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Not just about music! But when you get to a 'certain' age you inevitably start to think about how history repeats itself. (Been doin' it for a long time now actually).

(But shussshhhh, you can't tell 'em lest you look like an old fogie)

I have to disagree! much of it has been done before.
I am an old fogey of rock, punk, new wave, etc. etc. but there is a lot of rip offs out there but some fantastic new stuff too.
the recent years have produced:
Snow patrol, Lilly Allen, pink,nickelback , Aviril Lavinge, The Calling, Cold play, Connie Rae Bailey, The Dandy Warholes , Lemon Jelly, Mika, Mock Turtles, The Muse, Natashia Beddingfield, travis and the Zutons.

I think it is Radio 1 that has gone down the pan , not music

Now you've touched a raw Johhny nerve.

After a week, I'm up to P alphabetically! Problem is, I keep listening to all the songs....

I hope I haven’t offended you John; I’m just speaking from the heart. Maybe I could have said it all better.

I'll bet if you delved through the stuff that was being played in the '60s, most of it was rubbish. It is just people only remember the good stuff, and I don't rate The Beatles.

Radio is no worse now than it has ever been. There has always been a dreadfull play list of songs that are complete forgettable guff with a sprinkling of good ones. I know not why they operate like this, but when a good song gets played, it sound so much better.

These days concerts are so lucrative that bands have to be able to cut it live or they will be found out. The last concert I went to was The Ting Tings at Brixton Academy and they were tremendous.

If you exclude gangsta rap as not being music (it's really social comment to a rhythm)

Some rap is very good - even the gangsta stuff. Though the basic tune is usually very simple - and nicked from elsewhere!

You should be very suspicious of your own blinkers if you don't like an entire genre, in my experience every type of music has 5% good stuff and a lot of dross, and our own tastes determine how much of the dross we'll tolerate.

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It’s little wonder they wear such a vacant expression, I think I’d be brain dead too if I had that junk pumped into my head for long enough. One of the tortures they used in warfare was to tie someone up, blindfold them and play white noise through headphones but I think I’d rather have that for an hour than listen to one second of Radio 1. If I want to hear anything good these days I have to switch-on Planet Rock, where there’s some good stuff.

All this said there is still room for a good song by a great singer, like Leona Lewis; a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale industry.

I think I'm becoming a grumpy old man

I gotta feeling
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

A feeling
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

A feeling (Woo hoo)
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

A feeling (Woo hoo)
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

Tonight’s the night
Let’s live it up
I got my money
Let’s spend it up

Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let’s get get OFF

I know that we’ll have a ball
If we get down and go out and just loose it all

I feel stressed out
I wanna let it go
Let’s go way out spaced out
And losing all control

Fill up my cup
''Mazel Tov''
Look at her dancing
Just take it off

Let’s paint the town
We’ll shut it down
Let’s burn the roof
And then we’ll do it again

Let’s do it
Let’s do it
Let’s do it
Let’s do it
And do it
And do it
Let’s live it up
And do it
And do it
And do it do it do it
Let’s do it
Let’s do it
Let’s do it ’Cause

I gotta feeling (Woo hoo)
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

A feeling (Woo hoo)
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

Tonight’s the night (Hey!)
Let’s live it up (Let’s live it up)
I got my money (I’ll pay)
Let’s spend it up (Let’s spend it up)

Go out and smash it (Smash it!)
Like Oh My God (Like Oh My God)
Jump out that sofa (Come on!)
Lets get get OFF

Fill up my cup (Drink)
''Mazel Tov'' (''L’chaim'')
Look at her dancing (Move it Move it)
Just take it off

Let’s paint the town (Paint the town)
We’ll shut it down (Shut it down)
Let’s burn the roof (Woo)
And then we’ll do it again

Let’s do it
Let’s do it
Let’s do it
Let’s do it
And do it
And do it
Let’s live it up
And do it
And do it
And do it do it do it
Let’s do it
Let’s do it
Let’s do it do it do it do it

Here we come
Here we go
We gotta rock

Easy come
Easy go
Now we on top

Feel the shot
Body rock
Rock it don’t stop

Round and round
Up and down
Around the clock

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Friday, Saturday, Saturday and Sunday
Get get get get get with us
We know what we say
Party every day
Party every day

And I’m feeling (Woo hoo)
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

I’m feeling (Woo hoo)
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

(Woo hoo)