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Originally Posted by nullmouse
I don't agree, I think it would be more fitting if a contemporary artist got the 1000th number one and not a wide-spread reissue campaign. Elvis was a phenomenal artist of his time who, whilst alive, got to number one a record number of times. I just don't see the relevence of a reissue campaign topping what are supposed to be charts indicative of current popular music. Scanning the last 999 number ones shows the transitional fads and phases that pop music has gone through in the last 50 odd years, I can't help but feel Elvis at 1000 proves nothing.
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The only things the charts are indicitive is of who sells the most singles, I mean Mike Flowers Pop and Mr Blobby getting to number one didn't show that music was going in the direction of pink rubber men or easy listening, just that people bought most of them that week. Elvis getting to number 1 now shows that he is probably the most popular artist of all time and someone who can still outsell any other artist almost 20 years after his death. Whjat gets to number onew in reality has little to do with the way music is at a speciufic time, just what is hyped or captures people's imagination. In no way can the Band Aid single be indicitive of the musical trend at he time, iy just caught a moment of people wanting to support a charity...
Cheers
Stuart