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Amy Winehouse

This may be sad, but it's true. I'm sure her music will played for a little while in tribute when she drops dead from an overdose later on this year, then she will be quickly forgotten ;D
 
Winehouse....good rotation on Sirius. Excellent CD. Not alot of play on local. Maybe "Rehab" once in a great while. More play during the club 93-3 thing.
 
I heard one or two of her songs on 97X as she was starting to get popular. Nothing in heavy rotation, just every once in a while.
 
Her stuff is too hip for this market. Old school sound with a new school twist kind of stuff. People are too entrenched in their heavy bass, hooky, no bridge, "I'm the man, dog" mentality to give it a good listen. Same with Lily Allen, Nikka Costa, The Jazzy Fatnastees, ect.... Hurray sattelite radio and the internet.
 
They say Oldies is a tough sell due to billing issues. Yet new music that doesn't fit the confines of Rock (97.1. 97.9) . Country , or Rap can't get airplay in Tampa Bay. Tampa doesn't even have a Triple A station. Mix and Magic claim to playing the hits of today. When? I think I missed it. I bet you can hear the same Rod Stewart or Eagles cut any time day or night on Magic, Mix, the Point, Q, the Dove, and the Eagle. Boorrrrrring. And writers complain about the same thing in Atlanta. Maybe radio is dead as a creative medium after all.
 
This is not a market-specific problem. Most cities don't have AAA outlets, and tons of new music can't get airplay anywhere.

When the Eagles can't get airplay for their new CD something is definitely wrong.
 
I think their calendar only goes up to 2003. :D
 
If this alleged "soul" album came out in 1970, it would have been in the remainders bin within three months. The only unanswered question is whether the top right corner would have been cut, the bottom spine notched, or a simple punch hole administered to the top left.
 
Whether you like Amy's music or not, the AC field is producing new artists and from what I can tell, unless they get airplay on WMNF or can be passed of as 'Smooth Jazz", you won't hear much of them around this market. I know somebody plays Josh Groban, but I think that somebody needs the courage to break the strangle hold 70"s and 80's have on the AC market. Putting on Delilah for 10 hours a day is a real waste in my opinion. Countering with Tesh is becoming almost stereotypical programming behavior. one Dan Fogelberg and Steely Dan were new music. The got played on AC as new. Of course that was 25 years ago. This format seems to be really stagnant. When stations do claim to be playing new music, it is usually stuff taken from CHR. I guess "modern AC" might fit this mode, but I can;t even remember the last time I heard one.

Thanks :mad:
 
OldSchoolWoman said:
Dan Fogelberg and Steely Dan were new music. The got played on AC as new. Of course that was 25 years ago. This format seems to be really stagnant. When stations do claim to be playing new music, it is usually stuff taken from CHR. I guess "modern AC" might fit this mode, but I can;t even remember the last time I heard one.
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Just looking at the far-from-"lite contemporary" adds to WLTW/New York's playlist over the past several years tells you all you need to know about how far "adult contemporary" has evolved.
 
In a recent interview with Amy Winehouse she was asked if thought that the MJ Morning Show should be # 1 this next book! Her response " ....NO,NO,NO" .....hmmm Seems to be what everyone is saying too!!!
 
OldSchoolWoman said:
one Dan Fogelberg and Steely Dan were new music. The got played on AC as new. Of course that was 25 years ago. This format seems to be really stagnant. When stations do claim to be playing new music, it is usually stuff taken from CHR. I guess "modern AC" might fit this mode, but I can;t even remember the last time I heard one.

Thanks :mad:
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When Steely Dan was new it got played on ROCK stations. Somewhere in the 90's keyboards were apparently banned from rock radio.

Based on today's standards we'd never have heard Genesis, ELP, ELO, Kansas, or Yes.... and Skynyrd would have only been on country radio.
 
Apart from AAA, there's very few formats taking chances on new music. Yes, I know you hear some new music on Hot AC/Top 40. But it's usually after TV, Myspace, or a soundtrack has taken the chance first. For every one of these "cool" new acts that does get some push, there's five others that don't. I can listen to most stations an entire month and not hear anything new. Now, I'm not saying every station in every format needs to play tons of new releases, but I think there's a strong case to be made for "new adult music" as Sean Ross puts it, and for some stations to expand their playlists to include more of this music.
 
TerryKay said:
If this alleged "soul" album came out in 1970, it would have been in the remainders bin within three months. The only unanswered question is whether the top right corner would have been cut, the bottom spine notched, or a simple punch hole administered to the top left.
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Hmmm..Were she with Capitol/EMI, it would have been the punch hole. Top right cut? Methinks ABC/Dunhill...If memory serves..which is usually doesnt...the bottom spine notch was a fave of Warner/Reprise...

Who the heck is Amy Winehouse?
 
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