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Topic History of: The 60s and 70s...
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Metal Mickey	Actually JK, I think you've pinpointed what's lacking these days - diversity. In its heyday, the key ingedient in TOTP (and on the radio and at clubs for that matter) was not knowing what might come next - Clive Dunn followed by Hawkwind, then Marvin Gaye and The Carpenters? Or Ultravox, Stray Cats, Aneka and The Specials? These days radio stations, nightclubs and video channels all go for homogenous programming, offering no challenges to fans of that style (whatever it may be), and alienating everyone else... I used to DJ in the 90s, and the segue that used to get everyone smiling on a packed dancefloor was "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into "I Should Be So Lucky", there's just nowhere doing that anymore...
JK2006	The answer is - the best of EVERY decade is great. A truly wonderful TV or radio show would have George Formby next to Beyonce and Rihanna segued into Noel Coward. I once played Prince and Little Red Corvette followed by AC/DC Shaking my listeners all night long at 8 in the morning on Capital. The middle aged if lovely lady receptionist said she almost had a heart attack.
JC	I think there is as much good music around today as ever. We just rarely get to hear it. The major media ignores it and so we have to seek it out. I've heard some very good music from Independent artists. I've bought two CDs recently from different singer/songwriter's websites and they have both included a personal note of thanks - which suggests they don't sell very many CDs. I gave up listening to the radio, apart from the awesome DLT show (nostalgia) because their focus it too narrow. A great 80s album - I keep thinking it's Tuesday by Dr and the Medics. A great 90s album - Spilt Milk by Jellyfish.
JK2006	Well I think Jonathan King is the future of music! Come to that, I think Jonathan King is the future of everything. Certainly is for me.
Bowie In Space	Pop music ended at Live Aid - the halflife for all music made since keeps getting shorter and shorter (who listens to 90's music anymore?) whereas people keep getting excited and re-excited for everything made before, whether that's Elvis, The Beatles, Abba, Joy Division or the New Romantics...