Sit Down has featured in Game of Thrones, while Liverpool football fans have adapted the lyrics in homage to star striker Mo Salah. James also recently toured the UK supported by an orchestra and gospel choir and has had 19 singles in the top 40, with other hits including Sometimes and She’s a Star. The band’s greatest hits album topped the charts in 1998. James has sold 25 million albums, releasing its 17th studio album – Be Opened by the Wonderful – this week. We aren’t making it for any particular generation and so there is a frustration in us.”Ī BBC spokesperson said: “Each track is considered for the playlist based on its musical merit and whether it is right for our target audience, with decisions made on a case-by-case basis.” “So I care about that because we’re making music for everyone. ![]() It was a real family experience, and there’s a loss there, I think, where everything’s become more ghettoised. ![]() He added: “I think what I care about is that music had more value, and Top of the Pops is this kind of thing that you’d watch with your mum and your grandmum - that collective watching of all generations, and seeing all generations reflected on Top of the Pops and everyone having an opinion. ![]() James formed in 1982 and the band has continued to release music that is popular with its fan base – but Booth said it is harder to reach younger audiences.īooth said the band’s material in the past few years is “as good as the music we made in the 90s, but we’re older now, so we can’t get on Radio 1, which is ageist and won’t have old bands”. James frontman Tim Booth has accused BBC Radio 1 of being “ageist”, saying that older bands are not able to gain new fans because their music is not celebrated on prominent radio shows.īooth, 63, the lead singer of the band best known for the hit Sit Down, said Radio 1 should be inclusive, particularly with Top of the Pops no longer on television.
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