The BBC some years ago tried banning a song from Cliff Richard around Christmas. It failed as it went to Number 1. However, are there artistes/types of music that you would rather not be punished by, but the stations insist on playing them over and over? Dido - awful. Can't sing (can't hold notes). She is for housewives/mothers who think they are still hip. Celine Dion - no explanation needed. Ronan Keating (from Boyzone) - country singer wannabe. Rips off old country songs too. The Thrills - great album. But why sing about California, when you are Irish?
no celine 'feed me' dion or 50 cent EVER and whoever those clowns are who have the techno "remake" of comfortably numb
Ronan Keating's hits: Garth Brooks, Alison Krauss and now Kenny Rogers!!! Michael Jackson needs banning from the air, for numerous reasons.
Don't play it over here. So no idea what you are on about. I just hate radio stations at the moment in Europe. Virtually condemned rock/metal to the wastebins until the Darkness gave 'em a kick in the pants. With 40+ years of modern pop, just feed us the same rubbish every hour. Pop Idol indeed. As much as I hate country, at least the music is live without a backing track! Mickey Mouse pop is another: Aguilera, Spears, Timberlake. Throw in Jenny "What block?" Lopez for that matter.
It's a sad state of affairs matey.... Just go through your C.D collection and play the good old stuff..... I wish the 80's stuff would come back with a vengance....!!!!
You're forgetting the Pop idol winners: Gareth "Lost my cherry to Jordan" Gates Will "Lisp" Young Girls "Smack a black womans face in and deny it" Aloud They are all sh!te! How did they all make a £1m record contracts? What a bizarre world the music industry is.
Surely not all the 80's though? You don't want any of the 70's over hang! I bet you'd prefer 1988-1991 to any other - the good old days of E taking Hacienda and G-mex! I saw Bez two weeks ago in Coventry - he was doing a gig at Scholars? I went along to see what Bez could do other than dance around spaced out! He can't do anything else - but he sells tickets!
I blame European commercial radio stations, apart from Virgin (which was good) and the music industry for being lazy. That is one thing I enjoyed in the States, turn on the radio and loads of rock radio stations playing real music.
I'd listen to Marvin Gaye, Leroy Hutson and others all day, I'd prob get more work done as well.....god bless America for sweet soul music.
The wife was playing WHAM the other day, god that took me back....School disco, woodpecker cider, 10 JPS.....Good old days...
God, I virtually lived at the Hac....RIP They've knocked it down & built apartments there now....£400,000 for the penthouse.
The music industry is very lazy, i know a guy who works for EMI Records (Tony Hiatt) and he can't believe the sh!te that gets posted for him to listen to. I'm not sure what stage we're at presently? I guess it's mainly Britney & Co. (for the younger kids) but adult listening? I went to see the Darkness last year at B'ham Academy (before they were famous), they were superb, then they went to support Robbie "I hate him, very boring singer" Williams at Knebworth and they've never looked back. One thing about Justin, he's not afraid to look a fool but enjoys his music. (Although they are changing now, trying to cash in on the commercial side). Very much the same as footballers these days, agents, agents, agents who are all money driven!
The Hac was great....!!!! You could walk in there and within 5 mins you could get hold of ya Doves.....!!!!
Awesome place for "Butterfly" tabs aswell! I could go into some of the bizarre halucinations that i've had, but it's probably not the place to do it! I had a great nickname at the time "Microdot Mark"
I once went o a club in Stoke called "Kinetic" and was sold a Raging Bull, probably the dullest E I have ver had....!!!! I thought Doves were the best...!!!
There were lots of dodgy tabs flying round though. I once remember having one that put me on a downer! Can you believe that? I was fu cking livid.
That's where I had my first ever pill, got to the stage were I used to neck one in the queue so as soon as I walked in the music went BAM! The bass in the Hac was unique as well never heard that sound anywhere else ever.
The name rings a bell but my memory of the 90's is pretty vague as I was out clubbing it virtually every weekend, at one stage I'd taken that many pills if you'd picked me up & shook me I'd have rattled.
Can't you guys get back on track with this thread, instead of going on about your 'loved up' trippy days?
What's wrong Frank? You seem a little unhappy these days. You must of frequented the Hac? Must bring good memories of home back to you? Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Inspirals the list can go on and on. Where would you like to go with the thread then?