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Post by Captain BJ on Jan 9, 2002 9:51:22 GMT 10
That shits me about Triple M... How can they consistently ignore Australian rock legends (at Homebake, Paul called them Australia's most kickass rock band and I must say I agree) You Am I? And also how they play certain songs by a band but not others... Examples: Pearl Jam: lots of: Everything before Better Man/none of: everything No Code and beyond SFK: lots of: Monsters and 3d/none of: everything else (no Captain!) Foo Fighters: Generator and Learn To Fly/Breakout and everything pre-TINLTL Alex Lloyd: Amazing/everything else Faith No More: Epic/everything else Jebediah: Fall Down/everything else (getting a theme here?) Powderfinger: they've gotten better in the range but still very litle Double Allergic (no Living Type?!?!) OK Ev, let it go...  |
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Post by singingcirclesaway on Jan 9, 2002 14:01:14 GMT 10
yeah, i prefer my cds most of the time. at least that way i have complete control over what im listening too. but then again, sometimes i like being surprised and just going with whatever they play - but that doesnt happen too often because they normally fuck it up by playing some stupid song that makes me want to hurl, and then theyve just ruined it altogether.
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Post by TheAstronaut on Jan 9, 2002 14:03:13 GMT 10
hey Captain BJ, i wrote a simular article @ Stu's forums earlier today! what a co-indicidence....i hadnt even read yours. i was saying how triple M ( bris mainly, coz i havent heard sydney or melbourne MMM )
and saying how the only real aussie music they play is old shit like cold chisel, INXS etc.
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Post by Jess on Jan 9, 2002 17:01:25 GMT 10
>>Powderfinger: they've gotten better in the range but still very litle Double Allergic (no Living Type!)<<
The only thing that shits me about this, is that when the Double Allergic songs came out, these sorta stations never would've played the material, however now, 5 years later when they're more commercially successful, they choose to start playing older material. Bullshit if you ask me.
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Post by Captain BJ on Jan 10, 2002 10:28:26 GMT 10
I agree, although I'd prefer to hear them play it now they're popular than not at all.
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Post by larry emdur is my hero! on Jan 10, 2002 15:21:26 GMT 10
i second that, i always smile when i hear a double allergic track on the radio, especially when a mate says something like "gee this new powderfinger track's pretty good"
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Post by spongeboy on Jan 14, 2002 15:15:59 GMT 10
as far as the hottest 100 goes, i'm guessing some songs are released both on an album and as a single (eg. mgf's mutha on a mota cycle)
then i suppose there is the issue of songs like drive by incubus, that didn't become popular until some time (2 years?) after its release, or laid by james, which has been rereleased on the american pie 2 soundtrack......or notional singles like beautiful sharks by some melbourne band....the whitlams no aphrodisiac wasn't a single until it won the hottest 100, tim freedman just gave the jays the album and said it was the single.
but all in all, i suppose there needs to be some cut off (eg australian release date), and i would have thought the jays were big enough to enforce it.
Also, i reckon s4kFM is an awesome idea, as long as there are no ads....i don't know how you could fund this.....
if people are interested in radio production, you should check local non profit community stations. they're always looking for help, and would be great experience.
Or you can set up your own short distance station for about $1000. ("You're listening to Sponge Radio")
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