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I'll get you, Badge...
Quote: zooo @ December 14 2009, 7:59 PM GMTI'll get you, Badge...
I was being serious!!!! Damn internet. Point about TOTP is it whizzed by, half an hour, you'd know what's what in the charts and it didn't matter if it was all crap.
Sorry, Badge, I can only "hear" the sarcastic version.
*puts fingers in ears* Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah!
Quote: Badge @ December 14 2009, 8:01 PM GMTI was being serious!!!! Damn internet. Point about TOTP is it whizzed by, half an hour, you'd know what's what in the charts and it didn't matter if it was all crap.
I don't know what to think! (again).
Talking about TOTP coming back, JLS would probably be on.
Talking about JLS, it apparently stands for Jack The Lad Swing.
Says it all really.
I'd like it to come back simply because I like the charts and apart from the video channels playing the entire top 20 music videos there are no chart based music shows. I like seeing the bands perform live on TV despite the odd mime here and there. I never understood why they changed the rules on miming etc. They should have all been made to perform live or not go on. Though I remember it became more common to see them perform live and it changed the feel of the show for the better (I didn't feel cheated).
Come back TOTP!
Quote: Matthew Stott @ December 14 2009, 4:45 PM GMT
Should I force myself to enjoy 'world music' or whatever the right term should be? Is it politically incorrect no to? I'm a music racist. They come over here, with their weird instruments that you can't even pronounce the name of, and take the 'Later' slots that could go to our fine homegrown bands!
I can't stand 'world music' either. I love reggae and some traditional music from other parts of the world, but I hate everything I hear called 'world music' on TV, radio, etc. Partly this is because it reminds me of horrible people in tie-dye and tasselled skirts I went to school with, who go to WOMAD with their children and talk about the plight of Africa at their middle-class dinner parties and have no sense of humour or fun.
Quote: Griff @ December 15 2009, 10:35 AM GMTI've been listening to the Broken Flowers soundtrack recently which has an Ethiopian jazz guy called Mulatu Astatke on it and it's wonderful.
Broken Flowers does indeed have a great soundtrack. 
I watched it right from the start until about the mid-80s - barring holidays and stuff.
Some really iconic performances - and yes - as probably discussed - they had to record before the show. This resulted in several interesting performances.
The charts are a bit hyperactive now, innit?
It's no wonder people dislike what they call 'world music'. Everyone says 'I know what I like', but the truth is they 'like what they know', and in this country, the media concentrates on providing us with a very narrow range of popular music, which is all we come to know. There's so much more we could grow to love...but we're not encouraged to do that.
I always loved discovering my own records. Groups that wouldn't be played on Radio 1.
Quote: Nogget @ December 15 2009, 8:40 PM GMTIt's no wonder people dislike what they call 'world music'. Everyone says 'I know what I like', but the truth is they 'like what they know', and in this country, the media concentrates on providing us with a very narrow range of popular music, which is all we come to know.
Well it never taught me to like country music, I searched that sucker out all on my lonesome.
I have an elderly family member who doesn't like what she calls 'foreign food'. All she eats is stuff like Shepherd's Pie, fish 'n' chips and Toad in the Hole. Well that's OK, there's nothing wrong with that sort of stuff, but from the perspective of those of us who don't have such a restricted diet, it looks like maybe she's missing out on a few dishes she might actually enjoy.
What's more, the term 'foreign food' is a hopeless generalisation to the rest of us, since there's little that Risotto, Sushi and Humus share in common, other than that they are 'foreign' by her definition.