PopTIPSTERmism

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

If you fancy a flutter on the all-Beatles Top 10 thing, or whatever, then maybe the second week in July would be a good one to go for - plenty of time for an iTunes-y announcement and July 6th is the 50th anniversary of Lennon meeting McCartney. (sez the Interwebs).

God only knows why I was thinking about that last night.

Comments

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

The problem here is - as you suggest - with the charts rather than the Fab Four. But if most people are downloading Lionel Dendingfield (http://strange-powers.livejournal.com/57164.html) this week, and next week it's McFly, and then The Beatles... shouldn't the charts reflect that? I'm certain that the charts have only infrequently been any good at showing us the new, and increasingly showing us what was new a month ago. Why not half a century?