May 5, 200817 yr I'd do prize giveaways for trying to guess chart positions so like as soon as the chart starts, get people to guess what no 23 is. I'd also cut a lot of the talking and play the full 40 songs.
May 5, 200817 yr and also look at the charts from other countries such as a run down of the US top 10. I think this is a very good idea!
May 5, 200817 yr i would say get a dj who can do the job right have competitions someone that don't chat between each track play the whole top 40 and run down the top 10 albums :D
May 5, 200817 yr I think the biggest annoyance with the chart show is that it doesn't sound like a chart show. It just sounds like any other radio show because half the time the songs don't get introduced and you don't know what number you're up to. And when they DO say what a song is, they sound completely uninterested in what they're saying. Half the time they don't bother saying whether it's up, down or a new entry either. hit40uk is MUCH better at doing this. It also has better stings and beds to give it a more professional sound. I much prefer listening to Lucio these days.. the hit40uk chart is pretty close to the official one anyway. And of course more interesting info about the artists.
May 5, 200817 yr 1) Play each song in its entirety in the top 40. 2) Top 20 albums 3) Get rid of Fearne and Reggie 4) Bring back Mark Goodier 5) Introduce all new entries I agree with you entirely about bringing back Mark Goodier - I'd probably listen to the show again. At least get rid of the double acts. About playing the top 40 in its entirety. I agree partly, but why not the play the climbers and new entries from 41-100? What they do on the chart shows in US, Germany, Holland & France is they play the Top 50 in its entirety, then the climbers and new entries from 51-100. Many of the singles in the lower end of the chart are better than many in the higher reaches of the chart. Edited May 6, 200817 yr by Euro Music
May 5, 200817 yr yes i agree reggie & fearne do tend to give out the wrong chart info....... sometimes. :angry: Most weeks they give wrong info. They keep classing a single as a New Entry when they are climbers. Edited May 6, 200817 yr by Euro Music
May 6, 200817 yr Just a plain simple question, how would you make it interesting. ^_^ Cut out most of the waffling between records, allowing time to play more music Restore the album chart to a T20
May 6, 200817 yr Give it to Scott Mills. Don't bring back the Retro as someone suggested earlier in the thread. Doesn't belong in a chart show. Play all 40 records in full and a rundown of the top 20 albums, playing new entries and the No.1.
May 6, 200817 yr Give it to Scott Mills. Don't bring back the Retro as someone suggested earlier in the thread. Doesn't belong in a chart show. Why doesn't belong to the chart? A retro top 10 rundown would do good for the chart. More diversity. (not the previous retro they used to have. It was pointless.) I rather listen to a retro top 10 in 5 minutes then listen to Nickelback - Rockstar for the 30th time.
May 6, 200817 yr Firstly, they need to get rid of Fearne Cotton. She is so annoying and make it a one presenter show. Then, keep it as a chart show and not all the crappy chat stuff which seems to have spoilt the show. Playing every song in the top40 and also look at the charts from other countries such as a run down of the US top 10. And the European Top 10
May 6, 200817 yr Firstly, I think the problem with the chart show now is that it lacks any sense of surprise. As metioned before, Mark Goodier, who was the first DJ i heard doing the chart, always built up the suspense before playing a new entry and I miss that, now especially with Fearne and Reggie, they just play new entries back to back. However, I think the OCC needs to introduce another chart shake up, I am so sick of Nickleback hanging around and being played week after week after week after week...for me the problem with the chart isnt so much to do with F&R but more to with how the chart is compiled. I personally miss the charts of old where in one we'd see 15 new entries, nowadays I get excited if there's 8 maybe 9 at a push, its ever since the new rules about songs charting wenever thats spoiled the chart for me and i prefered it when the singles charted 1 week b4 physical. If the record companies dont want to loose money than just sodding well wait until the week before to release to download instaed of trying to get in early ala Christina Aguileras Aint No Other Man
May 6, 200817 yr Firstly, I think the problem with the chart show now is that it lacks any sense of surprise. As metioned before, Mark Goodier, who was the first DJ i heard doing the chart, always built up the suspense before playing a new entry and I miss that, now especially with Fearne and Reggie, they just play new entries back to back. However, I think the OCC needs to introduce another chart shake up, I am so sick of Nickleback hanging around and being played week after week after week after week...for me the problem with the chart isnt so much to do with F&R but more to with how the chart is compiled. I personally miss the charts of old where in one we'd see 15 new entries, nowadays I get excited if there's 8 maybe 9 at a push, its ever since the new rules about songs charting wenever thats spoiled the chart for me and i prefered it when the singles charted 1 week b4 physical. If the record companies dont want to loose money than just sodding well wait until the week before to release to download instaed of trying to get in early ala Christina Aguileras Aint No Other Man I think this is not the error of OCC. It's much more people's behaviour and habit of buying records or downloading songs. It is changing from year to year. I don't think OCC could do something brilliant to change the chart, only if they announce again strict rules like excluding songs (which is not a good way imo). Record companies can do though lot of things to change the speed of the chart. Releasing songs to download together with the physical release, promoting more, forcing radio stations to play more and more diversified songs. Also download shops could do lots of things: promoting more new singles, creating a pre-order chart on the main site, introducing more new singles etc.
May 6, 200817 yr They're not allowed to do competitions are they? The BBC's brought the competitions back. (Well, Match Of The Day's "Goal of the Month" feature has reverted back to it's competition status.) Has for the chart show - Get rid of those two eejits, give me the show, and allow it to be done from their Manchester studios (there's no way am I moving to London to do a three-hour show a week).
May 7, 200817 yr However, I think the OCC needs to introduce another chart shake up, I am so sick of Nickleback hanging around and being played week after week after week after week...for me the problem with the chart isnt so much to do with F&R but more to with how the chart is compiled. I personally miss the charts of old where in one we'd see 15 new entries, nowadays I get excited if there's 8 maybe 9 at a push, its ever since the new rules about songs charting wenever thats spoiled the chart for me and i prefered it when the singles charted 1 week b4 physical. I have to completely disagree with you there. I think the chart compilations are now more how they should be. The charts from mid 1995 to 2006 were completely boring & uninteresting. It was very rare to get a chart climber and all new entries would chart at their peak positions. Now with the way there are climbers and moving around it is much more interesting. As for Nickelback - It is only in the chart because people are buying/downloading it is sufficient quantities. So now the chart is reflective of what is selling. If some singles are left out because they have charted on download only or because of chart longevity then it cannot be based on sales.
May 7, 200817 yr How is it boring and uninteresting to hear fresh, new music instead of the same c**p for the 25th week?!
May 7, 200817 yr How is it boring and uninteresting to hear fresh, new music instead of the same c**p for the 25th week?! What was also boring was c**p like Pestlife, Mc$h!te, $h!tney and Slagonce going straight in at #1 and then out of the chart after a couple of weeks. Also it was so predictable knowing that a new entry would enter at its peak then just go down. Now you don't know if a song will climb go down or stay still. That's what makes it intgeresting to me. c**p will soon go out of the chart - Good music will stay around a while even if it's not to your taste. Also many do not get a physical release now. Take the brilliant Jordin Sparks for example. Tattoo is only available on download. Edited May 7, 200817 yr by Euro Music
May 7, 200817 yr decent presenter...(don't need two...) who knows what they are talking about re charts in the first place, and be interested in presenting such a show
May 7, 200817 yr How is it boring and uninteresting to hear fresh, new music instead of the same c**p for the 25th week?! Well it can't be considered c**p by those people who are still buying it after 25 weeks - and there are obviously plenty of people doing so if a single is still selling enough to chart after that length of time.
May 7, 200817 yr The BBC's brought the competitions back. (Well, Match Of The Day's "Goal of the Month" feature has reverted back to it's competition status.) Has for the chart show - Get rid of those two eejits, give me the show, and allow it to be done from their Manchester studios (there's no way am I moving to London to do a three-hour show a week). Why in the name of God, do people want competitions? It is a chart show, not a quiz show. The only type of contest worthy in a chart show, would be a prediction for the following Sunday, i.e. guess the following week`s top 3, or guess what will be in a certain position, the following week (Alan Freeman did that in 1968, in Pick Of The Pops, with a record voucher for a prize, it was a write in competition). As for playing other countries charts, not relevant in the UK Top 40 show. Maybe run another show to highlight other countries charts, but Gambaccini does that on Radio 2, for the U.S. chart. It needs a proffessional presenter, and not children for presenters, or adults who act like a 12 year old. Preferrably someone, that speaks good English too, come to that. That Programme, in 3 hours could pack in at least 50 tracks. Although they can never increase from a top 40, because the BBC are not allowed to announce positions, from outside the top 40, and that has been the rule always. As it seems, that people think Mark Goodier, was a great host, then personally I differ. I never found him dynamic, for a start. Someone with a bit of "oomph", like the days of Alan Freeman, Tom Browne, and that "old luvvie" Simon Bates.
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