The Klaxons walk it with the crowd basking in the Winehouse showThe winner has been announced and the runners-up given a sympathetic tap on the back. The Klaxons walked away with the accolade, claiming that they won it because they embodied genuinely new music whereas other contenders simply regurgitated older genres. This was no doubt pointed towards Amy Winehouse. They said: "The Mercury is about pushing music forward and we think that's what we did with this album."
Despite Amy's defeat she stole the show and silenced the crowd with an amazing live acoustic performance after much bewilderment over whether or not she would turn up. It was also her name that was splashed more liberally across the column inches than the winners title, thanks to her drug problems and the media's apparent obsession with such anti-social behaviour.
BBC news suggested that the judges edges away from the idea of handing Winehouse the gong in an effort to show her that she has the capability of winning but that they were not prepared to celebrate a musician with such problems. This raises many questions like, shouldn't the award just be presented on artistic merit and ignore such sub-matters?
Whatsoever maybe the politics surrounding the event, The Klaxons are deserved winners for their stormy cross genre sound and Winehouse shouldn't feel hard done by. All the alternate praise for her performance and appearance should be enough to please her and the label, all things considered.
Words: Dean Samways
Photo: thisislondon.co.uk
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