Yeah, that makes me feel totally sick
The charts are something to be steered well clear of. In fact I think the whole music biz in general is something which should be bypassed. I try nowadays to listen to a majority unsigned / indi artists (although I'm failing at the moment) that way you can avoid it all.
I will say that, although I hate it, I also admire the marketing genius of anybody that get someone like Kelly Osbourne / Mr. Blobby / Afroman (*throws up*) / Bob the builder to number one in the music charts. Although it's largely due to the ignorance and lazyness of the easily manipulated, weak minded record buying public in this country :-/
Even though Timberlake / Britney Spears / Gareth Gates / Will Young can sing, they are still pure pop artists and there is zero depth to any of their music. It's just fun music, no feeling, no emotion, just generic cliche lyrics. Namby pamby say-nothing crap to sell to tasteless kids. I think that Amy Lee (of Evanescence) said it best in a recent interview.
Amy: I 've been longing for
meaning in musicInterviewer: To you, what is meaning in music, if you find that what will that be?
Amy: You do find it here and there, there's plenty of it out there, but to be in maintstream and to be on the radio and to be popular, it's more rare. It would be anything that moves you, anything that actually makes you feel a strong emotion or think harder. A lot of music seems to be just background music these days, and that really bugs me. I feel like if you have your chance to get up on a soapbox and have everyone listen to you,
say something. You know?
I have come to realise that if you want real music, the mainstream is a waste of time. That's why a large part of me is happy that Vanessa isn't a chart musician anymore. She doesn't belong in the machine, she's too good for it. She's actually a musician!
*rant over*
-Kev
