The German Media Awards
The Bambi
Now, the German Media Awards are not the kind of thing I watch on TV or even follow, and I certainly don’t take them seriously, but the presentation yesterday made me cock up an eyebrow
It reminded me of a conversation I had with a singer I know a couple of weeks ago about the presentation of her image. I told her “no publicity is bad publicity” and named Brittany Spears as an example. Although she had done nothing for the last year or two, she has always been in the headlines and has been talked about. Of course, this example is grossly exaggerated, I wasn’t expecting the singer to follow what I had said to the book - I was just trying to illustrate the power of publicity.
The answer I got was, yes, but Ms Speares will never be taken seriously as a music artist again, and she will have no chance of getting things back together artistically…
I’m sorry to say, you are wrong Caro! Brittany Speares was yesterday awarded a Bambi (German Media Award) in the category “Pop International”). Whatever caused Burda Medien to do this, I really can’t say, it is in my humble opinion a slap in the face of any artist that takes his or her music seriously.
and strangely, there doesn’t seem to be a category for “pop national”. don’t these people believe in home grown music, or do they just not care?
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Dave:
ex Mystery Lyrics Host, Webmaster of mysterylyrics.info more or less since its conception, and lover of obscure music. I also host the online version of "Name That Tune" on this website. I am the European connection for Mystery Lyrics, and frequently see things from a different perspective.
