stanger_mussle (Forum Supporter) said:
Back when I was a young'un I was on a field trip with my summer camp. Tracy Chapman's Fast Car came on the radio. I confidently told a friend "she's a one hit wonder" and one of my camp counselors just lost it.
In reply to Mr_Asa :
Thank you for my Tracy Chapman mix night.
stanger_mussle (Forum Supporter) said:
A few weeks ago I heard "That was No Scrubs on New York's oldies station. Next up the Chumbawamba hit tub thumping." I felt attacked.
Hopefully this squeezes past the censors.
Wally (Forum Supporter) said:stanger_mussle (Forum Supporter) said:
A few weeks ago I heard "That was No Scrubs on New York's oldies station. Next up the Chumbawamba hit tub thumping." I felt attacked.
Tubthumper was the first cd I ever bought.
mtn (Forum Supporter) said:Wally (Forum Supporter) said:stanger_mussle (Forum Supporter) said:
A few weeks ago I heard "That was No Scrubs on New York's oldies station. Next up the Chumbawamba hit tub thumping." I felt attacked.
Tubthumper was the first cd I ever bought.
I was in the local physical therapy place last night getting my shoulder worked on and I commented to the young staff how the station they were playing was oriented towards my generation of original MTV viewers as they rolled from Madonna's "Like a Prayer" into Scorpions' "Rock You Like a Hurricane". Songs released prior to either of them being born, but I remember them when new.
I REALLY enjoyed my week of "quarantine" after my head cold turned into a fever for a day.
stanger_mussle (Forum Supporter) said:
I thought it was funny the first time I heard Billy Idol on the local oldies station. Then I wondered how he feels about it.
The classic rock station they try to listen to at work kept the classic rock name, but changed the format to predominantly 90's. I did the math and it made sense
In reply to Peabody :
To be fair, Billy Idol has to be almost 70 now. Generation X was in the 70's . If he was old enough to be dancing with himself that long ago, he's definitely a classic.
I have a cousin that works in radio as a program director. He has made his living bringing "oldies" stations out of the doo-wop era. He was working at one somewhere 15 or so years ago and people freaked out when he put early U2 in the rotation. His answer was, "Their first album came out in 1980, play it or quit." His ratings record lets him pretty much write his own ticket. He's living in Hawaii now.
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