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Nice. But, oh my god, why are mainstream radios stuck with the same 10 songs since what seems like forever ? First pickup: suzanne vega, second pickup: francoi
by johnchristopher 6y ago
Nice.
But, oh my god, why are mainstream radios stuck with the same 10 songs since what seems like forever ? First pickup: suzanne vega, second pickup: francoise hardy.
- tzs 6y agoWow, that was quite different from what I found. First station I hit after moving a bit at random was A-ha's "Take On Me" followed by Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World". This was in Western Washington. Zoomed way out and then back on somewhere in California. Got a station in Mariposa. First song was "Gentleman" by Fela Kuti, followed by "A Beautiful Story" by Sonny & Cher followed by "Big Lie, Small World" by Sting. So...1973 Nigerian afrobeat to 1967 pop to 1999 whatever the heck Sting is. Could not figure out what that the connection was between the songs on the station, so decided to zoom out and in again, but head east a bit. See if I could find a station playing what you would stereotypically expect for its region. Ended up at one in Jackson, WY, that was playing "Super Duper Rescue Heads!" by Deerhoof, which was followed by "Move" by CSS. Finally, popped down to Texas, where I finally ran into the stereotypes I was looking for. Hit a sermon on a religious station, moved a bit and got some urban rap about Jesus, moved some more and got some Spanish song about Jesus, moved again and got some country/western song that was not about Jesus, and moved one final time and got a country/western song about Jesus. :-)
- jvm_ 6y agoMe: lets listen to the middle of Africa. Second song - Manic Monday by the Bangles
- tzs 6y agoTry Madagascar and nearby islands. 90% of what I got there was sufficiently off the beaten path that neither Shazam nor SoundHound could tell me what it was.