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What's the matter with Coldplay?!

They're beyond dreary and exceptionally over rated. They had a couple good songs and were given a status as hugely respectable musicians which is frankly undeserved.

Put it this way, if I'm ever in a coma and they get played within eat shot it'll be game over.

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And Arctic Monkeys or Chase & Status should've won Best British Band.

Not sure how likely that would have been considering the award was voted for by Radio 2 listeners...

And whose dumbass idea was it to give the Brits statuettes that horrible paint job?

So save the last dance

For me my love 'cause I

I see you as an angel freshly fallen from the sky...

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I'm gonna need to YouTube this Adele thing, anyone else think it would be great if her next album (assuming one is inflicted upon us) had a bit that half way through all the tracks a blur song kicks in? :D

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I am sorry I missed all the drama over Adele. Was really too ill to watch the Brits last night. Apparently she flicked the "V's" to management... Sorry I missed Blur - apparently one of the Band is a cheese maker these days. How the mighty have fallen.

Saw Florence - decided I really couldn't take any more - switched off - never did make the "on" switch again.

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Funnily enough, I also switched off the second Florence disappeared... (after spotting that James Corden was involved too) and it sounds like I didn't miss much, and that these awards were bankrolled by Simon Cowell and the Record Industry Mafia (sic) this year.

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Not sure how likely that would have been considering the award was voted for by Radio 2 listeners...

And whose dumbass idea was it to give the Brits statuettes that horrible paint job?

They should just change it instead then.... And Coldplay, just eurgh.

The sheep is not a creature of the air.

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I am sorry I missed all the drama over Adele. Was really too ill to watch the Brits last night. Apparently she flicked the "V's" to management... Sorry I missed Blur - apparently one of the Band is a cheese maker these days. How the mighty have fallen.

Saw Florence - decided I really couldn't take any more - switched off - never did make the "on" switch again.

Not really 'fallen' seeing as they had a really successful career, and are now performing at the closing cermony of the Olympics.... And he lives on a farm and has animals and stuff, I thought you'd like that Viv.

The sheep is not a creature of the air.

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James Corden having to apologize again is just deft as it wasn't his choice to stop Adele but the people talking in his ear. But at least it's making people talk about the Brits (which is what I expect the Brit suits are saying).

Coldplay have some good songs and then some far far to overplayed bad ones. I really don't like Charlie Brown, my fave has to be clocks still and I relate that song to Kurt Angle (WWE wrestling)

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Eh? Sorry, I fail to see the Clocks connection to Kurt Angle? Don't remember Medal or any of his other entrance themes sounding like it, did they use it in some sort of tribute Montage (Which also doesn't make sense as he's alive, well, and training to go to London 2012).

So wait, returning briefly on topic if I may: James Corden insulted the LEGENDARY actor Patrick Stewart and didn't have to say squat, but he has to apologise for someone else doing something in a moment where they were rightfully frustrated? How the fook does that work?

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