My Random Music

I wouldn't say any of the newer artists (by that I mean from the last 15 years or so) have been lost to streaming. I remember in 2010 being called old fashioned for buying a CD because everyone was using Spotify by then. Those who have faded away were probably going to anyway. It would be more logical for artists who had their heyday before streaming existed to be lost to streaming. There's plenty of acts who had successful chart careers in the 20th century who are still releasing new music that doesn't have a hope in hell of making the Top 40, but then these artists Top 40 careers were over before streaming counted. As for the Swedish influence, that's probably true but as songwriters the Swedes ruled the pop charts long before Spotify.

My first memories of music and the charts etc were in 1987 and the first record to have a big impact on me was "It's A Sin". I've been a fan ever since, though as a grunger in the early 90s and a raver from the mid to late 90s I kept it a secret. When they played at Creamfields in 1999 though I figured there's nothing wrong with admitting to liking them so I've made no secret of it ever since. Last saw them play at Radio 2 in Hyde Park a couple of years ago, had to sit through a Westlife set before they came on stage.

I never listened to that one. I'm not 100% sure it was Radio 1 as I was in someone else's car, but number one was "Smells Like Teen Spirit" so given that's number two on that list it probably was Radio 1.

It's a terrible website. I keep my own spreadsheet for the charts, just using the website once a week to get the new information onto my spreadsheet is painful enough. Everyhit.com was a good site, but that had errors in it too for example none of Bruce Dickinson's solo hits are on there.

I used to think The Beatles were overrated until I saw what the charts were like before they came along. Also when I was younger I tended to hate anything that was popular. The best Beatles song for me would be "Tomorrow Never Knows". I think the term "ahead of its time" is overused, but this really was ahead of it's time.

I remember it coming second in the best songs of the millennium countdown on Radio 1 I think on NYE 1999. It's a great record and "Blue Lines" is one of my favourite albums of all time.