to think he was so hugely hyped by the NME last year with no fewer than 4 (or was it 5) front covers. none of his singles or the album was nominated for awards and he can't even win best solo award. beaten by Graham Coxon? it doesn't get any worse than that.
J

quite frankly....

He deserved something, i'm not sure about you but he was better live act i saw last year, The Libertines and Franz Ferdinand were put to shame at the Leeds fest, same applied to The White Stripes who followed him.
Plus you'd be hard pressed to find a better single than FOTGTD.
If anybody deserves a godlike genius award it's Morrissey.

It's about time the letters pages at the NME were swamped again, like the old days...message boards too.

More farsical awards!!

Excuse me if I'm a little bit out of touch with British Music, but I am now in my mid 30's, but isn't Grahem Coxon the bloke with the glasses who played guitar in Blur???

If so what has he done this year??

Is it any good??

However good it might be, surely it does not come close to YATQ, and he certainly never had 4 Top Ten British singles like Morrissey.

I think Morrissey suffered at the populist Brits for being non mainstrem, and Coxon has simply won this as he's a bit different , and the NME can't be seen to like Old Man Moz as he sells to many records.

Hero of the Year went rightly to John Peel, but from what I've seen of the pretty boy Brandon Flowers, Morrissey is far and away better dressed and more stylish.

Graham Coxon? thats a laugh [im sure Damon is havin one anyway]. Morrissey- with a #2 album and four top10 singles in the UK in 2004- shouldve easily taken this. as well, he shouldve been a shoe in for sexiest and best dressed- certainly off the coattail chasser that is Brandon Flowers.

nme.com as best website- well thats pretty funny. good joking aside, davidt shouldve had this one.

nice to see Mr. Peel recognized, even though im not sure how simply keeling over makes you hero of the year [sorry if that seems harsh, but its the truth]. still, he has gone too long without ever gaining any mainstream recongnition- its juste sad that it had to wait till he was gone.

They put their own website up for the award. Thats like simon cowel voting for himself to win pop idol. I think that goes to show how laughable these awards are, and the pop idol comparisson is particularly apt. too.

Oh well, we'll never learn. The results of this award may be vexing, but they were also inevitable.

Peel won the Hero award before the first vote came in.
Best dressed/sexiest was bound to go between Flowers and Alex Kapranos.
Best solo - strange, I must admit. I had anticipated another win for Mike Skinner.

Moz is never gonna appeal to the young NME readership in any major way, his days as a youth icon are over, which is no insult to Moz. You only have to remember that Mick Jagger was an icon of the young once too (no, I'm not comparing them, so no need to warm my seat in the electric chair just yet!). The young idolise the young, it's always the way. As long as Moz keeps making great music for posterity, these slights won't matter.

Is anyone else as tired of The Killers and Flowers as me? As if their rise to fame based on a couple of songs isn't enough, they have to name drop and market themselves out nonstop. Did anyone read their cover story in Spin? They opened up 3 dates for Moz in clubs this year, and in the article they state how they "opened up for Morrissey in arenas," like they're Moz's preferred openers and followed him everywhere. I hope the Killers and Flowers newly found fame, fame, fatal fame ends soon...

First of all, Sexy is a term for a person who is aged and refined, who maintains a strong appeal. Brandon Flowers looks as if he just came out of his mother's womb. He's a baby, there is nothing to him. And 2nd, his dress, Im sorry but Brandon Flowers was not in GQ magazine sporting some fine looking suits and working it like Moz was. Brandon Flowers was wearing the same thing almost every kid today is wearing.

Moz= Substance!

Brandon Flowers= Abstinence!

F- Brandon Flowers!!!

Morrissey should have won for the best solo artist.After all he put out an excellent album and great singles and sold out many shows.Morrissey also should have won for sexiest male and best dressed.There is nobody sexier than Morrissey and he looked so good in his pinstriped and other suits.And another thing Morrissey solo should have won for best site.

I wouldn't fret over this.

Even if the readers won't recognize
Morrissey for the Pop Icon he is,
the NME will continue to use Moz's
hansome mug on the cover
to sell their rag.

It's the only reason I buy it.

something went wrong, and I'm not to blame'.
NME show poor discernment, as they've done before, especially towards Morrissey. At least Spin got something right. Some recognition would've been welcome, but we know who the best is across the board: we 'don't need more ammunition'!

get over the fact that graham coxon won an award because more people voted for him. the majority is never right (please see u.s. election '00 & '04). anyway, the real joke/travesty is that nme won best website at their own award show.

the fix was in from the start i tells ya.

NME is bedwetter journalism, sold to bedwetters who wet their beds when the NME tell them to do so. Frankly, Moz should have known better than to dance with this particular devil.

Have we all forgotten the pathetic Morrissey is a racist slur?
They should never be forgiven.

Having had the fortune and misfortune of seeing a Killers show, i profess that Mr. Brandon Flowers is not only horrific dresser - he wears LOAFERS, people! There's absolutely nothing sexy about loafers with/without socks - reminiscent of Miami Vice. What's more - he looks like he's 12.

I think the worst part about Flowers isn't his non-lyrical talent, but the fact that he blatantly imitates Morrissey's movements during his performances. It's like he's [Flowers] is not even there. Everything is gimmicky and "showy" with this guy. There is an huge lack of originiality. His expressions, the way he speaks to the audience...it's all one big act, the 13 and 14 year old girls who catch on to this band, LOVE the act, like they love boy bands...that, my friends, speaks for itself.

I admit, I do own "Hot Fuss" it's a good dance record, with catchy pop tunes yadda yadda yadda, and i DID actually like them at one point, but after seeing this band play live, I will never EVER waste my money again. Besides, their career is basically done now. The only thing theyve got left to offer is another "Hot Fuss" which will frankly, be boring and tired by then.

Next time Spin readers are better off voting for authentic, intelligent new talent, say, Franz Ferdinand?

I saw The Killers open for Morrissey in Chicago at the House of the Blues.

The Killers are very talented- but I cannot get the Duran Duran image totally out of my mind. Their opening set was incredible. But Brandon Flowers as best dressed?

I cannot believe this at all. Morrissey dresses *so* much better!

Brandon honestly looked as though he found his clothes at the thrift store that evening!

Now- don't get me wrong- he was very stylish and charming. And they are incredible. But best dressed belongs to Morrissey. Morrissey invented it completely.

Truly,
Ken

The presenters of the awards addressed the audience as ‘sweet and tender hooligans’. In reviewing the most vibrant highlights of the year, Morrissey’s music was mentioned. I don’t know that he would have enjoyed being there: it was like an overcrowded party, loads of people smoking and half the artists obviously ‘one over the eight’, including those collecting trophies. The Killers looked particularly fresh and pro and I was glad they pulled a bronze finger. There was a clip of Moz in Glastonbury on the later comeback/Godlike genius section, and only awed admiration was expressed by various high-profile pop figures for his lyrical excellence and his perennial hardiness (so to speak)

On the Channel 4 programme before that, “The Friday Night Project”, Neil Morrissey was the co-host this week with Jimmy Carr. He did a silly skit about a CD called something like ‘Morrissey doing Morrissey’ which he was supposedly bringing out, very lukewarmly singing FOTGTD and ending with Miserable Now, with a big bunch of flowers in hand. Only a weak filler really. So, now that Satan has rejected his soul, Moz is free to ply his trade as the least maladjusted kid on the block!

Is this suposed to be a joke?? THEY give de NME awards because THEY ARE NME, so what's the friggin' point in giving themselves an award??
Someone will probably say that the nme.com site is run by other people and not the same people that make the magazine... but it's the same...
You don't put in the nominees the people that are directly related to you

On the show after the NME awards, they explained that Morrissey and The Cure were both big come backs and were thought about for the award. The idiot editor for NME (cant remember his name now) said that New Order deserved it purely because they had an album coming out soon and there was no better time to give them the award. Dont get me wrong, I love New Order and Joy DIvision, but clearly its not the right time. They have given Shaun RYder and award before New Order, which really makes no sense to me at all. The editor of NME even commented on Morrissey success saying something along the lines of he "He is probably sitting in his house saying 'I told you so'." The ultimate thing we should realise is they wont give the Godlike Genius award in any specific order, they will give Morrissey it whenever the NME idiots think its right (hopefully next year if he does get a new album out at the end of this year as someone said). As for him not winning anything, if Coxon can beat Morrissey and Ian Bronw (not a fan myself but he is deserving) then there is clearly something wrong. If it makes anyone feel any better, just remember that alot of people hate NME and dont give a damn what they say.

This website is the most accessible, informative music website available.

My vote went to Morrissey-solo! Keep up the FANTASTIC work everyone!

:)

NME.COM acceptance speech "I'd like to thank the NME for recognising all our hard work here at NME and for sticking by us when everyone else lost faith in us. Thanks Mum. Lets Rock - Yeah".

While I'm here I'd like to point out that at the recent Holy Name Awards the prize for the most "Decent All-Round Bloke" went to .... myself - Holy Name. So thank-you to everyone who voted for me, that is myself.

Let's get in on the game ourselves and name and vote rig a few meaningless winners to champion. We too can then release the results to the public at large in order to publicise ourselves to certain niche markets / fan bases.
   
The Morrissey-solo year end poll, something along the lines of:

1. Best Dressed Male:

- Moz
- Male Moz fans in general
- Lead singers in bands who like Moz
- Venus Williams

2. Best web-site

- Morrissey-solo.com
- bobthebuilder.com
- www.robosapienonline.com

3. etc...

I'm getting rather peeved, to say the least, of people taking it upon themselves to rate Morrissey as 'very good' but not quite brilliant. Why don't these people just stop toying with him. Either acknowledge him for what he's worth or leave him out of these stupid polls. Faint praise is no praise at all, and ultimately, condescending.

Did anyone really think NME's website was going to win?

I certainly did not.

the boys! brandon and the killers are saaa-wheat! i'm glad they won. who else looks so smooth in a pink suit coat?! morrissey is going to die soon anyway, he doesn't need any more 'awards.' the killers will soon have world domination, so just get ready for it. booo-yaaah!