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> >So you see comparing the longevity of hit trance records to Bowie and Led
> >Zep hits is deeply flawed.    If there were a party at the end of time
and I
> >had to choose some trance music from years gone by, for one final night
of
> >pleasure, I am sure that virtually none of those tracks on my playlist
would
> >ever have been chart 'hits'.
>
> Then the question remains: if today's "trance generation" (if such a
> thing exists) is 20 years older, which songs that still receive
> airplay will then be "nostalgia" to them?
>

I am very fussy and the only 'hit' trance records (got loads of airplay) to
bring a lump to my throat in 20 years would be 'Seven Days And One Week' by
BBE and also Robert Miles - Children ( another no.1 I forgot to mention
earlier).    All the rest of my favorites never got the airplay when they
were released.   I think for the majority of todays younger, less fussy
clubbers, almost all the trance records getting airplay now will give them a
sense of nostalgia.   They will probable remember particular classic moments
at parties with friends when the tune was played.

It is extremely unlikely, no impossible actually, that a trance tune will
get airplay for 20 years.  About 1 year is the max.   After that it will
only be on back to 199x programs or a dj dropping a old classic just bring
back a few memories.

Sometimes it really seems like chance or luck that a record gets picked up
by a major and gets a chart hit.   I remember having the both the two
records above for between 6-12 months on whitelabel before they hit the
charts.  Makes me think they might never have got picked up.

Regards Hector.