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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I think what he's saying is that people are aware of more kinds of music than they used to be because of the internet and much more public underground music scenes, so people don't pay attention to the charts as much anymore because they don't have to. Back in the day, most people only knew about a band because they were on the radio or on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
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Yep that's really what I said before. There are many more radio stations now playing all different types of music, more TV stations too. People have other things to do as well like the internet, computer games. Older music hasn't gone away either, in fact things like youtube have made more of that available than ever before. And more younger people may be aware of older music than ever before.
I'm not denying that some younger people may well follow the charts, though some may not. But the general interest I think is less. I suppose I've entered middle age now but I still make an effort to hear new music, but on my terms because with resources like the internet I can make choices of my own (just like everyone else).