Pop music in the charts is always for the kids. It’s not for us.

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    Kenton Might be the Rich Lane edit…it’s on sc

        Agree with Light foot, the pop side of things has been putrid for about 20 years. The overall standard of song writing and originality is shockingly bad. It seems Hip Hop and that type of track is the go-to formula for many artists/producers, and its all pure fucking shite.
        Nicky Minaj and other cunts like Cardi B “ singing” about eating cock and rubbing their hymens is the norm now. “oh wow did you check out the lyrics of the new Cardi B track?” fuck off, it’s insulting to those of us who grew up listening to Talk Talk or David Bowie on MTV. Pop seems lazy, monotonous and raped as was previously mentioned, run by people who have no integrity whatsoever.
        I don’t agree it’s for kids only either, my father who’s in his mid 60s can often be found humming the latest computer generated shite and will often claim to like the latest cut. Mainly because he’s a radio listener, the poor cunts who are force fed all the nonsense.

          You sounded like a proper boomer there LT. Ticked so many boxes, “back in my day the lyrics meant something.”

          Move on and let the kids enjoy it.

            Homegrove is the new Avalanches pop? It’s bloody catchy and has got the full family seal of approval as has the ultra poppy Dua Lipa one. Some really good remixes too

              When I think of good pop I get all misty eyed about the glory days of Eternal and Dina Carroll.

              Loved first half of the last Grimes album. Jessie Ware and Roisin Murphy’s latests were good. What is pop anyway?

                Didn’t Dermo bang on about his ultra rare KLF vinyl?

                The screams are perfect!

                LT42 I was unfortunate enough to watch the chrimbo TOTP and what a load of bland RnB/ShitHop . Compare that to watching the re runs of late 80s / early 90s where you’d go from from the Roses to 808 state to Cathy Dennis to Rene and Ronata. Talk about eclectic

                Music just isn’t the most important yoof pastime or profit generating medium anymore. Creatives just move into other things now such as gaming or app design , so we lose a chunk of people who may have produced interesting music . Also seems like commercialism is more important . When I was at school you tried to seek out unique hidden gems. This was common place and led to indie tracks charting and knocking traditional artists off their perch . I don’t hear this happening too often nowadays .

                going back to the KLF, love the whole story. One was a music exec right? Plus there is some stat that they had the most global sales of singles in one year. Amazing considering it was a glorified piss take . The fall out of them burning the $1mil and relationship bust ups and regretting in hindsight is also an interesting read .