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Melissa Etheridge on 92.3?

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RadioNation

Ok, I'm sorry but Melissa Etheridge is NOT ROCK...she's angry 90's female pop.... K-rock, please drop the format before Jan 3...this is just depressing

P.S. Nik Carter I know you must have hated hitting the post on "Come to my Window" haha
 
> Ok, I'm sorry but Melissa Etheridge is NOT ROCK...she's
> angry 90's female pop.... K-rock, please drop the format
> before Jan 3...this is just depressing
>
> P.S. Nik Carter I know you must have hated hitting the post
> on "Come to my Window" haha
>

Au contraire. I seem to remember K-Rock back in Alt. days playing Etheridge, Meredith Brooks, Tracy Bonham, and of course, Alanis along with other female "rockers" before time and overplaying turned them into VH-1 pop staples.

Did K-Rock play a block of her or just one song?
 
> > Ok, I'm sorry but Melissa Etheridge is NOT ROCK...she's
> > angry 90's female pop.... K-rock, please drop the format
> > before Jan 3...this is just depressing
> >
> > P.S. Nik Carter I know you must have hated hitting the
> post
> > on "Come to my Window" haha
> >
>
> Au contraire. I seem to remember K-Rock back in Alt. days
> playing Etheridge, Meredith Brooks, Tracy Bonham, and of
> course, Alanis along with other female "rockers" before time
> and overplaying turned them into VH-1 pop staples.
>
> Did K-Rock play a block of her or just one song?


> K-Rock has been playing a couple of Etheridge songs.....i saw on yes.com...i'd say they have played about 5 of her biggest hits scattered throughout the past few days.

K-Rock back in '96 and '97 were playing Jewel, Alanis, Tracy, who in my opinion were "Alternative" back in the 90's.

however Etheridge, Brooks were never Alternative..they were pop rock at most..
 
> Ok, I'm sorry but Melissa Etheridge is NOT ROCK...she's
> angry 90's female pop.... K-rock, please drop the format
> before Jan 3...this is just depressing
>
> P.S. Nik Carter I know you must have hated hitting the post
> on "Come to my Window" haha
>


LMAO

To be honest with you I didnt mind, "come to my window " is the one Melissa Etheridge song that I can stomach otherwise I have no use for her. However I will say that back in teh day a lot of alt stations played her and that song particularly but not even alt as much as your basic aor stations played it to death. I agree with you that Alannis was a joke and wasnt really alternative but she and Jewel and Melissa Etheridge all got played on almost every alternative station that ive worked for. Plus krock hasnt been "alternative" for like 8 months now so.......
 
>
> LMAO
>
> Plus krock hasnt
> been "alternative" for like 8 months now so.......

In all fairness to Peer, K-Rock hasn't been "alternative" for like 8 YEARS now.
 
Whatever you call it...

What they are playing now is crap. No other way to put it. Some of you think you like it because, right now, it is a novelty or you are not really Rock fans.
 
Re: Whatever you call it...

In the last couple days I noticed their playlist has been very strange

> What they are playing now is crap. No other way to put it.
> Some of you think you like it because, right now, it is a
> novelty or you are not really Rock fans.
>
 
Actually,

The problem is, a lot of rock starts out as Alternative because it is new. But often, like in the case of said examples, they gain mass appeal, WPLJ and KYSR start playing them, and soon, Z100 and KIIS FM.

After a while, it becomes hard to believe that a group like SugarRay was at one time calle "The Shrinki-dinks," and got played on alternative stations.

But that's the slippery slope, and it's how many songs got exposed.
You have to wonder though, with the absence of Alternative in many major markets, how will the new music be discovered? Or will CHR become a cutting edge format like it once was. And what role does the internet play?

I agree with you that Alannis
> was a joke and wasnt really alternative but she and Jewel
> and Melissa Etheridge all got played on almost every
> alternative station that ive worked for. Plus krock hasnt
> been "alternative" for like 8 months now so.......
>
 
Re: Whatever you call it...

> What they are playing now is crap. No other way to put it.
> Some of you think you like it because, right now, it is a
> novelty or you are not really Rock fans.
>
Dude F you, I appreciate your passion and respect your opinion but the second someone thinks it is his or her place to decide who is or is not a "true rock fan" that bullsh*t, plain and simple. I bet you if you and I sat down your kinmowledge of rock would pale in comparison to mine but I also like more than just your standard three chord rock fare. Dislike what we're doing that is your right although theyre still tweaking and getting the bugs out of it because they still experimenting with certain bands but lose that attitude, it's retarded.
 
Re: Whatever you call it...

lose that
> attitude, it's retarded.

A man as intelligent as yourself doesn't need to say things like this.
 
Re: Whatever you call it...

> lose that
> > attitude, it's retarded.
>
> A man as intelligent as yourself doesn't need to say things
> like this.
>
True, you are correct, even the best of us get rattled sometimes. Thank you.
 
Re: The Police on 92.3?

> Ok, I'm sorry but Melissa Etheridge is NOT ROCK...she's
> angry 90's female pop.... K-rock, please drop the format
> before Jan 3...this is just depressing
>
> P.S. Nik Carter I know you must have hated hitting the post
> on "Come to my Window" haha

They're really screwing around with the playlist now. Today I heard "Every Breath You Take" on K-Rock.... followed by "Because The Night" by 10,000 Maniacs -- both mainstream AC songs.
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Re: Whatever you call it...

Isn't that the signal of a coming format change. I've always noticed that when stations are about to tweak or change formats they start playing around with the playlist. You even start to hear stuff they hadn't played in a good while. I think of it as a early form of stunting.


> In the last couple days I noticed their playlist has been
> very strange
>
> > What they are playing now is crap. No other way to put it.
>
> > Some of you think you like it because, right now, it is a
> > novelty or you are not really Rock fans.
> >
>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by rageradio on 12/29/05 07:21 AM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: The Police on 92.3?

> > Ok, I'm sorry but Melissa Etheridge is NOT ROCK...she's
> > angry 90's female pop.... K-rock, please drop the format
> > before Jan 3...this is just depressing
> >
> > P.S. Nik Carter I know you must have hated hitting the
> post
> > on "Come to my Window" haha
>
> They're really screwing around with the playlist now. Today
> I heard "Every Breath You Take" on K-Rock.... followed by
> "Because The Night" by 10,000 Maniacs -- both mainstream AC
> songs.
>
Since the format change to great rock period in June the station has played the police, however "every breath you take' is a new one, yes. However back in the day that was an aor staple because it was the first single olff of that album which is the pointg: Many songs that are now as you mention ac songs began at aor, 10000 maniacs was once only played at "alternative" and aor radio that song in particular. Sugar Ray started off at active rock radio with "Mean machine" and now look at them!. Point being "every breath you take" was the biggest "rock"/aor song of 1985 or whatever year the synchronicity album came oout, if you werent there youw ouldnt know but that does sort fo explain its presence on krock today.The sttation is targeting people who might have remembered hearing it on WNEW first before Lite Fm<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by NotoriousN-I-K on 12/29/05 07:31 PM.</FONT></P>
 
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