Calvin Harris should stop making music immediately

he's rubbish

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7328513.stm

Chart star Calvin Harris has lost seven months of work on his new album in baggage problems at Heathrow.

The dance musician, from Dumfries, in the south of Scotland, was returning to the UK from America when the bag containing his laptop went missing.

A spokeswoman for his record company confirmed it contained the only copy of work on Mr Harris' second album.

His first release - I Created Disco - was a top 10 hit and carried the debut single Acceptable in the 80s.

The album's success led to him working with the likes of Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Kylie Minogue, for whom he wrote the forthcoming single In My Arms in his bedroom on a 15-year-old computer.

A spokeswoman for Columbia Records confirmed that the lost laptop contained several new songs the DJ and musician had been working on.

"He has lost the only copy of the new album," she said.

"It is a big cause for concern - months of work have gone into that."

She said it would not affect his live performances as they did not involve the use of the laptop.

However, it could set back work on a new album for some time.

"They have offered about £750 in compensation," said the spokeswoman.

"You can't really put a price on something like a new record."

Flights cancelled

British Airways has said its priority is to reunite passengers with their luggage as soon as possible.

More than 400 volunteer staff have been working to deal with the situation.

Thousands of bags were caught in a backlog after the opening of the new T5 terminal at Heathrow this week.

Numerous flights were cancelled due to problems with the baggage handling system.

British Airways has admitted that the chaos surrounding the opening of Terminal 5 has so far cost about £16 million.

there is a god

i thought this thread was about beat happening

Oh no that sucks! "Acceptable in the 80s" was pretty good but "The Girls" had the girls going wild! That song is hot.

I never checked the full album to be honest but I can't believe he would keep his entire new one on just one laptop. Way to suck, British Airways!

This is totally a dog-ate-my-homework story, and is Harris's excuse for not yet having churned out the follow up Columbia is no doubt pestering him for so they can rush release it before everyone gets (even more) sick of him.

yeah as much as i would like this to be true, what kind of mongtard doesn't back that shit up?

He should just steal Laromlab's album and pass it off as his own.

Has Dom been moonlighting as a baggage handler at Terminal 5?

of course he has another copy. its just a load of PR gumph aint it.

Was about to say the same. If it was really the case they'd be suitably embarrassed to not issue a fucking press release about it

Perhaps he did a song with Naomi Campbell and she wasn't too keen on it.

Maybe the record label is trying to get extra compensation from british airways

That would be hilarious so I hope you're right

Anyone tech-savvy enough to make good electronic music knows to back shit up. What a jackoff.

yep, he is like some vile British public school James Murphy

Well, this song with Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris, it's quite good.

it's awful. the way the bassline so wants to be a classic bounce, and fails by so much, makes me cringe.

the lex is back??? wow.

that deadmau5 dub injects some life into his 'merrymaking' track which is one of those songs that has been completely overshadowed by the remix.

Hey, that Dizzee track is quite good. Calvin Harris revival starts here.

im happy that i dont live in the uk and therefore can pretend like the dizzee track doesn't exist

the dude on the hook is the worst part about it actually

I'm seeing this guy open for MBV in three months. Hm.

Dizzee or Calvin? I'm not sure either are obvious MBV opening acts

Hey, that Dizzee track is quite good. Calvin Harris revival starts here.

-- Ismael Klata, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 9:51 PM

I disagree. Dizzee's vocal is phoned in, he switches between generic "electro" and generic "Indian" music in a way that just sounds lazily tacked-together, his own vocal is a cringe-worthy... it sucks, basically.

Dizzee or Calvin? I'm not sure either are obvious MBV opening acts

Calvin. Dizzee I've seen already, great show.

http://i36.tinypic.com/auavwx.jpg

And what's with the Peter Beardsley do?

i like his production for seb/roisin's "off & on" much more than i like "dance wiv me"

I just noticed Dizzee confessing that he'll "feel like a wally" if he doesn't pursue this girl - how can you hate that?

http://store01.prostores.com/digitalgravel/catalog/lacelocks_wallychampihmdj_c.jpg

thought this said Calvin Johnson at first, thought "well, i agree, but it's too late now, isn't it?"

I still like "Dance Wiv Me".

dont mind this song anymore but the hook lets it down a lot.

ned YOU ARE FUCKING KIDDING ME - this guy is opening up for MBV in LA??!?!?!

a fucking travesty.

The album's success led to him working with the likes of Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Kylie Minogue, for whom he wrote the forthcoming single In My Arms in his bedroom on a 15-year-old computer.

does this blurb annoy anyone else as much as it annoys me?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Everyone

... for whom he wrote (insert song title here) for (Insert answer here) on a notepad he nicked from school twenty two years ago!

i think this bears repeating:

"They have offered about £750 in compensation," said the spokeswoman.

"You can't really put a price on something like a new record."

Er, around £750 then? Also, hahaha that's fuck-all.

Dope zinging from British Airways officials, there.

i think it's kinda funny how calvin harris is all "give me praise! how come people aren't talking about my involvement in the new dizzee single!"
and it's like, well, cos no one likes you and we'd rather forget that you wrote some okay beats for once. plus dizzee's been reeling from his mercury music prize for so long, it's nice to see the fella doing well with one of his less-good singles.
whatever, i'm just bitter cos apparently i look like calvin harris.

But he gets all the girls, he gets all the girls!
Yeah Calvin is pretty shocking but he's not as shocking as plenty of other artists. I say he should stop making music progressively and then quit altogether.

i went to a gig of his at the astoria earlier this year. it was SHOCKINGLY terrible.

(and i felt about 63 years old, which admittedly didn't help)

Why is this Dizzee's first number one rather than the BUGSY MALONE ONE?

People have taste in their arse.

How soon we forget Band Aid 20.

^^This is true, so very true.

Band Aid 20 I excluded on compassionate grounds.

Giving a little help to the helpless

Dizzee will never top 'I Luv U'. Calvin will never top losing his laptop.

^^Hahaha

But peoples; "There won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time (OH I WONDER WHY THE FUCK THERE WOULDN'T BE SNOW ON A CONTINENT THATS GOES THROUGH THE EQUATOR) Do they know its Christmas time at all?" Sorry that line always fucks me up.
I change my mind, Harris must quit but also Geldof should suffer somehow.