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"Oh for the love of John Lennon....."

I turned on the TV at around 8:55, after completing The Getaway, to catch the of Top Of The Pops (there's something good on there sometimes). More fool me. I had accidentally turned on just at "number one time". What I saw was hideous. Girls, approximately five, singing a song. The girls weren't much different to the average girl in the street, both in terms of looks and talent. But that's not the worst bit. Oh no.

The song they were singing was a song called "Stay", originally done by East 17 or some other similar group (that whole scene blends into one for me). But do you realise what this means? Not only do we have crappy, and I'm talking EXTREMELY crappy popular music nowadays, we also have COVERS of extremely crappy pop. Basically this crappy pop is accepted now as part of our culture, rather than a trend. It means that the decent citizens of todays society that don't support this mass produced in and out in five minutes use of pro tools and vocoders talentless PAP can no longer hold onto the hope and dream that one day we might start to see good music again.

It is a sad day...

I've never heard any of his other songs.

No one *ever* plays any of his others, and I heard they weren't very good.

Thats why I said it as a question, rather than a statement. :)

Imagine is great though.

Whitestripes wrote:
> uhh..apart from Imagine, wasn't the rest of his stuff pretty crappy?

Maybe. I think he's a legend! You not like Jealous Guy, that was pretty effective.

uhh..apart from Imagine, wasn't the rest of his stuff pretty crappy?

:) I get a little confused about how far back the music goes.
I like Van Morisson, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dillan, John Lennon, Otis Reading, Four Seasons, The Archies and 'loads' more.
But I'm not 100% sure when they all became famous, so I just consider them oldies... which year did 'Oldies' actually start? The 60's?

I appreciate their music a lot more than what we have now!!

All those great old songs by artists like Barry Manilow, Leo Sayer, Julio Iglasias, Cliff Richard etc. They really make you want to go back to the old days.

What? Why are you looking at me like that?

Blank wrote:
.....can no longer hold onto the hope and dream
> that one day we might start to see good music again.
>
> It is a sad day...

Girls Aloud, wasn't it?

I know how you feel, I miss all the music that used to be around...

I take it you are a fan of John Lennon?? I am. I only realise how shat music has become when I listen to all the stuff that used to be around. Y'know, the 'good' music. The stuff that makes you appreciate it. There has been a lot of good music, but it'll never be the same... :(

I was probably a little off topic there!

:)

I turned on the TV at around 8:55, after completing The Getaway, to catch the of Top Of The Pops (there's something good on there sometimes). More fool me. I had accidentally turned on just at "number one time". What I saw was hideous. Girls, approximately five, singing a song. The girls weren't much different to the average girl in the street, both in terms of looks and talent. But that's not the worst bit. Oh no.

The song they were singing was a song called "Stay", originally done by East 17 or some other similar group (that whole scene blends into one for me). But do you realise what this means? Not only do we have crappy, and I'm talking EXTREMELY crappy popular music nowadays, we also have COVERS of extremely crappy pop. Basically this crappy pop is accepted now as part of our culture, rather than a trend. It means that the decent citizens of todays society that don't support this mass produced in and out in five minutes use of pro tools and vocoders talentless PAP can no longer hold onto the hope and dream that one day we might start to see good music again.

It is a sad day...