masstronaut wrote:Yeah, totally agree. Except I do have the occasional weakness for Radio 4. It's just so NORMAL and REASSURING! I guess that's the whole point! Even when that kid in The Archers is on crack. Gosh, how edgy
yeah, i just want it to en-gulf my whole world.
say, that crack-kid, what kind of accent does s/he have?
i'll bet they have no education. single parent family, even?
probably foolish enough to take advice from their own kind.
quick, send in a distinguished good-old posh south-eastern white man of letters who's met the queen, he'll fix it.
those guys know everything.
on-topic: the pop-chart is an anachronism.
its democratic facade faded and peeled long ago.
it is a venue for shameless oligarchy now, and its exhibits are all adverts for something else. usually money. the root of all beauty.
the whole goth-punk-grunge-alterno thing has now been fully hyphenated and assimilated.
first floor for pale and interesting, unisex eyeliner, black t-shirts and hair-dye.
i wonder if pop will ever make a comeback?
from the one, the many...
...a grain of sand...
... i put a shell to my ear...
...his master's voice.
maybe there should be a new chart which lists only styles/genres instead of individual tunes:
"at #1 this week, for the nth week running, iiit's aar and beeee. and here's an example..."
that single though, bit indebted to rich harrison imho.
. Not saying you like them
