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Over-played songs you hear on the radio -- You know the ones.....

My wife still likes to listen to Classic Rock, for whatever unknown reason...it's like eating the same lunch every day. The whole concent is so stale, it's not funny. How the format has lasted this long is beyond me...time to flip the record.
What it all comes down to....the people at this site are music lovers....Joe general Public...well I don't know what they are. Sorry for this elitist attitude...or snobbery, or whatever you may call it. My problem with it ALL.....this country is built upon catering to Joe General Public...the ones who dine at Applebee's, who probably waited in line to see Battle: L.A over the weekend, who tune into American Idol weekly, and the rest of us are starving for something unique, thought provoking, done with a sense of integrity, not just simply cashing in on the latest fad and repackaging it under a different name. You WOULD think in the evolutionary process of the human race, we would have moved beyong this way of thinking, ehhhh???? ???
 
hello, folks. new guy here.

WOW !!! i thought it was just the chicago market. i agree with all of the songs listed here (i didn't read the whole thread). they are all good tunes. but my gosh, do they have to play them 88 times a day, 9 days a week !

there are other tunes on those albums. many times a lot of good tunes. but they never get played :'(

sympathy for the devil, is one that gets beat to crap here in chicago.
and i don't know anybody that likes the stones.
 
Our classic rock station in Knoxville, TN did an "A to Z" thing two or three times in the past, supposedly playing EVERYTHING in their library. Well guess what? They were missing tons of songs easily found on compilation (greatest hits) albums/CD's. When they did it the first time, I noticed they did not play "She's a Rainbow" by the Rolling Stones, and called in about it since they had asked listeners to let them know of any omissions. The next time they did "A to Z" they did play it, but the time after that they didn't. It's been a while since they've done "A to Z" perhaps because of what a joke it was.

Adding to the earlier Billy Joel discussion: When the "Piano Man" album was released, I was in high school in Memphis, TN, enjoying album rocker WMC FM 100. FM100 let the AM stations play the single "Piano Man" while they played "Stop in Nevada," "Worst Comes to Worst," and "Captain Jack." To this day the "Piano Man" album remains one of my favorites. FM100 was a true masterpiece of a station in its AOR heyday.
 
Classic Rock radio NEVER Fails to Disappoint.

I saw some "loyal" classic rock listeners lines up at a "Contest Spin Wheel" at a concert sponsored by the station. The concert itself was a great deal... $10 to see Cheap Trick.... But the hardcore "loyal" listeners were .... pathetic, imo.

No one I would want to hang out with.

These people had "zero" lives, execept for what the Classic Rock radio station brings to them.

A very low standard indeed.

But just the kind of folks that the station's advertisers are looking to contact.

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If these people love and need their classic rock so desperately, as it's spoon fed to them, per the consultants instructions.....

You'd think they would be willing to pay for it...

So put their music on pay radio, and give me what I and other "music" lovers (with lives) want to hear, on free radio.

Surely those of us who love music have enough buying power to attract advertisers enough to support it ? ? ? ? ??
 
Maybe those of us who lived through the best years of what's now called Classic Rock (in my book that would be 1967-1970) can't 'live' with the fact that like most other radio formats, it's become 'hit radio' with just a different targeted demographic-playing, for instance, Boston and the Eagles for the 40 millionth time instead of say Love or Quicksilver Messenger Service
 
radiobum said:
Maybe those of us who lived through the best years of what's now called Classic Rock (in my book that would be 1967-1970) can't 'live' with the fact that like most other radio formats, it's become 'hit radio' with just a different targeted demographic-playing, for instance, Boston and the Eagles for the 40 millionth time instead of say Love or Quicksilver Messenger Service
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At one time, in 1973, there was classic rock and pop hits on one station, and cool AOR Rock on another station. One station would play "Walk This Way", and the other would not play "Walk This Way", but instead would play live "Train Kept A Rollin'".

But now, all deep cuts are set aside, and just the shorter mega hits are aired for the dullards that feed on that kind of regurgitation on an hourly basis.

It's what they took away that's bothersome..... there has always been hit radio. Even with HD Radio's extra channels.... the pablum continues with no outlet for cool music. (My opinion, of course... )
 
Is 'good music' subjective or objective ? I would love a classic rock station with NO styx, supertramp, kansas etc...but REM, Police and some 'ow wow' songs (actually i think all formats should do that)-so it's going to kill you to play the Psychedelic Furs once a month or Fever Tree or the Flying Buritos etc.

Could you have a classic rock station that plays 70's Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye?
 
radiobum said:
Is 'good music' subjective or objective ?

Could you have a classic rock station that plays 70's Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye?
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I can arrogantly say that... I know, that I know, that I know, what is "AM" and what is "FM", using the older definitions.

KLBJ-FM in Austin, in the early 1970's played a w-i-d-e variety of cool music by -many- different artists. The local DJs were not famous over-paid "names", but simply lovers of good rock music. They did rely on "outside" consutlants to tell them was and wasn't cool.

That's what I'm talking about.

DJ's with the ONLY agenda, to play cool music from whomever, and to NOT be pushing the latest single, because "it's the latest single".
 
TheRover said:
radiobum said:
Is 'good music' subjective or objective ?

Could you have a classic rock station that plays 70's Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye?
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I can arrogantly say that... I know, that I know, that I know, what is "AM" and what is "FM", using the older definitions.

KLBJ-FM in Austin, in the early 1970's played a w-i-d-e variety of cool music by -many- different artists. The local DJs were not famous over-paid "names", but simply lovers of good rock music. They did rely on "outside" consutlants to tell them was and wasn't cool.

That's what I'm talking about.

DJ's with the ONLY agenda, to play cool music from whomever, and to NOT be pushing the latest single, because "it's the latest single".
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Most of the really cool DJs from the early days of free form rock knew what their audience dug musically. They knew that they could playing long sets from Ravi Shankar (although very cool in smaller applications) would not wash if they played long sets of this material. The older DJs also had a good sence of direction of what or what not to play depending on the time of day. The playing of "Atom Heart Mother" at 9 AM on Monday morning drive time probally not a good idea. What I am saying is They did not need some Cat in a 1,000 Armani suite telling them what was cool. Consultants? Eye yai yai freakin yai! LOL
 
Pink Floyd STILL sounds odd to me in a.m. drive. Would much rather hear the Flying Burrito Brothers-seems like that might fit better as would many others artists.
 
radiobum said:
Pink Floyd STILL sounds odd to me in a.m. drive. Would much rather hear the Flying Burrito Brothers-seems like that might fit better as would many others artists.
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Yeah, The Burrito's because of their leaning to a country sound, even though Nashville at the time when the Burrito Brothers wanted absolutely no part of this sound (another story for another time), would fit in well in that particular day part. I can hear Christine's tune kicking off the nine O clock hour after station ID.

Atom Hear Mother was a freaky trippy song that was played usually late late evening or at 3 in the morning. Even the late night jocks had bad trips playing that song. ;) JK of course. LOL
 
SwissVol2 said:
TheRover said:
radiobum said:
Is 'good music' subjective or objective ?

Could you have a classic rock station that plays 70's Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye?
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I can arrogantly say that... I know, that I know, that I know, what is "AM" and what is "FM", using the older definitions.

KLBJ-FM in Austin, in the early 1970's played a w-i-d-e variety of cool music by -many- different artists. The local DJs were not famous over-paid "names", but simply lovers of good rock music. They did not rely on "outside" consultants to tell them was and wasn't cool.

That's what I'm talking about.

DJ's with the ONLY agenda, to play cool music from whomever, and to NOT be pushing the latest single, because "it's the latest single".
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Most of the really cool DJs from the early days of free form rock knew what their audience dug musically. They knew that they could playing long sets from Ravi Shankar (although very cool in smaller applications) would not wash if they played long sets of this material. The older DJs also had a good sence of direction of what or what not to play depending on the time of day. The playing of "Atom Heart Mother" at 9 AM on Monday morning drive time probally not a good idea. What I am saying is They did not need some Cat in a 1,000 Armani suite telling them what was cool. Consultants? Eye yai yai freakin yai! LOL
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The thing about KLBJ-FM in the early 70's was that they did NOT participate in the sociological imperative of the "Morning Drive"...

They just laid off the "heavy" stuff until late afternoon and into the evening. But now you find the "Morning Drive" everywhere, just as if, it was dictated to be, by some unseen Govt. programming Czar... but the "social engineering" of the worker class could Never happen here in the Good ol' US of A!

Nothing to see here.... keep moving.... :)
 
Well, I would love to program a radio station that plays a lot more variety myself, but the problem is that most listeners change the dial soon as they hear a track they don't know. Most listeners don't know anything other than the typical Pink Floyd tracks for example. If I spin Childhood's End, I will be giving about 10% of the listeners a real treat, and annoying another 10% of the people who stick through it, and the other 80% have just found the other rock station that's busy playing Won't Get Fooled Again.

That's the reality, sorry to say.

IT pains me to a great deal as well. Trust me.

I think that radio programmers are digging themselves into a hole.
 
David Owens said:
Well, I would love to program a radio station that plays a lot more variety myself, but the problem is that most listeners change the dial soon as they hear a track they don't know. Most listeners don't know anything other than the typical Pink Floyd tracks for example.

That's the reality, sorry to say.

IT pains me to a great deal as well. Trust me.

I think that radio programmers are digging themselves into a hole.
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But, how do the listeners get to know a track well in the first place ? ? ? Your are presenting a circular argument.

Who decides what songs the audience gets to know well ? ?

That's social engineering, and I don't like it, when that's all radio has to offer.

There are certainly a lot more drones out there than I ever imagined or thought, for ALL genres....

It's an Ugly Business.
 
This song is over played here in Fresno by the 3 classic rock stations (95.7,99.7,105.1) and in my opinion if you EVER play this song,you should have your classic rock license revoked.......Low Rider by WAR. This could be a whole different thread,what songs should never be played on a classic rock station.
 
Bongwater said:
ANYTHING BY AC/DC (These guys are SOOOO DONE!!)

In fact, I'll go as far as to say anything before 1990 has been plowed into the ground. I'm just so burnt out by it all. This stuff ought to be on the nostalgia stations by now..... ::)
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And even here in 2013 (this was originally written in 2008) I STILL stand by it 100,000%......
 
Anything played on Q-95, Indianapolis. Classic rock is not dying. It's being neutered.
 
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