March 24, 201213 yr See you there! By the way we're gonna in appropriate attire - that's a tight red vest, high-riding faded jeans, Reebok classics and backward facing cap. So if you spot this spectacle - it's me!
March 24, 201213 yr See you there! By the way we're gonna in appropriate attire - that's a tight red vest, high-riding faded jeans, Reebok classics and backward facing cap. So if you spot this spectacle - it's me! I'd say I'd keep an eye out for you but I suspect I won't be able to miss you! :lol:
August 17, 201212 yr If not Stock, Aitken & Waterman there would be Aitdock, Witken & Stockerman... Someone must have took that sweet place, cause the public was ready. Bloody yuppie required their own music, different from those early 80's electronic edge of sound. The new generation was looking for music which may fit with their image. And they got it. Anyway, i think pop music wasn't killed then. It was heavily poisoned, but still alive. Every decade had its pop music killer. What about 90's boys bands? :sick: To me Boyzone and Westlife were even more evil than Bros or Dead or Alive. I personally see no chain between SAW Hit Factory and Boy Bands of the 90's. I'd better blame Maurice Starr (New Kids on the Block producer) for that. Every new decade brought us a new creature to kill the Charts and pop music. And now we've finally in the end of the road. Pop music is killed my friends! Could you dream in 1988 that 24 years later the Chart would looks like one endless song cut along 40 times with slightly different voices? It can't be worse now. So we can be optimistic now :D Yes, i hate Stock, Aitken & Waterman too. However i started to listen to the UK Charts regularly in 1987. And i still enjoy those end of 80's charts today. Or perhaps, i'm just growing old? :thinking: Edited August 21, 201212 yr by Andrey71
November 13, 201212 yr If not Stock, Aitken & Waterman there would be Aitdock, Witken & Stockerman... Someone must have took that sweet place, cause the public was ready. Bloody yuppie required their own music, different from those early 80's electronic edge of sound. The new generation was looking for music which may fit with their image. And they got it. Anyway, i think pop music wasn't killed then. It was heavily poisoned, but still alive. Every decade had its pop music killer. What about 90's boys bands? :sick: To me Boyzone and Westlife were even more evil than Bros or Dead or Alive. I personally see no chain between SAW Hit Factory and Boy Bands of the 90's. I'd better blame Maurice Starr (New Kids on the Block producer) for that. Every new decade brought us a new creature to kill the Charts and pop music. And now we've finally in the end of the road. Pop music is killed my friends! Could you dream in 1988 that 24 years later the Chart would looks like one endless song cut along 40 times with slightly different voices? It can't be worse now. So we can be optimistic now :D Yes, i hate Stock, Aitken & Waterman too. However i started to listen to the UK Charts regularly in 1987. And i still enjoy those end of 80's charts today. Or perhaps, i'm just growing old? :thinking: I certainly agree about far worse pop music being around then and since, like NKOTB, Westlife etc, Andrey. The charts in the late 80's had loads of brilliant records yes, so right, and SAW didnt have much of an effect on anything, long term, and they gave us Kylie and a few great pop records, so all is totally forgiven:) Pop music has always run in cycles, always will - you get innovation (rock n roll) then the teen pop makes a comeback (Frankie avalon types), then another innovation (60's British invasion) then manufactured pop comes back, it all runs in 4 or 5 year cycles beacuse teenagers always react against their older brothers/parents music and want their own pop/rockstars. Right now we're into pop again, following on from the guitar rock revival of the mid-noughties, which followed on from the late 90's teen pop, which followed on from Britpop, blah blah blah. America is producing exciting guitar band pop right now after years of mundane grunge-a-like bands, thanks to The Killers starting the ball rolling.
November 17, 201212 yr What about 90's boys bands? To me Boyzone and Westlife were even more evil than Bros or Dead or Alive. Could you dream in 1988 that 24 years later the Chart would looks like one endless song cut along 40 times with slightly different voices? It can't be worse now. So we can be optimistic now :D 1. Disagree, For me, Boyzone and especially Westlife are the best male pop groups ever. 2. Agree, that modern top 40 looks like one endless song cut along 40 times. I don't understand why "Hot Problems" :wub: is overhated. These girls are better, than 90 % modern dance shit in music charts. I don't have any optimism about future charts, every next year after 2003 is worse, than previous. I like less, than 10 songs from all UK Singles Charts in 2012. There is not a place for good pure pop music anymore, when wonderful "Light Up The World" is only # 82 :( P.S. : Pure pop for me is pop music from late 90s and early 00s [steps, Aqua, Scooch, early Britney, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Westlife, Jessica Simpson e.t.c]
November 17, 201212 yr 1. Disagree, For me, Boyzone and especially Westlife are the best male pop groups ever. 2. Agree, that modern top 40 looks like one endless song cut along 40 times. I don't understand why "Hot Problems" :wub: is overhated. These girls are better, than 90 % modern dance shit in music charts. I don't have any optimism about future charts, every next year after 2003 is worse, than previous. I like less, than 10 songs from all UK Singles Charts in 2012. There is not a place for good pure pop music anymore, when wonderful "Light Up The World" is only # 82 :( P.S. : Pure pop for me is pop music from late 90s and early 00s [steps, Aqua, Scooch, early Britney, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Westlife, Jessica Simpson e.t.c] We both agree 'bout the main stuff. The Chart music have became worse now, than it's been some decades ago. Chart music of the 80's and 90's were aimed to the 13-14 years old public. Now it's in the interests of 9-10 year old kids. My 10-year old son is in the most of dance music from the recent Charts (LMFAO, PSY, Wanted...). I think Chart music have become too simplified, too formulistic, too silly if you wish... Well, pop music has always been silly, but sometimes we had angry guys with guitars which gave us some fresh air (Marc Bolan, Sex Pistols, Nirvana, Franz Ferdinand). We still have very talented rebellious young guys just round the corner (Ty Segall, Toys, Kartica, Thee Oh Sees). But they'll never reach the Top 40. And even more traditional pop music artists can't find the way to the Charts... I spent my teenage years in the 80's. So my definition of fine pop music a little bit differs from yours. I prefer Pet Shop Boys, Wham, Duran Duran, Billy Ocean, Starship to the late 90's pop icons. In fact, most of them were just reworking the classic 70's and 80's hits. However, some 90's pop stars weren't that bad (Take That and Spice Girls, for example).
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