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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Something I said on the Other Place w.r.t. this BBC article:

If you look at the lists of #1 UK albums it's really only from 1964 that youth-targeted music dominates (and even then the Sound of Music OST is a massive seller in 66-67). I'd guess that listening to and socially enjoying popular music has been primarily an all-ages activity for almost all British history, barring maybe 40 years in the late 20th century. Which we happened to grow up in, so we think this trend is odd.

Is this true, or fair, or significant?

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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think the BBC article is right to say that some people simply got into the habit of buying lots of records.

I think the huge success of Mojo etc. suggests that the late 80s didn't turn a lot of ppl off forever.