Somebody shoot the record buying public quick
10 June 2002, 11:43 PM
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number 10 is a load of crap - listen to it here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/
[Edited by ChristianR - 10/6/2002 11:45:08 PM]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/
[Edited by ChristianR - 10/6/2002 11:45:08 PM]
06 October 2002, 06:47 PM
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I honestly couldn't name a single track that has been in the top ten for over a year......I totally ignore the sh1te that is out there now
Best song this Summer Layo & Bushwacker - Love Story!
this track in Pacha was fecking awesome!!
Best song this Summer Layo & Bushwacker - Love Story!
this track in Pacha was fecking awesome!!
06 October 2002, 06:51 PM
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What are you saying???? Will and Gareths track is ****
Its a con the record buying public dont buy many records,its the record companies that buy up the records and thats WHY bunsens got into the top 10.It might sound funny but soon as its in the top 10,they hope it will get more air play and then the buying public will go out buy the record,so MORE sales.
Its a con the record buying public dont buy many records,its the record companies that buy up the records and thats WHY bunsens got into the top 10.It might sound funny but soon as its in the top 10,they hope it will get more air play and then the buying public will go out buy the record,so MORE sales.
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06 October 2002, 07:04 PM
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The singles chart is a waste of time IMHO. You don't need many sales to get into the top 10, and record companies have been known to sell single as a huge discount or even given them away to inflate their figures.
Gone are the days when a single could chart outside the top 20, then climb the charts over a few weeks, before falling back again. Now it's all about entering as high as possible, then two weeks later they've gone.
Gone are the days when a single could chart outside the top 20, then climb the charts over a few weeks, before falling back again. Now it's all about entering as high as possible, then two weeks later they've gone.
06 October 2002, 07:47 PM
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I never listen to the charts, it doesn't do my blood pressure any favours [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
IMO singles are a complete waste of money! I haven't bought one for over a year now, nor do i intend on buying any in the near future
Hopefully the demise of he****y will mark the start of the end of the crap!
IMO singles are a complete waste of money! I haven't bought one for over a year now, nor do i intend on buying any in the near future
Hopefully the demise of he****y will mark the start of the end of the crap!
06 October 2002, 07:55 PM
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Bah Coldplay - another overrated band that have the most depressing music ever (well a large majority of their tracks). Every man and their dog is jumping on that bandwagon so its no different.
06 October 2002, 07:55 PM
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I thought it was all done via advanced sales. i.e. HMV and Virgin 'buy' so many records from the distributers hence guarenteeing sufficient 'sales' for the top 10. It has absolutely nothing to do with what people actually buy. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
It must really annoy them when a 'real' tune makes it to number 1, thus ruining thier 'strategy' Doesn't happen too often though. The last one I can remember was that 'Who Let The Dogs Out' song.
It has absolutely nothing to do with what people actually buy. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] It must really annoy them when a 'real' tune makes it to number 1, thus ruining thier 'strategy'
Doesn't happen too often though. The last one I can remember was that 'Who Let The Dogs Out' song.
06 October 2002, 07:56 PM
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lol- what are you lot on about! the singles charts are for young kids, always are always will be.
why are you moaning about it? do yo also winge about the lack of Thomas The Tank engine toys at Mothercare World? ITS FOR KIDS!
the 13 year old girls arent sat at home moaning about the state of the album charts so why should you worry about their chart?
T
why are you moaning about it? do yo also winge about the lack of Thomas The Tank engine toys at Mothercare World? ITS FOR KIDS!
the 13 year old girls arent sat at home moaning about the state of the album charts so why should you worry about their chart?
T
06 October 2002, 07:59 PM
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and like it or not there are plenty of kids who love the popidol stuff...who are you lot to moan about that? what should they do stop listening to will young and buy a coldplay album??? yeah, go down great at their parties that will. load of 12 yr old girls practicing their dance moves to that one...NOT!
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06 October 2002, 08:09 PM
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I agree the top 20 is for little kids, but they are being so cynically manipulated by the music industry now that they are all becoming brainwashed and thier minds turned to mush...
Boy bands and pop idols for the girls and sh!te skateboard thrash punk cr@p for the boys.
Very very sad IMHO
Boy bands and pop idols for the girls and sh!te skateboard thrash punk cr@p for the boys.
Very very sad IMHO
06 October 2002, 08:17 PM
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Bah Coldplay - another overrated band that have the most depressing music ever (well a large majority of their tracks). Every man and their dog is jumping on that bandwagon so its no different.
Just 'cos it's not 120BMP (Astraboy dutch gabba stylee )It's a damn sight more original and better quality than the Bunsen Burner ****e.
06 October 2002, 08:36 PM
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Cant say I have heard the Bunsen Burner thingy (sounds like a good thing going on these comments) but then again I havent listened to the top 40 on a sunday for a good 4-5 years now.
Maybe I was a bit harsh on Coldplay. But it just annoys me every time I turn on the radio these days someone is talking about them and I cant stand them. Some bird on Radio 1 was harping on about their latest track saying it was orgasmic. It made my laugh when a load of listeners texted in saying she was talking bollocks.
The majority of the charts is bollocks these days but some good stuff does come out of it. Westlife annoy me as they churn out the same sh1te week after week and the women just lap it up. I went to Capital FM's Party in the Park this year and the contrast in talent was blatant. Boy bands like Westlife were hopeless, A1 were embarrasingly crap. People with talent who stood out and could actually entertain and sing live were Shakira, Enrique Iglesias (as much as I hate to admit it) and Wyclef Jean (featuring with Prince Naseem) was one of the rare breeds of modern singers who can entertain as well as perform. Oh yeah Natalie Imbruglia was good and even the damn Lighthouse Family were suprisingly good.
Simon.
Maybe I was a bit harsh on Coldplay. But it just annoys me every time I turn on the radio these days someone is talking about them and I cant stand them. Some bird on Radio 1 was harping on about their latest track saying it was orgasmic. It made my laugh when a load of listeners texted in saying she was talking bollocks.
The majority of the charts is bollocks these days but some good stuff does come out of it. Westlife annoy me as they churn out the same sh1te week after week and the women just lap it up. I went to Capital FM's Party in the Park this year and the contrast in talent was blatant. Boy bands like Westlife were hopeless, A1 were embarrasingly crap. People with talent who stood out and could actually entertain and sing live were Shakira, Enrique Iglesias (as much as I hate to admit it) and Wyclef Jean (featuring with Prince Naseem) was one of the rare breeds of modern singers who can entertain as well as perform. Oh yeah Natalie Imbruglia was good and even the damn Lighthouse Family were suprisingly good.
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06 October 2002, 08:40 PM
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Well, the best single to make the charts was Summerlove Sensation by The Bay City Rollers circa 1975 ............... all the rest has been complete and utter tosh!!
See?? It all depends upon the generation you listened to the charts in!! Leave the kids alone - WE were exploited in the 70's too!!! Its a fact of life and it aint harming anyone
Pete
See?? It all depends upon the generation you listened to the charts in!! Leave the kids alone - WE were exploited in the 70's too!!! Its a fact of life and it aint harming anyone
Pete
06 October 2002, 10:12 PM
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psLewis why were you listening to the Bay City Rollers in the 70s? 
If,as rumours suggest you are 70 odd years old you must have been touching 40 and into a group with 15 YO fans! Wouldn't that be like a 40 YO bloke nowadays into Gareth Gates,now that's scary!
As for Bunsen Burner I haven't a clue what you are on about but at the end of the day if you don't like something FFS turn it off. Is there such a thing as bad musical taste or isn't it as personal an opinion as whether or not you like Marmite?
If,as rumours suggest you are 70 odd years old you must have been touching 40 and into a group with 15 YO fans! Wouldn't that be like a 40 YO bloke nowadays into Gareth Gates,now that's scary! As for Bunsen Burner I haven't a clue what you are on about but at the end of the day if you don't like something FFS turn it off. Is there such a thing as bad musical taste or isn't it as personal an opinion as whether or not you like Marmite?
06 October 2002, 11:06 PM
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Ive heard it and it is utter crap and dont get me started on the Ketchup song!!!another Macarainer you ALL will be singing along to this Euro crap:argh:
I read to get to number 1,some dodgy record companies were getting their employees to go out and buy up as many copies,so the record would get straight into number 1..what a CON!!! btw i think it only take about 10 thou record sales to get to #1 nowadays.
I read to get to number 1,some dodgy record companies were getting their employees to go out and buy up as many copies,so the record would get straight into number 1..what a CON!!! btw i think it only take about 10 thou record sales to get to #1 nowadays.
07 October 2002, 01:37 PM
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The problem is that "The Top 40" doesn't really have the same meaning that it used to.
Record sales are nothing like what they used to be, and too much of it is fiddled by the record companies.
All of the Popstars, Pop-Idols, and other crappy pop-wannabe programmes give all of us a perfect look at how sad today's 'pop' scene really is. If I went on the current effort I'm not sure I could be stood for longer than 10 seconds in the same room as Pete Waterman without knocking is lights out. As for that skinny dwarf too.. hmm.. she's talented !! NOT ! Anyone with any self-respect or that likes real music should run a mile from that lot. Would you really want people like that telling what to sing and writing that dreary, mass-produced, cliche-ridden pap for you ??
Robbie Williams may be a little s***e but at least he saw the light and bailed out of the boy-band thing... look where its got him ! Hmm...Fatty Barlow - where are you now ??
I'm not a big fan of the Coldplay's and Robbies of this world but at least they get of their **** and write their own stuff...
If you don't like it, don't buy it - but at least we'd get a bit more variation in music out there.
I also get really sick of Radio 1 and how they tell you what's good and what's not, instead of letting you decide what to like. How many really good tracks pass by largely unnoticed because they are not seen as being 'cool' by Radio-chuffing-One ? Instead they fill their air-time up with they same old crap over and over again !!! agggghhhh !!
Is it really surprising that the music inductry is dying with so much drivel being mass produced ??
Record sales are nothing like what they used to be, and too much of it is fiddled by the record companies.
All of the Popstars, Pop-Idols, and other crappy pop-wannabe programmes give all of us a perfect look at how sad today's 'pop' scene really is. If I went on the current effort I'm not sure I could be stood for longer than 10 seconds in the same room as Pete Waterman without knocking is lights out. As for that skinny dwarf too.. hmm.. she's talented !! NOT ! Anyone with any self-respect or that likes real music should run a mile from that lot. Would you really want people like that telling what to sing and writing that dreary, mass-produced, cliche-ridden pap for you ??
Robbie Williams may be a little s***e but at least he saw the light and bailed out of the boy-band thing... look where its got him ! Hmm...Fatty Barlow - where are you now ??
I'm not a big fan of the Coldplay's and Robbies of this world but at least they get of their **** and write their own stuff...
If you don't like it, don't buy it - but at least we'd get a bit more variation in music out there.
I also get really sick of Radio 1 and how they tell you what's good and what's not, instead of letting you decide what to like. How many really good tracks pass by largely unnoticed because they are not seen as being 'cool' by Radio-chuffing-One ? Instead they fill their air-time up with they same old crap over and over again !!! agggghhhh !!
Is it really surprising that the music inductry is dying with so much drivel being mass produced ??
07 October 2002, 04:21 PM
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"Robbie Williams may be a little s***e but at least he saw the light and bailed out of the boy-band thing... look where its got him ! Hmm...Fatty Barlow - where are you now ??"
hmmm, so you dont like barlow, a talented musician and song writter but you do like williams who cant play an instrument and churns out stuff written for him...oh, like popidols!
hmmm, so you dont like barlow, a talented musician and song writter but you do like williams who cant play an instrument and churns out stuff written for him...oh, like popidols!
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