[domani]

99% of all songs written will not stand the test of time. I was talking about a hit song and you are talking about standards. It is obvious you don’t know the difference. The music business is like any other business if you are not in it understanding it from the outside is not as easy as it seems.

[Liberty Valance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOuqULVz5Zg&feature=related
Who needs the Beatles when we already had A Swingin’ Safari?

[weegee]

The hits remain the hits. The songs that don't make the charts rarely ever come back to take the charts although there are some examples of songs that took 2-5 years to become a "hit".

In defense of bad singing (Kanye West on SNL, industry use of autotune, and the changing culture) (LA Times 04:10 PM PT, Dec 15 2008)

By sounding bad in even the wrong ways on SNL, Kanye's arrived at something wholly new in the spectrum of vocal values: sheer charisma in place of both skill and authenticity... In other words, he's the perfect frontman for a time in music where there is only an ever-changing front.

It isn't about the song at all, it is about Viacom driven celebrity worship. The industry is pushing crap on us again as it did in the Disco era and did in ages passed.

[weegee]

The music "business" does not respond to market demand. Rather than following what is "popular" it dictates what SHOULD be popular and denies the rest access to the market (magazine covers, CD listening space at stores is $ponsored by labels, SNL, MTV, Tonight Show, soundtrack placement, radio, et al...).

The industry doesn't want to chase the next big thing, they want to own it outright and set the trends rather than get into bidding wars.

The major corporations were slow to accept Elvis and the Beatles too.

It is a farce to list what is "popular" when not all songs are being given equal measure. AC/DC had a top selling album this year but I don't recall them getting acceptance in the industry circles.