Well, Here It Comes! The Biggest Song in the U.S.A.!

[flatfinger]

Your guess is as good as any !

 

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/magazine/the-swan-song-of-the-top-40.html?_r=3&src=me&ref=magazine

 

 

 

Have a nice 3 day weekend y'all:thu:

[richardmac]

I think the next big thing in the music biz will be a 13 year old girl who's parents hire a production team to write a song for her and film a video, and they'll put it on youtube, and... oh. Never mind.

[daddymack]

the author echoes many points we've made here over the years, but hit home with something I have been pondering about the future of music, as the process becomes so individualized that there is no longer a common framework in place: "The problem here is obvious: if my No. 1 means something only to me, then it doesn’t really mean anything. The ultimate niche paradise ends up being nothing but an empty room and a mirror." How sad, but how true.

The fact that Ryan Seacrest is the host of America's Top 40 should be enough of a harbinger...his predecessor, Rick Dees, was also his predecessor at KIIS-FM's morning show in Los Angeles...Dees, despite some issues, was, at least a longtime radio DJ/Personality...replacing him with the quintessential VJ, to me, was the death knell of commercial top 40 radio, and maybe not a bad thing, all considered.