During my lifetime I have been able to progress from listening to my cousin\u2019s Everlys and Elvis records though a variety of musical genres. However, listening to today\u2019s music is like groundhog day.<\/p>\n
There seems to be no propensity among the general public to move on from hip-hop and dance. The only idea anyone has come up with in the last few years is \u201cX featuring Y\u201d, which is hardly innovative. However, these collaborations have only blurred the lines of individuality. People who were distinctive in their early years have lost their identity. Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Little Mix are prime examples.<\/p>\n
There are 39 music channels on Sky, and apart from five or six that specialise, all play the same songs all day. Sometimes the same video is on several channels simultaneously. This could be considered indoctrination. Supermarkets also contribute to this stagnation. It is always new CDs by the same artists that appear on their upper shelves, such as Adele, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Beyonce. This could be considered product placement.<\/p>\n
The way the charts are compiled today insults the musicians of the past and falsifies the impact of the current crop. To infer that Justin Bieber\u2019s 16 weeks at No 1 in the US with the collaborative Despacito has matched the run of Bryan Adams with Everything I Do, I Do For You is a joke. Bryan Adams sold hard copies of his song while Bieber\u2019s run included streaming, which is pathetic. Jack Haynes, Manchester <\/b>Well, everyone thinks their own youthful era of music is best. The thing I don\u2019t get about modern chart compiling is that streaming a tune surely represents playing it. If every time a kid played a record in the 60s, did it count towards the charts? <\/i>IM <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During my lifetime I have been able to progress from listening to my cousin\u2019s Everlys and Elvis records though a variety of musical genres. However, listening to today\u2019s music is like groundhog day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8023,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"issue":[10093],"class_list":["post-193536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letter","issue-january-2018"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n