British made popular music in decline?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y23pe2v0vo

The top song by a UK artist worldwide last year was by an artist that I have literally never heard of until reading this article, Artemis.

Not just worldwide but this article even says - "The reduction in British stars is not just a global phenomenon. No British act held any of the top 10 most popular singles of the year in the UK in the most recent list"

Whatever mainstream pop music is supposed to be nowadays, it all seems deeply generic, lacking imagination or any kind of wow factor.

Whatever happened to the British rock scene. I'm talking about the talented guys we had 30 years ago. We see seem to have pop music disguised as metal. Remember the NWOBHM in the 80s?

I know the European band Ghost have fans who are worst than Swifties. Never tell a Ghost fan that Ghost is pop or faux rock. They are a brand.

They have ripped off Kiss, Cradle OF Filth, Mudvayne, Mushroom Head, Steel Panther and Slipknot.

I have read that today's studios albums have numerous song writer's and the artists don't write any, yet bitch about royalties. Who ever gets the writer's credits gets the royalties.

When you go to an independent record shop have a nose at what students are buying, it will surprise you. Even the obscure folk bands, is resurfacing. I am talking about the usual stuff like Fairport, Dylan, Joni etc. I mean the one album wonders.

I was only talking to a family member last night about things you don't hear about anymore, and mentioned acid rain, glue sniffing and heavy metal "head bangers".

Meanwhile an American can perform in the interval at an American sports event and because of it find himself topping the UK chart in a matter of days because of it. I find that all very strange.

I think the way current music and trends are being tallied is an absolute gerrymandered joke. Is rock music really so much less popular than it once was for example? I don't think it's because I'm a certain age now, a teen of the 80's panging for those days again like many my age are, but when you have a teenage family member who has no interest in music or the singles and albums charts I feel sad about that. When I was that age everyone was into music, wanted to know the ups and downs weekly, and the one boy I remember in school who wasn't into things like that was mocked like a weirdo one day when he was asked what the No1 song was and couldn't tell anyone because he hadn't got a clue.

I feel sad about that. When I was that age everyone was into music, wanted to know the ups and downs weekly, and the one boy I remember in school who wasn't into things like that was mocked like a weirdo one day when he was asked what the No1 song was and couldn't tell anyone because he hadn't got a clue.

In the 2000s, I had no idea who was in the charts, by 2010's I had no about chart and pop.

When I look at the music charts now, I give every thing a sample listen it all sounds the same. I feel like I am not missing much.

I have been re-reading the comments from the BBC website. It's interesting to read them.

I am in Abingdon on an early lunch, I have seen several pubs with live music but I have noticed a trend, most pubs are just family restaurants with "pub" written on the building. Meaning that some bands have to be clean and do stuff people know.

There is no dedicated pub/ club circuit which were amazing place to be back in the day, with cheap admission at the door and about 4 hours of rock and metal in your eardrums. Some bands got coverage in rock magazines also, not forgetting the bands self-promoted also with their shirts and records/CDs. Which were either free or cheap.

We all had a bit of pub rock in our collection back in the day. I did like Ducks Deluxe, Little Bob Story and The Motors.

I think the UK pop scene went downhill in the mid-1990s with plastic pop, and then Simon Cowell carried on the trend. It's not bands the suits want but singers. There was a time when people from record companies scouting clubs and pubs not doing the lazy way to look on social media.

They want karaoke singers with Botox and butt implants. I guess it keeps the simps and incels drooling.

What metal and rock there is poser shit, which Van Halen also was but Right Now is a belter.

When my daughters were in their early/mid-20s, I asked if they liked Sheeran, and they both looked at each other and pretended to gag.

It makes me laugh when white youths go on about drill music. You are never going to be "bluck mon". So drop the persona.

I do see you kids in coffee shops with laptops on Garageband playing with samples to make a "new song or beat" I thought Jive Bunny was one of the first to do that kind of shit but they still went gold and platinum.

Does anyone else remember this?

I have no memory of 2 in a Tent whatsoever, apparently the Christmas No25 in 1994.

But I do well remember this No3 hit from this very week back in 1991, it's even more crap than I ever remembered it.

2 in a Room, Wiggle It.

youtu.be/ikYGBBULC40?si=ZpnkkpNDFtKUHKiy

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Woke up with news that Five tickets are on sale for a comeback. Yet, there's more hype over Neil Young playing at Hyde Park and Slayer doing a farewell tour at festivals.

Think the media and Ents24 know where the UK scene is going, down the crapper.