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Undertoad · 05-14-2006, 11:58 PM

Because those acts marked the end of the baby boom at roughly the same time "corporate" radio with limited playlists reached 100% penetration. They did not get broad play when released and so they fail to reach the critical mass needed to reach an audience for "oldie" status. It's all about market and mathematics. Art is Right Out.

The numbers finally work out on satellite radio BTW: Sirius 22 is "First Wave"...

Bryan Ferry's Boys and Girls is every bit as much record as Avalon, and deserves classic status. (Gilmour is on it BTW.) Why doesn't it have that status. Well it was a tad too dancy for rock radio but one might also suspect that not enough independent promoters were supplied with enough coke to sway the right radio people. That was after all how those decisions were made.

Ah but if you prefer to hear "Back In Black" for the 10,000th time because it's a "timeless classic" you go right on ahead. The song hasn't changed from the last 9,999 plays. It's still three minutes long, still the same goddamn 1-4-5, the chords are still the same three chords every kid learns to play for the first time on guitar, the vocalization is still that stupid scream and the solo is still mind-bogglingly obvious. Knock yourself out, the pile of vomit in the corner will be mine.

05-14-2006, 11:58 PM	#18
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Because those acts marked the end of the baby boom at roughly the same time "corporate" radio with limited playlists reached 100% penetration. They did not get broad play when released and so they fail to reach the critical mass needed to reach an audience for "oldie" status. It's all about market and mathematics. Art is Right Out. The numbers finally work out on satellite radio BTW: Sirius 22 is "First Wave"... Bryan Ferry's Boys and Girls is every bit as much record as Avalon, and deserves classic status. (Gilmour is on it BTW.) Why doesn't it have that status. Well it was a tad too dancy for rock radio but one might also suspect that not enough independent promoters were supplied with enough coke to sway the right radio people. That was after all how those decisions were made. Ah but if you prefer to hear "Back In Black" for the 10,000th time because it's a "timeless classic" you go right on ahead. The song hasn't changed from the last 9,999 plays. It's still three minutes long, still the same goddamn 1-4-5, the chords are still the same three chords every kid learns to play for the first time on guitar, the vocalization is still that stupid scream and the solo is still mind-bogglingly obvious. Knock yourself out, the pile of vomit in the corner will be mine.