12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music

[dumptruck]

I agree with a lot of what your saying BUT, most people that purchase this new music don't buy lp's or cd's these days and download only their favorite songs etc. Just a hand full I'll bet (which is the numbers based on sales in the article evidently) are the only ones that purchase the entire album.

Well, if you're talking about legal downloads, I'm not sure how that's a "BUT"? It is actually more like a throwback to decades when singles sold well. Single track digital purchases do count as singles sold, on the charts and otherwise. IIRC, digital sales have been hovering at around 1/3 of the market (by quantity of tracks purchased).

edit: that didn't come out quite right... What I meant was "yep, you do have to consider the effect of downloads, but that effect really depends on the specific example", and then also what I just wrote there.

 

[Sandy G]

Well, Katy Perry IS a h3lluva lot better lookin' than Michael Jackson...And I'm old enuff to remember when he was a cute, chubby-cheeked black kid, instead of the old, white Sea Hag who OD-ed a couple of years ago...

 

[Satcom123]

Thank you computerworld for the links to some good musical rap kind of music. (He sent me a pm with some links to music). I did like them as well as my kids. With the evolution of music of all kinds I guess it is important to have an open mind.

I mean I'm an older guy and sometimes need to be reminded that music does wrap us in the change of times too.

 

[computeruler]

No problem. 90s rap is excellent. Glad you liked it, and glad that you're exposing your kids to some better rap.

 

[JohnVF]

You could do a similar list from the '70s and it would be just as disappointing. Look at what was number one on any given day in the decade.

 

[Satcom123]

That's fer sure. I find them sometimes hovering over my shoulder when I'm on this forum. :thmbsp:

 

[cubby01]

P.S. "Hey Jude" kind of sucks anyway.

Ha, funny, now I recall growing up it got played a lot in the jukebox at our local youth hangout because it was one of the longer songs.

 

[rnorton]

People are idiots - so what's new?

With the exception of Barbara Streisand, I've never actually heard any of the 'artists' in the left hand column. Radio sucks.

 

[olson_jr]

8. Katy Perry holds the same record as Michael Jackson for most number one singles from an album



But has Katy tried to make the world a better place by opening her bed to young boys, you know for hot milk and, you know, cookies?

I think not! So how can one compare the two? :scratch2:

 

[jimfet]

They should have left Hendrix outa this. Now I'm mad.

 

[empirelvr]

9. Barbra Streisand has sold more records (140 million) than Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, and Tom Petty combined

And 139,999,999 of those records sold are in every thrift, Goodwill, and Salvation Army store throughout the USA.

 

[Mr. Lin]

They should have left Hendrix outa this. Now I'm mad.

They should have left Celine Dion out of this, now I think I'm going to vomit.

uke2:

 

[2DualsNotEnough]

P.S. "Hey Jude" kind of sucks anyway.

Im almost 50,and Ive always thought "Hey Jude" would have been a great 3 minute single.At 7 minutes,or whatever,its repetitious to the point of tedium.
Jimmy

 

[2DualsNotEnough]

And Ive never liked stories where they compare the shlockiest new music to the best of the past,and use that to make the argument that music was just better back in the good old days.Wanna bring back "Seasons in the Sun"?How about "Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy?Or "the Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"?
I hear new stuff on You Tube all the time thats better than 90% of the crap I grew up with.
Jimmy

 

[dr*audio]

1. 20 years from now the Beatles will still be popular, and other artists will be performing their music, but no one will remember Katy Perry or any of those others. Time wounds all heels.

2. This is why the music industry is complaining about illegal downloading of music. Who wants to actually buy this crap? People are paying what it's worth.

3. People like what they know. The average American doesn't want to listen to anything they haven't heard played to death on the radio. This is all driven by the record companies and radio conglomerates who set up the 10 song playlists on every popular station.

 

[fdrennen]

I find J-Z's treatment of Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" to be not only Disapointing but an insult to the ear and memory of Reading.

Here's a clip of Sam Cooke doing that tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G94kCfpduAk&feature=player_embedded#!

 

[Sandy G]

The BEST version of "Try a Little Tenderness" is Laurie Johnson's version in the opening credits to "Dr Strangelove", IMHO.

 

[chicks]

3. People like what they know. The average American doesn't want to listen to anything they haven't heard played to death on the radio.

:scratch2: So songs by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Tom Petty, et al weren't played to death on the radio back in their day? I sure got pretty sick of 'em, and still have no desire to listen to anyone on the right-hand side of that list, other than Johnny Cash.

 

[JohnVF]

There's probably a manuscript somewhere that says Lute Larry has sold more copies than Mozart.

The whole 'you let this happen' charge of the article is complete BS. Top-40 Pop music has always sucked, and it has always sold more copies. This isn't new at all.

 

[ducati_EL34]

:scratch2: So songs by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Tom Petty, et al weren't played to death on the radio back in their day? I sure got pretty sick of 'em, and still have no desire to listen to anyone on the right-hand side of that list, other than Johnny Cash.

Other than Cash, that right hand column is being played to death, to this very day!