Who hates radio music?

I keep finding these buttons and dials on my radio, stereo, car radio, and various other radio signal"receiving" devices. One is marked On/Off. I have found out that it allows me to turn the radio On and Off. There is another one marked Tuning. It moves a tiny bar across a length marked with different numbers (AM & FM ???) that seem to be useful in finding locations where different stations play music. I have found out that the music does change from one to another. This tuning button/dial also seems to be over-ridden by the On/Off button.
I therefore hypothesize that I have a multitude of options available to me, including not listening to the radio at all.

In pursuing my musing on related subjects, it has dawned on me that the internet also has a multitude of musical offerings that I can control in the same manner. It has taken more effort from me to find the stations, but I have found the same freedom to change stations and turn the computer off.

This has brought me to a great realization - that I have the freedom of choice. And as I am not masochistic, I avoid listening to stations or to the radio if the music therein is not to my liking. The power is going to my head.

Next, I am proceeding to study the logic behind business' goal of profitability, and the desire of the people who put their money into the hands of companies to get the best return on their investment. I believe that this could explain some very basic economic actions.
In the meantime, I thought I'd waste some time watching the Canadian leaders debating in french. (ce n'est pas important de parler le bon francais; c'est de parler le bon sens)

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....

debrewguy wrote: Once more, we attack commercial operations because they base their decisions on trying to maximize their profit.

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...

laplace wrote: I am not sure how you can call a lot of radio's currently rotating playlists "safe" seeing as they make me want to kill. still, I don't blame the artists and/or bands cornered into making such insipid sh*t, and wish they could be doing what they really wanted to ;P

Edited by Henry Plainview - September 02 2008 at 03:37

You have some very thought out solid points there debrewguy

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.

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.

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.

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.

Although I voted yes, I'm going to say something unusual.