Comments on: Popular Demographic Survey

By: burkesworks

burkesworks — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:14:52 +0000

1) 1961
2) about 1968/9
3) started losing interest late 70s, would have tapered off totally around 1988. Couldn’t even tell you what’s Number One today.

By: Andy Pandy

Andy Pandy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:12:16 +0000

BORN: 1965
YEAR INTERESTED IN No 1: late 1972 remember Chuck Berry My Ding A Ling seeming to be NO1 for ages didnt really no what No1 was before that then carried on watching TopOf The Pops every week as I started to like watching the outrageous glamrockers who were on at the time
DO I STILL LISTEN TO TOP 40: No. Last interested 1983ish - got into the soul/funk/hiphop scene and then in 1987/88 into house/techno

By: Allen Baekeland

Allen Baekeland — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:45:00 +0000

1. 1959
2. 1969
3. No. Around 1988 I gave up, a time that corresponds to when I became a busy working musician, and the majority of my music listening was done with that in mind - learning arrangements from recordings of songs my bands were covering, stealing licks, etc. What’s on the charts bears no relation to the music I play.

By: Chris Brown

Chris Brown — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:43:49 +0000

1. 1978 (see next-but-one post)
2. Can’t really remember, but probably early in the 80s. It’s too much of a spoiler to say what the first Number One I specifically remember was.
3. Yes. Sometimes I even enjoy it.

By: David Belbin

David Belbin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:34:19 +0000

1. 1958
2. 1969
3. I still follow the charts

By: DJ Punctum

DJ Punctum — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:58:01 +0000

The internet has destroyed the Top 40 as a cultural icon :(

substantiate please

By: Vin

Vin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:30:31 +0000

1. 1954
2. About 1963 - “She Loves You”
3. No. Probably started tailing off about 2000

By: jel

jel — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:20:41 +0000

1. 1976
2. 1985/6
3. The internet has destroyed the Top 40 as a cultural icon :(

By: sonnypike

sonnypike — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:27:05 +0000

Hi!

1: 1984 ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgDKtLPp46s unfortunately)
2: Probably about 1992
3: Bits and bobs. I like to keep my oar in with ‘crossover’ stuff like poppier emo/punk, bassline etc, but haven’t listened to the top 40 for at least 10 years, and am only occasionally interested in chart positions.

By: a logged-out pˆnk s lord whatnot

a logged-out pˆnk s lord whatnot — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:42:13 +0000

1: born 7.6.1960 (two years younger than prince rogers nelson)
2: became ideologically obsessed with the charts during punk*
3: i have big hiatus breaks from ALL music listening ever-since i went into overload-depression after leaving/losing the wire; but they only last a couple of months these days (rather than years) and i always come back — i love the charts, and chartpop in the 21st century has been as good as if not better than pop at any time before it…

*can’t recall if i mentioned this before: my mum as a teen obsessively followed the charts; ie draw little diagrams linking up how particular songs had risen and fallen

By: steve

steve — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:19:08 +0000

1. 1975

2. possibly ‘83, but definitely by ‘84

3. still try to check out current stuff, but I’m only occasionally aware of chart positions or what’s at #1. My interest in the charts probably faded by ‘89 or ‘90.

By: Caledonianne

Caledonianne — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:17:51 +0000

1.1959

2.1969

3.Around 1979. Because
(a)No one bought singles at University
(b)there was never anything in the charts a tenth as good as Janis Ian
(c) I discovered (i) Radio 4 and (ii) Ella Fitzgerald. Sometimes listened to Radio 1 (esp Steve Wright in the afternoon) while driving between West of Scotland courtrooms between 1982 and 87. Because I’m a middle-aged old fart the last time I bought something because I heard it on the radio was the first time Jonathan Ross played Norah Jones and said it was going to be big - and I reckon I’ve heard Come Away with me in restaurants in at least three continents.

By: snoball

snoball — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:35:00 +0000

1. Spring 1974
2. 1980
3. “ish” - I stopped listening between 2000 and mid 2007, then started listening again.

By: Matthew H

Matthew H — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:15:32 +0000

1. 1972.
2. From about where you are now - I was well aware of ‘Take A Chance On Me’ being top.
3. Yes.

By: byebyepride

byebyepride — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:44:56 +0000

1) 1974
2) 1986
3) No, I guess I stopped c.2002/3. Don’t think there was a particular stimulus.

By: inquisitor

inquisitor — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:53:08 +0000

Hi!

1) 1987
2) Never. This blog is quite educational for me!
3) I still really don’t know what’s in the top 40 and what’s not. But normally I am not very on top of current music and it often happens that i don’t get around to hearing what’s popular until months later.

thanks for all the great writing!

By: Adem With An E

Adem With An E — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:03:11 +0000

1) 1983.

2) 1988.

3) I still listen to some of it, definitely, but I probably listen to more stuff that SHOULD be in the Top 40 and, sadly, never makes it. If we’re talking the Australian charts, it’s hard to show much appreciation for them as, normally, they’ve been very littered with rap and hip hop acts over the last few years.

By: crag

crag — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:24:25 +0000

1- 1973
2-1983-84
3-Stopped listening to the chart rundown on Sundays about 1993, stopped being aware of what every track in the top 20 sounded like around 2002, stopped being aware of what #1 was each week about 2004-still have an interest and try to hear the chart once or twice a month but at times more out of “duty” than enjoyment-always try to hear new tracks that reviews or on-line chat make sound worthwhile..

By: Drucius@home

Drucius@home — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:39:22 +0000

1/1963
2/1969-ish.
3/No, 1977-ish.

By: The Intl

The Intl — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:33:10 +0000

1. 1953
2. specifically #1’s, Beatles of course. But having a sister who was a teenage hipster in the ’50s, I had a killer doo-wop & r&b collection since 1956.
3. I know what’s out there but don’t know what all of it sounds like. MTV pulled the trigger, boy bands and gansta pulled the plug.

By: fivelongdays

fivelongdays — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:12:50 +0000

1. 1982

2. 1994

3. No, but it’s hard to tell. Some point between 1997 and 2001, I would suppose.

By: chap

chap — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:13:56 +0000

1. 1978

2. Quite late actually, aged about 18. Before that I listened exclusively to metal, and before that to whatever my parents liked.

3. Not really. I lost touch after TOTP went off air. I can’t stand to listen to Radio One or commercial radio.

By: Michael Lee

Michael Lee — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:07:30 +0000

1. 1978 (gulp)
2. 1989, in the middle of the SAW era
3. Probably when I discovered Napster really, and then I didn’t have to listen to the charts alone. 2000 I’d say, that was the end of it.

By: Jim T.

Jim T. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:41:02 +0000

1. Born 1968, the UK No. 1 was “Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)” by Manfred Mann; the U.S. No. 1 was “Love is Blue” by Paul Mauriat. I was born just a few weeks too early for “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of a Bay.” Dammit!
2. I started listening to the radio a lot, and a weekly countdown show in particular, in late 1980.
3. I have fallen out of touch in just the past 2-3 years. I just now looked at the Billboard top 10 singles and I haven’t heard a single one. Just wanted to say, I’m a longtime lurker at this site and have enjoyed reading the posts and responses very much. As an American it’s facinating to note the points at which US and UK tastes diverge, and which songs or trends bring them together.

By: wichita lineman

wichita lineman — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:49:04 +0000

1. 1964

2. 1972

3. Yes, but I’m keeping up rather than it coming naturally.