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Since most radio stations are told what to play by the record companies your choice is limited and often pop music is farmed for the standard buyer. (EMI want money and they control most of what is played, most your pop CDs in the UK will either have EMI or BMI stamped on it. Go check.) If the music industry was open and less corrupt then you would have a more open environment for others music. Based on sales and airplay? I don't know or care. I just wondered one day why the charts were full of shite. |
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Thing is, airplay dictates what a lot of people (esp. young teens) buy, whoever convinces the radio to play a track ahs a huge increase in sales as a result... |
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guys, guys, we are not going to start another of those sordid political agruments, are we? |
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the so -called "indie charts" (which ran in nme) were better, they covered small record shops.... |
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That's the problem with democracy- most people are fools ;) (Sorry Meho) |
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Sorry? Why are you sorry? I agree with that and I never liked democracy anyway. |
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Turning it into a political debate ;) |
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you are right there i belive it takes some years for quality music to be noticed i don't think many ppl will remember in a few years time what was on top of charts this year |
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I can't remember now! }:) Some sort of chart on here would be cool but I'd have no idea how you would go about doing that. |
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this was ment to be a followup to jedi chris |
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OK, let it just be said that most of the worthless pop music that you hate when it's a current hit, you hear some 10 years later and you get all soft and mushy.... |
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chart like that would be a great thing for people that like this kind of music i mean, since im on this mb i discovered many great new musicians a chart would make it much easier |
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you think that will ever happen with you and britney hehe |
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Yeah, definitely. I mean, I hated A-HA and NKOTB when they were around, but today when I haer them on the radio/ tv, it's good ol' days all over again. |
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I know what you mean. Even the most cynical of us is affected by nostalgia. |
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And especially as you get older. Look at me, I'm 31 and it shows. |
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It's only now that I'm starting to think about stuff 10 years ago and to think that it seemed like it was only yesterday I was listening to Oasis and playing NES games... |
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totaly agree but, i mean if a new pop album is released not many critics would compare it to nkotb music on the other hand if a new electronic album is released many would compare it to rdj(or any other of that kind) early music |
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See? And it gets worse with age. Shit, I used to play games on ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 some 18 years ago. |
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btw, i like nkotb :) |
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same here there were some pretty good games back then |
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Uhm, you lost me there mate. What were we talking about, again? |
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Oh, yeah, definitely. Sabre Wulf ruled supreme... |
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its more as a reply to jedi chris hehe |
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ah, OK, OK. Atic Atac was pure gold too. |
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either you have a great memory, or you were a geme fanatic back then i can't remember any names hehe |
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At the moment? Ms. Dynamite. And just wait for the new one. |
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Both. Knight Lore, Head over Heels, Turbo Esprit, Tomahawk, Highway Encounter... Ahh, those were the days... |
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i remeber it took a while to load up a game hehe |
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Ahh, Mr. Jones, always a pleasure. |
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Yeah, it was painful, especially when multi-load games started appearing in the '85 or something. |
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Ha ha, I wrote to rare requesting the atic atac rom the other day. My dad and I mapped out the entire game on a4 paper selotaped together. My original (legal) tape sadly no longer works... |
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It was a great game, wasn't it? |
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I have the original of that on tape at home. I love my 128k ZX Spectrum 2+, BBC Micro, Amiga 500+, Amiga 600, etc. I'm not a materialistic person at all am I? |
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No, you're a sad person like the rest of us who prefers spending time playing computer games to interacting with "real" people. I know I do. Just completed Half Life yesterday and I feel like I've lost a good friend |
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I loved the secret passages altering depending on which character you were- and the parts of the key were always in different places. I knew one person who completed it, but I never managed to get all three key parts- only 2... |
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Oh I get about still Meho. ;) I know that feeling of emptiness when you complete a game tho. The feeling normally comes from your stomach as in your bedroom ridden state of trance in front of the console or computer you suddenly realize you forgot to eat, drink, sleep or anything else for 3 days at a time. |
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Yeah, fucking hell, those games were so difficult back then. Completing them without cheats (the infamous "pokes") was almost impossible. I never ever completed the sordid Sabre Wulf either. I got all four parts of the medal once but got killed before I found the way out. It was 2 years ago. I'll give it another shot soon... |
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The guy whom drew my avatar completed Manic Minor. I couldn't get off the first screen! :/ |
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Well, I rarely have more than 2 or 3 hours to play in a row, too many obligations... The last game that did it to me (except for half life, of course but that's old news, the fucker is 4 years old and still the best FPS ever) was Aliens vs Predator 2. The marine mission just glued me to the screen. |
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Fuck, I could never get past the fourth screen. How the hell did he do it? |
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I have no idea, I was geeked when he told me. He is quite a character himself tho and certainly wouldn't make anything like that up. I told him there must be some sort of certificate for that kind of achievement. He is a very determined guy. |
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Damn it, and what about Jet set Willy? Now, that game was TOUGH. |
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Cam'Ron - Oh Boy (im feelin the beat) and hmmmmm cant think of anything else... |
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I've completed every screen (seperatley) of manic miner w/o cheats. It's my ambition to complete it start to end w/o saves/cheats one day. I consider manic miner to be the "purest" platform game ever. I love it. Meho: JSW was stupidly hard, very good game though. I don't think it (or its sequels) were as "tight" as the original- it seemed to buggy/glitchy to me. |
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He took a chunk out of them but I don't think he finished them. I love those games, Disco Dan was another or something? I don't recall. My mind is set in a 2D gaming environment. I can't play most 3D games and enjoy them as much as 2D retro side scrollers. I even made a few 2D games in one of those game creator packages trying to soak up that retro feel. The music in them was Grind and Death most of the time tho. |
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mmm...you made me feel all nostalgic mentioned all those UltimatePlayTheGame speccy classics...don't think I've ever finished KnightLore but did SabreWulf & Atic-Atac... And Jetpac & it's sequal were excellent as well.. fuck, there were so many good games goin on then...and so cheap compared to today (even tho I had a scam going on with a local video shop that meant I got everything for a £1...)... Jet Set Willy...never finished that (apart from a highly poked version...)... Shall I be EVIL & kill your afternoons by giving you this link... .... let's you play all those old spectrum games on a webpage...check the games at the bottom of that page... |
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Holy shit, Jand, you just terminated every chance of me doing any work here, ever. Skool Daze, OMG!!!!!! I have completed Knight Lore, poked, naturally... But, yeah, Jet Pac and it's sequel (what the fuck was it called, something like Jetman or something) were excellent.... Ahh the old days... |
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hehe...:)...should keep y'all busy for a while... I've been extra good today and am getting a load of work done for a change (big big deadline approaching and I'm like 10yrs behind...)... |
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Well, for my part, I haven't been working at all today, except for some phonecalls.... Life is good. DJ /Rupture in my CD player and the world looks nice... |
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