Song of the day for November 27, 2024
I Don’t Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats is today’s featured song.
On this day in 1981 The British Phonographic industry placed advertisements in the press claiming that ‘home taping was wiping out music’. The Boomtown Rats, 10cc, Elton John and Cliff Richard all backed the campaign.
This was one of the first times there was claims of home recordings or illegal downloads taking music away from bands. Metallica had launched a campaign against Napster about illegal downloading. Many artists over the years refused to allow their music to be streamed on Spotify, or Apple Music or other services.
