Dooley's Web log - T4 's On The Beach

I thought this was interesting from Music Week - who are the current "in" thing and who are yesterday's heros:

June 19, 2006

T4 on Busta's bitch

Being at T4 On The Beach yesterday gave Dooley a very salutary lesson in what "the kids" are up to these days. And what an illuminating update it turned out to be.

Before we settle down to the facts, though, some conclusions. A) Dooley's tastes are, sad to say, not particularly down with the kids. They occasionally intersect - and if you feel so inclined you could make a very tasty Venn diagram of the two - but generally the kids and Dooley are at odds. Sigh. And B) the world of reality TV is a cruel, cruel beast. There you are, one moment topping the charts with a record breaking single, and the next thing you know the kids are deserting your gig in droves in a bid to avoid the post-party rush, having just screamed their heads off at some dodgy ska pop band, the lead singer of whom just happened to have spent a month in the Big Brother House flirting with a non-celebrity. It never happened to Cliff, now did it?

So: to business.

It's official, the kids love:

Lily Allen (and quite right too - her double bill of LDN and Smile was the day's undoubted pop highlight).

Basement Jaxx

Busta Rhymes (although points off for singing a song about your "bitch" Busta. It's live TV for crying out loud).

McFly (although less than they used to).

Ne-Yo (very slick).

Pussycat Dolls (who waved very nicely).

Razorlight (a surprise).

The Zutons.

The Feeling.

Orson (who made Dooley go all queasy).

Matt Willis.

The Ordinary Boys (who were probably the most screamed at).

Hard-Fi (and so do their dads).

Sadly, though, the kids do NOT love:

Dannii Minogue (although she really put her back into it. And the tabloids loved her).

Embrace (despite the sky being a very Embrace shade of grey).

Feeder (although Martin from Eastenders LOVES them so that's OK).

Pet Shop Boys (sad to say - but Dooley loved them AND they played West End Girls, providing the best song of the day).

Simon Webbe (Blue seems a long way away).

Shayne Ward (worryingly for him).

Will Young (fame, fame, fatal fame).

http://blog.musicweek.com/2006/06/t4_on_bu...bitch.html#more