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Q loves Coldplay - true
Tucked into a piece about Bauer in yesterday's MediaGuardian was a passing reference to some sort of "overhaul" planned for Q.
Not clear if this is going to involve a sudden change of musical direction, but if it is, it can't come a moment too soon, to judge by the nominations for the Q Music Awards ("sponsored by some sort of drink"):
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST –
Duffy
Adele
Santogold
Bon Iver
Gabriella Cilmi
Duffy
Adele
Santogold
Bon Iver
Gabriella Cilmi
Much as we like Bon Iver, in what way are they considered to have broken through? Broken through what? In fact, why don't they just call this the best new act?
Oh... hang on...
BEST NEW ACT -
Fleet Foxes
Glasvegas
The Ting Tings
The Last Shadow Puppets
Vampire Weekend
Fleet Foxes
Glasvegas
The Ting Tings
The Last Shadow Puppets
Vampire Weekend
Haven't the Ting Tings broken through more solidly than any of the breakthrough acts? Can you break and be new at the same time?
BEST TRACK -
Keane – Spiralling
Duffy – Mercy
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Keane – Spiralling
Duffy – Mercy
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Katy Perry? Since, presumably, that's an attempt to prove that they're not all stuffy and old. Because it's the sort of track you'd choose if you were a bit stuffy trying to prove you weren't.
BEST VIDEO -
Hot Chip - Ready To The Floor
Coldplay - Violet Hill
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Goldfrapp - Happiness
Hot Chip - Ready To The Floor
Coldplay - Violet Hill
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Goldfrapp - Happiness
I imagine this has something to do with the Q TV playlist.
BEST LIVE ACT -
Kaiser Chiefs
Kings Of Leon
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
The Verve
Rage Against The Machine
Kaiser Chiefs
Kings Of Leon
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
The Verve
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine? Rage Against The Machine?
BEST ALBUM (sponsored by Nixon) -
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death; And All His Friends
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Nick Cave And The Band Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death; And All His Friends
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Nick Cave And The Band Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
The couple of solid choices here are fatally undermined when you remember they're being measured against Coldplay's album.
BEST ACT IN THE WORLD TODAY (Sponsored by Russian Standard Vodka) –
Coldplay
Oasis
Muse
Metallica
Kings Of Leon
Coldplay
Oasis
Muse
Metallica
Kings Of Leon
Kings Of Leon's presence on this list is going to form the basis for a remake of Cool Runnings.
4 comments:
Bought the new Q with Noel on the cover today for a train trip from Crewe to New Street (what a sentence) (couldnt bear Liam's, now quite old actually, bowl cut cover) - is this the "new, relaunched Q"?? Still absolute bobbins - really don't see who it's aimed at - certainly not me as it was spent before Wloverhampton (insert whatever here)
I must say I was quite interested to hear on the radio about Coldplay's fork you award nomination. Imagine my disappointment...
Surely Adele 'broke through' when she had that big hit about, ooh, five years ago???
Darn, brain drain. That'd be Estelle I'm thinking of. Bah!
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