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Todays Raido Stations suck

Is it just me, or does todays Radio suck?
When I was a teenager FM was cool, it had laid back D,jays and they played cool new music. That's were I first heard Alex Harvey, Hawkwind,Atomic Rooster,Zappa,The amboy dukes,
Robin Trower,Roxy music,BOC,Captain Beyond,Audience,
Bowie,Steely Dan,etc.

The AM of that day used to be Hit Radio, and played the top hits of the day.

FM today has become Hit radio, with a lot of cookie cutter stations all playing the same old hits, with a few of those old fm classic hits as well.

Does it only bug me, that they only play the one hit off the LP over and over again. When in fact the lp had even better tunes on it, but they never play them.

Recently with the advent of eBay, I have been able to collect a lot of rare and Great music that I never new existed before.

When my friends here the new tunes I have They get the same Idea that I always get, to start a new radio station that plays this unknown treasure. As well as the songs like "Candys gone bad" off of the Golden Earring lp with Radar love on it, you know the one.

You know what I'm talking about, am I alone here.


I must state that I live in a smaller town now, but we can still pick up the Jacksonville Florida stations.
Does this kind of practice go on all over the country?

The new music of today no longer interests me with Rap and the Rock of today all sounds the same, with only minor exceptions like Radiohead.

WHAT do you think, is their some stations that I could pickup on the internet that would satisfy my craving?

would you like to be able to get in you car and tune the radio to a station like the one I described?

128x128rockinroni

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jposs
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XM radio is the best thing to happen to radio in my life time. The programming is absolutely first rate, and I would almost be willing to bet a years subscription to anyone that had it that they couldnt find a station that they absolutely loved, and considered the best radio station they have ever heard, if not two or three.

I used to hear about new bands from mailing lists and friends. Now I hear about new bands from mailing lists, friends, and XM radio, and in particular for me XMU on XM radio.

I can't live without it now, I have an XM radio in my car, my wife's car, and in our boat.

Justin
jposs
99 posts
 
I cna just hear my grandparents writing the same thing Rockinroni just posted 35 years ago.

"Those Beatles kids just scream and yell and play that god awful distortion laden electric guitar, they sure can't play proper instruments like strings or horns like they used to. That Mick Jagger has a horrible voice, and his guitarist only knows three chords! And don't even get me started on Bob Dylan"
jposs
99 posts
 
Rockinroni: You can find them all over the place.

Get your butt out and go to a club! Ask around about who is good and they are there to be discovered. My parents don't like the music I listen to, and I doubt I will like the music my kid listen to.

That doesn't mean there is a lack of good music out there.
jposs
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A lot of kids arent exposed to good music thorugh the radio, but young kids that actually want to make music are being exposed to whatever they want to hear.

The internet allows anyone to find out about any artist they want to, whether they heard them on the radio, or live, or from a friend, or from AudiogoN, or from another group's mailing list, or from XM or Sirius, or from Kazaa. You don't need a DJ to tell you about an artist today, you go look at their website, or the website a fan made about them.

Radio is no longer the only way to spread music. I have gleaned 99% of my music collection from non radio sources, most of which were listed above.

Kids are still making great music and radio has sucked for the last 20 years.

I am not in the least bit worried.

There is more accesible music available today then there was 20 years ago.
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