For the first time since people started buying records, the charts are full of music mum and dad and even granny and grandad want to hear.
People in their 50s and 60s are buying more records than teenagers. Yes, mum rocks! And granny, too! But what hacks me off is that some punters think folk in their 50s only listen to Neil Diamond or Neil Sedaka.
Nothing wrong with that, I don't want to offend their fans. But my husband is in his 50s and wouldn't be seen dead with their albums. His iPod is more likely to have Dylan, Bowie and Marvin and Aretha on it. I'm not quite 50 yet but many people that age have quite cool taste in music. They're the ones buying Coldplay and Stereophonics along with Annie Lennox, James Blunt and KT Tunstall.
Easy listening with a good tune doesn't mean you're stuck in a timewarp and don't know good music from bad. I know Stevie Wonder will stand the test of time. Good, cool music isn't just the prerogative of teenagers - actually they seem to buy more easy listening than the rest of us when you look at the manufactured pop music out there.
Source: sundaymail.co.uk
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