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Oh, no, I was just carrying on the 'gone through life' theme of the post above. But, thanks for asking.

― Kim Tortoise, Friday, 3 February 2006 13:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Kind of surprises me. Sure there aren't too many boy/girl band type acts right now, but history has shown there will always be some. Thus, one would think there would always be a market for Smash Hits.

If today's kids don't want to read about the "Pop Idol" acts in Smash Hits anymore, maybe that should be an alarming sign to the "Pop Idol" people too. I mean, "Pop Idol" is basically a Karaoke competition, and one would expect the well to run dry after a while.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 February 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes Geir, its an alarming sign when AOR balladeers don't appeal to 13 year olds.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 3 February 2006 16:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Being AOR balladeers hasn't hurt Westlife.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Friday, 3 February 2006 16:18 (eighteen years ago) link

It seems AOR balladeers are what the labels have to offer the kids these days (besides hip-hop and R&B, which is even worse than AOR balladeers)

And the kids? They (at least the male half) respond by buying 20-30 year-old albums by Iron Maiden, AC/DC and Guns'n'Roses.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 3 February 2006 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link

^Wtf?

― Harrison Barr (Petar), Saturday, 4 February 2006 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link

"and the rest, as they say, is history"

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Sunday, 5 February 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link

sixteen years pass...

https://archive.org/details/smash-hits-1981-04-02/page/n19/mode/2up

― | (Latham Green), Monday, 5 December 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link

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