Do you.......

pipinfort · 07-09-2008, 19:05

Follow the charts anymore, if you do , do you think they are still relevant? if you don`t why? and when/why did you loose interest.....?

shakermaker · 07-09-2008, 19:09

I've never followed the charts really. The type of people that still buy records regularly will buy anything as long as it's played on Radio 1 enough, which shows from the amount of plastic rubbish that hits number one. The UK Top 40 & Album Chart is totally irrelevant to the standard of music.

mthead · 07-09-2008, 19:21

Yeah,got to agree with Shaker.And its not just sales they count niether,they also take into account airplay,so if a certain record company bunged £x to a radio station it can easily be fixed.

pipinfort · 07-09-2008, 19:24

I have to agree, i used to follow them years ago but now i only check if a particular band or artist i like has new stuff out i have a nosey to see how they have done, for example i have been very interested in The Verves reformation so i have been keeping an eye on their positions ( and good they were too)

shakermaker · 07-09-2008, 19:29

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Originally Posted by pipinfort

I have to agree, i used to follow them years ago but now i only check if a particular band or artist i like has new stuff out i have a nosey to see how they have done, for example i have been very interested in The Verves reformation so i have been keeping an eye on their positions ( and good they were too)

On the Verve note - I'm a massive fan of theirs but I was incredibly disappointed with the new album. To me it's just Love is Noise and then a load of filler tracks that all sound the same

A Storm in Heaven, A Northern Soul and lesser so Urban Hymns are records that blow you away from start to finish but for me Forth is a gigantic disappointment. That's only me though. It did get to number one

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Sorry to thread wander!

flashy · 07-09-2008, 19:45

i have no choice but to listen to chart crap, Reece is music mad like his mother (whoever she is) but the only problem is, he loves RnB and i HATE it, gimme good old rock anyday

jaysay · 12-09-2008, 11:34

Are there still charts

Gayle · 12-09-2008, 14:36

Probably in the late 80s when Sunday night became the best night to go out in town.

WillowTheWhisp · 12-09-2008, 16:20

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Are there still charts

That's what I said to my daughter the other day when she said something was 'still number one'. I used to be glued to Top of The Pops every week when I was younger but haven't bothered for years.

West Ender · 12-09-2008, 16:21

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Originally Posted by pipinfort

and when did you lose interest.....?

Ooh, let me see.......about 1962, I think.

cashman · 12-09-2008, 17:04

lost interest in charts mid 70s, though never was the biggest fan of em, they never were about the best music,just the biggest backhander, "PAYOLA" never died.