Now, I'm nae misery guts but there can be some great songs which are not pure bubblegum pop. I guess Radiohead were a classic example, I was never a huge fan tbh - Leonard Cohen - I know v little about, but a good example is "The Next Life" by Suede, slow and haunting, not necessarily melancholy but definitely would never get aired on mainstream media. Hurt - esp the Johnny Cash version did get a good airing, but even that is not today nor yesterday. If someone says Hallelujah I'll put my foot through the laptop.
I wouldn't be a muso by any stretch of the imagination, and at the risk of requiring my pipe and slippers and a curmudgeonly expression - there's nowt on the radio at the moment only tat (upbeat tat mostly). Bands like the Script or Picture This, even when having a 'quieter moment', I can't really relate (yes yes, I know I'm not their demographic, but it doesn't seem to have any depth), it's all very schmaltzy....
I wouldn't be a muso by any stretch of the imagination, and at the risk of requiring my pipe and slippers and a curmudgeonly expression - there's nowt on the radio at the moment only tat (upbeat tat mostly). Bands like the Script or Picture This, even when having a 'quieter moment', I can't really relate (yes yes, I know I'm not their demographic, but it doesn't seem to have any depth), it's all very schmaltzy....