And that's you, and since you defend the biz, you would be inclined to say that, no surprise at all. In fact, I expected it. Many people know those songs....you obviously don't or simply forgotten. These are not low charters, most are top 10's.
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It's 2015! Time to get rid of the '70s.
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And that's you, and since you defend the biz, you would be inclined to say that, no surprise at all. In fact, I expected it. Many people know those songs....you obviously don't or simply forgotten. These are not low charters, most are top 10's.
Thank you. And you're not alone.
Well then by that time, maybe radio will be a distant memory.
And for one that works in radio....you might want to get the title of that song right. Check your Whitburn books.
While we're correcting each other, it's "for one WHO works in radio."
M
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I've encountered the opposite online. Several slow songs, then something a little more bouncy comes on. Personally, I think the handful of bouncier ones help freshen up the mix a bit.
Played @ Song Title
16:47:26 Kenny Loggins - Forever
16:43:25 Glee Cast - Pretending
16:41:06 Peter & Gordon - I Go to Pieces
16:35:53 Stevie Wonder - That Girl
16:31:16 The Carpenters - Solitaire
16:26:34 Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back
16:22:21 Gary Wright - Really Want to Know You
16:18:03 Whitney Houston with Jermaine Jackson - If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful
16:13:42 Daughtry - Waiting for Superman
16:11:13 Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross the Mersey
16:07:39 Matt Cardle - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
16:02:58 Billy Joel - My Life
15:59:34 Ronnie Milsap - Only One Love In My Life
15:53:00 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
15:48:22 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get to You
15:44:45 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
15:40:38 One Direction - Story of My Life
15:38:00 The Temptations - The Way You Do the Things You Do
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I was saving my stock of "bad" to describe your big bad failure to understand why commercial radio does not play each and every chart song from the past.
The list of novelty songs that KM provided earlier are hits, my list that you discounted are hits, and the 400 songs you insist on playing every week are hits.
Once a hit, ALWAYS a hit....or would rather take that argument to the artists themselves and see what they'll tell you.
Exactly! I would use the songs that were within the top 15 or 20, a couple thousand of them!
Anything lower than that is dangerous. Thanks for agreeing!
The artist involvement with the music pretty much ends at the recording studio, with maybe an exception for a promotional tour or tour when the song came out. From that point on, it's the consumer who decides if a song is going to be a hit. And they decide if it is still a hit, or whether it is one of those songs that was nice at the time but not any more.
Most popular songs from "way back when" are no longer hits today. The real challenge is finding those songs that most listeners to a station still want to hear.
I've taken it to the artists, and they don't agree. They, more than anyone, know that not every song can transcend time. We have another thread about Bob Seger, who I've interviewed, and there are a lot of charted hits that he no longer performs. He does the songs he's known for, which are not necessarily the ones that charted the highest.
What a trainwreck! Who in the world is voluntarily going to listen to Gerry & the Pacemakers, Ronnie Milsap, Bryan Adams, One Direction, Taylor Dayne, the Carpenters and Stevie Wonder on one station? I don't even think it works as supermarket background music.
M
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Anyone who wants to hear something relaxing and be able to listen with their kids or grandkids without worrying about foul language or suggestive lyrics would not find that to be a "trainwreck".
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It's a trainwreck only to those being ultra-critical of the format. To most everyone else, including the loyal listeners of your wonderful station here, they just enjoy the music and could care less if it were a so-called trainwreck.
If anything, those so-called supermarket feeds are the trainwrecks, half of the songs are ones never heard anywhere, except at your local Albertsons....ala....Muzak!
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All ten of them.
Try thousands.
Based on what numbers?
M
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Ultra-critical. Perfect word for them.
Based on what numbers?? Your ball.
M
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Yeah. Like, loyal listeners from all over the world, not just the US.
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