Platty Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Ok i went to one of the many shows last week, was awesome seeing We are Scientists & Arctic monkeys but tonight is the actual awards so is anyone watching?? There has already been a superb performance by Razorlight showcasing a new song but if you cant be arsed to win here are the winners: Best British Band Arctic Monkeys Best International Band The Strokes Best Solo Artist Kanye West Best New Band Arctic Monkeys Best Live Band Franz Ferdinand Best Album 'Employment' - Kaiser Chiefs Best Track 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' - Arctic Monkeys Best Video 'The Importance Of Being Idle' - Oasis Best Music DVD Live8 Best Event Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festivals Best TV Show 'Gonzo' Best Radio Show Zane Lowe (Radio 1) Best Film 'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire' Best Website NME.COM Best Venue Brixton Carling Academy Hero Of The Year Bob Geldof Villain Of The Year George Bush Best Dressed Ricky Wilson Worst Dressed Justin Hawkins Worst Album 'Back To Bedlam' - James Blunt Worst Band Son Of Dork Sexiest Man Pete Doherty Sexiest Woman Madonna http://www.nme.com Now dont get me wrong i love the Arctic Monkeys and they fully deserved the best new band award but the others? hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 brest album to the funkin kiaser chiefs.... god! i hate that magazine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 this is a load of rubbish. nme is so far up its own behind now its completely lost sight of the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I was going to watch it but that present is such an unfunny tosser I switched over after the Razorlight perfomance (interesting new song, slower but nice. Johnny Borrell's new hair is bad though) to Angel on Sky One and am now watching Veronica Mars, much better night. Personally I feel Juicebox is a better video, then again I enjoy smuttiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towers Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Sugababes doing an Artic Monkey's song? Did anyone else think that was a really bad idea lol? I'm not much of a fan of Artic Monkey's anyway and to be honest on tonight I've gone off them even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 This just shows how over-rated the kaiser chiefs and the arctic monkeys are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Predictable, boring, and shite. Just like the actual magazine then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athriller Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Villain Of The Year George Bush I don't understand this. NME trying to handle politics? Holy shiiiiii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizoid Man Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Complete fucking douschebags the lot of em. Respect to Arctic Monkeys for getting where they have, but NME have taken away any credibility they had in that swamp of hype. Next week I'm guessing the front page will have a big close of Alex Turner 'coolest man alive' according to the tossers, with 'It's really happening now!', then maybe some Morrisey, Maximo Park, Ian Brown, the lot. And Pete Doherty sexiest man? HE IS AN UGLY SKAGHEAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arragaun Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Yeah, the NME does tend to cheapen good music sometimes. Then other times it cheapens bad music. And sometimes it shits on good music. It's hard to win when you're the NME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Best Film 'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire' Oh dear God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Best Website NME.COM You can't choose your own website to win your own award! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 The Arctic Monkeys lead is going way to far in the direction of Liam Gallagher, Such a swagger about him, he wants to watch himself with that ego as people might just get sick of it and think. What the fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 You can't choose your own website to win your own award! Its apparently voted for by readers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtle Squad Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 .....are stupid!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonmike04 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I can agree with all of that, espeacially the 'worst' catagories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girly hiyaz!~ Gamer Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Oh my. NME really can't sink any lower. Douchebags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platty Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 I know a lot of you are having ago at NME for the winners but in actual fact they were all voted for by readers of the magazine and in some catergories viewers of T4, HMV online customers and so on and so forth. But of course i suppose NME could have rigged it all up and the average joe's vote didnt mean fuck all but i dont see why they would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizoid Man Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 fuckthenme.atspace.com is a brilliant piss-take site for you fellow haters, but it was better when it actually parodied the look exactly from the site. They've stopped updating now, but I can only presume this is because NME is beyond parody now. New Musical Express is a funny name really when the same old tired bands or bandwagon-jumpers are paraded across the cover each week to go with bloody trends. No Sigur Ros, Cooper Temple Clause, Mars Volta, Mogwai, Aloha, or a load of other new or otherwise bands with brilliant new music, just the same boring formula. And why do they bullshit so much to sell copies??? 'Mike Skinner goes into rehab' this week, when he was actually filming a new video. 'Radiohead - new material?!' - no thats a 1987 demo or two...'Summer Tour Revealed?!' - no a one off Big Ask charity gig featuring Thom and Jonny...'V Festival Headliners?!' - no, thats just bullshit full stop. And to declare Ian Brown 'godlike genius' has to have some sense of irony. I could go on...but i won't. The fact that these results were voted for by fans just shows how much damage such an accessible mag can do to the 'indie' loving music public anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platty Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 In your opinion of course Schizoid Man. I buy NME and Q on a regular basis and like them both, however i never use them to judge what music i like, same goes for a games magazine, i never really listen to reviews good or bad, i make up my own mind as i think most people do. Magazine's are too opinionated and do try to shove things infront of you just like anything in the media world. One good thing i do like about NME is the listings of upcoming gigs and tours from bands at the back and also the bit that lists gigs going on that week no matter how big or small (kinda like a mini time out) Ive manage to get to lots of gigs around London that i didnt know about just from seeing it at the back of the NME one wednesday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 What pisses me off is that NME at the moment is all like, "oh yeah the British music scene" and basically ignores any other music scene in other countries and plays out that right now the UK is where "it's at". And it's total bollocks, aside from the fact pretty much every band that won these awards I hate, they're loads of of new bands in America hat are fucking brilliant but NME don't give their time too at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabookerman Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 The evil george bush and his evil failed attempt at ... what ever green day says he does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I saw some of this last night as I was channel flicking, but the presenter was such a drip I couldn't bear to watch it all. His jokes were about as dry as the magazine itself. It was horrible television, saved only by Kanye West's little speech for Best Solo Artist, and Bob Geldof accusing them of rigging the Best Event category in favour of Carling, who coincidentally sponsored one of the awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Best Website: NME.com voted for by the designers of http://www.nme.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfox Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 The evil george bush and his evil failed attempt at ... what ever green day says he does Exactamundo! Also, worst dressed celebs? Do NME want people to take their awards seriously or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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