I'm very worried by the photo copy element of the chart hits at the moment; they all either sound like identikit replicas of previous hits or are identikit versions of old songs (by Bob Dylan - a pretty good writer if you're going to cover someone but still).

And I don't quite "get" The Script. They are fine but...

JK this is after years of 'safe' A&Ring and also because the old timers in the
majors have been set in their ways and are not signing any of the interesting
and new stuff on the streets or the internet.
The indies are going to the wall because there isn't a viable business option for
them at the moment. Things will be better soon as once we break out of the fast
hits mentality we can start generating hits with music we love.
Apathy plays a role as well look at the messageboards, no replies, no enthusiasm.

It is a sad state of affairs that on a music board like this, you get more response
to conspiracy theories, David Icke and govt issues. This is a music board FFS !

Yes it's true - our posts on the Your Views board are far more than on here yet, interestingly enough, many more read the posts on here; for example, our tip of Boys Don't Cry by Ulrik got 295 views in three hours and they were bombarded by calls in Sweden.