The first ever top 40 I listened to was the week Whigfield's Saturday Night entered at number 1 - so that kind of late 1994 to early 1995, when Bruno Brookes left, I love all that stuff. I listened to a chart from January 1995 yesterday

And after that dreadful start you listened again? :o

I miss those days even if it was ridiculously unfair and not representative of what the public liked at all.

 

 

You know what? ....I do too.

The first ever top 40 I listened to was the week Whigfield's Saturday Night entered at number 1 - so that kind of late 1994 to early 1995, when Bruno Brookes left, I love all that stuff. I listened to a chart from January 1995 yesterday

 

 

did you have it recorded? I'd love to hear an old chart again. Back then when listening to a chart you had no idea if a song you liked had climbed from a mid-20s position to a top 10 position or fallen out completely. There was no way of knowing. I remember so many surprise climbers when I was a kid. It was such a cool feeling - especially in the early days of dance. I remember following Black Box - Ride on Time up the charts. Good times. :heart:

Edited February 3, 201213 yr by tonyttt31

Movement on the charts is definitely not at all time-high, in fact it's probably close to the lowest it's been for 15 years or so.

There was under 500 new entries to the top 75 last year, about half of what there was in 2005.

 

No, I mean movement of songs around the chart not songs going in and out. Rather than getting a peak in the first week and slipping steadily downloads have allowed songs to rise and fall more commonly. Like Video Games by Lana Del Rey, it was 40 a few weeks ago now its around 20 again.

 

Its also allowed the consumer more power. Instead of three stages of 1) what the record company will press on CD/Tape/7" 2) What the shop will stock 3) What the customer will buy. Downloads allow constant sales, taking out the problem of shop space at least and we've seen a lessening of the impact of the record companies and what they push.

Edited February 3, 201213 yr by Paramore

Thinking about it I really loved 2004-2005 too, when I first discovered midweeks and before iTunes people generally got far more excited about the chart than they do now as you know what the midweeks are going to look like. When the unknown indie bands like The Rakes, Editors The Cribs, or The Rifles would start the week just outside the top 10 before falling to the bottom of the top 30 by Sunday.

Thinking about it I really loved 2004-2005 too, when I first discovered midweeks and before iTunes people generally got far more excited about the chart than they do now as you know what the midweeks are going to look like. When the unknown indie bands like The Rakes, Editors The Cribs, or The Rifles would start the week just outside the top 10 before falling to the bottom of the top 30 by Sunday.

 

Yes that was a classic period, probably the best years from the last decade i think. Great music, and of course the glory days of CoolClarity!

Only downside was 2005 was when Tweedledum & Tweedledee skipped half the new entries...and let's forget that pesky grey frog!

 

As I've mentioned in a couple of Gezza's countdown threads, 1988 was the year when I really started to take an interest in music and the UK charts.

 

My earliest memory of listening to the top 40 was in May 1988 with my sister and neice to see if Kylie Minogue 'Got To Be Certain' had reached the no. 1 spot. The look of disappointment on our faces when Bruno Brookes revealed it was #2. :lol:

 

By 1991 I listened to the Radio 1 top 40 nearly every Sunday if possible - it was exciting because even the DJ's actually sounded excited about how the songs were charting each week. It had also played a big part with when I bought a cd single then listened to the top 40 to see where it had charted, then to follow its progress. Eg; 'Another Night' by MC Sar & The McCoy which I bought in its week of release after seeing the video on MTV. Three weeks later it was #2 in the charts. :D

I got into the charts 1988, although growing up as a chart fan in 90s was great. We had the longest runner at no.1 with Bryan Adams in 1991 and then the all time biggest seller with Elton John in 1997. Also the transition from climbing up the charts to debuting at peak position evolved in the 90's, which was interesting to follow.

 

Growing up in the 90's particularly 96 - 99 was fantastic for music. So much variety there was something for everyone, whether it was rock/britpop, pop (cheesy pop), dance, trance, rap, hip-hop, r&b even country music was pretty big in the 90's i seem to remember more so than it is now, its not surprising to see how big sales where on albums and singles during that part of the decade. I also miss the massive 200k first week sales with the really popular songs.

 

I also have another soft spot for 2004 - 2006 when the indie explosion got going and albums sales where really high although singles did suffer massively which is the downside. 2008 -2009 also due to fact that the downloads meant that for a change the most popular song in the UK in most given weeks would be no.1 rather than some generic crap that's been held back for weeks, also the songs that were no.1 were there for 2 - 4 weeks and single sales were on the rise. I also liked how songs climbed to no.1 it made a nice change from singles entering at no.1

For quality I'd like to relive 1994 again. Although, I dont think my brain could cope with the frequency of classic albums being released.

As I've mentioned in a couple of Gezza's countdown threads, 1988 was the year when I really started to take an interest in music and the UK charts.

 

My earliest memory of listening to the top 40 was in May 1988 with my sister and neice to see if Kylie Minogue 'Got To Be Certain' had reached the no. 1 spot. The look of disappointment on our faces when Bruno Brookes revealed it was #2. :lol:

 

By 1991 I listened to the Radio 1 top 40 nearly every Sunday if possible - it was exciting because even the DJ's actually sounded excited about how the songs were charting each week. It had also played a big part with when I bought a cd single then listened to the top 40 to see where it had charted, then to follow its progress. Eg; 'Another Night' by MC Sar & The McCoy which I bought in its week of release after seeing the video on MTV. Three weeks later it was #2 in the charts. :D

 

Just noticed hits, did you only join Buzzjack in 2009? Youve been on these chart boards since i started in 2003 whether it be CC Chart Ch or whatever. Although i only started listening to the charts in 2000! :D