Time Waster
Veteran
The other argument about music of the past is that younger audiences don't listen the same way us old fogeys did. None of this glued to the hifi on a Sunday night with the tape deck ready to less record when the next song on BBC 1 top 40 starts then jumping to the deck to stop record when it ends.
Now people stream music. That really ends up with younger people likely to be into some quite interesting, if older music than you might think. You see it when a song from the 90s or 80s or 70s gets into the charts on streaming alone.
Also, I believe there's a lot of older bands heavily supported at Glasto. I mean want Pulp there? A lot of young'uns enjoying that too.
I think music is no longer controlled by big record labels and big music outlets on TV or radio networks. It's about what people are finding for themselves. There's something positive about things now I think. But it's not all rosy.
One thing I do think sometimes, there's some modern singers without the power in their voice off those from a long time ago. I've seen some who are too busy performing to the song than singing the song. Wiggling your bits on step with the backing dancers instead of singing your song is not great IMHO. People listen to the music online but live it can be more about the dancing at times. Do people really want a breathless, dancing, young woman wearing very little trying to dance and sing at the same time or do they want to hear the song with the backing dancers doing the dancers? What would you prefer?
Now people stream music. That really ends up with younger people likely to be into some quite interesting, if older music than you might think. You see it when a song from the 90s or 80s or 70s gets into the charts on streaming alone.
Also, I believe there's a lot of older bands heavily supported at Glasto. I mean want Pulp there? A lot of young'uns enjoying that too.
I think music is no longer controlled by big record labels and big music outlets on TV or radio networks. It's about what people are finding for themselves. There's something positive about things now I think. But it's not all rosy.
One thing I do think sometimes, there's some modern singers without the power in their voice off those from a long time ago. I've seen some who are too busy performing to the song than singing the song. Wiggling your bits on step with the backing dancers instead of singing your song is not great IMHO. People listen to the music online but live it can be more about the dancing at times. Do people really want a breathless, dancing, young woman wearing very little trying to dance and sing at the same time or do they want to hear the song with the backing dancers doing the dancers? What would you prefer?