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That's cos social media has forced Ladbaby upon us.rick_chasey said:
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I am just about old enough to remember being number one being a big deal, but when was the last time we heard about the xmas number one? Gotta be at least 10 years ago now.
I blame the young. 😉The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
That may or may not be true, but in 1987 it was a big deal and MacGowan's comment generated a lot of comment as a result, in a way that no Darling pronouncement could ever do, except if he'd had to report that RBS had gone bust, taking loads of folks' savings with it.rick_chasey said:
I am just about old enough to remember being number one being a big deal, but when was the last time we heard about the xmas number one? Gotta be at least 10 years ago now.wallace_and_gromit said:
FToNY was beaten to the Christmas #1 in 1987 by the Pet Shop Boys covering an Elvis song. As MacGowan observed at the time:rick_chasey said:I'm too young to get the appeal of McGowan, won't lie. Born in 88 which I think was their zenith.
"We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine".
No comment on the appropriateness of that comment now, or even then, but there's just no way Alistair Darling would ever make such a newsworthy quote.
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Never heard of ladbaby. I suspect it's the oldies getting revved up about something that mattered to them when you had to buy music in shops.Dorset_Boy said:The fact that (even) I know that LadBaby aren't releasing a Christmas song this year, having been No1 at Christmas for the last few years suggests you might not be right Rick!
My dad always seems to know. Any young people in the office never do. Go figure.0 -
I agree with DB this has been front page news every yearrick_chasey said:
Never heard of ladbaby. I suspect it's the oldies getting revved up about something that mattered to them when you had to buy music in shops.Dorset_Boy said:The fact that (even) I know that LadBaby aren't releasing a Christmas song this year, having been No1 at Christmas for the last few years suggests you might not be right Rick!
My dad always seems to know. Any young people in the office never do. Go figure.- Genesis Croix de Fer
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Even I've heard of them / him / it. To be less in touch with popular culture than me is quite an achievement. I'm still waiting for Mariah Carey and Wham to get their Christmas #1 accolades.rick_chasey said:
Never heard of ladbaby.Dorset_Boy said:The fact that (even) I know that LadBaby aren't releasing a Christmas song this year, having been No1 at Christmas for the last few years suggests you might not be right Rick!
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This is a hill I will die on. Being number one is not a thing anymore. The Xmas number one is a relic of the past that has yet to die a death but is well on the way to irrelevance.0
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I am with Rick on this one - never heard of them.wallace_and_gromit said:
Even I've heard of them / him / it. To be less in touch with popular culture than me is quite an achievement. I'm still waiting for Mariah Carey and Wham to get their Christmas #1 accolades.rick_chasey said:
Never heard of ladbaby.Dorset_Boy said:The fact that (even) I know that LadBaby aren't releasing a Christmas song this year, having been No1 at Christmas for the last few years suggests you might not be right Rick!
Are Slade releasing anything this year?0 -
Agreed. But you don't have to choose to die about this. I only mentioned the Christmas #1 in the context of a specific event 36 years ago.rick_chasey said:This is a hill I will die on. Being number one is not a thing anymore. The Xmas number one is a relic of the past that has yet to die a death but is well on the way to irrelevance.
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Holy cow. Turns out I'm some sort of popular culture expert. Who'd have thunk it?surrey_commuter said:
I am with Rick on this one - never heard of them.wallace_and_gromit said:
Even I've heard of them / him / it. To be less in touch with popular culture than me is quite an achievement. I'm still waiting for Mariah Carey and Wham to get their Christmas #1 accolades.rick_chasey said:
Never heard of ladbaby.Dorset_Boy said:The fact that (even) I know that LadBaby aren't releasing a Christmas song this year, having been No1 at Christmas for the last few years suggests you might not be right Rick!
Are Slade releasing anything this year?
Don't know about Slade. They're already on my Christmas playlist, so probably don't need a new release.1 -
I can guarantee you xmas number one is not popular culture.wallace_and_gromit said:
Holy cow. Turns out I'm some sort of popular culture expert. Who'd have thunk it?surrey_commuter said:
I am with Rick on this one - never heard of them.wallace_and_gromit said:
Even I've heard of them / him / it. To be less in touch with popular culture than me is quite an achievement. I'm still waiting for Mariah Carey and Wham to get their Christmas #1 accolades.rick_chasey said:
Never heard of ladbaby.Dorset_Boy said:The fact that (even) I know that LadBaby aren't releasing a Christmas song this year, having been No1 at Christmas for the last few years suggests you might not be right Rick!
Are Slade releasing anything this year?
Don't know about Slade. They're already on my Christmas playlist, so probably don't need a new release.0 -
Their output is execrable, for sure, but they have deserved the number 1 spot more than Wham or Mariah Carey because people would actually buy their songs. This fact is yet more confirmation we live in a hopelessly divided country.0
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Meh military wives choir I vaguely remember, and RATM before that.
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FTFY!rick_chasey said:
I can guarantee you xmas number one is not popular culture amongst my group of mates who aren't at all representative of the wider population.wallace_and_gromit said:
Holy cow. Turns out I'm some sort of popular culture expert. Who'd have thunk it?surrey_commuter said:
I am with Rick on this one - never heard of them.wallace_and_gromit said:
Even I've heard of them / him / it. To be less in touch with popular culture than me is quite an achievement. I'm still waiting for Mariah Carey and Wham to get their Christmas #1 accolades.rick_chasey said:
Never heard of ladbaby.Dorset_Boy said:The fact that (even) I know that LadBaby aren't releasing a Christmas song this year, having been No1 at Christmas for the last few years suggests you might not be right Rick!
Are Slade releasing anything this year?
Don't know about Slade. They're already on my Christmas playlist, so probably don't need a new release.
Given it is a 'thing' on both Radio 1 and Heart, I again suggest you might not be right.
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Spare a thought then for Midge Ure and Ultravox, whose haunting classic 'Vienna' was kept off the number one spot by Joe Dolce's 'Shaddap you face'.wallace_and_gromit said:
FToNY was beaten to the Christmas #1 in 1987 by the Pet Shop Boys covering an Elvis song. As MacGowan observed at the time:rick_chasey said:I'm too young to get the appeal of McGowan, won't lie. Born in 88 which I think was their zenith.
"We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine".
No comment on the appropriateness of that comment now, or even then, but there's just no way Alistair Darling would ever make such a newsworthy quote."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Again. Radio 1 hours listened is about half of what it was 10 years ago, and radio 1 barely registers more than 5% of all listening.Dorset_Boy said:
FTFY!rick_chasey said:
I can guarantee you xmas number one is not popular culture amongst my group of mates who aren't at all representative of the wider population.wallace_and_gromit said:
Holy cow. Turns out I'm some sort of popular culture expert. Who'd have thunk it?surrey_commuter said:
I am with Rick on this one - never heard of them.wallace_and_gromit said:
Even I've heard of them / him / it. To be less in touch with popular culture than me is quite an achievement. I'm still waiting for Mariah Carey and Wham to get their Christmas #1 accolades.rick_chasey said:
Never heard of ladbaby.Dorset_Boy said:The fact that (even) I know that LadBaby aren't releasing a Christmas song this year, having been No1 at Christmas for the last few years suggests you might not be right Rick!
Are Slade releasing anything this year?
Don't know about Slade. They're already on my Christmas playlist, so probably don't need a new release.
Given it is a 'thing' on both Radio 1 and Heart, I again suggest you might not be right.
Saying that in the old-fashioned format which lived and died on number ones is indeed, still banging on about number ones is not the representation of culture you think it is.0 -
It doesn't really work any more because no one buys music and counting the number of streams includes all the repeat listening that goes on.rick_chasey said:This is a hill I will die on. Being number one is not a thing anymore. The Xmas number one is a relic of the past that has yet to die a death but is well on the way to irrelevance.
A billion views on youtube is still something though, so I guess that provides status.0 -
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Indeed. Also for Take That, kept off the Christmas #1 spot by Mr Blobby. And for Oasis, whose Wonderwall was kept off the #1 spot (not at Christmas) by Robson and Jerome.Stevo_666 said:
Spare a thought then for Midge Ure and Ultravox, whose haunting classic 'Vienna' was kept off the number one spot by Joe Dolce's 'Shaddap you face'.wallace_and_gromit said:
FToNY was beaten to the Christmas #1 in 1987 by the Pet Shop Boys covering an Elvis song. As MacGowan observed at the time:rick_chasey said:I'm too young to get the appeal of McGowan, won't lie. Born in 88 which I think was their zenith.
"We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine".
No comment on the appropriateness of that comment now, or even then, but there's just no way Alistair Darling would ever make such a newsworthy quote.
At least Mariah and Wham! were taken down by worthy rivals (East 17 and Bandaid).1 -
Being in the Xmas charts now is the equivalent of being on "Now that's what I call Xmas" (or similar) CD that someone bought 5 years earlier and puts on in the background each year. Nobody's putting their hand in their pocket.
Who was it that got a Christmas hit by paying Spotify to be on the recommended Xmas playlist a couple of years back?0 -
If it had been the other way round and Mr. Bobby had been kept off the number 1 spot by Take That, I would have had some sympathy as wellwallace_and_gromit said:
Indeed. Also for Take That, kept off the Christmas #1 spot by Mr Blobby. And for Oasis, whose Wonderwall was kept off the #1 spot (not at Christmas) by Robson and Jerome.Stevo_666 said:
Spare a thought then for Midge Ure and Ultravox, whose haunting classic 'Vienna' was kept off the number one spot by Joe Dolce's 'Shaddap you face'.wallace_and_gromit said:
FToNY was beaten to the Christmas #1 in 1987 by the Pet Shop Boys covering an Elvis song. As MacGowan observed at the time:rick_chasey said:I'm too young to get the appeal of McGowan, won't lie. Born in 88 which I think was their zenith.
"We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine".
No comment on the appropriateness of that comment now, or even then, but there's just no way Alistair Darling would ever make such a newsworthy quote.
At least Mariah and Wham! were taken down by worthy rivals (East 17 and Bandaid).
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
To prove the point I hadn't even heard about Darling.rick_chasey said:
Made a bigger ripple than Alistair Darling's death, who I would argue is the best Chancellor the UK had in the last 100 years.wallace_and_gromit said:
The fact he made it to 65 makes his death newsworthy given some of his "lifestyle choices".sungod said:
even more baffling is the coverage of macgowan's death and funeralrick_chasey said:Again, I’m baffled why this is national news.
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No one is suggesting hitting No1 is anything like is was 15+ years ago. However you are implying it means absolutely nothing and is not relevant to the music / radio industry. That is patently wrong.rick_chasey said:
Again. Radio 1 hours listened is about half of what it was 10 years ago, and radio 1 barely registers more than 5% of all listening.Dorset_Boy said:
FTFY!rick_chasey said:
I can guarantee you xmas number one is not popular culture amongst my group of mates who aren't at all representative of the wider population.wallace_and_gromit said:
Holy cow. Turns out I'm some sort of popular culture expert. Who'd have thunk it?surrey_commuter said:
I am with Rick on this one - never heard of them.wallace_and_gromit said:
Even I've heard of them / him / it. To be less in touch with popular culture than me is quite an achievement. I'm still waiting for Mariah Carey and Wham to get their Christmas #1 accolades.rick_chasey said:
Never heard of ladbaby.Dorset_Boy said:The fact that (even) I know that LadBaby aren't releasing a Christmas song this year, having been No1 at Christmas for the last few years suggests you might not be right Rick!
Are Slade releasing anything this year?
Don't know about Slade. They're already on my Christmas playlist, so probably don't need a new release.
Given it is a 'thing' on both Radio 1 and Heart, I again suggest you might not be right.
Saying that in the old-fashioned format which lived and died on number ones is indeed, still banging on about number ones is not the representation of culture you think it is.0 -
Ladbaby aren't really relevant to the music industry though are they?
It's not like they're gonna be headlining the Pyramid stage anytime soon. Maybe a few nightclub appearances like David Brent.0 -
It's such an insult to FrEezEPeaCh that the wokerati kept The K**ts off Christmas #1 back in 2020 with 'Boris Johnson is a F**king C**t', innit.Stevo_666 said:
If it had been the other way round and Mr. Bobby had been kept off the number 1 spot by Take That, I would have had some sympathy as wellwallace_and_gromit said:
Indeed. Also for Take That, kept off the Christmas #1 spot by Mr Blobby. And for Oasis, whose Wonderwall was kept off the #1 spot (not at Christmas) by Robson and Jerome.Stevo_666 said:
Spare a thought then for Midge Ure and Ultravox, whose haunting classic 'Vienna' was kept off the number one spot by Joe Dolce's 'Shaddap you face'.wallace_and_gromit said:
FToNY was beaten to the Christmas #1 in 1987 by the Pet Shop Boys covering an Elvis song. As MacGowan observed at the time:rick_chasey said:I'm too young to get the appeal of McGowan, won't lie. Born in 88 which I think was their zenith.
"We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine".
No comment on the appropriateness of that comment now, or even then, but there's just no way Alistair Darling would ever make such a newsworthy quote.
At least Mariah and Wham! were taken down by worthy rivals (East 17 and Bandaid).0 -
You never know with some of the shite that has headlined on the Pyramid stage in recent years.Jezyboy said:Ladbaby aren't really relevant to the music industry though are they?
It's not like they're gonna be headlining the Pyramid stage anytime soon. Maybe a few nightclub appearances like David Brent.0 -
Appears that Spotify are quite happy to jump on the bandwagon.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWSX9YkiQuFCvThe above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
You must be gutted that this one never made it to number 1:orraloon said:
It's such an insult to FrEezEPeaCh that the wokerati kept The K**ts off Christmas #1 back in 2020 with 'Boris Johnson is a F**king C**t', innit.Stevo_666 said:
If it had been the other way round and Mr. Bobby had been kept off the number 1 spot by Take That, I would have had some sympathy as wellwallace_and_gromit said:
Indeed. Also for Take That, kept off the Christmas #1 spot by Mr Blobby. And for Oasis, whose Wonderwall was kept off the #1 spot (not at Christmas) by Robson and Jerome.Stevo_666 said:
Spare a thought then for Midge Ure and Ultravox, whose haunting classic 'Vienna' was kept off the number one spot by Joe Dolce's 'Shaddap you face'.wallace_and_gromit said:
FToNY was beaten to the Christmas #1 in 1987 by the Pet Shop Boys covering an Elvis song. As MacGowan observed at the time:rick_chasey said:I'm too young to get the appeal of McGowan, won't lie. Born in 88 which I think was their zenith.
"We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine".
No comment on the appropriateness of that comment now, or even then, but there's just no way Alistair Darling would ever make such a newsworthy quote.
At least Mariah and Wham! were taken down by worthy rivals (East 17 and Bandaid).
https://youtu.be/sHoyoKgRq5U?si=TLCsUNrxTDuG36pA
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LadBaby are social media grifters who have done one thing a year to raise charity money that puts them beyond critisism, aren't they?
Credibility of Number One singles has been shot for years now, and the album charts are going the same way, aggressive marketing see's band get Number One albums and then disappear without trace.2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0 -
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Has anyone else experienced losing WhatsApp messages when moving phone but not changing number?
I've still got a velogames cycling group with messages going back to Dauphine 2017.0
