The Buckets by Greg Cravens for January 08, 2016

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Oh man, this is so true and I hate it. It’s characteristic of virtually every radio station, including Internet radio, regardless of musical genre. In the 50’s and 60’s the industry was defined by “payola”, a system of record companies paying stations to play particular songs on a regular (and frequent) rotation. The FCC put a stop to the practice back then, but I have little doubt that it has returned. Perhaps the parties are a bit more subtle about it now, but there’s no other reason for the extremely limited and repetitive play lists heard over the air or through the web.

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    Brian G Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    A computer algorithm has determined what songs provide the greatest sense of ease among the classic rock demographic. The rotation of these songs result in the maximum effectiveness of advertising placement, resulting in the most efficient revenue to expenditure ratio.

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    Flash5005  almost 9 years ago

    When AM Top 40 died it was all over.

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    BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    ZZ Top did other songs besides Legs.

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    OldestandWisest  almost 9 years ago

    There may have been “thousands” of songs, but there are probably only a few that have stood the test of time.

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    Comic Minister Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Agreed Larry.

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    Sallyquilts  almost 9 years ago

    He’s listening to the wrong station!

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    Al Nala  almost 9 years ago

    Also The Electric Prunes and Moby Grape. Me, I like Spike Jones. (I’d forgotten QSM; I do have an album by them.)

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    Lyons Group, Inc.  almost 9 years ago

    Yes, video did kill the radio star…twice. With popular radioshows being replaced with TV shows in the 50’s and 60’s, and with music videos in the 80’s killing AM radio.

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    ottod Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    My back hurts, I have trouble reading fine print, and I don’t like to be too far from a bathroom. You can’t find a decent ten cent cup of coffee any more, and the kids I used to chase out of my yard have all graduated from college or gone to prison.

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    Beale_Knight  almost 9 years ago

    Don’t the “DJs” working those stations aren’t all kinds of aware there’s so, so much more rock and roll sitting out there unplayed.

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    Number Three  almost 9 years ago

    My music appreciation goes from 1940-1990. Most of the music from there went downhill.

    But not all.

    xxx

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    Seed_drill  almost 9 years ago

    The sadder thing is, Frank’s generation is the classic rock generation, or at least the swinging sixties one (not sure of the character’s precise ages).

    Larry would have come of age during MTV, U2, Madonna and Michael Jackson.

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    gregcartoon Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Wrote this one when I got sick and tired of hearing the same Led Zeppelin, Queen and Tom Petty songs over and over and over and over again on my favorite local station. The Morning Show gets to play different things, mostly, but I have to turn it off when the Morning show’s done. Sick of the same few songs. My kids and I actually have taken to checking the station and breaking into laughter when it’s one of those three bands (and it usually is.) We then check the town’s OTHER ‘classic rock’ station, and when THEY’RE playing one of those three bands, too, we really crack up, even though it’s just sad, really. Then we listen to audiobooks.

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    Leticia Shelley  almost 9 years ago

    tell me about it!! Plus I have to pay XM to get those same songs over and over just to keep from hearing the stupid free stations!!

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    rgcviper  almost 9 years ago

    Love classic rock myself, though many of the songs on the radio do get repetitive …

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    22Wu33/es Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Thats why i quit listening to radio; same songs over and over, annoying djs who thought they were funny, and contests. Gawd i lovr mp3 players.

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