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Petrovsk Mizinski
Prog Reviewer Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210 |
Posted: August 28 2008 at 19:28 |
Well, mainstream radio stations I avoid like the plague, but when I did used to listen to radio, it was mainly an hour a week jazz fusion thing that I really enjoyed. No pop music in sight (or to hear)
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Beasty Heart Status: Offline Points: 32181 |
Posted: August 28 2008 at 19:30 |
My sentiments there. Except that I'm too old-fashioned to use an iPod. |
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Statutory-Mike
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 15 2008 Location: Long Island Status: Offline Points: 3737 |
Posted: August 28 2008 at 21:25 |
I put maybe cause I felt like it.
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topofsm
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 17 2008 Location: Arizona, USA Status: Offline Points: 1698 |
Posted: August 29 2008 at 01:56 |
Although I voted yes, I'm going to say something unusual.
Sometimes I'll listen to the radio in the afternoon or when I'm in the mood for some light music. On my small town's only 3 or 4 modern stations, they're just pop music with maybe some alternative or rock mixed in. Nothing special.
But later in the day they have something called the "afternoon afterburner" where they play hard rock on the radio. I actually enjoy it, because it's music I haven't heard before. Yes, if I had heard "Psycho" by Puddle of Mudd on the radio before, It probably wouldn't have been exciting when I listened to it today. Even though the songs don't have much substance, they're good if you've never heard it before for a little "rocking out".
I even heard the Disturbed version of "Land of Confusion" today, which for my radio is pretty heavy (shame). I realized that I prefer that version to the Genesis version. Both of them are rather boring though.
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Plankowner
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 09 2008 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 4006 |
Posted: August 29 2008 at 03:18 |
Haven't bothered with radio for quite sometime now. Did go through a talk radio phase in the early 90s.
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Blacksword
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: August 29 2008 at 06:11 |
The only music station I listen to is Captital Radio, because it's what everyone else in my office wants to listen to. Capital, like many commercial stations, have aplay list of around 25 songs which they just repeat throughout the day, and it's sometimes the case that you start off liking a song, but by the end of a week or two it's fingernails on a blackboard. Capital is appalling. It's almost as if they know what I hate, and just play it over and over again. If I ever hear that f ing Kid Rock song again.....
Occassionally I'll listen to Planet Rock on DAB. Rick Wakemens show can be amusing, and plays some good music. Other than that I listen to BBC Radio 4, which is mainly a current affairs station, and doesn't play music. In spite of this, I dont think radio is really any worse than it ever was. In the 80's, daytime radio was just as bad. |
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Jim Garten
Special Collaborator Retired Admin & Razor Guru Joined: February 02 2004 Location: South England Status: Offline Points: 14693 |
Posted: August 29 2008 at 07:25 |
Planet Rock (DAB) for me too - wakes us up in the morning (ah, the times the first thing I've heard in the morning is Zappa or Yes or Tull ); the only problem is the morning DJ is 'Alice Cooper'... for which read, Vincent Furnier, aka Alice Cooper, aka a boring middle aged golfer with a fixation on laughing at his own jokes & sharing boring anecdotessszzzzzz.
Still - good music though & Wakeman's show on a Saturday's good, too. |
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crimhead
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Posted: August 29 2008 at 13:20 |
My majority of radio listening is locally owned radio outlets, I am lucky that in Missouri the last two places that I lived offered locally owned stations, and NPR stations. I am tired of Clear Channel and the formats that the suits force upon us.
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Man Erg
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Posted: August 30 2008 at 04:40 |
I listen to BBC Radio London sporadically. It has some excellent 'DJs'
Danny Baker,Robert Elms and Gary Crowley but also has some very interesting and 'left field' discussions. I listen to BBC Radio 2 for 'Whispering' Bob Harris's and Mike Harding's shows and I listen to BBC Radio 3 for my classical fix. On DAB I listen to Planet Rock and Stuart Maconie's Sunday Show.He plays some excellent music including Prog'. So,all-in-all,radio music isn't bad. Seek and you shall find... Edited by Man Erg - August 30 2008 at 12:35 |
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
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Bj-1
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Posted: August 31 2008 at 09:05 |
There's many enjoyable songs played on the radio, IMO. Though there's a lot of crap as well, so I basically change the channel or put on a CD everytime a song I dislike get's played.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Abstrakt
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 18 2005 Location: Soundgarden Status: Offline Points: 18292 |
Posted: August 31 2008 at 11:01 |
99% of all radio music here is pure crap.
Some channels play decent stuff. |
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acelxpro
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 17 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 103 |
Posted: September 01 2008 at 17:05 |
The radio station I listen to at work plays Tull, Genesis, Rush, Leppelin, Floyd and every saturday does a two hour tribute segment to a genre or band. This coming week is The Who.
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debrewguy
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3596 |
Posted: September 01 2008 at 20:57 |
Once more, we attack commercial operations because they base their decisions on trying to maximize their profit. The government owns the airwaves, but cannot mandate that they spotlight Gentle Giant 3 times a day. I, however, have a CD player in my home, my car, and a portable one. So I can listen to GG 24 hours a day If I can stay up that long.
So remember, mainstream radio is aimed at garnering a sizeable audience so as to attract advertising dollars. Community radio is looser in format because it is subsidized in part (UNiversity or Colleges, or government cultural grants). But even those stations do not find favour with the people who hate commercial radio. Why ? Because they don't always play what you want to hear. Even services such as XM/Sirius and the innumerable Internet podcasts cannot be said to play setlists tailored to your very specific tastes. I like to hear new music. But there are times when hearing a string of new music gets me to change the station or put on a CD, because I don't want to waste my time listening to songs I don't like, new or not. |
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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hawkcwg
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 07 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 381 |
Posted: September 01 2008 at 23:20 |
You have some very thought out solid points there debrewguy
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: September 02 2008 at 03:25 |
Not everyone has that luxury.
I like classical radio. There is almost nothing good on the rest of it, and I include "classic rock" radio.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: September 02 2008 at 03:34 |
I think that if you think Linkin Park or whoever would rather be writing 30 minute songs, you are vastly misunderstanding them. Edited by Henry Plainview - September 02 2008 at 03:37 |
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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debrewguy
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Posted: September 02 2008 at 13:12 |
If you've been around this site for awhile, you're able to develop and refine answers to topics that keep re-occurring. Another popular one is why obscure bands don't get airplay on mainstream radio |
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Jim Garten
Special Collaborator Retired Admin & Razor Guru Joined: February 02 2004 Location: South England Status: Offline Points: 14693 |
Posted: September 02 2008 at 13:19 |
Planet Rock nearly went under as the holding company decided it was no longer a 'viable platform' despite the station winning various awards & garnering very respectable audience figures. Luckily, it was so well though of that a bunch of musicians (including Brian May and Fish, I believe) got together with a money man, bought it & now run it. It only now remains to be seen how long they can keep it up & running... |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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The Pessimist
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 13 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3834 |
Posted: September 07 2008 at 11:35 |
I agree slightly. Most radio stations are a bit sh*te. But i beg to differ on classic FM.
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg |
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progvortex
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 21 2008 Status: Offline Points: 242 |
Posted: October 01 2008 at 01:21 |
The closest thing we've got is KLOS. They at least play some Floyd, Rush and Yes. But even with those bands they only play the most poppy stuff, like Owner of a Lonely Heart for yes, Another Brick p.2, Tom Sawyer....
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