Classic Rock V. I
I live in suburban NY - which means I have little or no access to radio stations. I get WNYC which gives me NPR and there is a year-old station called The Peak 107.1 which plays 50% good music in my opinion. They play a decent mix of music aimed at my demographic. i will leave it at that.
Classic rock drives me crazy in two ways: it is so predictable that you can almost pick the next three songs and it is occasionally so enticing because it can catch you in the perfect mood. Most of the time, the three classic rock stations in my area play the standards: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Who, Allman Brothers you get the idea. The problem is that most of the time they play the exact same songs: "Wish You Were Here," "Another Brick In the Wall," "Rock & Roll," "Stairway to Heaven," "Kashmir," "Jessica," "Melissa" etc. When they throw a random song at you like "Going Mobile" or "That's the Way" it really kills you because it is always so appropriate to your mood. Damn you classic rock radio!
Why do people of the age group 30 - 50 feel the need to be spoon-fed the same 50 songs every day? I want variety - I don't want predictability. At least the peak plays Peter Tosh now and again - although they seem stuck in that scary Adult Contemporary/Alternative Dead Zone that seems to include the Smithereens, the Spin Doctors, Crowded House and virtually every band that came after grunge in the early 1990s.
I am not a big fan of radio for the obvious spoon-feeding reasons, but I do like to be surprised. This is why I listen to podcasts of radio stations like KCRW and Virgin Radio. They at least push new and untested music. I also like a podcast called Bands Under the Radar that goes even farther. All of these can be found easily in iTunes' podcast directory.
Rock on.
Classic rock drives me crazy in two ways: it is so predictable that you can almost pick the next three songs and it is occasionally so enticing because it can catch you in the perfect mood. Most of the time, the three classic rock stations in my area play the standards: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Who, Allman Brothers you get the idea. The problem is that most of the time they play the exact same songs: "Wish You Were Here," "Another Brick In the Wall," "Rock & Roll," "Stairway to Heaven," "Kashmir," "Jessica," "Melissa" etc. When they throw a random song at you like "Going Mobile" or "That's the Way" it really kills you because it is always so appropriate to your mood. Damn you classic rock radio!
Why do people of the age group 30 - 50 feel the need to be spoon-fed the same 50 songs every day? I want variety - I don't want predictability. At least the peak plays Peter Tosh now and again - although they seem stuck in that scary Adult Contemporary/Alternative Dead Zone that seems to include the Smithereens, the Spin Doctors, Crowded House and virtually every band that came after grunge in the early 1990s.
I am not a big fan of radio for the obvious spoon-feeding reasons, but I do like to be surprised. This is why I listen to podcasts of radio stations like KCRW and Virgin Radio. They at least push new and untested music. I also like a podcast called Bands Under the Radar that goes even farther. All of these can be found easily in iTunes' podcast directory.
Rock on.
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