I Want To Go To The Brit Awards Next Year

About the only good thing about the impending storm this weekend was I got a chance to watch the Brit 2007 Awards on BBC America. I'm a sucker for awards show from the Oscars on down to the People Choice Awards. But I got to tell you...the Brits Rock!

The sets were so incredibly well designed and colorful. The host, Russel Brand, was a stitch! It was taped at Erols Court.

Scissor Sisters opened the show strung up like puppets dancing as they played 'Don't Feel Like Dancing' and Joss Stone presented James Morrison with the Best Male Brit Award (he was in good company with Paolo Nutini, Thom Yorke, Lemar and Jarvis Cocker). Snow Patrol gave an amazing performance. And if you like 60's Nancy Sinatra like sets, then you have to see Amy Winehouse's performance of Rehab. Click here to see it.

I'll try not to give too much away, but I checked the BBC America Schedule and the show repeats over the weekend and once on Monday at 1 pm. So be quick and set your DVR! or click here to see some other great video performances from the show.

Oh--The show was taped in February..How did I miss Robbie Williams going into rehab!

The Amazing Paddy McAloon

Perhaps the best songwriter you never heard before is a guy from Newcastle, England ranked by his peers in the same pantheon with Elvis Costello and Cole Porter. No kidding!
When Fountains of Wayne were in a few weeks ago, Adam, Chris and I talked about our mutual affection for frontman Paddy McAloon and his band PreFab Sprout.
Hardly known in the US, save for a few diehards like me, Paddy created some of the dreamiest, wittiest allegories of sweet pop songs…ever! The Sprouts turned out brilliant records I will never tire of. The last original Prefab Sprout record came out in 2001, but any future plans were put on hold given the sad news that Paddy was suffering from a rare form of hearing loss. Word is, he’s on the mend. Until Paddy, the Comeback, if you want to hear absolutley brilliant songwriting packaged in, ironically sugar coated romantic gems…check out two of the best albums of the 80’s and 90’s, respectively….TWO WHEELS GOOD (originally, STEVE MCQUEEN, but dropped here in the States for legal reasons) and the concept album, the Elvis-inspired JORDON THE COMEBACK. From TWO WHEELS, enjoy this video of Johnny Johnny.