Maybe that's why they only reached #43 on Billboard. Stiffs, as the radio world calls them.
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Does anyone besides me think AC today is a joke?
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Maybe that's why they only reached #43 on Billboard. Stiffs, as the radio world calls them.
Yeah, two different tunes. 1964 and 1968.
WRKO Boston gave several of these a good chance to catch on in '68. I remember hearing "With Pen In Hand" for several weeks, "Brown Eyed Woman" and "Give a Damn" as well. I'd imagine sister station KHJ in LA was playing them, too. But "Down On Me" I only recall as an album cut on WBCN, which was still free-form/progressive at the time. I know "Guitar Man" but only because I've listened to a lot of Elvis in my later years. The Dean Martin and Dave Clark Five songs don't ring a bell at all.
Would you care to elaborate?
I think, actually, that the term comes from the record business. They have their own vocabulary starting with the better known things like "dropping" (shipping to users and retail channels) to things like "priority" (If I don't bring this single home, I will be fired).
And then there are simple terms like "hit" which may have had double meanings if you were dealing with Joe Isgro.
So, what are you saying? Will all future stations consist of a hodgepodge of everything?
Millennials have their favorite classics, their favorite top 40 currents, their favorite country songs and their favorite hip hop songs. Plenty of categories to go around.
You missed the point. Millenials simply have their favorite songs. They don't think as much in terms of genre as they do in terms of like / dislike. It's all about personalized taste, personalized streams,personal favorites.
Yep. We're seeing it already. Country stations are playing songs with elements of other genres. Boomers don't recognize them as country. The audience just thinks of them as music. Threads like this one, where boomers question why certain songs are being played on AC, but they resonate with the target audience, which is younger than boomers. So stations won't be classified by genre, but by lifestyle, by mix, and by presentation. I don't think ALL categories will go away, but many of them will.
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Leia Durane
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I was born in the 70s, making me part of Generation X. I only have two categories for music - good and bad.
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Han Solo
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Not exactly true. My younger friends and family members are millennials and they know that song is a classic hit.
Only because that's where they know they can find it. But away from radio, if you're at a concert or a party and the songs are mixed by era, the response is the same. Personal mix tapes or Pandora channels typically aren't categorized by era. Music is music.
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Han Solo
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Again, not exactly true. Millennials I know recognize it as a classic even away from radio.
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Leia Durane
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Exactly. They're introduced to classics through family and friends, TV, Internet, etc.
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Susie Q
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Also, how much a millennial recognizes a classic depends on the song. An obscure song or a one hit wonder song that has faded from the public awareness are ones they wouldn't be familiar with.
You're not getting what I'm saying. It's not separated from everything else. It's not listened to exclusively, to the exclusion of everything else, the way classic rock radio is programmed.
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Billy Bob
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And you're not getting what they are saying.
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