Shock, horror ... Smash Hits is no more!

**Chris** · 02-02-2006, 13:43

The eponymous magazine is to close down on Feb 13 after 28 years. After spending my entire teenage wishing for it to fold up and die (on the basis that my little sister loved it, so it must have been rubbish), I now find I'm quite nostalgic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4673136.stm

Russ · 02-02-2006, 13:45

Me too - I used to love Smash Hits back in the 80s, they were one of the first magazines to print song lyrics

Bifta · 02-02-2006, 13:45

Let's hope they take the awful TV station with it.

**Maggy** · 02-02-2006, 13:48

I was too old for it..but my daughter wasn't.Being forced to watch one of the pollwinners shows on a Sunday afternoon was a severe trial.

**Chris** · 02-02-2006, 13:51

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Let's hope they take the awful TV station with it.

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The Smash Hits brand will continue via Smash Hits music TV, a website and a digital radio station.

Unlucky mate.

Halcyon · 02-02-2006, 15:21

I remember it. Used to be great for keeping up to date on what was goin gon in the pop world so you could catch up on all the gossip and talk about it all at school.
I think Kate Thornton (X Factor presenter) used to even edit it at one point.

**Chris** · 02-02-2006, 15:23

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

I remember it. Used to be great for keeping up to date on what was goin gon in the pop world so you could catch up on all the gossip and talk about it all at school.
I think Kate Thornton (X Factor presenter) used to even edit it at one point.

The audience must have changed. No self-respecting young male would have been seen dead reading it in my day.

Nugget · 02-02-2006, 15:25

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The audience must have changed. No self-respecting young male would have been seen dead reading it in my day.

That's not strictly true - you were allowed to read it if (and it's a big if) any girl you fancied had it

**Chris** · 02-02-2006, 15:36

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That's not strictly true - you were allowed to read it if (and it's a big if) any girl you fancied had it

Absolutely. In which case it was obligatory ... you just didn't let your mates know.

Russ · 02-02-2006, 16:37

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That's not strictly true - you were allowed to read it if (and it's a big if) any girl you fancied had it

How would YOU know?

Nugget · 02-02-2006, 16:38

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How would YOU know?

Oi!! I was allowed to fancy girls - unfortunately, none of 'em fancied me cos I was a lanky ginge

Lucky I had all of that wit, charm and personality really

**Chris** · 02-02-2006, 16:41

My most enduring memory is of my brother and sister arguing about whether Smash Hits or Metal Hammer would be more collectable in 20 years ... pains me to admit it, but sis was probably right.

Russ · 02-02-2006, 16:47

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Lucky I had all of that wit, charm and personality really

Yeah - and they went the same direction as your hairline

SMHarman · 02-02-2006, 16:48

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I think Kate Thornton (X Factor presenter) used to even edit it at one point.

She did - and Neil Tennant wrote for it too.

danielf · 02-02-2006, 16:49

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Yeah - and they went the same direction as your hairline

Hey, at least he has a hairline