I said nothing of the sort!

 

My problem with current T40 music, is that ISTM there's virtually nothing that appeals to anyone who isn't a teenager (i.e. my age range). The main exception is Ellie G - YS, and possibly Matt Cardle (though he's only there thanks to XF).

 

Radio 1 needs to remember that not *everyone* loves urban.

 

What kind of music do you like/listen to?

I said nothing of the sort!

 

My problem with current T40 music, is that ISTM there's virtually nothing that appeals to anyone who isn't a teenager (i.e. my age range). The main exception is Ellie G - YS, and possibly Matt Cardle (though he's only there thanks to XF).

 

Radio 1 needs to remember that not *everyone* loves urban.

 

And what's R1's target audience? Teenagers and young adults, and what do teens like? urban, rnb, pop and dance. Plus R1 play lots of alternative

Radio 1 needs to remember that not *everyone* loves urban.

 

That's why we have Radio 2! ;)

iTunes Update

 

[01] 01| Rihanna & Drake - What's My Name?

[03] 02| Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude

[02] 03| Katy B ft. Ms Dynamite - Lights On

[04] 04| Matt Cardle - When We Collide

[05] 05| Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit)

[06] 06| Far East Movement - Like A G6

[07] 07| David Guetta & Rihanna - Who's That Chick?

[08] 08| Ellie Goulding - Your Song

[10] 09| Willow - Whip My Hair

[09] 10| Katy Perry - Firework

 

[11] 11| Nero - Me & You

[13] 12| Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)

[12] 13| Tinie Tempah ft. Kelly Rowland - Invincible

[15] 14| James Blake - Limit To Your Love

[16] 15| Cee-Lo Green - It's OK

[14] 16| Pink - Raise Your Glass

[18] 17| Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

[17] 18| Alexis Jordan - Happiness

[19] 19| Take That - The Flood

[20] 20| McFly & Taio Cruz - Shine A Light

 

[23] 21| Nicole Scherzinger - Poison

[25] 22| Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me

[22] 23| Olly Murs - Thinking Of Me

[21] 24| Usher - More

[24] 25| Adele - Make You Feel My Love

[27] 26| Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

[33] 27| Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello

[28] 28| Professor Green - Jungle

[26] 29| The Wanted - Lose My Mind

[32] 30| Cee-Lo Green - Forget You

 

[29] 31| Cheryl Cole - The Flood

[30] 32| N-Dubz - Girls

[31] 33| Nelly - Just A Dream

[35] 34| Michael Jackson ft. Akon - Hold My Hand

[62] 35| JLS - Eyes Wide Shut

[34] 36| Rihanna - S&M

[36] 37| Will.i.am & Nicki Minaj - Check It Out

[38] 38| Alexa Goddard - Turn My Swag On

[40] 39| JLS - Love You More

[42] 40| Tinie Tempah ft. Kelly Rowland - Invincible

 

Selected Others

 

[70] 57| Tinchy Stryder & Melanie Fiona - Let It Rain

[64] 61| Devlin & Labrinth - Let It Go

[113] 87| Taio Cruz - Higher

 

[159] 139| Nelly, Akon & T-Pain - Move That Body

[164] 163| N-Dubz & Skepta - So Alive

[238] 182| Pitbull ft. T-Pain - Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)

 

[225] 204| B.o.B. - I'll Be In The Sky

[218] 238| DaViglio - Rolling In The Deep

I agree about Radio 1, why do they just play the following Urban rubbish?

 

A-List

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

Chase & Status - Blind Faith

David Guetta featuring Rihanna - Who's That Chick

Eliza Doolittle - Skinny Genes

Ellie Goulding - Your Song

Jessie J - Do It Like A Dude

Kesha - We R Who We R

Kings Of Leon - Pyro

My Chemical Romance - Sing

Nero - Me & You

White Lies - Bigger Than Us

30 Seconds To Mars featuring Kanye West - Hurricane

Cheryl Cole - The Flood

* Eric Prydz - Niton (The Reason)

Everything Everything - Photoshop Handsome

Funeral Party - Friend

James Blake - Limit To Your Love

Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette - Hello

Pendulum - Crush

The Wanted - Lose My Mind

The Wombats - Jump Into The Fog

* Danny Byrd - Tonight

* Fenech Soler - Demons

Matt Cardle - When We Collide

* Neon Trees - Animal

The Joy Formidable - Austere

The Vaccines - Post Break Up Sex

* Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know

Yasmin - On My Own

Architects - Learn To Paint

* Camo & Krooked - Nothing Is Older Than Yesterday

Warpaint - Shadows (Neon Lights remix)

 

 

So single-minded and one-dimensional... :manson:

Just found out a very geeky thing but hey-ho, I'm going to say it! I just noticed that on the chart on my iPod Touch, I was looking at the different categories, and I discovered something very rare! There are more song's in the Top 100 that are Alternative (13) than Hip Hop (12) :o very shocked to see this and I bet it rarely happens considering the chart these days.

 

Just thought I would mention it, I have an inkling why and that's because of this week's Radio 1's Takeover idea! There are more alternative songs in the Top 300 than there usually are

 

To be fair, the categories they use on iTunes are stupid. Some artists have different genres in one album, but all the album versions of a song will be given the same genre as the album is given overall. For example, Loud has been given the genre "R&B/Soul", which works fine for What's My Name?, because it's an RnB song, but Only Girl and S&M aren't RnB or Soul at all. They're pop songs with strong European and dance influences, and indeed, the single version has, correctly been categorized as pop by iTunes, but the album version is categorized as "R&B/Soul", because all the tracks from the album need to be given the same genre.

 

Also, apparently Written in the Stars, Jungle, She Said and Miami 2 Ibiza are pop songs. And Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz is a rock song, apparently...

 

Not only does iTunes get the genres down-right wrong in a lot of cases, but they also can only assign one or two genres to each track, so a song like American Boy by Estelle, may have strong pop, RnB, hip hop and dance influences, but they can't show all that in the genre they assign it (and, oddly, enough, the version in the top 1000 is listed as "R&B/Soul"...).

I agree about Radio 1, why do they just play the following Urban rubbish?

 

If you don't like urban then don't listen to Radio 1! But there's lots of people who love it which is why it reflects massively in the charts, possibly why Katy B and Jessie J are so high (without R1 they would both be outside the top 40)

Edited January 8, 201114 yr by *xmasG*

To be fair, the categories they use on iTunes are stupid. Some artists have different genres in one album, but all the album versions of a song will be given the same genre as the album is given overall. For example, Loud has been given the genre "R&B/Soul", which works fine for What's My Name?, because it's an RnB song, but Only Girl and S&M aren't RnB or Soul at all. They're pop songs with strong European and dance influences, and indeed, the single version has, correctly been categorized as pop by iTunes, but the album version is categorized as "R&B/Soul", because all the tracks from the album need to be given the same genre.

 

Also, apparently Written in the Stars, Jungle, She Said and Miami 2 Ibiza are pop songs. And Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz is a rock song, apparently...

 

Not only does iTunes get the genres down-right wrong in a lot of cases, but they also can only assign one or two genres to each track, so a song like American Boy by Estelle, may have strong pop, RnB, hip hop and dance influences, but they can't show all that in the genre they assign it (and, oddly, enough, the version in the top 1000 is listed as "R&B/Soul"...).

 

iTunes also think James Blake 'Limit to Your Love' is a dance song, get your facts right iTunes!

 

edit: "Just The Way You Are" is a pop song? It's R&B/Soul!!!

Edited January 8, 201114 yr by *xmasG*

iTunes also think James Blake 'Limit to Your Love' is a dance song, get your facts right iTunes!

 

It is a dance song - it's 'minimal techno' which is a form of techno which is a form of dance. Dance is probably the most accurate description.

 

You don't necessarily need to be able to dance to a dance song.

Edited January 8, 201114 yr by ★BlindFaithBray★

iTunes also think James Blake 'Limit to Your Love' is a dance song, get your facts right iTunes!

 

lol. Although, in that case, looking at the list of genres on iTunes, the only other one that could fit (which is the one I would've chosen) for that song is electronic, and I would've chosen dance if they didn't have electronic, is it's certainly not RnB, pop, rock, dance, hip hop, etc.

 

It is a dance song - it's 'minimal techno' which is a form of techno which is a form of dance.

 

This. Although I think electronica would fit better, calling it a dance song isn't the most outrageous thing on the iTunes feed. :lol:

 

 

If you listen to the bit that starts at 0:50 (which is awesome, by the way), I agree that it has to be electronic or dance.

Edited January 8, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob

lol. Although, in that case, looking at the list of genres on iTunes, the only other one that could fit (which is the one I would've chosen) for that song is electronic, and I would've chosen dance if they didn't have electronic, is it's certainly not RnB, pop, rock, dance, hip hop, etc.

 

I would say it's alternative/dance.

I would say it's alternative/dance.

 

Perhaps, but on iTunes you only have this list to choose from. I think iTunes need to change the way they classify songs by genres. :lol:

 

Alternative

Alternative Rap

Children's Music

Classical

Comedy

Country

Dance

Electronic

Fitness & Workout

Hard Rock

Hip-Hop/Rap

Indie Rock

Jazz

Latino

Pop

Pop Latino

Pop/Rock

R&B/Soul

Reggae

Rock

Singer/Songwriter

Soundtrack

Vocal

World

 

They should have something more like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_music_genres

 

Then you could search for genres better. So Limit To Your Love would be listed under Electronic, and within Electronic, it could be listed under Techno, Dubstep and Dance, or something (depending on how liberal you want to be).

Edited January 8, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob

If you don't like urban then don't listen to Radio 1! But there's lots of people who love it which is why it reflects massively in the charts, possibly why Katy B and Jessie J are so high (without R1 they would both be outside the top 40)

Think he was being sarcastic :P.

 

Vidcapper really is a broken record.

I just change the song's given itunes genre after i've bought it to what ever i feel fits the song best

 

Really looking forward to seeing the chart battle in a couple of weeks time between Grenade/Rolling in the Deep/We R Who We R could be a close call depending how much Bruno sells this week coming (and if he even gets to number 1 in the first place) Rolling in the Deep :heart:

I just change the song's given itunes genre after i've bought it to what ever i feel fits the song best

 

Really looking forward to seeing the chart battle in a couple of weeks time between Grenade/Rolling in the Deep/We R Who We R could be a close call depending how much Bruno sells this week coming (and if he even gets to number 1 in the first place) Rolling in the Deep :heart:

 

I'm looking forward to it too! :D Also Wretch 32 & Aggro Santos are released that week which both could go top 5/10. I want all three of them to be #1!

I'm looking forward to it too! :D Also Wretch 32 & Aggro Santos are released that week which both could go top 5/10. I want all three of them to be #1!

 

 

Traktor has really grown on me! It's a bit like a british grime version of 'On to the Next One' - Jay Z & Swizz Beats :) Would laugh if Kimberly got a better peak (with Aggro) than Nadine did but i can't see it taking off maybe low top 40?

I'm looking forward to it too! :D Also Wretch 32 & Aggro Santos are released that week which both could go top 5/10. I want all three of them to be #1!

 

Aggro Santos will FLOP, no support from R1 and Aggro has gone with a Girl Aloud which isn't CC. I don't even like the song. It will get top 20 but this is only because of his appearance on IAC:GMOOH

That's why we have Radio 2! ;)

 

Best radio station ever! :heart:

Best radio station ever! :heart:

 

Of course R2 is by far the best and hopefully this year it will have double the listener audience of R1.

Grenade will be No 1 of course but hope there is a slim chance that Adele can hit the Top spot as well.

Traktor has really grown on me! It's a bit like a british grime version of 'On to the Next One' - Jay Z & Swizz Beats :) Would laugh if Kimberly got a better peak (with Aggro) than Nadine did but i can't see it taking off maybe low top 40?

 

Someone here actually knows that song! :o :D When I first heard it, I didn't like it because I found the instrumental really, really weird, but I love now, that I've got used to it. :D So catchy! And you can't hate a song that uses the word "cojonas"! :rofl:

 

I hope Traktor is big.

 

And I don't really like Radio 2. :lol: Radio 1Xtra all the way!

Edited January 8, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob