I've always been somewhat of a fan of Adele ever since she released her debut album 19 back in 2009. She wasn't and will never be my cup of tea but I have always admired the fact she seemed to embrace the idea of well... writing and performing her own music. Also the fact she was unconventionally chubby was a plus because looks are at least 99% of their appeal.
So in the last year she has become the vocal point of British pop music which was evident at this years annual Brit awards as she scooped two awards and a couple of Grammies, not to mention the countless number of weeks her album "21" was in the charts and the amount of times you would hear "Never mind I'll find someone like yuuuuuuu" on every single motherlicking commercialised radio station in these British isles. This isn't a Biography on Adele but merely as observation but I digress to my original point, which was that I practically admired her even from her transition from relatively unknown to superstar.
So this past Tuesday at The Brits, on she comes to accept her second award of the night and bam she is interrupted by James Cordon as he informs her that they are "running out of time". So off we cut to Blur who won the achievement award.
Needless to say this has caused an uproar within the British Media and social media. Many claim "It was a disgrace that Adele was cut off". Many go as far as to say that Blur aren't as "good" as Adele and should never have been given the award. On the other side of the fence there is the fact that Blur have been around since the 90s and hell yeah they should cut into Adele's speech because she is "a fat bitch"
Merely observing everybody's reaction has been somewhat of a fun experience for me. There are those who have biased opinions, those who have mixed opinions and then there are those who have no clue what they are talking about. It was a fun experience because people got so irate over the situation and it wasn't necessary.
Here is a fact for you, Adele had won an award, didn't really need a second acceptance speech, don't disregard this. ITV could have prolonged the programming, simple resolution no? How about if we weren't made to sit through One Direction's scripted interview? "We did this for the fans"..Of course you did fellas! Not for your bank balance, no way.
For me all of the above were valid points. I would also point out that there were an overbearing amount of advertisements throughout the broadcast. Two of which, possibly more included Adele! So if we had less of that then perhaps Adele may not have been cut off in such a manner. If you look at it this way though, Adele has had a helluva lot of airtime in the past year, compare this to Blur's and well.. you can't because its unfathomable.
I liked the way Adele handled it though. Sticking two fingers up towards the stage is the perfect way for adults to behave. Which sounds sarcastic but actually it is the norm in today's standards. What is unsettling is the amount of kids who listen to her music who now will believe that it was a perfectly valid way to express themselves. At this point, I admire her to a lesser extent, and it isn't because she is overweight.
Blur were brilliant though after this little mishap. I felt like Damon Alburn's vocals were a little ropey which was something many others picked up on but overall it was a fantastic performance. Song 2 gave me goosebumps and when they brought Phil Daniels on stage to perform Parklife I was almost close to having a seizure. The giant Kebab aside the performance wasn't exceptional, it was simply standard Blur and they raised the bar. Its just a shame nobody else will attempt to reach it.
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