Bryce Mackintosh

Music

British music! As tiresome
as Canto Pop?

It seems to me that British music is beginning to inherit everything I hated about Canto music. There was a time in the 90's where bands became big by being a live rock act and growing their grassroots support. Well that seems to be a thing of the past.

We are incessantly listening to song's sung by television soap stars coupled with the conveyor belt line of reality 'Pop Idol' type TV programs. They churn out singers who squeeze out whatever mediocre scrap of a song they have been 'fortunate' enough to be allowed to record. I'm against these wannabees finding fame in such a way. They are given lame songs and the public rush out to buy them just because they think they know them.

I used to slag this process off, especially in Hong Kong where all the Canto Stars were winners of sub standard TV talent shows. I wanted bands to go through a proving ground. To tour, sing great songs and build up a fan base. I thought British Music was good at this, but certainly not any more.

Hong Kong led the way to a place where British music certainly shouldn't have emulated, but one which Reality TV producers just couldn't stop themselves selling to the rest of the world. Shame on the Brits. Though, it's certainly a change ripping off something from Hong Kong than the other way around..

Talking about Brits. ...

My invitation to the Brit Awards just arrived by courier. It's billed as the most star studded night on the British musical calendar. If only I didn't have to write about the event, I'm sure I could have made a cool £300 per ticket on E-bay, a great website for any hack who needs to offload some freebie tickers and make a quick buck. Let me explain. I don't think this behaviour would be that bad. The Brits have more charisma when watching it on TV anyway. When your there, your own eyes cannot ignore the tackiness that the TV cameras and slick production covers up. And the award winners are so predictable that I could just watch it from home and write the article before I even go!

The alcohol ban for the event is yet another nail in the coffin of bad behaviour. Will anything of note happen? Will Beyonce start a catfight with some other Diva for having a bigger dressing room. I doubt it! Alcohol used to fuel some great moments during the awards but no more. No more Oasis threatening to kick in the middle class w***** Blur, or Jarvis trying to hijack Wacko Jacko's song and subsequently being arrested. I tell you, none of this bad behaviour will happen. What we'll get is twatty Chris Martin spouting off about some war somewhere. Bet he's vegetarian.

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