Dire Straits nominated for Brit Award

[Banjo99uk]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8466797.stm

Hopefully one day MK will contribute as much to music as that gifted decorator from Stoke Robbie Williams.

[dustyvalentino]

Nice to see though, usually DS are forgotten about in these things.

[qjamesfloyd]

Well out of that list I truelly believe Brotheres In Arms is the best album, but I'm sure Oasis will get it because like DS/MK just don't get the credit they deserve, but It would be great for music if it did win. Plus I think Mark should be in the producers list too.

[ds1984]

I think that Robbie Williams is a great pop act and should be simply taken as it.

But I think I care about the Brit Award as much as Mark (especially when nominated as "DS")...

[dustyvalentino]

Yup, Robbie's good at what he does.

As for the Brits, I think Homer summed it up well in the episode where he went to the Grammy's with his barbershop group, "All we needed now was the approval of record company low-lifes."

These awards are mostly voted on by idiots who work for record companies whose opinions can immediately be dismissed. Occasionally though they are voted on by members of teh public, I wonder if that's the case with these "30 years" awards?

PS It does seem an odd list Keane and Travis are there but no Simply Red Stars?

[dustyvalentino]

WE CAN VOTE:

http://www.brits.co.uk/voting

How can we rig this?

[schmonka]

Here is a blurb off the Brits site..

[Pottel]

WE CAN VOTE:

http://www.brits.co.uk/voting

How can we rig this?

rigging now...

[Pottel]

registered as an inhabitant of Crawley, UK. used a friends UK phone nr. and i was ready to go :-)

[dustyvalentino]

We should start a Facebook campaign and all that jazz.

[draad]

Vote cast. I agree with Dusty. We need to mount a little campaign here.

[Simon]

If you start a campaign it could easily backfire - as news gets round the Facebook faithful will in turn vote for their own favourites i.e. the Oasis mob etc. of which there are probably more Facebook users who like this particular act. And it will be detrimental to DSs chances. The campaign for RATM was an either/or and was a vote against the X factor that is all. Here there are more than one alternative choices and there is no axe to grind (as there was against Cowell).

[draad]

We can be v discreet!  For eg use MK/DS fan groups on FB. Use GF, RB, MR FB groups - just mobilise the faithful! Perhaps Guy would mention on his site? Just a few ideas.

At the end of the day though, Mark probably doesn't give a toss, so perhaps not worth the effort after all?!.

[Simon]

And at the end of the day (to coin a phrase) why should we worry about it? You should want it to win on merit not because it is rigged. And if MK thought it was rigged he may choose not to accept it. I know I wouldn't be happy if I was him.

I would rather MK was presented with a worthy award not one which would inevitably be diluted by mass rigging of votes.

[dustyvalentino]

The word "rig" was just a joke to suggest some sort of dodgy dealings but I don't think there's anything wrong with legitimately making people aware of this and urging them to vote for DS.

Anyway, I hear that BPDCEIDNP has started a Facebook campaign getting people to vote for the Phil Collins album.