George VS Robbie

So, Da Knob is back in the UK and the nominees for the 2007 Brit Awards have been announced. George is nominated. Robbie Williams is nominated. In the same category. Those are the only real contestants in Best British Live Act category, me thinks. So, who’ll win? You can influence the vote on Radio 2.

Robbie Williams:

Positive: Robbie has, as far as I’m aware, ruled the Brit Awards since George stopped spewing out material every few years. In other words, for a while. Robbie’s young-ish, he’s handsome-ish, he’s got people’s sympathy vote and he does usually do a great stage show. Just cause he’s more of an entertainer than a singer – in my opinion.

Negative: Robbie’s, apparently, fallen off the wagon, he cancelled the Asian leg of his tour, other gigs have been cancelled – and vocally he’s been even worse on this tour than he’s been before. His last album didn’t do much in the charts. Maybe the public is bored?

George Michael:

Positive: George toured for the first time in 15 years last year. The fastest-selling tour since… like Elvis or something. Until Genesis came along, but we don’t talk about that. George is, besides, the last British solo star to make it huge in the US. His stage show was outstanding, expensive, cool – appealing to everyone. He didn’t cancel a single show, he did the nurses thing for free and has a tendency to always bounce back. Besides, the Brits have a certain affection for him – and Radio 2 listeners are practically his listeners.

Negative: Well, there’s the falling asleep at the wheel thing, the crashing cars thing, the fake falling asleep at the wheel thing, the being caught with cannabis thing, the being accused of being unfit to drive and denying the charges thing, the being portrayed as selling out to a Russian billionaire thing…
What do you think?

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