February 24, 20169 yr Only person who stole the show tonight was Gary Oldman. What a legend All the papers and internet will be talking about is Adele and the Bowie tribute. Not even Rihanna wiggling her bum will make collumns.
February 24, 20169 yr All the papers and internet will be talking about is Adele and the Bowie tribute. Not even Rihanna wiggling her bum will make collumns. Like last year, the only thing which was talk of the nation was Madonna's fall
February 24, 20169 yr I turned off after Annie and Guy's complete arse licking of Bowie. Christ on a bike, and people complained about Gaga supposedly being full of herself? Missed the Lorde performance but I'll search for it when it's on YouTube. Was nice to see some surprise wins in the shape of Tame Impala, Catfish and Bjork. From until I stopped watching, Little Mix was the only performance that grabbed my attention and I must say, and I say this as someone who was sick of 'Black Magic' always being performed, I thought it was fantastic and really proved what a great girl band they are. As someone mentioned earlier, there's no way Girls Aloud or The Saturdays could pull off something like that. Rihanna was God awful and has proved how bad 'Work' is despite my attempts to like it.
February 24, 20169 yr I turned off after Annie and Guy's complete arse licking of Bowie. Christ on a bike, and people complained about Gaga supposedly being full of herself? Missed the Lorde performance but I'll search for it when it's on YouTube. Was nice to see some surprise wins in the shape of Tame Impala, Catfish and Bjork. From until I stopped watching, Little Mix was the only performance that grabbed my attention and I must say, and I say this as someone who was sick of 'Black Magic' always being performed, I thought it was fantastic and really proved what a great girl band they are. As someone mentioned earlier, there's no way Girls Aloud or The Saturdays could pull off something like that. Rihanna was God awful and has proved how bad 'Work' is despite my attempts to like it. Like are you for real....God forbid in a TRIBUTE to him that they speak positively about him Edited February 24, 20169 yr by HarryEzra
February 24, 20169 yr Brits performers from best to worst: Little Mix Lorde Adele ----- Rihanna Bieber Weeknd Glynne James Beige Coldplay
February 24, 20169 yr Like are you for real....God forbid in a TRIBUTE to him that they speak positively about him There's speaking positively about someone and then there's going incredibly over the top and sycophantic that just becomes unbearable to listen to. I know they were both close to him so perhaps they have more right to talk more personally about him but it was still all so unnecessary. A few pleasant words and the performance would have sufficed.
February 24, 20169 yr There's speaking positively about someone and then there's going incredibly over the top and sycophantic that just becomes unbearable to listen to. I know they were both close to him so perhaps they have more right to talk more personally about him but it was still all so unnecessary. A few pleasant words and the performance would have sufficed. I get where you coming across but the whole point of a tribute is for friends (in this case) to celebrate someone's life and career. They do this by telling stories and maybe be 'Over The Top' its how we learn about them and their lives. I think its a bit mean to call them arselicking when I really think everyone there can sense their emotions. But hey this is just my thoughts.
February 24, 20169 yr I get where you coming across but the whole point of a tribute is for friends (in this case) to celebrate someone's life and career. They do this by telling stories and maybe be 'Over The Top' its how we learn about them and their lives. I think its a bit mean to call them arselicking when I really think everyone there can sense their emotions. But hey this is just my thoughts. I'd have been fine with a poignant story or something of that extent, but it's when they sound like they're just reading a script that's been injected by a thesaurus and it comes across far too false for my liking and just unbearably sycophantic. I just think that if something really is that personal to you then it should remain in private. Of course, I'm not saying they have bad intentions, but they need to learn a bit of quality control.
February 24, 20169 yr British Male Aphex Twin Calvin Harris James Bay - WINNER Jamie xx Mark Ronson British Female Adele - WINNER Amy Winehouse Florence + The Machine Jess Glynne Laura Marling British Group Blur Coldplay - WINNER Foals One Direction Years & Years British Breakthrough Catfish And The Bottlemen - WINNER James Bay Jess Glynne Wolf Alice Years & Years International Male Drake Father John Misty Justin Bieber - WINNER Kendrick Lamar The Weeknd International Female Ariana Grande Björk - WINNER Courtney Barnett Lana Del Rey Meghan Trainor International Group Alabama Shakes Eagles Of Death Metal Major Lazer Tame Impala - WINNER U2 British Single Adele - Hello - WINNER Calvin Harris + Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love Ed Sheeran & Rudimental - Bloodstream Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do James Bay - Hold Back The River Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand Little Mix - Black Magic Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato - Up Philip George - Wish You Were Mine Years & Years - King British Video Adele - Hello Ed Sheeran - Photograph Jessie J - Flashlight Little Mix - Black Magic One Direction - Drag Me Down - WINNER Calvin Harris + Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do Naughty Boy feat. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin - Runnin' (Lose It All) Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall Years & Years - King Mastercard Album of the Year Adele - 25 - WINNER Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful James Bay - Chaos And The Calm Jamie xx - In Colour British Producer Charlie Andrew - WINNER Mark Ronson Mike Crossey Tom Dalgety Critics' Choice Award 2016 Jack Garratt - WINNER Frances Izzy Bizu
February 24, 20169 yr Tbf, those winners generally seem quite deserving. Would have liked to have seen Foals or Y&Y win Best Group but that's it really (would have also been nice for Kendrick to win Best International Male but, if anyone exemplifies my previous points of how the BRIT Awards should reward artists for evolving, Justin Bieber does!).
February 24, 20169 yr I'd have been fine with a poignant story or something of that extent, but it's when they sound like they're just reading a script that's been injected by a thesaurus and it comes across far too false for my liking and just unbearably sycophantic. I just think that if something really is that personal to you then it should remain in private. Of course, I'm not saying they have bad intentions, but they need to learn a bit of quality control. Hmm I know what you mean. Maybe it should have been like a small intro going into a video then to the performance. If thats what you mean. Anyway I personally liked the tribute it was heartfelt to me :) I dont want you to think I was having a go Liam I was just a bit iffy about the comments not about you or the opinions in general if that makes sense. :D
February 25, 20169 yr Hmm I know what you mean. Maybe it should have been like a small intro going into a video then to the performance. If thats what you mean. Anyway I personally liked the tribute it was heartfelt to me :) I dont want you to think I was having a go Liam I was just a bit iffy about the comments not about you or the opinions in general if that makes sense. :D Yeah, something like that would have been perfect. No no, it's fine! It can be hard to know where someone's coming from with online comments so I have no qualms of anyone questioning what I say!
February 25, 20169 yr It was a good show overall, so thank you ITV. But I think Years & Years were completely robbed, they are embodying 2015 to me and deserved to win something or at least to perform live. Same for Ellie Goulding but she's already been there anyway so it's not as bad.
February 25, 20169 yr I would agree. Coldplay winning best band...uh, why? An album that limped to #1 after heavy discounting and one minor hit towards the end of last year, compared to Y&Y's several top 5 hits, hit album, and general visibility throughout the year. No contest for me. I was surprised by that result.
February 25, 20169 yr Coldplay won best band because they're Coldplay. Just puts it all into perspective when you compare the winning Group's awful performance (I say that as someone who seriously loves Hymn for the Weekend) with Little Mix's who weren't even entertained with a nomination.
February 25, 20169 yr Coldplay won best band because they're Coldplay. Just puts it all into perspective when you compare the winning Group's awful performance (I say that as someone who seriously loves Hymn for the Weekend) with Little Mix's who weren't even entertained with a nomination. ???? They've had an incredibly successful campaign with the album going to #1 and the singles performing incredibly well. How exactly does it put things into perspective because Coldplay put on a bad performance? They're easily the BEST band I've ever seen live. Little Mix's performance was good but it's being over hyped, I guess Coldplay should have used as much backing track as Little Mix.
February 25, 20169 yr ???? They've had an incredibly successful campaign with the album going to #1 and the singles performing incredibly well. How exactly does it put things into perspective because Coldplay put on a bad performance? They're easily the BEST band I've ever seen live. Little Mix's performance was good but it's being over hyped, I guess Coldplay should have used as much backing track as Little Mix. It's more a perspective on the fact a female group has never ever won the Best Group category, rather than discrediting Coldplay's success. It seems unfair when watching Little Mix's performance, seeing as how polished, hard working and successful they've been they still only got nominations for the default awards based on sales/views. Coldplay have obviously done incredibly well and have a fantastic discography, but their TV performances are notoriously terrible, which was only further proved last night. I'm not saying they didn't deserve to win, I'm just saying that if a female group can more than keep up with them (and others in the category) on the performance and or success, why can't they get a nomination too?
February 25, 20169 yr It's more a perspective on the fact a female group has never ever won the Best Group category, rather than discrediting Coldplay's success. It seems unfair when watching Little Mix's performance, seeing as how polished, hard working and successful they've been they still only got nominations for the default awards based on sales/views. Coldplay have obviously done incredibly well and have a fantastic discography, but their TV performances are notoriously terrible, which was only further proved last night. I'm not saying they didn't deserve to win, I'm just saying that if a female group can more than keep up with them (and others in the category) on the performance and or success, why can't they get a nomination too? Well saying "Coldplay won best band because they're Coldplay" is discrediting their current success. If Coldplay won best band because they're Coldplay then they would have won last year, no? I wouldn't say Coldplay's TV performances are notoriously terrible? They always provide incredible vision and always manage to have some sort of stage presence. I do agree that Little Mix should have been nominated for best group but just because their performance was heavily reliant on loud backing tracks at times and you can't exactly expect Coldplay to do a similar routine to Little Mix? They're both completely different artists and Coldplay deserved to win because they have once again been the most successful British band in the last 12 months.
February 25, 20169 yr Some summarising thoughts from me. - Little Mix put on by far the best performance of the night, now THAT was a show stopper. - Jess Glynne proved she simply cannot cut the mustard as a live performer. Great voice, but cannot command a stage and has nothing in the way of star quality. - Years & Years deserved an award for the impact they'd made in general last year, at least the breakthrough act. - Glad to see Bjork win international female (her first ever award I think?), and not Meghan Trainor! - I loved all the references to capes. :lol: - Adele's outfit for the end was amazing! Great performance from her as expected - Kylie :wub: - Fleur's new hair? WTF? Rihanna's Loud era gone totally wrong - Speaking of Rihanna, why couldn't she be bothered to slur/gargle/cackle or whatever the chorus of 'Work'? Aesthetically it was a good performance though. - 'Drag Me Down' is absolutely not the best video on any conceivable level, but as if it was going to be anything else.
February 25, 20169 yr ???? They've had an incredibly successful campaign with the album going to #1 and the singles performing incredibly well. So basically: sales = awards? The BRITS is a joke. Ever since Robbie Williams beat Craig David/David Gray in 2001 it's been obvious it has been about sales levels and viewing figures. Is it too much to ask that we have some awards based on critical acclaim/innovation? There's only one Mercury prize each year - we need an award show based on a similar premise. Adele beating PJ Harvey in 2012 to best album was a complete farce. They didn't have the balls to go against 3 millions sales of 21. Shame. Bjork winning best Int Female was a surprise. Edited February 25, 20169 yr by Colm
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