These things are pre-programmed kind of like mp3 playlists with very little tinkering by local deejays. I knew a guy who worked for a Clear Channel station and his main job was taking the playlists they were sent, and all he did was drop local ads into the breaks and select one or two "deejay's choice" songs into each hour of programming. The person in the booth, if there's even still a person in the booth, isn't queueing up songs like in the olden days. They just hit play on a computer program and go pour some coffee.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 June 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
and select one or two "deejay's choice" songs
That would explain my local station playing Lou Reed's "New Sensations" and a Richard Thompson song I didn't recognize in the middle of an otherwise FoghatJourneyKansas hour.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 June 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
I don't know whether I should feel happy for the DJs that still have a job in their field or feel bad for them for what their job has become
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 29 June 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
That's interesting. Kind of suggests the whole CR format has been honed/focus grouped to scientific perfection. In which case us arguing over noms seems somewhat otiose.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 29 June 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
CR programmers probably have the same data that Ebro talks about (only 5% of listeners change the station when this Chris Brown song plays while 25% change it on this other song, etc.) Since they have no new stuff to add to playlists, they can test every song to even the time of day it should be played.
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Sunday, 29 June 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
feel like there should be a sub-poll for songs with sax solos
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 June 2014 01:31 (nine years ago) link
My #1 has one of the greatest sax solos ever.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 June 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link
bless your heart
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 June 2014 01:35 (nine years ago) link
Hm, I'm guessing something by Springsteen.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 30 June 2014 01:37 (nine years ago) link
so much sax in my ballot
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 June 2014 01:38 (nine years ago) link
Is "Baker Street" eligible? Doesn't seem foghatjourneykansas enough, but I remember hearing it on my dads car radio in the actual 70s
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Monday, 30 June 2014 02:59 (nine years ago) link
I guess there's no reason to be coy about #1s in this poll. People are gonna vote for what they're gonna for.
Mine is "Urgent" by Foreigner. I didn't know until last year that Junior Walker played the sax on that, but once I found out it seemed so obvious.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 June 2014 03:38 (nine years ago) link
Urgent is a jam! I approve of this.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 June 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
urgent isn't even the best foreigner song I HATE U JF
yeah baker st. totally
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 June 2014 03:50 (nine years ago) link
Even before some dude got this poll rolling a couple weeks ago, I'd been on a Foreigner listening kick for about a month. Most mornings on the way to work and evenings on the way home—all Foreigner. Given that much time to compare and contrast all their singles, Urgent comes out on top imo.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 June 2014 03:53 (nine years ago) link
^^^doesn't know what love is, doesn't want to be shown
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 June 2014 03:58 (nine years ago) link
yeah i think the only Foreigner that I actively dislike is Dirty White Boy
Waiting for a Girl Like You is my fave because I am made of cheese(also Thomas Dolby with those sweet keys)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 June 2014 04:05 (nine years ago) link
tbh "I Want to Know What Love Is" is my co-favorite, but it seems out of place in considerations for this poll? I dunno.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 June 2014 04:06 (nine years ago) link
otm, that song blows.
not even Lou can save that one
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 June 2014 04:15 (nine years ago) link
my favorite Foreigner-related song is "Midnight Blue", which is ineligible for coming out in 87. & I don't think it's been a classic rock mainstay.
but
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/7cRdgIZgobs/hqdefault.jpg
― Euler, Monday, 30 June 2014 09:53 (nine years ago) link
Midnight Blue rupes
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 30 June 2014 13:07 (nine years ago) link
Lol rules
I had an episode of double vision last week and in addition to being freaked out about it I also constantly have the chorus of "Double Vision" playing in my head
― OutdoorF on Golf (Jon Lewis), Monday, 30 June 2014 13:10 (nine years ago) link
Queen - One Vision
― how's life, Monday, 30 June 2014 13:26 (nine years ago) link
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 June 2014 13:42 (nine years ago) link
h8 Foreigner more than almost any of these bands :(
― polyamanita (sleeve), Monday, 30 June 2014 15:09 (nine years ago) link
― how's life, Monday, June 30, 2014 9:26 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
is this a classic rock staple outside the US? here nothing post-Hot Space gets a drop of airplay.
― some dude, Monday, 30 June 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
It got airplay (and MTV rotation!) when it was new; haven't heard it on the radio since.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 30 June 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
I've heard on a classic rock station in San Diego.
― how's life, Monday, 30 June 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
But whatever. Hundreds of other songs to vote for. Just reminded of it because of "Double Vision". lol.
One Vision, from the Iron Eagle soundtrack if I'm not mistaken
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 30 June 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that's the first place I heard it.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 June 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
yep. me too.
― how's life, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
I think I saw Iron Eagle as a double feature with Back to the Future. The power of memory is a curious thing
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 30 June 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
I don't remember that Queen song, but I remember well the song "Iron Eagle" from that soundtrack. WTF
― Euler, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
Never say die! Iron EagleNever look back, never say die.
― how's life, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
http://youtu.be/0ZwsCIfo9n8
I might find the devil, you never can tell!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
I don't even remember anything about Iron Eagle, but I did spin the hell out of that soundtrack.
― how's life, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
maybe it got played a bunch in the movie, or over the credits? neither a classic nor a classic rock staple
xp there it is
― Euler, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
that may be the most 1986 song of all time
I think you're right.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
i love one vision!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 June 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Today WLUP played Highway to Hell, then two commercials that must be aimed at their core demographic:
* ad for this place http://numalemedical.com where an older man talked about the unanticipated complications that arose from his reduced performance and general ED and how this center helped him fix them* ad for McD's coffee in which a confident man declares that it gives him maximum potency and helped him fix the copier, after which he basked in the praise of his colleagues
:-/
― La Lechera, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
I am stuck at the Framingham Classic Rock laundromat again.
― OutdoorF on Golf (Jon Lewis), Monday, 30 June 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
do tellforgot there was also an ad for some home network show guy who was having a free seminar to teach ppl how to flip homes. they used the phrase "flip homes" like 50x and claimed that this was a hot ticket, so call soon for your free tickets to this informative seminar that will make you money/help you advance in the world.
― La Lechera, Monday, 30 June 2014 23:08 (nine years ago) link
ha ha On the "Old School" station I've been listening to they keep playing ads about Obamacare, "Cash for Clunkers is back!" and how to "get the government subsidies that you deserve!" It's like a Republican's nightmare.
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 01:09 (nine years ago) link
well, boiling down this thread to the final list is coming along nicely, will be ready to kick off July with the voting thread tomorrow morning.
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
Oh, THIS song is the Kings' "Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide"!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 01:55 (nine years ago) link
feel like there should be a sub-poll for songs with sax solos― mookieproof, Monday, 30 June 2014 01:31
Have mentioned before (on a sax thread) running a discrete poll on this subject. If there's interest, I'll add to the list (for running in 2018 or whatever).
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 09:36 (nine years ago) link