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[cheekbones3]

After observing the generally dismal performance in quiz music rounds of younger participants, I'm wondering if they are just struggling due to a lack of general musical knowledge (as I did on occasion at that age, although nowhere near that much), or whether the explosion in sources of musical broadcasts, and the one-dimensional nature of many of these sources is meaning that a lot of people are now illiterate to most music outside their own sphere of interest. Conversely, this may always have been the case, but I point to such programmes as "Pick of the Pops" which used to expose me to a lot of older music when I listened to Radio 1 constantly during the eighties, which now has fallen victim to an almost exclusively contemporary playlist, and resides on Radio 2.

(Please bear in mind, this is my usual back-of-envelope thinking, and coherence may only come after I see some results coming in, or at least how uninformative my options are)

And so, a poll!:


[Poll #598249]

Comments

[headinclouds.livejournal.com]

I think you still probably have a valid point though. When I read that question I was thinking about when I was around 12 and under, and how a lot of my musical taste/knowledge was developed when I was young and listening to my parents record collection, especially when we were on holiday (where there tended to be no TV) or taking long trips by car. At home, the radio in the dining room was (and still is) always on all weekend, and often at dinner times, so a huge amount of teh music I know is from that.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

I'm not weird then :)

[silverclear.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone would go that far :p