In the years since we revamped this board in 2005, 65,000 comments have been written on both Forums... interesting that, in the early days, the Tip Sheet forum got ten times the quantity of replies to Your Views... but since 2005, it's become two thirds on here and only a third on the Tip Sheet although the same amount of viewers read and visit both boards.

Enthusiasm for music is fading.

Little Joe claims that's not true; it's just that music enthusiasm now goes on Facebook, Twitter and other places.

It may be that it has become far more specialist (i.e. rock fans only visit rock forums; ditto hip hop etc). Which in itself is sad. The wonderful thing about the music of the 60s and 70s was that it crossed all boundaries and appealed to people with all tastes.

JK2006 wrote:
The wonderful thing about the music of the 60s and 70s was that it crossed all boundaries and appealed to people with all tastes.

Indeed, tis true !
I wasnt initially interested in music - but my parents were (left over from the 50s) and it was they who watched TV music programmes and bought records.

Then I discovered the Beatles ... and realised that music was for my generation too.

A wise Deutsch(Gramaphon?) pal of ours recently asked.

"From the 1960s to 1980s Britain had great music and music-radio for most tastes with just a few stations, for it's good workers. Now, like the U.S. you have fragmented music-radio for minorities, but multiple talk/News-stations, and disaffected workers. Why is that ?"

The answer good Deutsch dude is that the unity (dreaded socialism?) brought by great Pop music for the people, was trashed by the raving-Right Fraud Market, 19Hateys ongoing unchecked.

You lost the war, but won the peace with hard-work, good music and less talk.

We won the war but lost the peace by fracturing the peoples' music, with their good work sold off cheap abroad. (Er, Dutschland bought our car-industry, and France owns London Electric.) While giving Brits n Yanks endless talk/bent-newZac.

Meaning more division less cohesion, great CONfusion.

To quote a 1960s Brit-com TV bent-spivs show title, " Never mind the quality feel the width. "

God Save The KINGofHIT$.

In The Know wrote:
I discovered the Beatles ...


Wot rot?

Ted 02 wrote:
In The Know wrote:
I discovered the Beatles ...
Wot rot?

still smarting from having been beaten on another thread, I see LOL !

In The Know wrote:

Then I discovered the Beatles


Well done ITK!


I honestly had no idea you were so famous and accomplished.


Did you discover anyone else?


Lulu maybe?