Urban Hat€monger ?

I meant they've taken 40/50 years to sink into modern culture, not you personally.

Besides I can remember during the 80s when the 70s was regarded as the decade that taste forgot and that it was a huge disappointment after the 60s.

Then the 70s became fashionable again and it was the 80s that was regarded as a crap decade. Then the 80s became fashionable.

Now the people that grew up in the 90s are reaching the age where they're the ones in charge of radio & TV so I'm hearing a lot more 90s stuff now.

You just identify with the generation you grew up in, it's not supposed to appeal to the generation before it. Many people who grew up in the generation before you in the 40s & 50s just saw the music you're gushing over as a noise. What's the difference between them saying that about what you like and you saying it about what people like today.

When was the last time you listened to a Dubstep or Grime album with an open mind?

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Necromancer

I agree, and that's the part a lot of music enthusiasts leave out of the equation when versing an opinion concerning a particular era/decade of Music (the eras they have personally experienced first hand). You have to transcend yourself to that particular era in order to give a more accurate description to what was actually going on concerning music during a particular time/era in question. So it does have its advantages as well. I can go back as far as the late 60's and early 70s myself, I have to mainly surf the web and visit music forms like this one in order to learn anything before then. Documentaries on TV have helped a lot like, Behind The Music for example. Everybody! and his brother is a 'Music Critic' these days, in the modern times of the internet and both Music combined.

Urban Hat€monger ?

UK Singles Chart This Week In 1966

1. THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' - NANCY SINATRA
(Known now - Classic)

2 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE - MINDBENDERS
(Probably more known for Phil Collins covering it)

3. BARBARA ANN - BEACH BOYS
(Known now - Classic)

4. BACKSTAGE - GENE PITNEY
(60s version of a Simon Cowell style act)

5. SPANISH FLEA - HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS
(More known for being on TV & in movies)

6. SHA LA LA LA LEE - SMALL FACES
(Known today - Classic)

7. I CAN'T LET GO - HOLLIES
(not really one of their known songs, not a group who's popularity has lasted either)

8 19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN - ROLLING STONES
(Known now - not really a classic though)

9 MY LOVE - PETULA CLARK
(Not one of her more well known songs)

10 THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE - WALKER BROTHERS
(Known now but mainly for Scott Walkers solo stuff - Classic)

11 TOMORROW - SANDIE SHAW
(Not one of her more well known songs)

12 INSIDE - LOOKING OUT - ANIMALS
(Not one of their more well known songs)

13 YOU WERE ON MY MIND - CRISPIAN ST. PETERS
(Who?)

14 LIGHTNING STRIKES - LOU CHRISTIE
(Who?)

15 THIS GOLDEN RING - FORTUNES
(Who?)

16 MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY - EDDY ARNOLD
(Who?)

17 SHAPES OF THINGS - YARDBIRDS
(Remembered but hardly massively popular)

18 UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT) - STEVIE WONDER
(Remembered - Classic)

19 WHAT NOW MY LOVE - SONNY AND CHER
(Not one of their more well known songs)

20 DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION - KINKS
(Remembered - Classic)

21 SECOND HAND ROSE - BARBRA STREISAND
(Ahahahaha)

22 BLUE RIVER - ELVIS PRESLEY
(Re-release)

23 MIRROR, MIRROR - PINKERTON'S ASSORTED COLOURS
(Who?)

24 LOVE'S JUST A BROKEN HEART - CILLA BLACK
(60s version of a Simon Cowell style act)

25 GIRL - ST. LOUIS UNION
(Who?)

26 YOU DON'T LOVE ME - GARY WALKER
(Who?)

27 GET OUT OF MY LIFE, WOMAN - LEE DORSEY
(Heard of him, never the song)

28 LITTLE BY LITTLE - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
(Not one of her classics but faily well known)

29 WOMAN - PETER AND GORDON
(Who?)

30 YOU'VE COME BACK - P J PROBY
(60s version of a Simon Cowell style act)

I think I make that 6 classic songs and 3 or 4 good ones out of a list of 30, and remember the charts were a lot slower then so most of this would still probably be there in a months time.

So much for 'The good ole days'

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Urban Hat€monger ?

And just for comparison here's this week in 1996....

1 SPACEMAN - BABYLON ZOO
(Novelty song)

2 ANYTHING - 3T
(Who?)

3 SLIGHT RETURN - BLUETONES
(Still hear it occasionally - OK song)

4 LIFTED - LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY
(Has become a staple of radio stations across the country, have to say it's a classic)

5 I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU - ETTA JAMES
(Re-release for diet coke ad)

6 ONE OF US - JOAN OSBORNE
(Has become a staple of radio stations across the country, have to say it's a classic)

7 DO U STILL - EAST 17
(Remember the band not the song)

8 I WANNA BE A HIPPY - TECHNOHEAD
(Novelty club song)

9 ONE BY ONE - CHER
(Know her not the song)

10 JESUS TO A CHILD - GEORGE MICHAEL
(Has become a staple of radio stations across the country, have to say it's a classic)

11 NO FRONTS (REMIX) - DOG EAT DOG
(Who?)

12 CHANGE YOUR MIND - UPSIDE DOWN
(Who?)

13 NOT A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE - MEAT LOAF
(Know him not the song)

14 LOVING YOU MORE (REMIX) - BT FEAT. VINCENT COVELLO
(Who?)

15 GANGSTA'S PARADISE - COOLIO FEAT. L.V.
(Classic)

16 1979 - SMASHING PUMPKINS
(This song gets mentioned more than any other of their songs - classic)

17 BEAUTIFUL LIFE - ACE OF BASE
(Still hugely popular with radio stations not this song though)

18 WHOLE LOTTA LOVE - GOLDBUG
(Novelty club song)

19 EARTH SONG - MICHAEL JACKSON
(Hate it, but classic)

20 MISSING - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
(One of the biggest club hits of the 90s)

21 STREET SPIRIT (FADE OUT) - RADIOHEAD
(Classic)

22 WONDERWALL - OASIS
(Classic)

23 FATHER AND SON - BOYZONE
(Vomit)

24 EVERYTIME YOU TOUCH ME - QFX
(Who?)

25 THE NAUGHTY NORTH & THE SEXY SOUTH - E-MOTION
(Who?)

26 WEAK - SKUNK ANANSIE
(Popular then but not really remembered)

27 AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING (REMIX) - DONNA GILES
(Who?)

28 YOUR LOVE - INNER CITY
(Dance act past their prime)

29 SO PURE - BABY D
(Who?)

30 SITTIN' UP IN MY ROOM - BRANDY
(Heard of her don't know anything about her but it says this was one of her biggest songs and she's still around now so I guess I have to call it a classic)


I make that 10 classic songs and 1 good one that still gets a played a fair amount. I've tried to keep personal taste away from this, the songs I'm calling classics is because I still hear them played frequently rather than because of what I think of them.

Make of that what you will.

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Necromancer

Just to mention what was popular in your region of the world was not necessarily popular here in the US and other places as well. The states are broken down in regions as well, what might be popular on the west coast is not necessarily popular here in the Northeast.

Urban Hat€monger ?

I'm talking about what songs from what era are remembered today. I can only do that about the area I'm familiar with which is the UK mainstream.

Doesn't make it any less valid though. I don't see anybody saying that this 'decline in good music' is happening on a national level to specific countries.

Maybe you should look into one specific region in the 60s and then the same place again at a later date & see how many songs you recognise as still being culturally relevant.

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Soulflower

3T are Tito Jackson's three son's and they formed a R&B group in the 90's. They were pretty popular in the UK around that time.

Necromancer

Understood, I was just adding to the fact of versatility.

Soulflower

Are you asking for specific songs from each era?

Urban Hat€monger ?

I'm taking a chart at random & seeing which songs I still hear getting regular airplay on radio / tv / film or being talked about still in the media today.

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