> Hi
>
> Since this article from the below link is from The Daily Telegraph in London I
>imagine some of you may have read this article, but if not, I think it gives quite a
>good description of what most of us already know. Not quite 100% on topic, but since
>the list appears as dead as UK Pop is at the
moment, and it is a subject recently discussed here....
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/0011/09/entertainment/entertain1.html
>
A very good article and I can recommend it strongly to anyone that hasn't
yet read it. It paints a very good picture of the music industry and calls for
change, something that we have all wanted for a long time. MAdness
getting to no.10 with Lovestruck was a huge success for the band and
would have been seen to be that 15, even 10 years ago, but they
disappeared from the charts within weeks having been viewed as another
old band trying and failing to make a come-back. We all know they did it
not for the commercial success but for the joy of doing another record, but
maybe they should have waited until the current state of the music
industry collapses and as far as I'm concerned the harder it falls the
better. I know it was their 20th anniversary, but perhaps they should have
waited another 5 years? However, whether it will, I find hard to believe. The
current music buying generation will realize they have been taken for a
ride, but there's always another one coming through waiting to be
exploited. The article does mention that sales have been floundering, but
surely the industry will just find a way to churn out some different tat.
they'll find something that's doing well, and replicate it until everyone is
sick of it. The days when the charts are ruled by people who have talent,
i.e. those who can write songs and play instruments instead of just having
an occasional appearance are long gone. The saturation is going to
continue, and a sign of that is the fact that you can now buy the triple
video boxsets of Miami 7 and LA7, just another way that your teen idols
can live on long after their recording company is sick of them.
Well, that is my rant over, I'm sure there are many people who agree with
what I have said, and some who don't, but these are my opinions, so
tough.
On The Beat Pete
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or http://www.geocities.com/soho/park/4150/
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