Arctic Monkeys Win Mercury Prize
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not won that British music contest all the bloggers like to write about.
According to NME.com, upon his band's win, main Monkey Alex Turner said, "Somebody call 999, Richard Hawley's been robbed!" (Ooh, sitcom idea!)
Here's who they beat:
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - 'Ballad Of The Broken Seas'
Editors - 'The Back Room'
Guillemots - 'Through The Windowpane'
Richard Hawley - 'Coles Corner'
Hot Chip - 'The Warning'
Muse - 'Black Holes & Revelations'
Zoe Rahman - 'Melting Pot'
Lou Rhodes - 'Beloved One'
Scritti Politti - 'White Bread Black Beer'
Sway - 'This Is My Demo'
Thom Yorke - 'The Eraser'
What say you? Were any of these artists robbed?
Posted at 7:06 PM
Tags: Arctic Monkeys
no one was robbed. monkeys deserved it!
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monkeys are shite. the eraser is illinsanity
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they shoulda had to split it with the Guillemots.
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No, Hot Chip deserved it.
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Arctic Monkeys are the real deal - right?
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"Arctic Monkeys are the real deal - right?"
Right.
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I bet that prize looks good on the dancefloor...
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Wasn't the original intent of the prize to honor albums that contributed something new and different to British music?
I've always felt they do a pretty even job of splitting it between innovators (Dizzee Rascal, Portishead, Gomez, Primal Scream) and crowdpleasers (Suede, Franz Ferdinand). With an occasional PJ Harvey thrown in for surprise. Based on the criteria, Guillemots probably should've won, but 2006 might've been a let's-keep-ourselves-funded-for-another-year year.
All I know for sure is, if you're a nominee and they file your CDs under FOLK or JAZZ, stay the fuck home.
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Anyone else would have been better than this overhyped prepubescent band. Sad times.
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muse should have won...thom fucking yorke already gets enough credit
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Indeed. For things like being responsible for Muse.
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Julie don't be bitter just because Muse can't seem to find an identity outside of a Radiohead comparison.
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Hot Chip
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eraser is sleepinsanity.
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granted i haven't heard several of the albums nominated, but i think thom yorke's the eraser is pure genius. but hey, whateva.
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Whatever You Say I Am... is solid and catchy as hell front to back.
Granted I only heard a few of the other albums, but Arctic was at least a solid pick.
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We'll look back in five years and say Hot Chip should've won, but no complaints about AMs.
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I think that the Muse/Radiohead is a sad comparison, other than vocal style. I just don't see the similarities otherwise. Muse is much more rocking and Radiohead is much more.... trippy.
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Art Brut was robbed. But that was last year and I really should have gotten over it by now. But not even a nomination? Come on!
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"I think that the Muse/Radiohead is a sad comparison, other than vocal style. I just don't see the similarities otherwise. Muse is much more rocking and Radiohead is much more.... trippy."
You mean better?
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every band or musician on this list is desperately overrated, so it seems about right to me.
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I dare someone here to make a mildly intelligent or relative comment on the merits of Sway's nomination before thinking they're in a position to ultimately declare any of those albums the winner in their opinion.
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whatever floats anyones goats.
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The Arctic Monkeys aren't that bad. Overrated, yeah, but they're a decent straight-up rock band, and there aren't nearly enough of those. And I'm sorry, I love Radiohead, but The Eraser bored the hell out of me.
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Guillemots had the best release of the bunch.
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Yeah, I think Radiohead is better. I like Radiohead quite a bit more than Muse. I just don't think that Muse is the 'clone' that everyone makes them out to be.
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guillemots is way better but I like the monkeys too.
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"Wasn't the original intent of the prize to honor albums that contributed something new and different to British music?"
uhhhhhhhh.. internet hype?!?
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Muse are a terrible Radiohead Cover band. I think Hot chip should have won it. I'm glad Thom didn't win it cause there is a curse of The Mercury Prize. Whoever wins the Mercury Prize drifts into utter obscurity. So hooray for the one band that really deserves to be a one hit wonder.
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...........Muse are their own brand of freaky rockin' electro space-pop. They may owe something to Radiohead, but don't we all? And it's true that the Mecuries are cursed, so I am glad Hot Chip didn't win. I think it's something to do with the hype and tons of money. Makes you think you've done enough to stop working. Anyway, at least the Arctic Monkeys are actually British, everybody knoooooooowwss Sebastian Rochford's Polar Bear was the bestest artist last year :D
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I interviewed them back in July 2005. They talk about their chances for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize-sehr interessant. I posted the audio here:
http://www.notontheguestlist.com/blog/2006/09/arctic_monkeys_.html
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Arctic Monkeys had a solid rawk-out album, but ultimately it shouldn't have deserved the prize. Fun album, but besides that it really didn't bring anything else to the table.
Either Guillemots or Hot Chip should've won it, and it boggles the mind why Editors is even on the list. How the fuck does an Interpol clone get nominated for a prize that's supposed to recognize innovation and originality?
Oh yeah, and the Thom Yorke joint was BORING. I love minimalist music, but that was just way too slow-paced to appeal to me.
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i'm pretty good at predicting who wins this thing every year, but this year i was wrong! i said that it was either gonna be sway or guillemots, but the arctics? fuck. i agree with whoever said that 2006 was one of those 'lets keep ourselves funded' years. sway's album is great, i love it. he should've won really, for once it was a rap album that was listenable and actually had something to say as well.
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Jools Holland annoyes the fuck out of me. I can't stand him.
It was pretty predictable the Monkeys would win. I was hoping for Hot Chip though.
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I'm kinda glad that the arctic monkeys won. I really love the thom yorke cd, but i also really respect the monkeys for being so young and handling all the fame and success that have come their way with grace. they aren't being completely obnoxious and in your face about everything like another british band we all know and hate.
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Arctic Monkeys are shit. All you have to do is listen to that piece of shit, overhyped album to realize it.
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Of those albums, Sway's was the most enjoyable.
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What a horrible selection of nominations, but out of their picks I have to say that (for the first time ever) I'd actually agree with that prat out of the Arctic Monkeys. The Richard Hawley album was definitely the best of the ones I've heard from the list. The Sway and Editors ones wouldn't have been too far behind. The options aren't exactly the greatest though.
If I could've picked anything it probably would've been the Barry Adamson album. That has probably been the best British album of the past year.
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Editors an Interpol clone? How old are you, 10? Your grandparents used to listen to a band called Joy Division and... oh never mind.
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I really don't understand the animosity towards the Monkeys. Their album is a perfect combination of witty lyricism and floor-filling melodies. Being in the UK I can really relate to Turner's songs, and it gets everyone's adrenaline pumping. I just think there is a irrational coolness with hating their music; sad or what?
Thom Yorke's album was one for the Radiohead coterie. Personally I didn't think it was good enough to win, in fact I was disappointed. I don't deny it's a good album though, I like listening to it.
If Hot Chip or Guillemots had won it then I would have little complaints. Sway also had a good case. But Richard Hawley was perhaps the most deserving. Cole's Corner is a superb piece of work. I just hope the rumours of him becoming disillusioned with the music industry are false and he soldiers on.
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I really don't understand the animosity towards the Monkeys. Their album is a perfect combination of witty lyricism and floor-filling melodies. Being in the UK I can really relate to Turner's songs, and it gets everyone's adrenaline pumping. I just think there is a irrational coolness with hating their music; sad or what?
Thom Yorke's album was one for the Radiohead coterie. Personally I didn't think it was good enough to win, in fact I was disappointed. I don't deny it's a good album though, I like listening to it.
If Hot Chip or Guillemots had won it then I would have little complaints. Sway also had a good case. But Richard Hawley was perhaps the most deserving. Cole's Corner is a superb piece of work. I just hope the rumours of him becoming disillusioned with the music industry are false and he soldiers on.
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I really don't understand the animosity towards the Monkeys. Their album is a perfect combination of witty lyricism and floor-filling melodies. Being in the UK I can really relate to Turner's songs, and it gets everyone's adrenaline pumping. I just think there is a irrational coolness with hating their music; sad or what?
Thom Yorke's album was one for the Radiohead coterie. Personally I didn't think it was good enough to win, in fact I was disappointed. I don't deny it's a good album though, I like listening to it.
If Hot Chip or Guillemots had won it then I would have little complaints. Sway also had a good case. But Richard Hawley was perhaps the most deserving. Cole's Corner is a superb piece of work. I just hope the rumours of him becoming disillusioned with the music industry are false and he soldiers on.
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First comment on this site and it breaks on me :'(
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First comment on this site and it breaks on me :'(
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Blah blah blah, Interpol is a Joy Division clone, Franz Ferdinand is a Gang of Four clone, bitch bitch bitch. I know who Joy Division are, you self-righteous asshat. I only stated Editors as Interpol clones to further accentuate how diluted their sound really is. It's like a friend said: "lol, calling Editors post-punk is like making water-flavored Koolaid."
And frankly, they don't sound like Joy Division at all. Last I remember, the 'Division didn't cater to accessible-yet-trendy Top 40 radio.
Go flex your oh-so-knowledgeable indie muscle elsewhere, douchebag; you're not impressing anybody by "correcting" blatantly obvious "mistakes".
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surprised no one here thinks isobel/lanegan, as that is one perfectly perverse album in my opinion.
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Wow Allen. So now Interpol sound nothing like Joy Division but cater to "accessible yet trendy top 40 radio"? Huh. If you want to get right down to it, they sound like the fucking DOORS--if the Doors had never learned to play their instruments (and had zero charisma). Yaaaaawn.
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though i like i bet you look good on the dancefloor, i wasn't really enticed to go buy their album, thinking it was all hype, you know how NME is, blahblahblah.
but them winning the mercury prize beating the likes of muse, thom yorke and editors is a huge deal. maybe it wasn't all hype. i think i'm going to buy their CD now.
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put me in the richard hawley camp. great record, very underrated.
i would have defo marked yorke's and the guillemot's albums as much better than this monkey's garbage as well. lame.
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Hi I'm the Arctic Monkeys: Pick a lick, play it over and over again with a lot of distortion. The end.
Editors or Hot Chip should have won. AM was the poorest band in the mix.
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