Brits 2007...

So... this year ITV gave me the fabulous present of The Brit Awards on my birthday...
I say fabulous; of course I mean mediocre.

A few thoughts...

• The pre and after-show programmes on ITV2 served only to show us that Lauren Laverne is dead behind the eyes, Matt Willis could be presenting daytime telly in a couple of months time and that Alesha Dixon (the ex-Mystique girl with the hips worshipped in N.E.R.D's She Wants To Move video) is far better off without Harvey (her ex-So Solid Crew husband, who cheated with ex-Popstars:The Rivals 'star' Javine... are you keeping up?!).
• Joss Stone is apparently now officially American and clearly thought she owned the place, striding around the stage with a confidence not quite earned. The fact she's dyed her hair all different shades of red and had a perm also confused me. Get yourself back to Devon, love.
• Noel Gallagher's gentle humour about his lout of a brother is still mildly amusing 10+ years later.
• Russell Brand can be quite funny. But then, he can also be quite annoying... picturing his 'ball bags' or his 'dinkle' is not anything anyone wants to be doing. Except those mullet-haired, eyelinered 13 year olds screaming for him in the cold outside Earls Court.
• Take That rule! The tears brought to the eye when Jason announced his reunion with his father and said Dad appeared on screen with watery eyes melted hearts across the country. But Barlow brought it back to business by thanking the record company... again.
• Amy Winehouse is clearly slightly gone in the head. But I'd love to go out and have a drink with her.
• Does anyone care who wins these awards anymore? Granted we all know it's an 'Industry Thing'... but James Morrison? Best British Male?!! Are you kidding me?
• Scissor Sisters don't 'alf put on a show... what an opening performance! Ana Matronic is a goddess.(see below)
  
  
  
  • Antony Kiedis was better looking about 3 years ago... and Flea carrying around his own urine in a bottle is just weird. Not weirdly cool and rock-starry. Just weird.
  • Jamelia is possibly the nicest woman in pop. She's lovely! Although agreeing to let Richard Hammond drive you to the ceremony may not be the best idea in the world...
  • Did I say Take That rule?
  • Fearne Cotton has a fabulous sense of style (most days). Although her overexcited interview technique, while charming, can grate slightly. This does not stop my love for her, however.
  
  And so endeth my thoughts on The Brits 2007. Should I be without plans next year (or if Take That are performing once more) I shall no doubt tune in again... and be slightly disappointed once more.