I went to the barber

[vchimpanzee]

I discovered the barber I had for nearly 20 years when I had to take clothes to the place where they sell them cheap or give them to the poor. An old man whose customers were mostly old men with health problems which they would talk about constantly. He had an oldies station on (satellite), but it wasn't too bad most of the time and he actually wanted news. I remember when this station played satellite-delivered music from the big band era. Everyone who came in wanted to know what that was. But the advertisers didn't support it and the owner just loved oldies anyway, so you knew he'd do that sooner or later. He liked the big bands but not as much as rock and roll.

So he finally retired. I knew about another barber in the same town and he was still there. If I had gotten there five minutes earlier or even five seconds earier I wouldn't have had to wait.

I've heard this particular soft rock station in a mall several times. I'm not happy with it but I guess I can be content. If I HAVE to. Actually, the other area soft rock station is worse, partly because it's Clear Channel. These days it seems John Mellencamp and Pat Benatar are standard. The station the barber was playing never did anything worse than "Drops of Jupiter", and almost nothing really new so I guess I can be grateful. One Bryan Adams song wasn't bad (despite his voice) as long as there was just an acoustic guitar, but then like one other song, it just had to have a screaming guitar. There was also "Do You Believe in Love" by Huey Lewis, which I don't recall hearing on any truly "Lite" station until the recent evolution began.

Even my grocery store is worse. Three songs in a row that sounded like they were intended for teenage girls (though hot adult contemporary and top 40 play stuff that's much worse). And then something old, finally. The grocery store's Muzak may be the channel, though I've heard Muzak did a custom program for the chain. At least Muzak doesn't do any of the really hard stuff from the 80s, though.

I'm not going back to this barber. He gave me attitude when I asked him not to squirt water on my hair. Years ago when I had to find a new barber because I was new in the area someone did that and I mean my hair was wetter than when I wash it! You can bet THAT barber never saw me again. Then I said it wasn't short enough in front and he gave me attitude about that. When i left, I still felt like my hair hadn't been cut.

 

[MsMusicRadio]

Go to a unisex hair salon and ask for a Bon Jovi mullet

 

[vchimpanzee]

Go to a unisex hair salon and ask for a Bon Jovi mullet

That's not happening. I don't want my hair wet, I don't want it touched by people who cut women's hair too, and the music will certainly be worse.

I'm referring to K-104.7 in both threads.

 

[MsMusicRadio]

You can too be a Metrosexual in the Metroplex!

 

[vchimpanzee]

I'm not in the Metroplex!

I was just reading another topic and some of these AC playlists are just getting outrageous.

This is how conservative, even though it's not conservative to me, AC radio has to be to please anyone who wants music soft. If the area won't support a standards station, then you'd better have something approaching soft or you're going to have rebellion.

I can't wait for the day someone in an office goes postal because he or she can't work with this NOISE.

 

[MsMusicRadio]

I'm not in the Metroplex!

Isn't 104.7 a Charlotte station?

I was just reading another topic and some of these AC playlists are just getting outrageous.

I agree

This is how conservative, even though it's not conservative to me, AC radio has to be to please anyone who wants music soft. If the area won't support a standards station, then you'd better have something approaching soft or you're going to have rebellion.

you can always stream WDUV

I can't wait for the day someone in an office goes postal because he or she can't work with this NOISE.

They'd be arrested. Then they would never hear soft music in prison. Very counterproductive.

 

[vchimpanzee]

you can always stream WDUV

No, that's actually the station I WOULDN'T want to hear.

And suppose, for whatever reason,a person couldn't stream? I refuse to pay more for a faster connection, and I refuse to hook up my speakers and hear all the garbage that goes along with that.

I can't wait for the day someone in an office goes postal because he or she can't work with this NOISE.

They'd be arrested. Then they would never hear soft music in prison. Very counterproductive.

[/quote]People who go postal aren't thinking clearly.

 

[MsMusicRadio]

1) What is wrong with WDUV? I like it.

2) If you really are a chimp, wouldn't a body wax be more effective than a barber? Sure it hurts, but it's worth it! Most chimps and werewolves I know use that service.

3) Even WJAS in Pittsburgh is like 70% Dove music and maybe 30% standards. They stopped streaming.

 

[elchupacabras]

Chimp:

A lot of us like the softer sounds, but you have to think demographics here. The younger demographic grew up with the musical equivalent of a blender fused with a meat grinder. The older demos are becoming irrelevant (that hurts to say, former nostalgia PD here) and agencies won't touch stations that play "their music." AC stations have to adapt to conform to the times.

 

[MsMusicRadio]

This is bizarre. Calling Andrew Zimmern!. We have a chimp and a chupachabra . We really need the wax. Does this format attract hairy beasts? Do humanoids love adult standards?

 

[Mike Sheridan]

My Bojangles serves up some mighty tasty oldies with their chicken and biscuits....mmmmmm-good!

 

[carolinaradio]

If Soft AC still WAS a prominent format, would there be enough new material to sustain it? Most material being released now that is getting any airplay on AC stations is the likes of Taylor Swift, Leona Lewis, Daughtry, etc. What artists are releasing music now that would be suitable for a true soft AC? Michael Buble is one of the only ones I can think of. IMO, though, songs such as the Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, etc ones that chart well for AC would work on a soft AC.

 

[vchimpanzee]

1) What is wrong with WDUV? I like it.

Too much of what I don't want and not enough of what I want. However, if the barber played it (assuming I was in or near Tampa), I'd be fine with it.

2) If you really are a chimp, wouldn't a body wax be more effective than a barber? Sure it hurts, but it's worth it! Most chimps and werewolves I know use that service.

But I'm not the chimp. This name refers to the music director of Timeless.

3) Even WJAS in Pittsburgh is like 70% Dove music and maybe 30% standards. They stopped streaming.

WAVO in Charlotte streams. Good stuff!

 

[vchimpanzee]

If Soft AC still WAS a prominent format, would there be enough new material to sustain it? Most material being released now that is getting any airplay on AC stations is the likes of Taylor Swift, Leona Lewis, Daughtry, etc. What artists are releasing music now that would be suitable for a true soft AC? Michael Buble is one of the only ones I can think of. IMO, though, songs such as the Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, etc ones that chart well for AC would work on a soft AC.

Barry Manilow and several others are doing remakes of classic AC.

But most ACs don't even care about the new stuff, do they? I don't think K-104.7 played one new song when I was at the barber.

 

[Silkie]

Close, but no cigar. Not AC by CSN&Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8kNTNT5i7M&feature=related

 

[elchupacabras]

Chimp,

Whether we like it or not, Manilow is relegated now to the geriatric aisle. Would you like a Geritol with your soft AC format? (Insert cheesy disclaimer here.)

 

[vchimpanzee]

Chimp,

Whether we like it or not, Manilow is relegated now to the geriatric aisle. Would you like a Geritol with your soft AC format? (Insert cheesy disclaimer here.)

I coudn't care less whether he's on soft AC.

But his old and new songs are all over my Dial Global standards station and, to quote a song I do like that seems to have become all too much a part of AC, "That's The Way I Like It."

 

[vchimpanzee]

I desperately need a haircut. I've been reluctant to go since the wait is so long where I went right after my longtime barber retired. But I know who I'm NOT going back to.

This barber I'm planning to go to played the same radio station as the other barber 20 years ago, though I believe it's actually softer now. But he had on CNN the last time and the dish went out (I wrote about that on this site). Not too annoying.

 

[Silkie]

This is bizarre. Calling Andrew Zimmern!. We have a chimp and a chupachabra . We really need the wax. Does this format attract hairy beasts? Do humanoids love adult standards?

Metrosexual is out; retrosexual is in, thank God. Nothing worse than a man who looks like he has no hormones.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I went to the barber. It feels so much better to have my hair short again. He didn't even have people waiting at that time of day. I got there as early as I thought I could before and had to wait an hour. No music, just CNN explaining Obama's speech. Then I went home and heard the truth from Mick Huckabee.

The station that other barber played seems to be louder at night. I've heard "Jesse's Girl" by Rick Springfield and "All Star" by Smash Mouth. "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran was on the Friday night 80s show, which seems to have louder music than they normally play even that time of night. I remember someone requesting that last one when I was listening to a soft AC back when it was first popular. To which I probably said back then, "Are you crazy?" I think they were just playing back comments as opposed to responding to them.