Anyway, here is the 'shortlist'.
From the NME site.David Bowie, The Clash, Oasis, Coldplay and The Streets are amongst 25 acts vying for a new award in this year’s Brits ceremony that will crown the best British song since 1977.
The list of 25 was unveiled today (January 2) and it will be whittled down to five by listeners to BBC Radio 2. The five will be revealed on January 10 when the Brits nominations are announced. The ceremony is held on February 20.
The award has been introduced to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Brit awards.
The full list of nominees runs
: ‘Heroes’ David Bowie ‘We Are The Champions’ Queen ‘Wuthering Heights’ Kate Bush ‘Night Fever’ Bee Gees ‘London Calling’ The Clash ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ Joy Division ‘That's Entertainment’ The Jam ‘I Don't Want To Talk About It’ Rod Stewart ‘Look of Love’ ABC ‘Golden Brown’ The Stranglers ‘True’ Spandau Ballet ‘Careless Whisper’ George Michael ‘Holding Back The Year’ Simply Red ‘Sledgehammer’ Peter Gabriel ‘Sacrifice’ Elton John ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ Massive Attack ‘Why’ Annie Lennox ‘Fields of Gold’ Sting ‘Kiss From A Rose’ Seal ‘Wonderwall’ Oasis ‘Angels’ Robbie Williams ‘Yellow’ Coldplay ‘Babylon’ David Gray ‘Leave Right Now’, Will Young ‘Dry Your Eyes’ The Streets
Nice list, give award to rob, go home.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)
what the jam!?
― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 11:55 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 11:55 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 11:57 (twenty years ago)
― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 11:57 (twenty years ago)
I like a number of these but I don't think I'd want to hear them back to back.
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 11:59 (twenty years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:00 (twenty years ago)
― stew, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:02 (twenty years ago)
― henry miller, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:06 (twenty years ago)
― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)
Yeah, it should be "Musclebound".
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:17 (twenty years ago)
― stew, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)
*Anything from The Stone Roses*There is a Light. Obviously. I mean - The Smiths Vs Seal or Annie Lennox or Simply Red?!*A Design for Life/ Motorcycle Emptiness (I don't rate the former, but still...)*Ur... Radiohead.*No Common People is a shocking oversight.*Kinky Afro? The Only One I Know? I dunno. Something from that period surely?*There's no U2!! This is a good thing, of course, but if we're talking a list largely made up of MOR bollox then it's a weird oversight.*For Lovers/ Time for Heroes/ Tell it to Your King/ Take Me Out/ Matinee... The Libs and Franz are better examples from the past year than the fucking Streets.
― Ceezah, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:25 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)
...was my first thought upon reading this list, a fair portion of which - Gabriel, Seal, Annie Lennox (I mean, "Sweet Dreams", just about fair enough, but c'mon now!) - is befuddlingly wrongheaded.
As the list stands, it'll be a toss-up between "Heroes", "Angels" and "Wonderwall", with Robbie winning by a nose, followed by Oasis and Bowie. Depressing.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:30 (twenty years ago)
;)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:34 (twenty years ago)
― Ceezar, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:35 (twenty years ago)
― Ceezar, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:38 (twenty years ago)
― stew, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:41 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)
― Ceezar, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)
― henry miller, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:56 (twenty years ago)
Teenage Kicks... yeah, that's a good point.
― Ceezar, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)
― henry miller, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:58 (twenty years ago)
x-post
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:02 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)
― henry miller, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:10 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)
xpost
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)
― henry miller, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)
Cat Deeley used to be very attractive and bright in the days of SMTV and Chums, but seems to have had a lobotomy, which has rendered her the worst, most simpering interviewer ever and completely annoying.Apparently she's got a bit of a coke habit. Backstage at the Brits Alison Goldfrapp apparently said to a coked up Deeley, "You're an uptight bitch who needs a good shagging" and prompty stormed out. Meeow!
― stew, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)
perfectly, perfectly put.
as for cat deeley: she seems to always have an oddly sweaty top lip, which i find very upsetting.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)
― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)
― stew, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)
― dmun, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)
― stew, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)
what, make the brits more like popworld by letting simon fuller take it over too?
ach, why the fuck not, he couldn't make it any worse.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)
― Ceezar, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 14:00 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)
Maybe they'll buy substance instead?
― Ben Dot (1977), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)
joy divisionrobbiequeenkate bushwill FUCKING young
i despair. why no "heroes"? why no "holding back the y ..." - no, sorry. joke.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 10 January 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)
― KeithW (kmw), Monday, 10 January 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)
― pete b. (pete b.), Monday, 10 January 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 10 January 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Monday, 10 January 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 10 January 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)
and I hate Robbie Williams as much as any sane person but "Angels" is probably his best song.
Queen, brrr. Hate.
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 10 January 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 10 January 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)
x-post: it TOWERS ABOVE LWTUA? oh, come on. you're all winding me up.
and nick, you're spot-on about she's the one.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)
re Will Young - it's all about the line "if I lose the highs, at least I'm spared the lows". sniff.
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)
― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)
oh, wait. no, it appears i can.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)
Queen, Robbie and Will? To be expected. "We are the Champions" is a rubbish meta-football song so come on!
Well, if Will Young wins, the dailies will go nuts as "Robbie deposed" and all that. But it's going to be between them two.
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)
These songs are not even above average. I mean Seal?, Sting? WTF!
― daavid (daavid), Monday, 10 January 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)
― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 10 January 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)
0'40": christ, this is average0'48": ooh, a chorus. swell SWELL sing sing good god, could this sound any more pro-tooled?1'20": swell SWELL i think my headphones are going to explode1'46": what a comedy shit cymbal!2'07": well, i didn't see that chord change coming2'22": hark, is that the sound of a bored producer layering on 95 tracks' worth of choir and nicking out for a fag?2'57": zzzzzzzzzzz3'13": christ, yes. leave right now. go on, fuck off out of it3'36": hey, this is good. oh, hang on, that's because it's gone into an arcade fire live track that was next to it in iTunes
well, that was bollocks. *bins*. i think i'd rather listen to "holding back the years".
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)
haha, way to destroy whole argument. Arcade Fire, christ.
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)
Steve Brookstein should totally cover Will Young's entire career.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:11 (twenty years ago)
So, which song really -is- an acceptable winner?
― jonas siig (plast), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 06:51 (twenty years ago)
― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 11 January 2005 07:22 (twenty years ago)
How soon is now is a short poem. Careless Whisper did not make the short list!
"We are the Champions" there as the BoRhap block vote switched?
Acceptable winner? KateBush I guess.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)
interesting choice of word - what makes George Michael inauthentic? what makes 'Careless Whisper' a bad song, if it is. they should've gone with 'I Want Your Sex' anyway.
― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 10:52 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 10:55 (twenty years ago)
― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 10:57 (twenty years ago)
"Careless Whisper", incidentally, is a monarch among ballads.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 11:02 (twenty years ago)
what: bloated, pompous, pointless and utterly lacking the respect it once commanded? yeh, i'd buy that.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 11:09 (twenty years ago)
BRITs25 : THE BEST SONG AWARD Joy Division - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' Kate Bush - 'Wuthering Heights' Queen - 'We Are The Champions' Robbie Williams - 'Angels' Will Young - 'Leave Right Now'
― Norbert Pek (Norbert Pek), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 11:10 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 11:15 (twenty years ago)
― henry miller, Tuesday, 11 January 2005 11:16 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 14:00 (twenty years ago)