OMFG, I Think I'm Going To Stab Out My Ears--

[caras_galadhon]

*points up at icon* The things I do for that man. Really. Tsk. So last night, I found myself watching the Brit Awards (broadcast on CBC) because our Mr. Bean was a presenter

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[fawsley]

Yep - British music (and certainly as portrayed at the Brits) is in a seriously bad place. And there just are no words to describe the horror that is Russell Brand. Except perhaps "Russell" and "Brand". I only watched the show because I knew that himself was going to turn up, and whilst waiting I was cringing with embarrassment, peering throught my fingers, wondering if it could get any worse (it did) and knowing that furriners such as your good self would end up thinking exactly what you thought. It's appalling and shameful and it makes me sorry to be British. But at least we've given the world the Beany goodness, so I hope that goes a little way to rescuing us from the damage done!

[ashinae]

Have your posts been showing up on my flist? Cuz I'm not sure they have. O_o

Anywhoo. Yeah, music and I have been having trouble lately. Lots and lots of trouble. It is WOE. And I'd love to go see the Killers, but apparently I'm a bad music fan because I like the Killers and they're supposed to be big jerks or something. And then I blink and just say that I generally think Russell Crowe's the best actor of his generation ... but then they think I'm really, really demented so maybe I'm totally not helping my own case. ;)

Anyway, I'm just rambling. *waves* Hi. Miss ya.

[liars_dance]

*howls with laughter* No need to apologise to me about the abject horror that is British music. I am an old woman and gave up listening to any of it around 1992... lol. I watched the last part of the Brits only for Bean (as I had the running order and knew he was on near the end *g*)

And go here for Bean's segment if you haven't already got it!

[liars_dance]

oh btw, I don't count anything that involves Mark knopfler, David Gilmour, Bryan Ferry, Eric Clapton or Runrig (and the very occasional U2) in the giving up listening bit... just wanted you to know that. ;)

[caras_galadhon]

Hee. Well, phew. I'm glad I didn't piss off everyone British with my "WTF, Brit Awards!" Man, I used to be all over British bands, I swear, and so this was a bit of a letdown. I know all music scenes go through swells and downturns, so hopefully it won't be long before the Brit music scene takes a turn for the better. ^_^

I watched the last part of the Brits only for Bean (as I had the running order and knew he was on near the end *g*)
Ah, phooey, that would have been really useful, because I watched the whole damn thing, and then after an hour and a half, after he'd finally showed, I figured, "Well, I've watched the rest of this travesty, I can't stop now."

And go here for Bean's segment if you haven't already got it!
*mwah* Thank you! Unfortunately, I suck and did not dl'd quick enough, so the link has expired, but regardless, the thought is appreciated. *hugs*

[travelingcarrot]

Well, one Brit didn't look away, and I have to put in my two penn'orth.
I didn't watch the Brits this week because there was football on at the same time, but please, don't expect an awards ceremony to reflect an entire country's music scene. Of course we produce some dull mainstream stuff, and that's what tends to get mainstream awards, but Britain still makes far more good music per head than any other country in the world IMHO. You need to look at the Mercury Prize to get an impression of what's actually good and innovative, not the Brits.

I also have to take issue with your complaint about the use of the word 'America'. Have you never differentiated between Americans and Canadians? What is the nationality of someone who comes from that big country with 50 states? American, surely. The term America is used all over the world to mean the USA and it doesn't mean we don't know that Canada exists or that there is also a continent called North America. It's shorthand, not geographical ignorance.

P.S. I'm grumpy too tonight.

[caras_galadhon]

Britain still makes far more good music per head than any other country in the world IMHO.
Mm. Well, British rock has taken a nosedive in terms of popularity internationally speaking, or at least in this part of the world, and personally, I'd be wary before I declared Canadian music The Best Ever The World Over, because frankly, that'd be ethnocentric, completely impossible to prove, and unless I was a complete music geek, I think it's safe to say I certainly don't have wide enough knowledge of all the different genres of music, nevermind geographical regions and their influence on same to use such a blanket generalization.

It's shorthand, not geographical ignorance.If you read my comment at the end carefully, you would have noticed that I've taken umbrage with the use of "America" to denote the USA, NOT "American." They can have that, since there is no more specific term to refer to them that isn't unwieldy and frankly ridiculous, and the rest of the world thinks of the US when they say "American" anyway (and I'm not interested in

[travelingcarrot]

It isn't taking offence to disagree with someone

[caras_galadhon]

It isn't taking offence to disagree with someone.
There's disagreeing politely, and then there's insinuating that your music scene is somehow "better" than the rest of the world's because you say it is (and not bothering to provide more proof than that), yet missing the part where I said I was talking "about the British music scene as represented by the Brit Awards," then taking issue with "American" when I said "America" was the sticky part, and, in short, trying to wave the lack of tact away with "I'm grumpy too." If you're simply disagreeing (and claiming that you were not aware that your tone was aggressive/impolite), there would have been no reason to include the P.S.

I think most people are perfectly aware of their different terms of reference.
Most people being...? I could easily point out the problems in Britain with regard to Scottish, Irish, and I believe Welsh people not appreciating being lumped in with the English, yes?

But to say someone from the USA is 'from America' (or whatever phrase was used) isn't wrong.Again,

[foxrafer]

Other than having nothing else to call myself, I do say I'm an American, but if someone asks where I'm from I say the US (even if sometimes I'm really embarrassed to admit it). Your comment reminds me of a trip we took to Canada when I was a kid and when we were driving across the border (I think coming home but it may have been on the way into Canada) the customs guy asked my mother what country she was from and she said, with much bravado, "America," to which the customs guy replied, I live in America too, but what country are you from. Ever since then my family has been really good about that.