When I were a lad ...

[£3.73]

Excuse me if this has been covered before, but ...

How WRONG is it, that people in their 50's like Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne & Simon Cowell ...

... appear to have a say over what kind of music people listen to.

Are they musicians .. erm no.

What are they? If some old bloke/wummin had tried to dictate my listening tastes as a teenager ... I'd have been 1st in line to tell them to "feck off". Yet these "musical visionaries" are now in the ascendancy.

How sad is it, that dubious karaoke singers who look good are now considered stars? (for 5 minutes)

What about the countless musical genius's who remain undiscovered, because their face doesn't fit ...

Jeez, I was just listening to Eva Cassidy ... who died in obscurity ... cheers Simon Cowell !!! ... you have yet to find anyone with an ounce of talent ...

[EMDEE]

I don't watch that programme, but I respect anyone else's right to do so, and also their right to accept the opinions of the "oracles" who pontificate on what is essentially business rather than music. If you can't produce the goods yourself, get into the management side of the business, it lessens your personal risk. As far as I am concerned, we might as well have punters off the street as this jury, because they themselves have become a cult, and a soap opera. I would query the amount of money that they are paid for the minimal services that they contribute to this programme. It is not a particularly difficult job requiring great skill, and probably most of us could do it.

There was a TV programme in the 1960s, Juke Box Jury, which was very vaguely along similar lines, but it was for new releases, and the artistes had already put their head on the block. However, different times.

[ionnsaigh]

Emdee,
I'll give that five.

[Govangirl]

£3.73, you are so right... BUT! What's all this with the ageist comments?

How WRONG is it, that people in their 50's...
If some old bloke/wummin ...

Does it matter what age they are? It could be Dylan, Springsteen and McCartney sitting on that jury. Give us old ones a break, you wee whippersnapper!

[Govangirl]

Emdee,
I'll give that five.

It's 'foive' Ionns!

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Govan Girl.When were you a lad?
In my humble opinion,anyone involved with big brother,celebrity jungle/skating/dancing,x-factor should be locked in a lead lined box and buried 500 feet underground.The whole voyeuristic garbage is pathetic!

[A Horse called Juan Face]

Would never go on any talent '?' show like that. Even if you won, would feel like cheating. Imagine the gratification you'd feel after working your way to get to the top. Isn't sleeping in shitty vans or on cockroach floors the way it's supposed to be?