Songs from the past you.........

[George 1978]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

All those commercial stations are the same... Gold, magic, absloute, Smooth..
Same songs every single day, year in year out

The main problem is that radio stations only have a limited number of songs to play, and so that's why you seem to hear the same ones all the time. That is the case with Smooth and Gold anyway. Some are welcome as one almost expects which songs they will be playing, but when it is one that I don't like - that something different entirely.

Around five or six years ago, we were around ten days before Christmas, and there were three different radio stations - they were all separately playing Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody, and one of them was Radio 2. The two commercial radio stations were different to each other, yet they coincidentally played that song within two minutes of each other. Needless to day, it wouldn't have happened a few weeks before or after for all the obvious reasons...

[sixtyten]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

All those commercial stations are the same... Gold, magic, absloute, Smooth..
Same songs every single day, year in year out

[Trickyvee]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

Anything that Smooth radio plays right now. Seems like they only have about 10 songs on their playlist!

[George 1978]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

Any modern song that samples the sound of another song from 30 or 40 years ago.

[Moonraker]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

Recent songs I listened to that are amongs my favourite are:
Freebird, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Roxette, Dr Feelgood
Tin Soldier, Small Faces

[Pussywillow]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

Even the Grand Prix Theme part!?

yep especially that part, so damn droney. Drone-drone-drone-d-d-drone-de-drone...........

[Richard1978]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

This will shock a few (including me) :

Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain' and 'Don't Stop'. On all the time, just become a drone now.

And to think The Chain was a classic, ground breaking even, when it appeared in the 70's, it's been played to death.

Even the Grand Prix Theme part!?

[Pussywillow]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

This will shock a few (including me) :

Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain' and 'Don't Stop'. On all the time, just become a drone now.

And to think The Chain was a classic, ground breaking even, when it appeared in the 70's, it's been played to death.

[Pussywillow]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

Jim Croce -- Time In A Bottle
James Brown -- I Feel Good
Dobie Gray -- Drift Away
John Lennon -- Imagine
Bob Seger -- Old Time Rock N' Roll

Among the most overplayed songs on the oldies stations out here.

That damn James Brown song, yes agreed, but no to Bob Seger. Over here nobody knows who he is (except me and my brother). Jim Croce you never hear over here either, although I agree that song grates after a while.

[victorbrunswick]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

Jim Croce -- Time In A Bottle
James Brown -- I Feel Good
Dobie Gray -- Drift Away
John Lennon -- Imagine
Bob Seger -- Old Time Rock N' Roll

Among the most overplayed songs on the oldies stations out here.

[George 1978]

Re: Songs from the past you.........

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl. It is such an annoying song.

Dr Hook - Sylvia's Mother.

I won't include any Christmas songs as we don't hear them all year round.

[Pussywillow]

.........are SICK TO DEATH of hearing.

Mrs PW has radio 2 on everywhere we go, especially in the car with Michael Ball/Alfie Ball making an occasional appearance on CD. Aaaargh !

What songs are you sick of hearing ?

I'll start.....(sorry if some of these offend anybody) :

Eagles - Hotel California
Roy Orbison - Drive all Night