Originally Posted by Neil_N:
“On 4Music now - Totally Brilliant #1 hits -, all so far from 2013/2014! Ffs, what about the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s - all golden eras.
Honest to God, I think we are seen a strangulation process music wise. Two or three big labels push their acts and about 25/30 key songs a year.”
And this is one of the reasons why the music channels are struggling and have had to offer online options.
Originally Posted by
linkinpark875:
“Music channels in 2015 have a "very select" platlist. Somebody mentioned 80's in this thread earlier on but only power ballads. Music channels tend to stick to a ten year playlist.
That said some of Clubland's cheese is sounding a bit naff these days. The likes of N Trance set you free is over 20 years old somebody also said about them maybe wanting a classic channel for clubland music?
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Set You Free is a classic. We can't all be Ed Sheeran or Beyonce fans and all the poppy noise they represent.. Their are enough channels that play that kind of music so it's good that those who want 90's/00's dance can have a channel too and likewise with all the genres.. I'm sure Vintage TV play some old poor audio music too, but they have plenty of viewers. Today's music is as cheesy, if not more so, than a lot of older music.
Originally Posted by Neil_N:
“Well this pointless #1 show had Pharell's "Happy" their #1 - the song that just won't die! On a personal level I do wish 2014 never happened. 2012 and 2013 too.
I was watching a documentary of Top of the Pops in 1979, and how that was the most diverse year in the mainstream. Rock, Reggae, Disco, Soul, Punk, New Wave/Electro and Pop and Ballads all lived hand in hand with each other and people got to know new genres and new acts. 2015 in the mainstream - Dance, Dance, Pop, Featuring Artists and oh 1D and their clones.
Would it hurt some of the music channels preferably 4music as I'm on A freeview-er, to have like an hour dedicated to rock, an hour dedicated to soul (Not Little dicks like Chris Brown, Rihanna and Justin Beaver but the true pure stuff like Frank Ocean), even some reggae even! It would stop the homogenity of the Top 40 and music channels from happening. If it could work in 1979, it could work today in 2015.
It's unthinkable to think now a song from 2014 (I'm looking at you John Legend, Clean Bandit and Pharell), is played to death on radio 12 months on!”
Unfortunately you have people (see above) who only want Ed Sheeeran, Beyonce, Rihanna, Timberlake etc on their TV's. They aim at certain demographics and it's two fingers up to the rest of us.
The songs you mentioned getting played all the time are the same bland songs with no character that radio loves Radio friendly pop music along with Sheeran, Rita Ora and Meghan Trainor.
Originally Posted by kezo:
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N-Trance - Set You Free I agree its 20 years old still prefer the original to the remixed one (yet I hardly see the remix ever played these days) but they do know they had other songs than that but they fail to use it ie Stayin Alive was another hit from them but I have to yet see it appear on VH1/MTV Dance but I think they rather lock it away not to be seen on air for some strange reason
I would welcome more of a classic channel on VM as VH1 is buckling and Vintage TV seems to be the new VH1 but I don't have that many "classics" to see its all updated modern pap filling the air and as mentioned as well is the channels only care to play classics late at night/weekend more than actually during the daytime weekdays”
Yes, the remix isn't as good. Clubland do have Forever and True Love Never Dies. No Kung Fu Fighting though
Truth is, they probably won't get the viewers for older music. Plenty of us want it, but en mass, I doubt it would be viable. A bigger playlist would be welcome though.
Originally Posted by kezo:
“But thats what I can't get round they have (well I believe they do) is a huge archive of music they could play going far back as the 60's (MTV Classic/VH1) in all genres but they can't be bothered to use them or than rotate at weekends or last thing at night before the magic of "teleshopping" appears - it seems to me that this lot seem to care is what the next big reality show hits the shores of MTV whilst music on all their channels overall is scraping barrels with the constant chart rundowns and "themed" charts on every day, as I mentioned before you could watch MTV Music and it feels like its MTV Hits (playing the same songs) where is variety in these channels? Play more diverse music from Rock, Pop, Dance etc than play the same artists day in/out it can't be that hard surely?”
MTV are mainly about reality. I imagine they don't play a lot of older music due to the audio/video ratios etc.
They tend to play it safe and stick to the same artists and that will be their downfall.