Comments on: Mercury Prize Shortlist Offers A Glimpse Into Used-CD Bins Of The Future

By: Moogs

Moogs — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:06:33 +0000

the Laura Marling record is really quite stunning…she’s only 18!

By: nobodygrrl

nobodygrrl — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:36:50 +0000

Oh, Gemma Hayes… “Night On My Side” is such a great album. It’s a shame that she never took off her — definitely better than KT Tunstall, Dido or that barfy Duffy.

I’m a fan of the new Elbow record, but my money is on Plant & Krauss.

By: BakerStreetSaxSolo

BakerStreetSaxSolo — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:41:41 +0000

It’s Burial’s prize, betcha.

By: moomintroll

moomintroll — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:04:23 +0000

The Mercury Music Prize is always pretty wacky. I was glad to see Klaxons win last year, but I’ll never forgive them for picking M People’s Elegant Slumming over Blur’s Parklife in 1994. I mean come on! M People?
I’ve always thought that my cat is Burial, ever since I found those tiny headphones… So if he wins I’ll make him available to pick up the award money.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:22:52 +0000

burial is banksy.

By: chaircrusher

chaircrusher — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:20:39 +0000

Burial, coz izza London fing innit?

Seriously, the only thing that would make the Mercury Prize worthwhile is if Burial won, and like Thomas Pynchon did for his National Book Award, sent Professor Irwin Corey to accept the award. The good professor is still alive and rocking the string tie and Chuck Taylors.

By: Rock You Like An Iracane

Rock You Like An Iracane — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:14:03 +0000

The fuck’s a Portico Quartet? Can we stop naming bands after things you find at Pier 1 Imports, please?

By: Halfwit

Halfwit — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:02:04 +0000

@SomeSound-MostlyFury: It's kinda ironic that, with everyone claiming to reject the radio because they can play exactly what they want when they want it, so much of our listening based on the idea that, although you may not actually enjoy this song, it's enough like the songs that you do enjoy that you can tolerate it until a song that you actually enjoy comes in.

We've created as hit-or-miss an experience as most genre-based radio stations, just one that's based on more personalized "genre".

By: SomeSound-MostlyFury

SomeSound-MostlyFury — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:32:54 +0000

@Halfwit: Isn't it crazy how Shuffle has changed listening habits? I now hold on to tons of albums that I don't like all that much because I don't mind hearing one song at a time when it pops up randomly.

By: Halfwit

Halfwit — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:08:24 +0000

@SomeSound-MostlyFury: It's always just good enough to not skip when a song comes up, but the album is better than Nembutol. I definitely give this collab my vote for "album that you never listen to, but still have and think 'Why don't I ever listen to this?' when you come across it then you play it and you go 'Oh, yeah' and put it back in storage until the next time you run across it and think 'Why don't I ever listen to this?'"