New songs or old?

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:19 pm

Are the singers singing the new songs as soon as you get them or are they still singing the old stuff.

If I get special requests they seem to get sung most of the time. And some of the very hottest new songs get sung a good bit. But for the most part people hand me back the update book and say they didn't find anything.

Then they give me a song they have been singing for years.

I question buying every new song coming down the pike as soon as it hits the net.

I think if the songs have swear words they are requested for me to buy more often.

Maybe it's just me but half of the new songs don't have a great musical hook. I hear many of these new songs and wonder why people think they are so great. I can't even hum the song 10 seconds after it's over. And I can't even remember it 1 minute later. And the entire time it's playing I'm listening to hear what makes them want to sing the song or even remember how it goes to sing it. There seems to be no point of reference to jar anyones memory.

Everytime I hear them it's like hearing them for the very first time.

They are not creating musicall classics that will be sung over and over as the songs from the past musical generations. So what's the rush to have them?

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:49 pm

I don't buy the new songs just to have them. They have to be requested by one of my singers.

Sabrina59 · Post by **Sabrina59** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:53 pm

All the best songs have already been written? All the best movies have already been made?

Actually my youngest son (26) says this a lot and I tend to agree with him for the most part.

There have been very few songs that I have heard within the last, oh, ten years that, in my humble opinion for what it's worth, will be remembered/sung by future generations.

But doesn't every generation think their music is the best?

I have to agree with Dan on this one. I only buy new releases if there is a song that I want or I have had a request. Just keeping up with requests keeps my list relatively current.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:11 pm

DanG2006 wrote:I don't buy the new songs just to have them. They have to be requested by one of my singers.

The only thing wrong with that is...some songs could become out of print and the discs could be sold out. Then you have no way at a later date to get the songs they want.

People are not only requesting current songs. Many request older songs from years ago. Some are no longer available.

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:35 pm

Not worried about that as I do more downloads than disc. I only buy a disc if I can't get the song elswhere. Saves wear and tear on my CD drive.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:20 am

It doesn't matter if it's a disc or download if you can no longer get the song.

Post by **wiseguy** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:45 am

This is a non-issue for me as I'm a karaoke song collector and get every karaoke song that's released. I would never recommend for the typical KJ.

I would say that more people ask about the older songs that have not been released as karaoke more than the newer stuff. Fortunately some disc makers, like Sunfly (Most Wanted series) and Zoom, regularly release older songs.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:51 pm

The most excitement I had about discs being released was when I saw the Lost Classic series. That was after the Eagles disc by Backstage.

Zoom does mostly songs that were popular across the pond. Many have never seen radio air time here.

As a collector you must have about 1000 Beatles and about 2000 Elvis songs.

Post by **wiseguy** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:00 pm

It's my theory that repetition is the main factor that causes a tune to stay in your head. Even if you dislike a tune if you hear it over and over it eventually sticks with you. Take some of the TV commercial jingles for example.

Possibly many songs have become classics because of the air play they received and still receive. It's common knowledge that radio stations can make or break a song. Many of the old classics would probably go nowhere if they first released in todays market.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:13 pm

How many modern day songs can you start humming right now?

There are very few newer songs that are memerable. Unless it's a generational thing.

If I like a song it doesn't matter when or who did it. I'm just not getting excited about to many modern songs and a lot of that has to do with singability. I can't find things that make them easy to remember exactly how they go.