The Shock Of The Life: The DEATH Of England Music Charts

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The Shock Of The Life: The DEATH Of England Music Charts

Hmmm, they've been dead for a long long time now.

The last time I listened to the charts was waaay back in 1995 when Nine Inch Nails released Closer.  Simon Mayo screwed up and played the full uncut version on the radio :-D

The only time you got quality tunes on the radio was when John Peel or Mark & Lard or Tommy Vance were on.

Sadly two of those have gone and the others have split.

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odin wrote:
5 minutes on the 'music' channels on TV...

We regularly get the ad *twice* per ad break on quite a few channels - all music ones and Sky Sports included.

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mdma wrote:
As a former employee of Sky TV I am privvy to the real reason that the volume is higher during the advert breaks.

Can anyone guess?  It's really obvious too.

Trying to make them think they're going deaf when the prog starts again? :-P

Or to scare them off to the kitchen to make a cuppa?

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mdma wrote:

Wilse wrote:
I've always thought it was so that you'd pay more attention to it than you'd actually like.

Because 95% of viewers go to the kitchen/bog when the adverts come on, so the volume gets increased so you can still hear what they are trying to flog you.

Everyone should do what we do then - press a little handy button called "mute" ;-)

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*miserable Scottish git mode

Eh'm no payin fur that peece o crrrraap!

/miserable Scottish git

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X-ray wrote:
and maximum points are awarded if any glitter is found on the other side of the test wall.

:roflmao:

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Hey!

That Robert Miles tune is fantastic.  The original version without the singing that is.