I find it odd that there are no rules for time restrictions on songs on playlists

 

it's ok to play an old song every now and then but Chasing Cars, Valerie, Back To Black, Rehab and Apologize are still played at the very least once every 4 hours on my local commercial radio station

 

radio stations should be playing fresh songs, the problem is they are always 6 months behind, in six months from now it will probably be the new James Morrison single and Girls Aloud's The Promise once every 4 hours whilst the fresh songs of March 2009 will be ignored

I find it odd that there are no rules for time restrictions on songs on playlists

 

it's ok to play an old song every now and then but Chasing Cars, Valerie, Back To Black, Rehab and Apologize are still played at the very least once every 4 hours on my local commercial radio station

 

radio stations should be playing fresh songs, the problem is they are always 6 months behind, in six months from now it will probably be the new James Morrison single and Girls Aloud's The Promise once every 4 hours whilst the fresh songs of March 2009 will be ignored

Its awful. I hate Heart FM (106.2) though its not my choice to listen to it otherwise i wouldn't (on the bus home)! The playlist is just :puke2:

 

The worst thing is i can tell what song they are about to play. I think on Tuesday-Thursday their playlist currently is like this starting at around 5.20pm:

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Chris Brown- With You

Bob Marley- Buffalo Soldier

Take That- Shine

Snow Patrol- Chasing Cars

Abba- Dancing Queen

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Leona Lewis- Better In Time (i think)

Then i arrive home. Fridays is a bit different. There is a definate loop of 5 songs at 5.20pm though.

Its awful. I hate Heart FM (106.2) though its not my choice to listen to it otherwise i wouldn't (on the bus home)! The playlist is just :puke2:

 

The worst thing is i can tell what song they are about to play. I think on Tuesday-Thursday their playlist currently is like this starting at around 5.20pm:

Ads

Chris Brown- With You

Bob Marley- Buffalo Soldier

Take That- Shine

Snow Patrol- Chasing Cars

Abba- Dancing Queen

Ads

Leona Lewis- Better In Time (i think)

Then i arrive home. Fridays is a bit different. There is a definate loop of 5 songs at 5.20pm though.

 

I'm with you on that Harve. At my second job where I work Mondays, it's usually that playlist at around 2PM! With perhaps "Warwick bleeding Avenue" played twice between 9-4!

 

I think there should be a limit in how many times a day a song should be played, and as what someone pointed out, the French system should be in force where 45% of the songs are home-grown. Also the "time tunnel years", it's always the popular songs which are churned out many times a day to represent a said year, not on obscure track where people can go "Hey, I havent heard this in ages!"

 

I think this has been worse than 2007 musically. There has been little to catch the eye and to get a hit you either have to be:

 

a) American

B) Urban

c) A big name like Take That, Duffy

d) A critics fave "Kings of Leon"

e) Produced by Timbaland/Ne-Yo

 

If you meet at least one or two of the criteria, top 5 is yours. Meet 3 to all of them. hello #1! :puke2:

 

It's daft but I miss the days of the late 90s/early 00s where all genres did well, lots of fun music and a new number #1 every week. Even radio was more mixed then. Now it's just bland, bland, bland, bland rubbish.

 

 

It's not often that I'll say this, but we should have a law like they have in France, where radio stations have to play a certain amount (45%, I think) of homegrown music.

 

Probably won't happen - after all, how many people in Britain are going to admit that France have done something quite intelligent?

Slightly :offtopic: I know, but didn't the FA or someone have a simular issue (so to speak) with a quota of British football players per game?

Maybe the most popular UK acts haven't released so far this year. With Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Keane, Snow Patrol and Razorlight amongst many others releasing in the next couple of months, I think things will get better regarding big hits by UK acts.

 

I think this has a lot to do with it. It has become traditional for big British acts to wait until around about now before releasing the lead singles from new albums. The nature of the charts means that only the lead singles tend to sell very well, so that means that it is inevitable that it will be mainly new acts, or the ones that are worried about releasing against competition that have released so far.

 

I also think we are seeing the impact of there being no shows like TOTP, CD:UK, SM:TV and Popworld any more. New and medium level British acts could take advantage of their promotional opportunities more than international ones. The same could be said for the magazines such as Smash Hits.

 

The result is that everyone is heavily dependent on whoever it is that decides the playlists, which are becoming increasingly uniform as the independent radio stations are bought up by the networks. Playlist people can play it safe by looking to what has already been popular on the radio in other countries, such as America. It used to be that being overlooked by playlists could be compensated for by tv appearances, or a radio tour, or a good relationship with Smash Hits. But all that takes money, and it's hard to compete with artists who are promoted on the basis that they will sell in the biggest markets.

Their is a lot of British talent thats not quite shining that actually should be, talent I hear about, some on the brink of record deals, some with newly fresh deals, of all various genre's, they are all good at what they do, but I think for some reason it's the British public that don't accept them easily, then they complain about American acts dominating the charts.

 

Why is it for some reason an American act comes over they get welcomed with open arms, yet a new British act can get pretty much slagged off & slated (just see the hate people leave on youtube video's for example, it's disgusting some of it), it seems that it's the nature of British people at times (not all but a massive majority for sure).

 

Although I agree the US bring some great talent, so does the UK & I think it's about time that more British acts got the support they deserve & pushed into the UK charts.

 

Nothing wrong with opther acts in the charts, sure they bring good music they should be there, but it is the UK & we should be proud of the talent we have here, which is definitely about.

Radio 1 do this (or too a similar proportion anyway, and I think the other BBC stations do too). But tbh for something like that to happen, laws and stuff need to be passed, and i'm sure that this is the least of the goverment's worries at the moment...

 

Not when Gordon Brown says he sympathises with those who were unable to see Croatia v England earlier this month - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7610137.stm

There has been little to catch the eye and to get a hit you either have to be:

 

a) American

B) Urban

c) A big name like Take That, Duffy

d) A critics fave "Kings of Leon"

e) Produced by Timbaland/Ne-Yo

 

If you meet at least one or two of the criteria, top 5 is yours. Meet 3 to all of them. hello #1! :puke2:

 

Anastacia is American, a big name and produced by Ne-Yo

 

I now fully expect to see I Can Feel You reach No.1 :lol:

Anastacia is American, a big name and produced by Ne-Yo

 

I now fully expect to see I Can Feel You reach No.1 :lol:

 

I wouldn't put it past it happening :D

 

Seriously, why dont they make the charts the "Neyo/Timbaland" top 40?

 

 

Another problem is that the english public don't support there own acts.

We had/have jamelia, craig david, javine, beverley knight, lemar, simon webbe, and others... but people dont buy into them... why??

I find it odd that there are no rules for time restrictions on songs on playlists

 

it's ok to play an old song every now and then but Chasing Cars, Valerie, Back To Black, Rehab and Apologize are still played at the very least once every 4 hours on my local commercial radio station

 

radio stations should be playing fresh songs, the problem is they are always 6 months behind, in six months from now it will probably be the new James Morrison single and Girls Aloud's The Promise once every 4 hours whilst the fresh songs of March 2009 will be ignored

 

But stations are so scared of losing their audience reach they will play all the big hitters agin and again - all the ones that have been market r esearched to death and get good scores in audience research tests...not about music really about advertising to these people..music dont matter

Another problem is that the english public don't support there own acts.

We had/have jamelia, craig david, javine, beverley knight, lemar, simon webbe, and others... but people dont buy into them... why??

 

Because they're not very good? Well in my eyes, bar a few of them.

 

The UK is a small country compared to America. It's a lot easier for talent to come through in America than it is in the UK. These artists are all 2nd rate compared to the American ones, they make good music but it's not as good as the US produced music. American artists have much better resources than we do overall. Especially at the moment the dominant genre in the charts, seems to be this sort of R&B/Pop/Dance genre. You can't name many British artists who are prominent in this area.

 

If acts are good, generally they'll get support. Some people buy their way to get to the top [hands up One Night Only] whilst others get support from people who different sources.

Well, first of all, I think you should forget about the singles... It´s not representative of what´s important to the music industry, really. Amy Winehouse is a MASSIVE british act but she never really had a massive single. Albums make much more money then singles, and the measure of sucess of a song is not only the place it charts, but how much it does to increase the parent album sales. I´d say an average Amy Winehouse/Duffy single that charts between #11-20, but makes their albums to sell for months and months in the Top 10, is more of a sucess then an average Sugababes/Girls Aloud single that goes Top 5, but strugle to make the album past the 400k mark overall. Album sales is what counts. And so far, british artists have been doing great. Plus, this year 2 british acts topped the USA Top 100 (Leona and Coldplay), something that didn´t happen since ages...

If it's any consolation, the four biggest selling albums in the world this year are by UK artists.

It hardly makes the UK music scene good having all the US R&B & Hip Hop crappp!

 

The trouble with Duffy is that her record company (apart from Mercy) seem to putting out the album's weakest tracks as singles

If Distant Dreamer had been released as the follow-up to Mercy it would have been a sure-fire #1.

 

I disagree with Gooddelta about Estelle's American Boy - I have heard her solo version and I think it miles better without the rubbish Kanye West.

Edited October 1, 200816 yr by Euro Music

too many shíte female singers, that's what happened

 

not enough male singers getting population because gay men don't feel a connection with men, really...