With such a fantastic 2011 under their belts and being this being an olympic year for our country, I could only imagine how big the BRIT awards were going to be this year. I imagined huge performances, big remixes and massive collaborations. Oh how disappointed we were. Whilst I can not say the show was a complete disaster, I can say that the show has extreme making up to do next year. We start the disappointment with the revealing of the 2012 BRIT award. It looks like Sir Peter Blake had the award sent into a primary school for the kids to vandalise in comparison to the beautifully elegant design of Vivienne Westwood’s award last year. We should have seen doom from the start but being the BRITs I have to let everything go as I know that they will throw us some big surprises... won't they? There were surprises but in all honesty, I do not think that any of them were great. Florence and the Machine just seemed a little to normal for my liking. It was a usual performance from an album that has been over played recently. I would have expected something a little new and different to make her stand out but we just got the usual standard performance from them. Rihanna added nothing to the table with a song that has also been over played in all corners of the world with people running around covered in paint. I got the feeling that the performance was packed away safely from last year and reused this time around (I know it wasn’t it is just that we have been there and heard it) I wanted her to mix some songs up from pervious albums and then give us something that the world had not seen. The balloons, paint and confetti, whilst pretty much standard for her were a nice effect to the arena.
Above: James Cordon presents the awards ceremony again proving that he has no sense of humor at all.
I have to give it to Bruno Mars, whilst he again used a song that we can all sing as it is etched into the inner depths of our brains, I thought the change to the song and the setting of the stage made it different and cool. Adele’s performance was as usual stunning but I just do not understand why he picked a song that is probably the most played song in recent UK history and also one that was also played recently in the Grammys. I will not even bother with Blur’s “headlining event” I thought it was completely pointless and do not understand why they were picked for an award since they have been away for God knows how long, their albums have been stored under our beds and away from the radio. They have not contributed much in recent years and seemed a little dead to me. Speaking of the dead... the Witney Houston section lasted about five seconds and was pointless to even have it in there. I am not a fan of her songs but it would have been nice for someone to cover one of her songs rather than show a few pictures and then carry on and get drunk. I felt like it was added because people demanded it and that it was not taken seriously. We remember Witney Houston on the show however I cant remember anyone remembering Amy Winehouse in this ceremony (my TV did cut off so correct me if I am wrong) I think there should have been a recognition award for her as she has given us some fantastic music. Ed Sheeran kept things very intimate and focused and I have to give that to him. It was a very simple performance but that is what he does best.
Award left: The 2012 design by Sir Peter Blake / Award Right: The 2011 design by Vivienne Westwood
Adele won two awards and what horrified me and probably many others watching was the fact that she got cut off at the end by the presenter because Blur needed to sing. I think this is awful and disgusting that we kick off someone that has given this country extreme notability for talent has to be pushed off at the end of an achievement of hers whilst some chavs that have been around for a long time can scream down microphones to people that are horrified. I want to give the ceremony some notability because I love the BRITs so much but the more I talk about it the more I realised how much of a flop this year has been. I always see the BRITs as fresh, different, the ceremony that takes things to that extra step (the naughty teen of the family) but this year it has been a letdown, a letdown full of adverts, ad breaks and constant reminders of who will be singing next. If you missed the show then I would recommend watching 2011’s instead. It was much more worth it,
signing out, a very disappointed Thatmfeeling
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