90s uni student, tick
Not old enough for radio 2, too old for daytime radio 1 and can’t stand commercial radio, tick
It’s far from perfect but better than anything else that’s out there by a long way.
making bread by hand on a a sunday morning with imported nepalese light brown/sorghum blended flour that was grown and ground by young buddhist monks while listening to cerys matthews’ show just feels…..right.
Yeah?
60yo working-class bloke, brought up on the Light Programme, listening to Nancy Whisky singing Freight Train, the Beatles, just about every 60’s pop band, Jethro Tull, Simon & Garfunkel, King Crimson, Prog, punk, heavy rock, metal, folk, country, indy…
6Music pretty much describes my entire music history over the last forty/fifty years, and it keeps Shazam occupied tagging several new songs every day that are either yet to be released, or I’ve never heard before.
Which I suppose makes me a music snob, according to some.
And Cerys is lovely!
She is indeed; me on stage with Cerys, on percussion:
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My main problem with R6 is too much bloody talking. I don’t put the radio on to hear in depth interviews with some oh so trendy niche band about how their first album was put together over my breakfast. Just play some frigging music! Is it too much to ask to get music on the radio?
And the other problem I have with radio in general is the miserable lack of choice. I want themed radio stations, so that I can choose what to listen to to match my mood. The only themes available are pop, classic rock, oldies and bloody musollectual.
XFM was brilliant, and I seriously miss it. I bought loads of albums based on what they were playing. They repeated songs, but this was good because a) they were good and b) I got to know the songs so I could follow bands and releases. Even if I hear a good song on R6 I never hear it again so I’ve forgotten who it was and I never end up buying it.
Even if I hear a good song on R6 I never hear it again so I’ve forgotten who it was and I never end up buying it.
The bbc Playlister makes finding what was on as easy as you could possibly hope. R6 is much more catholic in the range it plays now. Back when they were on shakey ground and there was a threat the channel would be pulled one of the criticisms was that their play list was too repetitive. Listening to a programme was fine, having the radio on all day was a chore. Being a channel for ‘new music’ meant you could only play as much music as was actually ‘new’. A benefit of the way they’ve shaken the channel up is theres lots of opportunity to hear music thats new-to-your-ears rather than simply newly released.