The Brits...

[Gary29]

I bet DogStar enjoyed the show

[Nezquick]

Lordbenny said:

Turned over from the Liverpool champions league game at half time to be confronted by the absolute pile of poop that was the rapper Dave performing his song Black. What a load of utter talentless st...back to the footie!

Everyone seemed to love it on Twitter hailing it as the best Brits performance of a generation.

I turned over mid way through his set, heard him call the PM a racist and then say something about Grenfell and switched it off again. I absolutely hate it when singers/rappers use their 15 minutes of air time to promote political agendas. fk off!

[cerb4.5lee]

mat205125 said:

Jack Whitehall taking the mickey out of the guests and audience was the highlight for me.

That was the only bit that I really enjoyed. I was looking forward to it after I'd watched the 40th special programme...but I thought that it was crap last night. I'm probably too old for it now though.

[Abbott]

cerb4.5lee said:

mat205125 said:

Jack Whitehall taking the mickey out of the guests and audience was the highlight for me.

That was the only bit that I really enjoyed. I was looking forward to it after I'd watched the 40th special programme...but I thought that it was crap last night. I'm probably too old for it now though.

Jack Whitehall just had a completely vacant look staring into the distance. They need to move the teleprompt closer

[rdjohn]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Presumably you didn't see Harry Styles dressed as Liberace's Decorator then.

In years to come, I feel certain that he will look back on that outfit and say - “What the hell was I thinking”

[rdjohn]

stevemcs said:

I've just watched/listened to the new bond theme ... I think i need to google the lyrics as i have't got a clue what she mumbled.

The lyrics just do not matter - she has 55million followers. That is the only important issue these days.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

It seems all you needed was an attitude...and that's literally it.
I've been watching the Brits for years...it's always been a car crash, but the performers did at least have a ray of talent. I mean even though a particular genre wasn't to my taste, I could at least see how it may appeal to some (i.e. Teens).

Sadly it seems, you can't point out how certain performances were st in your opinion, simply because...

wjb said:

I've already seen more racism on this thread than at the brits...

Shame.
I feel sorry for the younger generation mainly. Will Stormzy honestly be part of their Desert Island Disk collection???

[V8covin]

As a fan of heavy rock The Brits have never been relevant to me.
Saw a list of the winners and 90% I've not heard of

[anonymous-user]

This thread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammon_(insult)

The term refers to someone excitedly and wildly expressing a point with minimal detail and much bluster, while exposing their ignorance on the subject under discussion; in particular, the colour of such a person's flushed face is compared to the type of pork of the same name.[1][4]

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Yep.
People are too stupid to have an actual discussion with these days. They just resort to Gammon, or Racist, or Woke or whatever.
Again...sad times.

[mikal83]

wjb said:

I've already seen more racism on this thread than at the brits...

Boom , as they say. Now we all know all we need to know about you!

[anonymous-user]

I watched a bit, I thought Dave's Song was pretty powerful, makes a change to commercial stuff. I listened to a few other of his pop songs and they aren't bad.

[Stella Tortoise]

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

Yep.
People are too stupid to have an actual discussion with these days. They just resort to Gammon, or Racist, or Woke or , erm, stupid.
Again...sad times.

LOL

[anonymous-user]

How dare those chippy black folk sing songs about the discrimination they would have suffered whilst growing up in South London, they should be knocked down a peg or 2 by some nice white policeman with some batons no doubt

You can tell some people on here have never encountered being stopped by the police for WWB or DWB, its pathetic the casual racism on here day to day

[andy_s]

Thesprucegoose said:

I watched a bit, I thought Dave's Song was pretty powerful, makes a change to commercial stuff. I listened to a few other of his pop songs and they aren't bad.

I've got his album on blue vinyl, it's not bad - for the genre - but I think he over-egged the pudding here. Mind you, it's not like music stars have been benign, bland, apolitical creatures in the past, no matter the colour.

[54yr white male privilege middle class speaking, of course]

Edited by andy_s on Wednesday 19th February 13:34

[Sophisticated Sarah]

Lordbenny said:

Abc321 said:

Imagine the riots if Lewis Capaldi, Harry Styles, et al, came on with “White is Right” or something along them lines at back of the stage in bold letters

Absolutely what I was thinking....

Dave’s lyrics to black...

The kid dies, the blacker the killer, the sweeter the news
And if he's white, you'll give him a chance, he's ill and confused
If he's black he's probably armed, you see and you shoot

Is Dave from the US?

[berlintaxi]

Nezquick said:

I absolutely hate it when singers/rappers use their 15 minutes of air time to promote political agendas.

That has pretty much been the point of songs since time immemorial.

[wiggy001]

wjb said:

I've already seen more racism on this thread than at the brits...

Looks like all the racist comments have now been deleted

[Smiler.]

Just heard some of "Dave's" lyrics on R4.

I wonder if he he & Stormzy have nightmares where they wake up & find out they're actually white.

[Robbo66]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Presumably you didn't see Harry Styles dressed as Liberace's Decorator then.