Polaris Music Prize 2009

by **EvanEtrics** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:51 pm

GERARDAMO wrote:Oh my. Fucked Up fans might be even more annoying than Portsinger

UNNECESSARY!

by **TerraTempus25** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:54 pm

EvanEtrics wrote:
GERARDAMO wrote:Oh my. Fucked Up fans might be even more annoying than Portsinger

UNNECESSARY!

Seconded.

STADIUM LOVE, people.

by **Matt** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:09 pm

Just listened to Fucked Up for the first time myself, and it sucks. Such generic pop/psych core. Actually, I think I'll just call it generic-core.

And I'm not biased against the genre. I like that style of music too, but the bands have to meet me half way and be good.

by **EvanEtrics** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:11 pm

Okay, I love Metric. I really do. But Psych-Core? I can't really call it generic because I have no idea what the hell "psych-core" even means! Way to make up such a stupid genre name, Emily.

by **TerraTempus25** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:20 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych_folk + hardcore?

by **Matt** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:18 pm

Psychedelic core.

From listening to 30 second samples on iTunes, I've concluded that they like to begin their songs with Godspeed-esque ambience and then dive into the hard riffs reminiscent of Champion.

by **portsinger** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:02 pm

So I think that Portsinger was right. The committee chose Fucked Up in order to silence the award's critics.

Well, to be fair, I wasn't saying that I think Fucked Up was chosen simply because the Polaris jury didn't want to be accused of picking the same type of music/musician every damn year. I was merely saying that I don't think very many news sources will criticize this choice because they'll like that it's different.

I honestly don't know why the jurors chose Fucked Up. Maybe it was a bit of "we have to pick something different!" (Though if they were going to pick something totally different, they could have also tried picking a woman. Or a visible minority. I'm just saying!) (And yes, I do think that it's kind of problematic that so few women have ever been included in the Polaris short lists, but that's another discussion for another day.) Maybe it was because they genuinely felt that it was the best album on the list. It's not my cup of tea, but, you know...whatevs. I haven't agreed with the jurors since they awarded Final Fantasy the very first prize.

Ultimately, it's kind of a subjective decision. You might not be so into Fucked Up, but obviously, someone out there is. To international music fans, Nickelback is one of Canada's most notable exports. Celine Dion is supposedly a legend, as far as Canadian female singers go. Alexisonfire just got awarded the Album of the Year award at the Verge Music Awards (and they were up against Joel Plaskett and Metric!). These are things I will never, ever understand. But guess what? Apparently, there are people out there who think all of this makes sense. You know why? BECAUSE IT'S SUBJECTIVE, whether I like it or not.

So the band you were rooting for didn't win. GET OVER IT. They probably already have.

by **EvanEtrics** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:10 am

Oh, I already got over the fact that Metric didn't win. I'm still waiting to get over the fact that the winner won.

by **nakuu** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:06 am

haha this thread is linked in eye weekly.

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