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« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2007, 04:11:29 PM » |
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"Radar Love" gvot heavy rotation in the summertime, it sings about driving and listening to forgotten songs on the radio, so I don't see why it's not a good fit.
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« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2007, 05:03:05 PM » |
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"...Brenda Lee comin' on strong..."
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« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2007, 05:04:44 PM » |
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It's not right because it's too "rock". And WCBS-FM is supposed to be a "mainstream hits" station.
Left unsaid, though, is that framed this way, "mainstream hits" is about as much of an accepted, universal, palatable norm in our time as virginity upon marriage. Yes, maybe it is a virtuous concept, but these days, good luck finding such spousal units outside a faith-based realm, and good luck imposing that ideal upon your offspring.
Anyone catch the newswire story about the dentist from upstate NY being sued for injuring a patient while dancing to "Car Wash"? No, not *that* dentist, but...
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« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2007, 06:16:30 PM » |
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Maybe "Radar Love" is stretching a little too far into hard rock territory, but most of the rock tracks they play fit in just fine with their "station you sing along to" image. Songs like "Glory Days", "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", "Take Me Home Tonight" et. al. are catchy, upbeat, and they're really not all that hard, especially by today's standards. It's not like they're playing AC/DC or Black Sabbath. If anything, I think they need to cut back on the R&B ballads and 70s soft rock tracks.
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« Reply #14 on: November 03, 2007, 07:18:07 PM » |
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"Radar Love", the 45 edit, is fine. "Family Of Man"  What is he sniffin? I actually had to go back and refresh myself with that song and remember how forgetable is it. With all the Three Dog Night records out there, you pick that? BTW: His sample hour is a trainwreck. |
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« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2007, 07:43:17 PM » |
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Actually, I find "Family Of Man" the *most* refreshing song in his playlist for that reason--though it certainly contradicts his "nothing too obscure for the casual listener" logic.
The most hilarious thing, though, is his spelling of the Steve Miller hit "Rock'n Me" as "Rock and Me"...
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« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2007, 07:45:47 PM » |
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"Who cares" is right. This non-issue was covered ad nauseum on "the other board", let's leave it there.
The intent was to spoof the level of hysteria about the topic at the NYRMB. Some of the fun lovers here picked up on that, bless them. |
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« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2007, 01:02:22 AM » |
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Anyone catch the newswire story about the dentist from upstate NY being sued for injuring a patient while dancing to "Car Wash"? No, not *that* dentist, but...
I read that and since it happened in 2004, I figure that he was digging Christina Aguilera & Missy Elliot's version of the song that came out in August of that year. http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1102dancing-dentist1102-ON.htmlCould you imagine going to our friend The Radio Dentist? In the middle of working on your mouth, he keeps stopping to type something on his board! "...oh, hang on...(banging on keyboard) c'mon, people, don't you get it? That movement should never be played on WQXR!..." |
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« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2007, 10:14:54 AM » |
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Given his message-boarding demeanour, I'd be more interesting in seeing how he'd handle a malpractice lawsuit such as this...
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« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2007, 01:01:38 PM » |
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"Now, c'mon people...New York has always been a rhythmic town...of course I was going to move my feet to the beat! I feel the fault lies with the people at WCBS-FM, as if they had only listened to me when I told them not to play 50's music I don't like JACK-FM that the station should not lay no boogie woogie on the king of rock and roll, that a song like "Car Wash" has no place on a classic hits station like 'CBS-FM, none of this would have happened!"
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