The singles chart is all about hype. Real musicians tend not to release singles unless they need to promote their album, the rest of it is all manufactured pap which is only appreciated by the little kids.
But then, you're kidding yourself if you think it hasn't always been that way. The early 90's, are you forgetting Kylie (in her SAW days), or Take That, or Bros, or Rick f*cking Astley, or Sonia?
The 70's was no better. Can anyone seriously tell me that the Bay City Rollers was a quality outfit?
You're just remembering the good stuff. In 5 years people will look at 2000/2001 in the same way.
It's always been the same. Judge how good the music scene is by the quality of the album chart, not the singles.
BTW please don't refer to vinyl as having "vastly" inferior sound quality to CD. If you heard a very high quality record deck you'd realise that the format can be every bit as good, if not better than CD.
But then, you're kidding yourself if you think it hasn't always been that way. The early 90's, are you forgetting Kylie (in her SAW days), or Take That, or Bros, or Rick f*cking Astley, or Sonia?
The 70's was no better. Can anyone seriously tell me that the Bay City Rollers was a quality outfit?
You're just remembering the good stuff. In 5 years people will look at 2000/2001 in the same way.
It's always been the same. Judge how good the music scene is by the quality of the album chart, not the singles.
BTW please don't refer to vinyl as having "vastly" inferior sound quality to CD. If you heard a very high quality record deck you'd realise that the format can be every bit as good, if not better than CD.



