I remember arguing with Ilxors way way back when Top of the Pops got cancelled, saying that TOTP was a communal after-tea experience where, for example, everyone from your Dad, your Nan, your baby brother, would all get a glimpse into what was happening in the current charts, and everyone would have an opinion on, say, Brian Molko whether they cared about the music or not, which I think ties in a bit with what boxedjoy is saying.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 2 August 2021 09:55 (two years ago) link
https://s3.amazonaws.com/djwp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/19155915/web_bbdb_EH_DJ-Arts-Beabadoobee_091.jpg
beabadoobee is leading the ’90’s revival
Inspired by the sounds of the late ’80s and early ’90s, beabadoobee cites Elliot Smith, The Moldy Peaches, and The Cardigans as early influences.
https://www.documentjournal.com/2021/04/beabadoobee-is-leading-the-90s-revival/
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 2 August 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
Obviously there is no way a show like TOTP or The Pepsi Chart would have worked since the mid-00s. Why would you expect the whole family to gather round the TV and sit together when everyone has their own taste and their own device to explore it?
― boxedjoy, Monday, 2 August 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
xp: lol.
― peace, man, Monday, 2 August 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
beabadoobee is excellent and yes she sounds a bit 90's in the same way Wolf Alice sound a bit 90's .
― akm, Monday, 2 August 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
Xp to boxedjoy - that's true but then you could make that case against all TV, not just TOTP
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
That said, the charts don't seem to mean half as much to people in general as they once did. Do people pay attention to who's number one any more?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
the spotify charts are a lot of people’s default playlists
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 03:42 (two years ago) link
xp: lol.― peace, man, Monday, August 2, 2021 7:07 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkbeabadoobee is excellent and yes she sounds a bit 90's in the same way Wolf Alice sound a bit 90's .― akm, Monday, August 2, 2021 7:22 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― peace, man, Monday, August 2, 2021 7:07 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― akm, Monday, August 2, 2021 7:22 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
My lol was more at describing "Elliot Smith, The Moldy Peaches, and The Cardigans" as " late ’80s and early ’90s". Nothing matters.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 11:01 (two years ago) link