting prediction - one which will more than likely come true, IMO.
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| 1244.13 | | FORTY2::BOYES | My karma ran over my dogma | Wed Sep 13 1995 10:55 | 9 |
| Best part of Collins and The Other One commentary on the Mercury Awards
last night...
Not to say Leftfield are faceless, but people point at them in the
street and say "Who are those guys standing next to the Chemical Brothers?".
+Mark+
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| 1244.14 | who won it? | CHEFS::STRATFORDS | Steer clear of the Zebra Bros | Wed Sep 13 1995 11:13 | 1 |
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| 1244.16 | Notes collision | FORTY2::BOYES | My karma ran over my dogma | Wed Sep 13 1995 12:02 | 7 |
| Portishead won it.
Nominees were them, Oasis, Tricky, Token Jazz, Token Classical, Token Van
Morrison ("He was crap when he was in The Doors but now he's good" said the
commentator) Leftfield and Elastica.
+Mark+
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| 1244.17 | And........ | CHEFS::RUTHERFORDI | A)bort R)etry F)*** It !! | Wed Sep 13 1995 12:20 | 4 |
| If I remember rightly Supergrass and PJ Harvey were also nominated.
Ian.
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| 1244.18 | | FORTY2::BOYES | My karma ran over my dogma | Wed Sep 13 1995 13:46 | 7 |
| > If I remember rightly Supergrass and PJ Harvey were also nominated
How could I forget PJ "Mummy, make the scary woman go away!" Harvey in her
guise of Attack of the Fifty Foot Prostitute and her album of demos curiously
more polished than the album they were demos of, and Supergrass.
+Mark+
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