Comments on: The Karaoke Kid http://amazingradio.co.uk/blog/the-karaoke-kid You heard it here first Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phil Hook http://amazingradio.co.uk/blog/the-karaoke-kid/comment-page-1#comment-2042 Phil Hook Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:34:12 +0000 http://amazingradio.co.uk/?p=488#comment-2042 I agree, Paul, there has been an overaction to the news. Nothing against Joe as he seems to be a genuinely likeable young man, but there are other more pressing issues facing the world. As for the music - well, he will more than likely be a puppet for Simon Cowell singing over-produced slow to mid-tempo ballads in the main that other people have written. The current music scene really needs artists with an edge who write and perform their songs with passion and feeling. How many artists in the Top 40 meet that criteria? The punk era in the 70's, the "Madchester" scene in the late 80's/early 90's and the following Britpop explosion spawned groups of that ilk. Can any of today's artists hold a candle to the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Blondie, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Radiohead, The Verve, Blur and Oasis? Or am I a grumpy old man, too nostalgic for my own good? <em>Hi Phil, Each generation will believe its heroes were the best, it's only natural; what I think is unusual is the extent to which all sales of recorded music are currently so dominated by the Cowell machine. I don't remember things ever being so bland before. I agree that Joe seems a nice lad and he certainly has a great voice - but he's not the future. The artists on amazingtunes.com are. Maybe we should start a Campaign for Real Music! Or come to think of it - maybe we already have. PC</em> I agree, Paul, there has been an overaction to the news. Nothing against Joe as he seems to be a genuinely likeable young man, but there are other more pressing issues facing the world. As for the music – well, he will more than likely be a puppet for Simon Cowell singing over-produced slow to mid-tempo ballads in the main that other people have written. The current music scene really needs artists with an edge who write and perform their songs with passion and feeling. How many artists in the Top 40 meet that criteria? The punk era in the 70′s, the “Madchester” scene in the late 80′s/early 90′s and the following Britpop explosion spawned groups of that ilk. Can any of today’s artists hold a candle to the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Blondie, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Radiohead, The Verve, Blur and Oasis? Or am I a grumpy old man, too nostalgic for my own good?

Hi Phil, Each generation will believe its heroes were the best, it’s only natural; what I think is unusual is the extent to which all sales of recorded music are currently so dominated by the Cowell machine. I don’t remember things ever being so bland before. I agree that Joe seems a nice lad and he certainly has a great voice – but he’s not the future.

The artists on amazingtunes.com are. Maybe we should start a Campaign for Real Music! Or come to think of it – maybe we already have. PC

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