Styles winning the not-so-coveted award begs the question, how much of the British music reputation has he destroyed? Well, with a room full of rock's legends and hottest up and comers, such as Ronnie Wood, Johnny Marr and Palma Violets, the only thing to do is to give Styles the title.
Great Britain has a great reputation when is comes to its musical exports. Everyone from the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd to Elton John and Elvis Costello. Now Great Britain has to claim One Direction and their nefarious leader Harry Styles as well.
(These three together just doesn't look right)
They have infiltrated the British and now American airways with their pre-pubesant harmonizing and shallow beats. They've brought back a genre of music most people wanted to stay in 90's...the boy band. Their main fan base consists of pre-teen girls with braces and their parents for concert ticket money. Music critics have never taken to these types of groups or they don't even bother reviewing them because the overarching opinion is that their music is worthless.
To say that these boys come from the same place as one the greatest rock bands ever (the Rolling Stones) is difficult. Maybe NME did have it right.
For a rock and roll award, when other nominees in your category are the Prime Minister of England and the Korean guy who sings Gangnam Style, you know it can't be good.
Who knows, maybe Harry Styles can get a movie contract for a new film about him plotting to destroy the music industry as we know it.
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