REGARDING the recent letters about pop groups, their bad manners, bad language and so forth, I cannot understand how these people get to be 'stars,' earning more in a week than I could earn in a year.

Most of them can't sing - at least half of the guitarists can only strum chords and their antics on stage would turn St Vitus green with envy.

As for the music, I can only call it a cacophony of noise. You do get the odd tuneful piece, but it is very rare. Many of these so-called songs consist of only eight bars repeated ad nauseam, which doesn't say much for the composers.

As for the lyrics - ye gods! If you can make out any of the words from the general noise, they are usually either morbid or excessively sloppy.

What the youngsters of the past two decades see in these noisy whirling dervishes I can't imagine. We are producing a breed of youngsters who will never appreciate good music.

The pop music of the Thirties and Forties was vastly different, with catchy tunes and lyrics one could appreciate. Since the Beatles - who were good, I will admit - the situation has gone steadily downhill until we have got the insufferable tripe which most groups churn out today.

At least a third of listeners loathe pop music, but we have no choice in the matter.

Long ago, I came to the conclusion that the BBC caters only for those aged between 14 and 45, both on radio and TV.

ROBERT W RUSH, Hodder Street, Accrington.

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