original_andy Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Mercury hat-trick for Monkey manLaura MarlingElbowNeon NeonLast Shadow PuppetsRadioheadRobert Plant & Alison KraussBritish Sea PowerRachel Unthank & The WintersetBurialPortico QuartetAdeleEstelle...are all on this year's shortlist. I know who'd I like to win but honestly couldn't guess who'll ticke the judge's fancy this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofdeon Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Mercury hat-trick for Monkey manLaura MarlingElbowNeon NeonLast Shadow PuppetsRadioheadRobert Plant & Alison KraussBritish Sea PowerRachel Unthank & The WintersetBurialPortico QuartetAdeleEstelle...are all on this year's shortlist. I know who'd I like to win but honestly couldn't guess who'll ticke the judge's fancy this year.hopefully nae british sea power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Adele and Estelle?Are the folk that come up with these lists on drugs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volta Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 As much as I love Led Zep, Plant and Krauss's album is quite uninspiring to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 why is adele there?just because she used to be homeless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovers_spit Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 just because she used to be homeless?Did she? Incredible , as she's monstrously fat.Every single one of these artists/bands are shit. None of them deserves an award, with the possible exception that elbows new stuff is allright. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 that estelle single with kanye west is cracking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 that estelle single with kanye west is crackingAgreed, American Boy is a cracking tune. Kanye is brilliant on his own though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Every single one of these artists/bands are shit. None of them deserves an award, with the possible exception that elbows new stuff is allright.Rachel Unthank and The Winterset are pretty good, so they won't win it. It'll be Adele or Elbow probably. Or Last Shadow Puppets just so the arctic monkeys guy can win it 3 times in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 It'll be interesting where burial fit into that equation...is he still anonymouse?......I'd like to think that he (?) or Neon Neon would win it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 The only one I've got from that list is Radiohead, and it's a blinder right enuff. If Robert fucking Plant wins then it will just spell the end of what little credibility the Mercury prize has left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 The only one I've got from that list is Radiohead, and it's a blinder right enuff. If Robert fucking Plant wins then it will just spell the end of what little credibility the Mercury prize has left.Oi! Lay off Percy!But really, does anyone actually care about the Mercury? It just seems like an excuse for record companies to put stickers on CD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Oi! Lay off Percy!But really, does anyone actually care about the Mercury? It just seems like an excuse for record companies to put stickers on CD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 It used to be quite prestigious but now it's all about who the kids with the tight trousers and the floppy hair in Exodus like best. Really, do you honestly think that the Artic Monkeys was the best album of 2006? And the fucking Klaxons? Of every British album made in 2007, the Klaxons was the best one? Don't make me fucking laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupot Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 why is adele there?just because she used to be homeless?Does being a graduate of the brit school count as homeless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Rachel Unthank and The Winterset are pretty good, so they won't win it. It'll be Adele or Elbow probably. Or Last Shadow Puppets just so the arctic monkeys guy can win it 3 times in a row.The Arctic Monkeys have only one it once though.It's pretty hard to guess who they will go for this year, Radiohead have been nominated 3 times (plus Thom Yorke solo once) and have not won, I don't expect that to change (it would be my pick though).I'm shocked that "Third" didn't make it onto the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Graham Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Just realised Neon Neon are the band whose track has been pissing me on Radio 6 for the past couple weeks. Boom Bip's had a stinger.Dub step is boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 If I were a betting boy (*cough*), my do-re-mi would be on Elbow.Love from Christy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all_his_engines Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 The only one I've got from that list is Radiohead, and it's a blinder right enuff. If Robert fucking Plant wins then it will just spell the end of what little credibility the Mercury prize has left.Because that didn't happen when Klaxons won it last year?We all know that the mercury prize does not reward the best british album of the year, but merely one album from a list of currently fashionable alternative artists with the obligatory jazz and world music options thrown in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 If I were a betting boy (*cough*), my do-re-mi would be on Elbow.Love from ChristyI agree, Elbow looks like the winning ticket.I'd like it to be Laura Marling though, but I don't think it will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 I would say Elbow should get it but I think it'll be Last Shadow Puppets as they seem to be the darlings of the music media at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Because that didn't happen when Klaxons won it last year?We all know that the mercury prize does not reward the best british album of the year, but merely one album from a list of currently fashionable alternative artists with the obligatory jazz and world music options thrown in.See above post, re: nail and head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 British Sea Power is the best album out of that bunch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I'd like to see Laura Marling get it, but I can see Elbow or Last Shadow Puppets getting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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