Yeah, I do agree. Of course I do.
My closing line there was... sorta ironic, really. As soon as we had the new wave of '76 reaching the mainstream, media organisations wanted a slice, thereby infiltrating and diluting it. And those kinda people now rule the airwaves and the outlets. I've noticed how the more recent series of 'Later...' has acts that have clearly been 'placed' there.
An old art college mate of mine, from back in the late 70s - early 80s complained that music wasn't as good as when we were students. I argued that it was, but then stopped short. after all how would he actually know, whether that was the case? He no longer went looking, like he used to.
Very few people I'm friendly with, of my age group are still hungry for the thrill of the equivalent of stumbling into a tiny club to find an unknown band called The Cure playing something... well, fuckin' weird, but, sorta brilliant as well. They stay in discovering new music on TV.
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