Have you ever admitted to owning something and the response you get it from others when mentioning it is........ "Oh oh, someone is showing their age"
In most cases you laugh it off, say you were talking about a friend and try and run away before further mocking. However in the case of Now That's What I Call Music there are something's that are timeless and seem to have been around long enough to capture the hearts and minds of so many people that suddenly we are 14 again and buying our first records...........yes I know. that's right....I said records......yes yes showing my age........but you know what I could have said cassette !!!! and a double cassette at that, but, be it cassette, record, CD or download the timeless wonder that is the "Now that's what I call music" brand is under threat.
As part of the approved takeover of EMI by Universal for £1.2 billion pounds, they had to agree to sell EMI's 50% stake in the Now brand. This could spell the possible demise of the franchise as finding a buyer may be something of a struggle for many reasons, the main one of which is we no longer buy music in the same way. The Now format started back in 1983 at a time when people made their own compilations by taping their favourite songs off the radio chart show on a Sunday night and signalled the death knell of the old C45.............now if you remember that, you ARE getting old..
So November 28th 1983 is our starting point as we fly back to the very first Now that's what I call music release. Phil Collins took to the stage and told us you can't hurry love and he was definitely singing to every customer out there that wants training and wants it now.......perfection takes time and time is what you should factor in to every training project to ensure you deliver the right product . Not content with that, Duran Duran said is there something I should know......eh well I hope so! Why else would you be in my training session? So if they are there to learn something ensure you source information from only the best of Subject Matter Experts. Malcolm Mclaren warned about the dangers of churning out poor quality material decrying that such content is hard to follow and mostly Double Dutch
By the time Now 18 had come along in 1990 The Beautiful South had decided there was more reflection required on training needs analysis and requested a little time to find out more about individual requirements, in part this was because Belinda Carlisle was fed up attending the same thing although some people like Public Image Ltd had no interest in participating in the TNA and said don't ask me. Poor Kylie Minogue it seems though wasn't sure about where the training was going either and just suggested we step back in time, causing much eye rolling from Belinda.
1994 brought forth Now 29 and a time of evaluation for Eternal and in tribute to the session they attended wrote a song about it called so good. Louis Armstrong found himself wanting to ask more and more questions about the chosen topic for this event and despite the workshop running from 9-5 insisted that we had all the time in the world. Robert Palmer wasn't convinced though and told Louis he should know by now and the Cranberries suggested that if they stayed any longer they would feel like a zombie
On Now 52 Scooter were convinced more than ever that thing made sense with the logical song and Kelly Llorenna felt the session should be more in tune with her needs and said tell it to my heart. Mary J Blige however thought it was becoming a bit soap opera with all the role play and demanded no more drama. All this while Nelly struggled to concentrate with the faulty air conditioning in the room and wanted to know if it was just him or if indeed it was getting hot in here?
In 2008 and the age of Now 69 the Feeling failed to return after lunch with the only excuse provided as I thought it was over and the Sugababes with all the issues of swapping members of the band registered for the course but admitted that attendance would be subject to change.
Now 77 brought it's own problems for Cee Lo Green and forget you was something he often said about pre course material. Not that we ever got round to discussing it on the course as Jason Derulo brought a suitcase full of hypothetical questions and asked what if?
And yay it comes to pass that November this year could see the last ever Now That's What I Call Music compilation. At time of writing this there is no published track list but you can be sure there is much to learn from it.
When all is said and done though, just like the demand for a presentation skills course, I don't think it will die.
That Learning Dude @LearningXDude
P.S. Stop the rise in Open University Tuition Fees http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/22316
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