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Favorite Songs You Never Hear On Radio Anymore

LeRoux's "New Orleans Ladies" I hear on the radio all the time, especially on some of these "love-songs-at-night" type stations (excluding the "Delilah" stations). Heard the Zebra and Focus songs at work a little while back via the Wal-Mart radio network. The Tony Carey song ("Fine Fine Day ") was indeed one of my favorites as well in that post "Saturday Night Fever"/pre-MTV period. Usually now, I go to XM or Music Choice on my cable system for some of the hard to hear songs.
 
KRXL in Kirksville, MO is a classic rocker that had a broad playlist when I lived in the area in the early and mid 90's. Days were fairly familiar stuff (but broader than most) and at night and on the weekend they sprinkled in some really deep cuts, including some of the regional hits from St. Louis, Chicago, and KC.

I worked there in 94 (and listened from 88-97) and remember playing Head East, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Missouri, Brewer and Shipley, and a numebr of other songs and artists listed. Anyone remember Alliota, Jeremiah, and Hayes' Lakeshore Drive? I remember a bumper sticker hanging up on the wall of the control room for WMRY St. Louis.

Even with the broad playlist, they were quite successful. Ratings were decent and sales were quite good. Besides serving a region with few classic rock and oldies stations at the time, they had solid news and weather coverage and were very visible in the communities they served. I have only heard them a couple of times since I moved away, so I don't know what they are like now.
 
"Lucky" by Greg Kihn Band
I second the Steel Breeze recommendation from a while back "You Don't Want Me Anymore"
"Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson
 
Tea for One Led Zeppelin
Dire Straits Telegraph Road
Silent Lucidity Queensryche
Fleetwood Mac Green Manalishi
Still Loving You Scorpions
Judas Priest Turbo Lover
 
One popped up on my iPod today that i forgot I had:

"Fantasy" - Aldo Nova

Yeah, a lil' cheesy from "north of the border" but who didn't play air guitar to that track???
 
BostonRandy said:
One popped up on my iPod today that i forgot I had:

"Fantasy" - Aldo Nova

Yeah, a lil' cheesy from "north of the border" but who didn't play air guitar to that track???
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its on all the classic rock stations here. eagle 98.1, bayou 95.7 and kxor 106.3..
 
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER/Still, You Turn Me On
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER/Tarkus
CHICAGO/No Tell Lover
CHICAGO/Dialogue Parts I & II
ROD STEWART/Every Picture Tells A Story
STYX/Lorelei
LITTLE RIVER BAND/It's A Long Way There
LITTLE RIVER BAND/Help Is On The Way
STEELY DAN/Dirty Work
STEELY DAN/Black Cow
JACKSON BROWNE/The Pretender
BILLY JOEL/Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
AMBROSIA/Holding On To Yesterday
PAUL SIMON/Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard
ZZ TOP/Mexican Blackbird
THE BABYS/Everytime I Think Of You
THE BABYS/Isn't It Time
FRANKE & THE KNOCKOUTS/Sweetheart
BAD COMPANY/Ready For Love
BOB WELCH/Ebony Eyes
PETER WOLF/Lights Out

I'm sure there's more.
 
Fool (If You Think It's Over) by Chris Rea
Hypnotized by Fleetwood Mac
Send Me An Angel by Real Life
Everlasting Love by Howard Jones
When We Kiss by Bardeux
Over My Head by King's X
Cruel (To Be Kind) by Nick Lowe
Keep On Rockin' in the Free World by Neil Young
No More by Neil Young
Stay the Night by Benjamin Orr
 
Sweet: Fox on the Run
Ram Jam: Black Betty (heard this one for the first time in years on John
Boy and Billy)
Brownsville Station?-Martian Boogie
ABBA-You hear Dancing Queen and Waterloo, but seldom hear I do I do I do, Does your mother know, and several others
Paul McCartney-Several big hits from his "wings" days of the 70's seldom get played.
There are tons of big top 40 songs from the 70's that even the oldies stations won't touch. Paul Davis-Ride em cowboy, Smokie-livin next door to alice and Cinderella (don't remember the group)
 
stefanokills said:
Sweet: Fox on the Run
Ram Jam: Black Betty (heard this one for the first time in years on John
Boy and Billy)
Brownsville Station?-Martian Boogie
ABBA-You hear Dancing Queen and Waterloo, but seldom hear I do I do I do, Does your mother know, and several others
Paul McCartney-Several big hits from his "wings" days of the 70's seldom get played.
There are tons of big top 40 songs from the 70's that even the oldies stations won't touch. Paul Davis-Ride em cowboy, Smokie-livin next door to alice and Cinderella (don't remember the group)
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brownsville station martian boogie..

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sirius 19 buzzsaw plays this song like it was stairway to heaven..everyday!!
fox on the run is on fm radio everyday.
abba should never be on the radio again ;D
 
stefanokills said:
Ram Jam: Black Betty
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Still played occasionally here in Boston on 100.7 WZLX Classic Rock

stefanokills said:
ABBA-You hear Dancing Queen and Waterloo, but seldom hear I do I do I do
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Still played in the Boston area on WJIB 740 AM - Easy Listening/Adult Standards
They also have an instrumental version of it in rotation.
 
stefanokills said:
There are tons of big top 40 songs from the 70's that even the oldies stations won't touch. Paul Davis-Ride em cowboy, Smokie-livin next door to alice and Cinderella (don't remember the group)
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"Cinderella" was by... are ya ready? FIREFALL!!

The 'good times, great oldies' stations of today probably don't touch this soft rock nugget because of the oddly negative lyrics. Though it is nothing but pure cheese - I've always been particularly interested in this song and mystified that it was chosen as a single given the subject matter; girlfriend is pregnant, singer callously kicks her to the curb with scorne:

Then one mornin' she came to me
With a tear in her eye
And a sigh on her breath
And Lord she said
"Hon, I'm heavy with child"

And I said "GOD DAMN GIRL, can't you see
That I'm breakin' my back
Just tryin' to keep my head above water
And it's turnin' me wild"

Cinderella can't you see
Don't want your company
You better leave this mornin' leave today
Take your love and your child away

#34 Billboard pop singles chart 1977

Oh Lord!! "They don't write 'em like that any more" (thank you Greg Khin).
 
WHY would you play a "low charted song" with those horrible lyrics? "Pure cheese, whatever that means. The cheeses has mold - throw it out.
 
hammondo said:
WHY would you play a "low charted song" with those horrible lyrics? "Pure cheese, whatever that means. The cheeses has mold - throw it out.
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low charted is correct. i anit never heard it. and i worked at a cheesy am station that was stuck in 1975 and was mor ;D and that was 1991!!
 
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