WOW! I Can't Believe CBS-FM Played THAT!

[wondorlandohits]

I won't be happy until they have a "Rosie and the Originals" weekend.

 

[DToTheJ]

Funny; I'd think that, at the very least, Van Halen's "Jump" wouldn't raise eyebrows...

Now, I did hear CBS-FM play that song in the 9 AM hour on Ash Wednesday. And because it was a pop music hit, as well as it was a popular rock song, I guess it didn't faze me that much.

Nirvana, though, is a very different color horse than Van Halen.

 

[adma]

Nirvana, though, is a very different color horse than Van Halen.

And probably also embodies how the paradigm terminally shifted away from anything "oldies-compatible" post-1990--that is, unless you want to gear yourself t/w the mentally ill crazies who set their clocks by Wilson Phillips...

 

[lalumia]

Nirvana was the mainstay on Z100 during it's alternative Top 40 period;
they represent the oldies for that generation,like it or not,and when presented in a proper context(as in NOT KRock)that generation will embrace what is theirs, Nirvana alongside Spice Girls,Macarena,Pearl Jam,Backstreet Boys,Real Mc Coy,everything in the same CBS FM style ,,,,,wait for it

 

[cspotrun]

Nirvana was the mainstay on Z100 during it's alternative Top 40 period;
they represent the oldies for that generation,like it or not,and when presented in a proper context(as in NOT KRock)that generation will embrace what is theirs, Nirvana alongside Spice Girls,Macarena,Pearl Jam,Backstreet Boys,Real Mc Coy,everything in the same CBS FM style ,,,,,wait for it

then wait for them to crash & burn.

 

[badjef]

Nirvana was the mainstay on Z100 during it's alternative Top 40 period;
they represent the oldies for that generation,like it or not,and when presented in a proper context(as in NOT KRock)that generation will embrace what is theirs, Nirvana alongside Spice Girls,Macarena,Pearl Jam,Backstreet Boys,Real Mc Coy,everything in the same CBS FM style ,,,,,wait for it

then wait for them to crash & burn.

No. By that time, we who think that now, would be dead. Think of it in terms of CBS-FM in 1973 playing Valerie by The Monkees. At that time, they were pre-Beatles.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

 

[adma]

then wait for them to crash & burn.

If they crash and burn, it'll be by being caught between a cultural rock and hard place, i.e. Nirvana and hip-hop/dance sounding incongruous within an "oldies" context, while most anything that *wouldn't* sound incongruous from about "Dirty Dancing" onward being increasingly confined to the morbidly obese middle-aged single lady crowd. Otherwise, "oldies ears" don't translate to younger generations--though the tenuous state of broadcast music radio makes that issue moot anyway...

 

[mjb1124]

Nirvana was the mainstay on Z100 during it's alternative Top 40 period;
they represent the oldies for that generation,like it or not,and when presented in a proper context(as in NOT KRock)that generation will embrace what is theirs, Nirvana alongside Spice Girls,Macarena,Pearl Jam,Backstreet Boys,Real Mc Coy,everything in the same CBS FM style ,,,,,wait for it

That actually sounds a lot like Fresh's Saturday Night 90's show... they seem to play just about anything popular from the 90's, including alternative acts like Nirvana, Oasis, and Beck. It's the only time I enjoy listening to the station.

 

[DToTheJ]

Nirvana on Fresh? I bet it's just "Come As You Are," right?

 

[badjef]

Nirvana on Fresh? I bet it's just "Come As You Are," right?

It won't be long befor you hear R.E.M. or Inxs, or Talking Heads on CBS-FM.

Mark it down.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

 

[DToTheJ]

It won't be long before you hear... Talking Heads on CBS-FM...

Actually, "before long" happened Tuesday morning at 3:56 AM, when they played "Once In A Lifetime."

 

[DToTheJ]

Also, on Monday in the 1 AM hour, they played Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name."

I guess a previous poster is right - overnights is when they break "new" music.

 

[badjef]

It won't be long before you hear... Talking Heads on CBS-FM...

Actually, "before long" happened Tuesday morning at 3:56 AM, when they played "Once In A Lifetime."

So, it only took 12 hours.

Somebody must be reading the posts.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

 

[mjb1124]

They've had "You Give Love A Bad Name" in regular rotation before. "Once In A Lifetime" is surprising though... I don't believe that was a pop hit in the US. But I can't really get too mad over anyone playing Talking Heads.

And yes, "Come As You Are" was the Nirvana song that I heard Fresh play.

 

[lalumia]

"Once In A Lifetime" was not a pop radio hit in the USA, but it was a hugely popular track in the early days of MTV when everyone was watching (and LISTENING),so it's sure to ring a bell with those who grew up as first generation MTV-ers;
Talking Heads, like many of the bands that came out of NY's "Max's Kansas City" and "CBGB" night clubs,always had a tough time getting Top 40 airplay,with the exception of "Burning Down The House"..

 

[bobperry]

Well, Disney, while 103.5 is licensed to Long Island, it is still a "NYC" station.

 

[Silkie]

It won't be long before you hear... Talking Heads on CBS-FM...

Actually, "before long" happened Tuesday morning at 3:56 AM, when they played "Once In A Lifetime."

So, it only took 12 hours.

Somebody must be reading the posts.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

It is a radio board after all. Just a matter of how it is used, and CBS handles it professionally.

 

[badjef]

It won't be long before you hear... Talking Heads on CBS-FM...

Actually, "before long" happened Tuesday morning at 3:56 AM, when they played "Once In A Lifetime."

So, it only took 12 hours.

Somebody must be reading the posts.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

It is a radio board after all. Just a matter of how it is used, and CBS handles it professionally.

Touche', CBS.

Jeff in Sa-r-a-so-ta!

 

[radiogroupie]

Motown songs will NEVER be gotten out of the way,nor will Beatles, so get over it!!
more,More,MORE Supremes,thank you!!!

aaah yes...more more more...andrea true connection