Glen Hansard Wins An Oscar(r)

[Wangball]

Why can't everyone just be friends, safe in the knowledge that if Glen Hansard can win an Oscar, so can everyone.,.....I'm personally aiming for 2011 & best screenplay for the adaptation of my novel (work in progress), its called "If I'm so great, why do I sleep alone?"

[bennocelt]

Hardly.
Whether you agree or disagree with him at least he knows his stuff. Knows his music, films and footy. Is a good journalist as well. Generally very on the money with reviews of films. Never goes OTT in his praise of what are good but flawed films. Great and spot on review of There Will Be Blood.

Yeah def agree. Byrne and that fella off the Culture show on BBC2 are the two guys i really think give excellent reviews in movies and music. Byrne, like myself, hate the mushy feel good ****e, and knows a lot about the Irish music scene

As for Hansard, comes across as a nice guy but tainted it a good bit with his speech about his special call from Bono

[Billsthoughts]

Is the guy from the culture show the one with the big quiff? Yeah hes good. I think with George Byrne he has a certain amount of resentment to Irish Bans/musicians who seem to be doing well with minimal talent probably borne out of frustration that bands he loved couldnt get arrested in Ireland. So he probably overdoes it on the vitriol.

[NeilMcD]

Byrne has a strong bias towards to melody based bands such as the Beatles, Beach Boys, The Blades, Teenage Fan Club, Crowded House and love Aimee Mann, all of these bands I love too, however he then has a strong bias against another strain of music which is the Bob Dylan, Van Morrisson, Waterboys, Frames, Kila music.

I often think that music is like women and its not a good thing to just like one type of woman as there are many types out there that have a lot of things going for them. Why just stick to blondes when you can have the whole menu.

In relation to Hansard and Bono, its funny that he mentioned that, as I know for a fact that there was not much love towards U2 from Hansard and his type for a number of years. I don't think they liked the naked ambition of U2 and were more into that white lower middle class, anti ambition thing that often raises its head and probably what George Byrne dislikes too.

[bennocelt]

Is the guy from the culture show the one with the big quiff? Yeah hes good. .


yeah, he is good, and he is ace at playing skittle
the blond one in that show is pretty cool too

[Billsthoughts]

I often think that music is like women and its not a good thing to just like one type of woman as there are many types out there that have a lot of things going for them. Why just stick to blondes when you can have the whole menu.

Maybe you want to hop into bed with any raggle taggle gypo that exposes her milky white thigh but I like my music critics to be a bit more discerning.

Benocelt -
Skittle Band? Jaysus I can remember something of that now. class.

[NeilMcD]

How is your reaction anyway related to the quote you use. I said one should like many types of music rather than one type.

I find nothing discering about writing off one style of music which is what Byrne does.

[Billsthoughts]

:confused: what you on about?