I may be looking through Rose tinted glasses...but I think radio 1 has spoilt music. Things like reading and Glastonbury used to attract up and coming bands that wanted to showcase their talent and with the promise of some all time greats as headliners.
In about 89 I saw inspiral carpets, the pogues, the wedding present, new order, the buzzcocks at reading as well as a load of others.
Now it's all beyonce, tinchy stryder, jls and fern cottham (who I could kick straight in the ...). I've got nothing against today's music...but there just doesn't seem to be anything alternative left...everything has been highjacked by the corporate machine.