Hi Phil. Warm welcome to JPF!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you. I know what you mean by saying about the melodies but I hope that it's only a matter of time when the melodies will come back to pop music as the fashion usually runs in circles. The best music like the one you are performing on your site is very popular and we are hearing the Beatles and many other groups and solo artists from the past with Great Melodies. Songwriters still compose amazing songs with great melodies. I often listen to the songs on MP3 forum here and on IAC site where amazing melodies are created these days. Every time in history people were saying about something dying. They were concerned about the Theatre dying because the Cinema has arrived, Theatres are still very popular and sometimes there are so many tickets sold that the theatre simply can't start the performance and have to ask some people to come another time! We still love reading books and newspapers and buying the CDs even though some people believe it's dying or disappearing. I think great songs will always live and the ones which just represent a very popular trend but empty inside will disappear. only the time will show that of course and it's only my opinion. Have a great time, enjoy JPF.
Kindness regards,
Nadia
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