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The Mercury Prize 2007


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Bley hell, it's that time of year again already, where has the time gone.......... and so on. So who do we fancy this year then? Nominees are as follows - my money's on Amy Winehouse but part of me thinks that Jamie T might be in with a pretty good chance. Quite surprised to see The View nominated... not that their album's crap or anything, just couldn't really see them winning it.

- Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

- Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

- Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford - Basquiat Strings

- Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold

- Dizzee Rascal - Maths And English

- Fionn Regan - The End Of History

- Jamie T - Panic Prevention

- Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future

- Maps - We Can Create

- New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom

- The View - Hats Off To The Buskers

- The Young Knives - Voices Of Animals And Men

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Id like to see The View or Jamie T win it. but i think Klaxons deserve it having brought a whole new style of music to mainstream radio.

However, knowing the mercury music awards, this Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford will likely win it.

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I think the Klaxons. I like Amy Winehouse and The View, but don't see the fuss about them. I'll base it purely on the fact i've seen the Klaxons and they get the crowd going. And any band who encourage glow sticks deserve it...

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I think the View deserve to win for Hats off to the Buskers. New Young Pony Club are fairly original but have a way to go yet to get it completely right I feel. Never even heard Basquiat Strings or Fionn Regan, look forward to them getting some radio play so I can have a listen before deciding whether to download.

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Most of the albums there have a few good singles on them and a lot of filler. The view are especially guilty of this 3 good singles and about the rest filler how they got nominated at this point of there career is beyond me and the less said about the new pony club the better tinpot fashionista doodles from total chancers where style wins over substance.

dizzees album is more eclectic than his last and the monkeys won't win two years in a row with a weaker album i don't think.

It will probably be between klaxons and amy winelake. both decent albums.

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I don't agree with you sebdevlin, I have Hats off to the Buskers and don't think there's a weak track on it. And New Young Pony Club are different and fun, so why not? They're maybe a bit "postmodern" but there should be a good mix of nominations, imo.

Maximo Park, Biffy Clyro, Little Man Tate and The Long Blondes are bands I would have love to have seen nominated but weren't. Just a thought here, maybe someone could start the anti-Mercury prize, like the anti-Turner art prize. Not for the worst group though. That'd be an irony too far.

Or people could demonstrate in costumes, like the stuckists who demonstrate against the Turner prize.

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I don't agree with you sebdevlin, I have Hats off to the Buskers and don't think there's a weak track on it. And New Young Pony Club are different and fun, so why not? They're maybe a bit "postmodern" but there should be a good mix of nominations, imo.

Maximo Park, Biffy Clyro, Little Man Tate and The Long Blondes are bands I would have love to have seen nominated but weren't. Just a thought here, maybe someone could start the anti-Mercury prize, like the anti-Turner art prize. Not for the worst group though. That'd be an irony too far.

Or people could demonstrate in costumes, like the stuckists who demonstrate against the Turner prize.

If we all liked the same music what a dull world this would be but I don't think the view should have been nominated for a mercury as I think the album is quite weak and certainly not one of the 12 best albums of the year but hopefully they'll improve with the next album . I do agree with the second paragraph though

new young pony club i hope win

I really hope thats sarcasm as if not try reading something outside the confines of the NME they like the horrors are dreadful it could of course have been worse if razorlight or the kooks were nominated

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The View's songs are about things which are real to me, but I can see what you're saying Sebdevlin. For example those songs about "nasty" girls, bling and Hennessy are not about anything I can relate to and so seem to me to have no merit. As you say we all have different tastes and one man's Mercury Prize Winner is another man's coffee coaster :)

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I hope Bat For Lashes takes it. They've got good odds, and I'd rather hear a band that Radio 1 don't rave on about winning it. Imagine if the Arctic Monkeys or Klaxons won it. "We've followed this band since Day 1..." etc. I can't put up with that again!

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Yeah, I think it'd be good if they won, too. Apparantly, Amy Winehouse is favourite, and bookies have stopped taking bets on whether she'll turn up or not. More publicity for her! What channel is it on later?

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If anyone's got iTunes and are interested to find out what Bat For Lashes sound like, their song What's A Girl To Do is currently the free download single of the week... and it's well worth downloading, it's a bley great song.

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