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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?

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Ohlala, "if you cannot find good rock bands,blame yourself, b/c they're there".

what is b/c?
Where do you find them. How do you hear them, XFM and Sirius?
That is partly what this thread is about sharing you cool raido stations and telling others how to get them.

peace and have a good day eh!
Ron,
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Ohlala,I hope you are right about the future, you are right about top 40, never really my cup of tea, although some good bands did surface there a as well.

To start from the top all radio wasn't always like this.
Stereophile's r2d4 really doesn't do it for me either. That's why I find a lot of new tunes on ebay, Even though the LP's are most times over 30 years old.
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Zaikesman very good post yes this is another problem we have had for a while now as someone stated earlier the people I don't know what to call most of them, They can't sing, write music, play interments. All they know how to do is sample others music, not all of them but you know for the most part this is true. The popular music of the day the stuff most of the kids listen to today is not music.
Yes I’m an old fart but when is the last time you saw a new good guitarist. Used to be almost every band had a guy who could do more than just play a few cords over and over.

They must be somewhere but where can you find them?
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Right on Zaikesman! Todays Radio Sucks. Mtv,VH1,BET ,what ever I have, to listen to music, it's unlistenable,most of it is just a bunch of degenerates gyrating Their pelvises in my face.
I don't know about YOU, but I find it vile and insulting to say the least. This is the modern Pop I guess. They can all drown in their degradation as far as I am concerned.
Do you think there any hope we can climb out of this muck, and get back on the road to some Pop music where people don't act disgusting, and they again play instruments?
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Nrchy, my Parents like rock & roll. My mom is a big Elvis fan.
Jposs, I don't go to clubs and anyway Kids can't go to clubs. where are they supposed to go to become indoctrinated.
This is what Zaikesman is talking about.
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WGON great Idea!!
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Yes I agree with you Zaikesman, with your Elvis comparison.
Elvis couldn’t help himself. It was an expression of how the music moved him, plus maybe a little showmanship. I liked Elvis but you have to admit, it is not the same today. They have pushed it way to far in my opinion. It is not dancing, it is smut.
(There I go again, but it is how I feel)


"the glaring lack of anything else in the way of creativity and expression"

This is really a sad state of affairs, I totally agree!

This WGON idea may be the Ticket, I will investigate this further.
Cheers Ron
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Well the current pop scene is dominated by RAP, how many of them can play something besides a 1200.

"I saw some PC/Internet radio software for $20 on Amazon"Ohlala

Is this software made so I can stream my tunes on the Internet?

Topic,PoP Music
While I cannot be so nieve as to say, Age does not have a part in the type of music you like. I agree with the Z man.
When was the last time you heard a good guitar solo or some good keyboards someone who didn't think screaming was singing. (This is a generalization I know) but that is my point. The Quality of current day musicianship (for the most part) is not nearly of the same caliber as the late 60's early 70's etc.
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Ohala,Thanks buddy ya I guess, it's my eBay name too but had to settle for rockenroni. The guys at work gave me that name cuzz I always had tunes playing.
I will look into getting something started.
One of my buds is serious about this idea.
This is one Idea (internet) that had not occurred to us old tech farts.There May be a problem as I only have one computer.

Mutahman, thanks for the link.

Hbarrel, No their names were, Reed Dickie and Ziggy Zapski
on CFRW/FM

"FM today doesn't play music. Noise is what I call it."

Thank You for your support,

"Those Beatles kids just scream and yell and play that god awful distortion laden electric guitar"jposs

The key word is they could still PLAY the guitar.
I know what you are saying and I hate becoming my Parents but I love music and stopped looking to the present media because of the noted points.

As I said at the top,I have been very fortunate to come up with some new tunes all 69/74 in the last 6 months like
Dr, Z,Can,
Gravy Train,Dragonfly,Finch,Magna Carta,Caravan,
Daddy Longlegs,Druid,Embryo,Patto,Gomorrha,Brainbox,Gandalf,
Khan,Sweetsmoke,May Blitz.
I have had these others for years Groundhogs,Beggars Opera,Triumvirat,Camel,Amon Duul,Audience.
Just to list some, lots of good tunes out there having fun looking. So much more,but can be expensive on LP. It would be nice to find a site or something that plays this kind of music so one could become acquainted with more tunes.
Ron
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