Elbow and the Ivor Novellos

by **Kounelaki** » Thu May 21, 2009 3:08 pm

Elbow have added to their burgeoning trophy collection by picking up two awards at this year's Ivor Novellos. The Bury five-piece, already the recipients of a Mercury music prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid, won best contemporary song and best song musically and lyrically for the singles Grounds for Divorce and One Day Like This respectively.

Ivor Novello award-winners

Best contemporary song: Elbow, Grounds for Divorce

Album award: The Ting Tings, We Started Nothing

Best television soundtrack: Wallace and Gromit (A Matter of Loaf and Death)

Oustanding song collection: Vince Clarke

The Ivors classical music award: James MacMillan

Best selling British song: Coldplay, Viva la Vida

The Ivors inspiration award: Edwyn Collins

PRS for music most performed work: Duffy, Mercy

Songwriter of the year: Eg White

The special international award: Smokey Robinson

The academy fellowship: Don Black

by **guitarplayer on here too** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:38 pm

I take it the Ivor Novello awards are one of those luvvies excuses for a piss-up event, where they try to either emulate what was previously the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party Best of Best, the Brit Awards with a smidging of Mercury Awards chucked in. Hence, Elbow won because of being the "in" band following last year's Mercury Award and Brit Award. Best TV and film soundtrack reflect Bafta nominations, while The Tings Tings win best album as their video was voted as the best UK vid 2008 by MTV. Duffy and Smokey Robinson are in there just to show that the luvvies are open to all types of music.

I think some of the Ivor Novello's more previous past winners include the likes of the Spice Girls, Take That and The Darkness. Yep, another one of those British b*llocks music awards then.

by **withahip** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:49 pm

This is ure to be one of those bands I listen to in ten years and go, "OMG! They are amazing!! How come no one told me about them!?!?"

by **Kounelaki** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:22 am

by **Dave Smith** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:45 am

Elbow are a load of unispired shite.So scared of Mew when they supported them that they wouldnt let Mew use their backdrop.Most boring,overrated band from the UK since....erm Coldplay.If you like thick jumpers ,libraries and indie by numbers,this ememic Manc band tick all the boxes.

by **Kounelaki** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:56 am

So you don't like them?

by **guitarplayer on here too** » Fri May 22, 2009 10:57 am

What is the strangest thing about the Ivor Novello awards is that Coldplay's Viva la Vida gets voted best selling British song (whatever that means, an award for selling xxxx copies), while that very song is at the root of a legal case over tea-leafing the works of another artist.

As for Elbow, they are hardly inspiring from a creative point of view, and don't really warrant a string of awards. Recording a tune using an acoustic guitar, singing in a low key whispery like vocal, or with a string section of an orchestra arrangement accompanying a tune, it's all be done before. Even by our lot.

by **Dr Cheese** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:31 am

by **fat cherry** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:57 am

Kounelaki wrote:Best contemporary song: Elbow, Grounds for Divorce

quite like elbow but this is the crappiest song on the album. saw em at reading a few years ago when they were about second or third on (from the start that is) in one of the tents and they did that thing where at the start of the set about twenty people were just in there to keep out of the sun or something and by the end it they had ovations (standing or otherwise) from a nearly packed tent (theres a joke there isn't there). WOuld agree not he most original bands i the world but who really gives a toss about that (bunnymen's last 25 years anyone?). Prefer them to Duffy's Alvin and the Chipmonks tribute band any day.

by **withahip** » Sat May 23, 2009 1:11 pm

Oh - I know Elbow. Yeah, not my thing. Sounds - musty.

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