No possibility of banging on TMS?
Spoke too soon. Some **** has switched it back on.
"somewhere in my heart there's a star that burns for you...."
Radio 2 for me today, which normally I would argue is better, but it started immediately with sixpence none the f*cking richer. And it's Gary Davis sitting in for Vernon, he's even naffer than ken Bruce or Steve Wright! We have had BBC session version of black dog by LZ though so that was ok!
I'm offended that you have Ken Bruce and Steve Wright in the same sentence.
*ing Absolute Radio
*ing Travis!
*Ing Why does it always *ing Rain on *ing Me!
*Ing Again!
What the * is wrong with the *ing world!?
Then straight into Keane obvs...
Edit- ooh red. Added anger. Like it 👍
Hate that song. Why does it always rain on you? Because you're a miserable little ****.
The end.
Then straight into Keane obvs...
Followed by snow patrol for the full trifecta
Live It Up by Mental As Anything has just had it's daily play. ***ts
I missed it as I was down in the staff kitchen putting the office Elf on a Shelf in the air frier.
Also... Bruce Hornsby. Why?
The amount of repitition on 'classic' stations drives me insane. There used to be a site called 'compare my radio' that analysed all the station playlists. Absolute were using it at the time to claim they had a larger playlist than other stations but when they nearly all became part of the same group they took it down
Comparemyradio.com, launched a few months back by the One Golden Square Labs team at Absolute Radio, analyses the music played on 20 UK stations, measuring it in a nifty "variety gauge" over the past 30 days. No repeats would mean a score of 100%; the average result across the radio industry is a paltry 12%.
Unsurprisingly, it's that variety gauge that makes for the most depressing results. BBC 6 Music is very strong, with 60% variety and 3,321 unique tracks played in the last month, but at the other end of the scale, it's a sorry tale: Capital FM (3%, 244 tracks); Choice FM (2%, 159 tracks), XFM London (6%, 562 tracks), Heart London (7%, 521 tracks). No wonder listening to those stations can feel so ossifying.
I suspect 6 is probably even more diverse now - having an entirely new music show 4 nights a week that rarely plays the same thing twice and the weekend changes have probably added more.
A lot of peoples music taste never moves on from their teen years. I've got friends who I thought were *into music* who still seem to be listening to the same stuff as when we were in our 20's. Whereas Spotify put my listening age at 21 this year based on the amount of recent music I listen to. (A 21 year old we know got 37 because she's a massive GaGa fan)
What puzzles me is how much the 'international' playlist got frozen in time. Visit Europe or Asia and theres often a playlist that has most of the same stuff on it now that it did in the early 90's. There are still 'reggae bars' that seem to play nothing but Bob Marley.
A lot of peoples music taste never moves on from their teen years. I've got friends who I thought were *into music* who still seem to be listening to the same stuff as when we were in our 20's.
I’ve read this many times, and I’ve wondered about it often. I guess it’s a combination of only being really interested in one particular genre, like Baggie, dance, punk, the music that was popular during any given decade…, then work, families etc just diverts attention from any media that might introduce them to something a bit different.
Myself, music has always been a significant part of my life, along with reading, and I’m always looking and listening out for new music, not just new recordings from artists from several decades ago, although that does happen, but new artists and new music from recent artists I’ve discovered.
I’ve never much liked the Chili Peppers, but I appreciate Flea’s skills as a bass guitarist, and he’s apparently got a new solo project coming with Anna Butterss, who’s a stand-up bass player, which could be interesting.
lots of emotion coming through in this thread - isnt music great?
How Music Affects Us Emotionally | Psychology Today
I swear that they have played Tom Petty's "Learning to fly" twice today.
double trouble!
double trouble!
A lot of peoples music taste never moves on from their teen years.
I'm 72 and still listen to 70s prog rock. In my defence I listen to music from around the 12th century to the present day too. If it's music you like who cares when it was produced?
A lot of peoples music taste never moves on from their teen years.
That's actually a very good point... I don't want to have S-club 7 & and the back street boys forcibly inserted into my ears any more than someone else might not want to be subjected to my archive of whatever I like... it's just torture if you force it on people.
It's not right in the workplace.
ooh, how do we get red text? is it by playing james ***** in the office?
Edit, no.
working in care homes smooth radio was the usual choice. Bland and inoffensive.
The girls in the care home used to love going to my 87 year old mum’s room as she always had ABBA and 70s disco blaring out.
ooh, how do we get red text? is it by playing james ***** in the office?
Now then... James *****. We've got a soft spot for him in our house because he is a very, very distant relative. Wouldn't want to listen to him in the office though.
Rebel MC! They played him in the office yesterday and I recalled the story of when I was a pot collector at Hull University Student's Union bar. The Rebble was doing a gig and I had to stop him trying to take a glass pint pot into the main hall. So there's the star turn having to tip his drink into a plastic glass thrust at him by some potty oik who had no idea who he was.
Googled him yesterday. He's doing quite well for himself apparently and is married to Marie Whittaker. Git.
I'm 72 and still listen to 70s prog rock. In my defence I listen to music from around the 12th century to the present day too. If it's music you like who cares when it was produced?
"Today on this program you will hear gospel, and rhythm and blues, and jazz. All those are just labels. We know that music is music…"
It's not listening to a variety of music, or listening to old music, it's listening only to music that was 'popular' in the years when you were 15-25. I've got more time for people who say, only listen to jazz.
Actually, theres a guy I know who listens to pretty much only tech house & progressive house (current stuff) and the stuff he was into from 15-25 (James are great, but not any of their new music - only the old stuff). Everything else is shit.
Just had Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jnr, again. His frequency seems to be every 48 hours, which isn't as bad as Mental As Anything who are on daily.
I wonder why they don't play any of his other hits?
A lot of peoples music taste never moves on from their teen years.
It'll be interesting to see how that plays out in future. I did a bit of work with the folk who set up 'Playlists for Life' who use music thereputically with people with dementia. Theres basically an age - our early teens - where we fall in love with stuff - music, films, art, (Maria Whittiker probably) and so on. Stuff we encounter at that age imprints on us in a way that things don't during the rest of our lives.
So if you have someone in your life with dementia theres a sort of bit of detective work you can do figuring out music that has an ability to cut through the fog and connect with people. Its not necessarily favourite music - its more what would have been around you at that age whether you were a fan of it or not.
Bill Drummond suggests taking the top 10 on your 13th Birthday as a start point - having a quick look at what was in the charts on my birthday they're pretty much all songs I know pretty well even though I wouldn't put any of them on a list of my favourites - but they might be much more engrained in my thoughts that songs I've preferred to listen to since.
But if you're a teenager now is there anything in our culture that has the same saturation as 'a pops song' had when we were young?
Bill Drummond suggests taking the top 10 on your 13th Birthday as a start point - having a quick look at what was in the charts on my birthday they're pretty much all songs I know pretty well
Interesting, I just looked mine up, and 8 of the 10 I couldn't pick out of a police line up.
Ah now, 7/10 I COULD pick out.
Bill Drummond suggests taking the top 10 on your 13th Birthday as a start point - having a quick look at what was in the charts on my birthday they're pretty much all songs I know pretty well even though I wouldn't put any of them on a list of my favourites - but they might be much more engrained in my thoughts that songs I've preferred to listen to since.
That's a weird one - 8/10 I could start singing immediately. But then no 2 was Slade 'my oh my' and no 10 (going down) was Cliff Richard 'Please don't fall in Love'. I'd no idea Slade were still charting in the 80's and I'm not sure I've ever heard either of those two tracks.
But if you're a teenager now is there anything in our culture that has the same saturation as 'a pops song' had when we were young?
I don't think there is anything like the common experience that there was a few decades ago. Top of the Pops meant pretty much everyone knew the big hits. Artists/tracks get huge now without me having any awareness of them at all.
Radio 2 for me today, which normally I would argue is better, but it started immediately with sixpence none the f*cking richer
Just revisiting some older threads, and catching up on this one, Radio 2 may be playing them regularly because, and I only found out a week or so ago, but they’ve got back together, they’re touring and there’s new music in the offing!
That’s something to look forward to for 2026! 🤣
Bill Drummond suggests taking the top 10 on your 13th Birthday as a start point - having a quick look at what was in the charts on my birthday they're pretty much all songs I know pretty well even though I wouldn't put any of them on a list of my favourites - but they might be much more engrained in my thoughts that songs I've preferred to listen to since.
Well, Queen were my favourite band for years and still get played. Listen to Bowie quite a lot too. The rest can get in the bin...
I'm not in a rush to listen to any of my "top ten at 13".
Radio is still playing BTW. A bit of GnR at the moment.
- John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John – “Summer Nights”
- Rose Royce – “love don't live here anymore”
- Frankie Valli – “grease”
- 10cc – “dreadlock holiday”
- ABBA – “summer night city”
- Dean Friedman – “lucky stars”
- Leo Sayer – “I can't stop lovin' you”
- Sylvester – “you make me feel (mighty real) “
- Boney M – “Rasputin”
- Exile – “kiss you all over”
Not the strongest of weeks 🤐
- House of Fun - Madness
- Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
- Torch - Soft Cell
- Only You - Yazoo
- The Look of Love - ABC
- Fantasy Island - Tight Fit
- Mama Used to Say - Junior
- Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
- I Won't Let You Down - PhD
- A Little Peace - Nicole
Cannot recall 6, 9 or 10.
- Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Julie Covington
- Sideshow - Barry Biggs
- Isn't She Lovely - David Parton
- You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book- The Drifters
- I Wish - Stevie Wonder
- Things We Do For Love - 10cc
- Daddy Cool - Boney M
- Wild Side Of Life - Status Quo
- Car Wash - Rose Royce
No wonder I only really got into music when punk came along! (Apart from a bit of T Rex fanatacism 2 or 3 years prior.) I think the only song I was fond of from that chart was Showwaddywaddy at number 11. Oh the shame.
Mmm not classic but better than number 1 on my actual birthday.
1. Duran Duran - "Is There Something I Should Know?"
2. Bonnie Tyler - "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
3. Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
4. The Style Council - "Speak Like a Child"
5. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
6. Forrest "Rock the Boat"
7. Bananarama - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
8. Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"
9. Orange Juice - "Rip It Up"
10. Modern Romance - "High Life"
Bizarre how the human mind stores all this rubbish..! Apart from 8 & 9 of theartistFKASTR's top10 (thankfully - cos I hated Shakey!), I can remember the melody and at least one line from every one of the songs listed above. Can't they all just go away and make room for something useful!?
working in care homes and the like smooooooth radio was the station of choice. Bland but inoffensive
Personally I do find bland offensive.
Maybe it's the feeling that you're stuck in a permanent time warp, forced to listen to Summer of 69 again and again until you actually melt. 🤔
To use a culinary analogy. It's like the cuisine of all the world is laid out in front of you for the tasting, but some people just want a cheeseburger.... Every day.... Forever. 😔
given where I was working more like mince and mash followed by semolina 🙂
To use a culinary analogy. It's like the cuisine of all the world is laid out in front of you for the tasting, but some people just want a cheeseburger.... Every day.... Forever.
To flip that analogy on its head...
Sometimes, you just fancy some beans on toast, because it's easy, it's kinda comforting, it might even remind you of younger, simpler times when your mum would make you beans on toast. And, generally, few people would criticise you for that, indeed they're likely to say something like "ooh, yeah, you having beans on toast? Nice, can't beat that"
Radio stations like Heart/Magic (in all their many incarnations) etc are musical beans on toast. They offer easy, uncomplicated listening that allows the listener to remember younger, possibly/probably happier, times. So let them enjoy it, it might genuinely be the only pleasure they get.
My FIL of nearly three and a half decades (bless him) spent a couple of weeks in a care home in Chesterfield before his last fall and after a short stay in hospital that he knew nothing about, he parted ways with us recently.
They played smooth quite a bit and the residents seemed to like it, but the last time we saw him they had a singer in - while we were there, he did an Elvis number and a Buddy Holly one too.
The last memory we have of him awake was him mouthing the words to the songs and remembering serenading his late wife - this through his rapid onset of dementia.
Sometimes old and bland is good 🥰 rip Tony
Was wondering why they had defrosted Gary Davies...
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Speak up, but be prepared to offer a solution.
Different folks perform in different environments. Just cos I choose R6, others preferR2/Absolute/Classic/silence. Nothing is ideal other than your own personal choice, which will still annoy you at times. No repeat radio is a code for daily loop. Alternative R6 will throw opera followed by thrash at you, just to be alternative. Adverts are shit. Talk Sport is opinionated bollocks. R4 wasn't actually as bad as I expected the other day.
Just don't be a grump about it. Have a sweepstake over how many times Wonderwall can be played in a day.
