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Cringe Songs!

When Veard Broadcasting still owned WRKG 1380AM, Lorain they also had a nice flowing "Down Through The Decades" format. Very weak signal though.
I can't listen to American Pie anymore either. Then there was the Madonna remake atrocity. ::)
On the AOR side, Money by Floyd & Stairway to Heaven by Zeppelin. I was burnt out on those songs by the time I was 19!!!
 
Peter Q. George (K1XRB) said:
I've looked and read some of the postings of this thread and have to admit, some of the comments regarding some of these "croakers" (including the "Tell Laura I Love Her" or "Teen Angel" of the teenage death ilk) are rather funny. I operate a non-commercial oldies FM'er in Dudley, MA. Our playlist is about 2000 songs (getting bigger every day) dating from 1954 through 1979 (give or take a few crossovers into 1980/81). We don't use consultants of any way, shape or form. What we do use is "gut instinct". If a song is upbeat, brings up great memories or has a message (like "Abraham, Martin and John"- Dion), we'll play it.

I've been listening to oldies stations all my life, like the famous (the original) WROR ("The Golden Great 98!"), WCBS-FM in New York and recently to WLS-FM (during their live jock shifts like the great Dick Biondi). I'm 50 years old and was born many years after the great songs of the 50's made their debut. Rock & roll's first quarter century, to me was some of the greatest music ever made. To not include any pre-Beatles tunes on a play-list would be a mistake. To many listeners, at least to my station, they are hearing some of these pre-Beatles tunes for the first time. I'm amazed on how many of our listeners are younger than 25 years old. Some are teenagers. They love the Motown Sound, Little Richard, Bill Haley, Elvis, Leslie Gore, Bobby Darin..... the list goes on and on. On the other hand, even some of the moderately disco tunes like "Turn The Beat Around", "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" or "Jungle Boogie"... are all there, too. A "train wreck", maybe....... But somehow, it all fits nicely.

No doubt, The Beatles changed the music forever. But to get there, you need to know what made the Beatles so important. The Beatles had already charted since '62. Check out "Songfacts" (http://songfacts.com) and you'll see what I mean. What brought the Beatles to America, indirectly, was the loss of President Kennedy on 11/22/63. The country was still in state of mourning. The Beatles were the "tonic" to get the country moving again. And boy, did it! The rest is history (Sullivan, the concerts etc.). Beatle-mania was in full swing.

No doubt, there are some tunes that I will simply will not play. The so-called "death tunes" from Mark Dinning ("Teen Angel") all the way up to Bloodrock ("D.O.A.") just don't cut it (no pun intended, I assure you). Since we are non-commercial, we're not worried about ratings, "upper demographic" jargon or any of that Madison Avenue hoopla. If it sounds good, makes you feel good and if it's part of rock and roll's first quarter century, we'll play it.


To rock and roll,

Peter Q. George
WXRB-FM, Dudley, MA
http://wxrbfm.bravehost.com
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Laurie (Strange Things Happen) - Dickey Lee
 
Silkie said:
Peter Q. George (K1XRB) said:
I've looked and read some of the postings of this thread and have to admit, some of the comments regarding some of these "croakers" (including the "Tell Laura I Love Her" or "Teen Angel" of the teenage death ilk) are rather funny. I operate a non-commercial oldies FM'er in Dudley, MA. Our playlist is about 2000 songs (getting bigger every day) dating from 1954 through 1979 (give or take a few crossovers into 1980/81). We don't use consultants of any way, shape or form. What we do use is "gut instinct". If a song is upbeat, brings up great memories or has a message (like "Abraham, Martin and John"- Dion), we'll play it.

I've been listening to oldies stations all my life, like the famous (the original) WROR ("The Golden Great 98!"), WCBS-FM in New York and recently to WLS-FM (during their live jock shifts like the great Dick Biondi). I'm 50 years old and was born many years after the great songs of the 50's made their debut. Rock & roll's first quarter century, to me was some of the greatest music ever made. To not include any pre-Beatles tunes on a play-list would be a mistake. To many listeners, at least to my station, they are hearing some of these pre-Beatles tunes for the first time. I'm amazed on how many of our listeners are younger than 25 years old. Some are teenagers. They love the Motown Sound, Little Richard, Bill Haley, Elvis, Leslie Gore, Bobby Darin..... the list goes on and on. On the other hand, even some of the moderately disco tunes like "Turn The Beat Around", "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" or "Jungle Boogie"... are all there, too. A "train wreck", maybe....... But somehow, it all fits nicely.

No doubt, The Beatles changed the music forever. But to get there, you need to know what made the Beatles so important. The Beatles had already charted since '62. Check out "Songfacts" (http://songfacts.com) and you'll see what I mean. What brought the Beatles to America, indirectly, was the loss of President Kennedy on 11/22/63. The country was still in state of mourning. The Beatles were the "tonic" to get the country moving again. And boy, did it! The rest is history (Sullivan, the concerts etc.). Beatle-mania was in full swing.

No doubt, there are some tunes that I will simply will not play. The so-called "death tunes" from Mark Dinning ("Teen Angel") all the way up to Bloodrock ("D.O.A.") just don't cut it (no pun intended, I assure you). Since we are non-commercial, we're not worried about ratings, "upper demographic" jargon or any of that Madison Avenue hoopla. If it sounds good, makes you feel good and if it's part of rock and roll's first quarter century, we'll play it.


To rock and roll,

Peter Q. George
WXRB-FM, Dudley, MA
http://wxrbfm.bravehost.com
Click to expand...

Laurie (Strange Things Happen) - Dickey Lee
Click to expand...

has anyone seen my sweater ??
 
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