Comments on: Klaxons Scoop Mercury Prize AND Out-Drink Amy Winehouse http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php Grown Up Gossip & Internet Villainy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:16:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: VictoriasJukebox http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php/comment-page-1#comment-202285 VictoriasJukebox Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:45:32 +0000 http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php#comment-202285 I think congratulations are in order to Klaxons to be honest for winning last nights prestigous Nationwide Mercury Music Prize. Definite outsiders most people’s money was on Winehouse (who just for the record did turn up and sang “Love is a Losing Game”) or Bat for Lashes. I was gunning for Maps but have to say I am pleasantly surprised with news of the Klaxon’s victory. I dug their response: "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? I think congratulations are in order to Klaxons to be honest for winning last nights prestigous Nationwide Mercury Music Prize. Definite outsiders most people’s money was on Winehouse (who just for the record did turn up and sang “Love is a Losing Game”) or Bat for Lashes. I was gunning for Maps but have to say I am pleasantly surprised with news of the Klaxon’s victory. I dug their response:

“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?

]]> By: Carmela http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php/comment-page-1#comment-202241 Carmela Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:12:38 +0000 http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php#comment-202241 i fucking hate jo whiley. she thinks she knows everything about music and we shud all treat her like sum guru. u work on the radio love, they TELL you what to say about music. i fucking hate jo whiley. she thinks she knows everything about music and we shud all treat her like sum guru.

u work on the radio love, they TELL you what to say about music.

]]> By: dayzee http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php/comment-page-1#comment-202068 dayzee Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:11:39 +0000 http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php#comment-202068 The Times said Jools Holland is inscrutable??? Jools 'Poker face' Holland is reknowned for spewing out manic hyperbole whilst wildly overexaggerating the talent and importance of any + all muso's that comes within a hundred yards of his show and in the process somehow manages to make Brian Blessed look like a laid back kinda guy... lulz at only ''"future music", which would be true if only we lived in a world where Duran Duran hadn't been invented yet.'... nice work sir The Times said Jools Holland is inscrutable???

Jools ‘Poker face’ Holland is reknowned for spewing out manic hyperbole whilst wildly overexaggerating the talent and importance of any + all muso’s that comes within a hundred yards of his show and in the process somehow manages to make Brian Blessed look like a laid back kinda guy…

lulz at only ””future music”, which would be true if only we lived in a world where Duran Duran hadn’t been invented yet.’… nice work sir

]]> By: Koos http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php/comment-page-1#comment-201941 Koos Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:01:57 +0000 http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php#comment-201941 Is it me but I have never understood a word Jools Holland says.. he is incomprehensible to my ears.. needs some elocution ??? Is it me but I have never understood a word Jools Holland says.. he is incomprehensible to my ears.. needs some elocution ???

]]> By: Duncan http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php/comment-page-1#comment-201939 Duncan Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:00:23 +0000 http://www.hecklerspray.com/klaxons-scoop-mercury-prize-and-out-drink-amy-winehouse/20079926.php#comment-201939 Klaxons...travesty win...... Bats for Lashes were better... as were most of the others.. bar Dizzi Rascal who is a yawn...................................I hate that Jo Wiley woman.. she tries too hard to be cool and hip and ends up sounding stupid....as does Laverne and Ferne Cotton.. where do they root them out from.? Klaxons…travesty win…… Bats for Lashes were better… as were most of the others.. bar Dizzi Rascal who is a yawn……………………………..I hate that Jo Wiley woman.. she tries too hard to be cool and hip and ends up sounding stupid….as does Laverne and Ferne Cotton.. where do they root them out from.?

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