Everyone knows my utter distaste for awards ceremonies, but last nights NME (or Enemy, which ever way you want to look at it) was another continuation of their obsession with Manchester Lumps Oasis! Will it ever end? I doubt it!
Since Oasis released Definitely Maybe in 1994 they have had their once yearly blow jobs from the people who run NME guaranteed. 15 years of blow jobs for releasing boring drivel exactly designed to unashamedly rip off The Beatles, they must have friends in high places at the NME I think.
Don’t get me wrong, Oasis have done wonders for British music and many decent bands have taken influence from them, but I can’t help but see them as another Rolling Stones who should have given up a good few years back. They’ve lost that swagger everyone used to admire about them in the mid nineties and replaced it with a boring, cynical view of the world music and much more to boot. Maybe that’s down to them being parents now or maybe they are just continuing to clutch at the fading straws of success and quality of music. And if you don’t believe all the bile (or the truth, even) that spouts from Noel Gallagher’s mouth you’ll notice he did say (in the words of his hero Pete Townsend) that he would retire once he has enough money so he wouldn’t become an embarrassing walking pension cheque. Good to see he’s stuck to his word eh?
Another thing that annoys me about the NME awards is that they continue to nominate the same bands year in year out. The bands in question are Radiohead, Bloc Party, Muse & Oasis (with always one winner). I think it’s becoming pretty boring and very very tedious, but the organisers of the NME awards always see themselves as a decent alternative to The over embarrassingly camp Brit awards. I personally see it as more luvvy luvvy back slapping with the occasional controversial outburst from some drunken member of an un-known band or if Russell Brand is allowed to step foot on these shores again.
As for their ‘other’ awards, they are pretty much the same on the annoying scale. The ridiculous villain of the year is always Robbie Williams, Amy Winehouse or George W Bush. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnn!! Change the fucking records lads.
So, if you’re an employee of NME and are by any chance reading this, do us all massive favour, stop being so predictably boring and stop sucking Osais’ cocks, their getting too old for that sort of thing ye know?
Mol
3 comments:
As an unashamed Oasis fan, I think the last album was a big return to form. Must admit I had my doubts whether they could pull it off live (not like that) but they didn't disappoint there either. And Liam was funny - he's inspired a million swaggers.
And ey, bollocks, what's wrong with being a parent...yer four eyes cunt! hahaha
You wear fucking bins don’t ye, Dad? Haha
I actually liked Liam & Noel to a certain extent, but I think their ‘routine’ is starting to wear rather thin. I mean, there’s only a certain amount of time acting like a Neanderthal has its appeal and comedy value. When the NME realise that and stop blowing smoke up their arses the better
And as for getting Ricky Fatten in as ‘security’ for me is just fucking embarrassing. Same goes for them appearing in the ring with him after one of his fights. Oasis are turning ‘celebrity’
Sorry to stick a big pin in your balloon here Mol but the NME awards are voted for by the readers. Oasis won because the NME readership like them, not because Conor Mac says so...
That said, I watched the show last night and it was all utterly predictable - apart from the fact that none of the mag's usual pin-ups (it being the new Smash Hits/Kerrang), such as MCR, The View, The Kooks, PATD, were anywhere to be seen.
I suppose if you want to learn about proper new music these days you've got to read mags like Clash, Artrocker, the free press (Kruger etc) or sites such as Pitchfork and Drowned in Sound (Mojo and Uncut maybe for someone of your generation, hehe!). Listening to the ever-more marginalised Steve Lamacq (kudos NME for giving him a pedestal last night, btw) and watching 120 Minutes on MTV2 are good ways to go too. The NME/Melody Maker days were amazing - these days, the mag is a bloody comic book.
Of corse, one can always get out to more gigs and find new music without the prompting of the media...
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