What you guys doing right now.
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Tachi
Mushi-shi
A few things to consider when judging my answer - i work in an office with a person who listens Heart radio all day, they play 80's music 90% of the day and repeat the same crap everyday... there's only so much a man can take before it becomes monotonous.
The other main gripe with that whole decade is that everything was played on an electric keyboard, so they all sound the same. Not to mention all they really had was such soppy crap, and after a while that just makes people think "shut the **** up already"
Just listen to heart radio for a week, 8 hours a day and after the second day you'll be sick of the 80's too.
The other main gripe with that whole decade is that everything was played on an electric keyboard, so they all sound the same. Not to mention all they really had was such soppy crap, and after a while that just makes people think "shut the **** up already"
Just listen to heart radio for a week, 8 hours a day and after the second day you'll be sick of the 80's too.
ayase
State Alchemist
I think it depends whether we're talking about the decade which produced the most popular music, or the decade which produced the most popular music.
Every decade definately has it's wheat and it's chaff. Looking at my music collection I have way more from the '80s than any other period, but The Cure and The Smiths =/= Bananarama and Wham. I think the '80s probably produced some of the best and worst music of the 20th Century.
Every decade definately has it's wheat and it's chaff. Looking at my music collection I have way more from the '80s than any other period, but The Cure and The Smiths =/= Bananarama and Wham. I think the '80s probably produced some of the best and worst music of the 20th Century.
Tachi
Mushi-shi
Mutsumi said:The Beatles are awesome, no doubting that, but Michael Jackson was ever better.
Tachi, sounds like you've been over-exposed to the kind of 80s Heart listeners like. There is much more, and it is much better.
5 years working in the NHS, not a day of it that i don't have to listen to that horrible drivvel, given a chance i would close them down or argue that they should play more variety (especially as they keep saying "providing more music variety") i'm yet to ever hear anything variable to normal crap.
ayase said:
Don't get me wrong, i do like some music from that decade; frankie goes to hollywood, michael jackson.
Its hard to say off the top of my head exactly what artists bug me but listen to heart radio (i hate that radio station) Personally if i had a radio station myself i would start the day with some meatloaf or stones and just 60-70's greatest songs and some rock music till about 11am, i'd have a talk show with call ins - talking about world events and finish with an agony aunt. The afternoon will be the latest songs in the charts, about 3.30 it'll start with feel good tunes and 90's floor fillers. by 6 the latest clubbing songs will be played untill around 9 then it's none stop DnB till the early hours.
I was brought up on radio 2 and now listen to radio 1 when i can as its more my style.
mangaman74
Akatsuki
Tachi said:Mutsumi said:The Beatles are awesome, no doubting that, but Michael Jackson was ever better.
Tachi, sounds like you've been over-exposed to the kind of 80s Heart listeners like. There is much more, and it is much better.
5 years working in the NHS, not a day of it that i don't have to listen to that horrible drivvel, given a chance i would close them down or argue that they should play more variety (especially as they keep saying "providing more music variety") i'm yet to ever hear anything variable to normal crap.
I would have thought that the music reflects the audiences tastes. Heart listeners probably like 80s music so it wouldn't make sense them playing 90s music for instance.
ayase
State Alchemist
Ugh, Radio 1 is to me what Heart radio is to you Tach, pretty much to the letter. It feels like they just play the same dozen songs OVER and OVER again all day, every day, changing one song in the playlist every couple of weeks. Doesn't help that I think there's very little good going on in popular music at present. I kinda like The Vaccines, but that's about it.
mangaman74
Akatsuki
ayase said:
I agree about the current state of popular music. I don't usually bother listening to the radio now apart from sport on Radio 5 live.
Tachi
Mushi-shi
mangaman74 said:
My main gripe is that the music never changes, they have maybe 2/3 playlists they they rotate around but regardless od which playlist there are some songs that are always played and it becomes tiresome for all but the brain dead amaeba who que the songs.
If you listen to the Monkees - daydream believer (released 1967)
Then listened to the beetles - Hey Jude (1968)
Then listened to John Lennon - Imagine (released 1975 in the UK)
Then skip everything after that and return at 1990 and look through THIS list then you'll see it jumped in a major way, faster tempo and more upbeat but the classics are still popular to this day, you'll have just missed out the overly dramatic "oooooohhhhh wooooaaah woooooooh" **** the 80's brought to the mix.
Im still unsure what the 00's brought, emo and rap music hitting its stride i guess. then the teens seem to be great for clubbing music, alot of artists using the voice changers on songs and they've even gone back to using 8bit tones in some songs. I'm not sure what will happen in the next 8 years music wise but i doubt it will go back to the 60's or 70's.
* this is my 500th post and it changed from great teacher to alucard? I am disappoint.
ayase
State Alchemist
Not that I'm against all modern music or anything. 2004-2009 produced some of the best popular music that received mainstream airplay in a long time. The late '90s and early 2000s were pretty dire, and it seems it's quickly gone back that way again. Also Dubstep (or what I understand to be Dubstep, I'm still even 100% sure) can go bugger itself with a rusty wrought iron railing.mangaman74 said:
mangaman74
Akatsuki
ayase said:
I'm not saying modern music is all crap - you just have to look for the good stuff.
Tachi
Mushi-shi
Im not a fan of Dubstep, Im a big DnB fan (Pendulum, Chase & Status, Sub Focus and Nero to name a few) I guess that came from my generation/decade that i was born and the songs that where played on the radio (when i wasn't listening to radio 2) Songs like rhythm is a dancer, the prodigy (breathe, fire starter ) ect ect that brought me into that sort of music, i like the DnB to have singing though - i'm not like my cousin who listens to dupstep and doesn't mind the 2-3 minute intro doing the same "durr durr dump" on repeat.
Between you guys and me, i prefer listening to talk radio
Between you guys and me, i prefer listening to talk radio
ayase
State Alchemist
I know what you mean, it's like a bit of a guilty secret. When I'm at my dad's and hear his partner listening to Radio 4 I start thinking that actually sounds like intelligent discussion, albeit carried out a somewhat cringe-worthy, upper-middle class way (no matter what my politics, I'm definitely more of the John Prescott school of debate. Which is to say, tell it like it is, openly display your incredulity at your opponents' stupidity and if the opportunity presents itself, punch them). But would I switch Radio 4 on at home? Mmmm... Nope.
This discussion should really be in General Convo now, shouldn't it?
This discussion should really be in General Convo now, shouldn't it?
