Turn the Radio off

[ff1-10]

Those retarded dance mixes with voices like... -thinks- Cascada, no offense, but I don't consider it... 'music'.

You know, when Cascada's 'Everytime We Touch' came out, that was the whole reason why I listened to the radio all day, just to wait to hear it. Around that time, there were also some pretty good songs (to me) that came out, too, like Kelly Clarkson, etc. But after 'Everytime We Touch'...I dunno what happened to Cascada. Their first album wasn't even all that bad, considering most of them were remixes, too, but after that...I have no clue what they were thinking. Props to them for breaking through to the American music industry with an unpopular genre of music and leading the way for dance/trance-ish music to be more well known, but they didn't continue on with that success. It seems to me that just because remixing an old song worked the first time, they thought doing it every other time for every other song in every other album would work, too. It's okay to remix an old song sometimes, but not as much as they did/do.

As for the radio now, I can't. I just can't. There aren't many songs that I like right now. Everything is going through an electro phase right now, but PLEASE leave that up to the origin, which is dance and trance music who do it best. I don't like it...and it's all about "tonight" and how we're going to "party" and "live like there's no tomorrow" or the mysterious "DJ" who we can't know or see that is somehow mysteriously stealing the singer's heart away or is being called by the singer to "turn the music up louder". Can he even really hear you? Who is he? Are you related? Is he eyeing you? I don't get it. And "tonight"? What are we doing? Cuz I'm not doing anything! I can NEVER relate to that word in a song. I HATE hearing it come out of a singer's mouth for some reason. I guess it's because it reminds me of these pop songs, maybe. I really dislike these type of songs because they just sound like filler songs. Ugh. They get really boring and annoying fast. I don't even wanna listen to it when I know it comes on. I don't understand how people can stand listening to that music; it gives me a headache.

 

[Shenorai]

Personally, I find myself flipping through three different Rock stations: Two are Classic Rock, the other is New Rock. It's interesting to see how each station is handled.

The New Rock station - XL 102.1 - not only plays what's basically mainstream music - some of which is decent - but it also has House Mix on Saturday Nights and Local Bands on Sunday Nights.

97.7 The Rocket actually has some decent hosts who care enough about their community to encourage animal adoption and arrange motorcycle rides to honor fallen police officers at their funerals. Not to mention, classic rock is awesome.

The other classic rock station is Big 100.3. On Saturday nights, they play concert tracks from various artists, even going into a bit of detail regarding the artist, the show the recording is from, and other neat facts. This one tends to play a different range of classic rock compared to The Rocket.

Now, there is one station that I miss from Michigan: Q106.1fm. Awesome rock station. House of Hair is on Sundays, Mandatory Metallica plays at 9pm, and every morning is the infamous Bob and Tom show. A little lewd compared to most morning shows, but that just makes it all the more amusing to listen to.

 

[Mr. Zombie]

The mainstream media feeds only a certain portion of the population, a demographic that is imbecile beyond measure, unable and unwilling to perceive what's good music due to their natural stubbornness.

It only pays attention to clueless teenagers today, because music can influence their minds (and the minds of anyone), and if they achieve this, it can influence their whole being. That's why music has no quality today. You just need to have a beat, vain lyrics and a singer that is a weapon of mass seduction to get the girls wired and wet.

You have to look for good music to find it today, things you'll not find easily in television and radio. The "common" media won't give you the good stuff.

Also, I think it has nothing to do with the time you was born. I like songs that were made way before I was even a born. It's all about quality sir, and today we have none in the mainstream media.

 

[Cardinal Copia]

Music on the radio nowadays is garbage. There are VERY FEW exceptions of music I'll listen to on the radio. I have 3 stations I alternate with that play the 90's, 80's, and classic rock. Thats it.
TBH Spotify and Pandora are the way to go when you're in the car. Whatever mood you're in, whatever genre you want, you can find on there. I use Spotify 24/7 and have playlists going when I wanna listen to music.