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Contemporary radio formats are as stale now as they've ever been. Having been glued to our Ipods for the past 3 years, Rick Falcon and Jim Fath felt compelled to revisit this age old entertainment format for this week's list.
Our plan was simple; we'd listen to nothing but radio for a week and see what we found. On day two Rick contemplated suicide and Jim destroyed his stereo, clock radio, and his Toyota factory cassette stereo. So after only after a days worth of listening we present to you following list:
The Ultimate 11 Radio Formats
Local Sports Talk DJ
This poor bastard has to fill three hours, every day, even during baseball season. And you can only interview a relief pitcher so many times. That means he has to fill the majority of the time taking calls from moron sports fans. He doesn't want to sound completely rude when they call in with completely ridiculous trade scenarios that would never happen and retarded commentary about last night's game. But you can hear his contempt for these mouth-breathers grow with each passing day.
Classic Rock DJ
Would it kill you to mix it up a little, Classic Rock DJ? Did you know that Pink Floyd, AC/DC, and Rush have an extensive catalog of songs to choose from? Feel free to play as many as you like and not just the same four every hour on the hour. Seriously, I can set my watch to Ted Nugent "Strangle Hold"
Oldies Format
This is pretty much the same as the Classic Rock station with an added 30-40 years to the age of the average listener. Somehow this station always finds ways to remind it's listeners that they are near death with constant benchmarks like "On this date in 1963 the number one song was..." or by filling you in on birthdays of people you thought were dead like Peter Tork and Del Shannon along side birthdays of people that are actually dead like Richie Valens, Sonny Bono soon to be you.
Classical Music DJ
This guy has the cherriest DJ job in the biz. Each song lasts about four hours, giving him time to complete at least 12 sudokus every day. Plus there's no pressure if he screws something up, because no one is listening any ways.
Posts: 300 Rank: 25 Joined:
12/7/2006
Location:
East Lansing, MI
Posted: 8/2/2007 12:21:49 PM
Killswitch and ATR are usually requests once in a while, but I try not to dive into the Metalcore too much because mainly most new bands now are copying Killswitch's sound. In Flames and Soilwork are played often (mostly songs off Chainheart Machine and Clayman are requested).
Rick Falcon-still my favorite name. I'll throw out a game, its pretty good. What one song immediately can make you feel good or make you drive fast, etc.
I'm going with Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin, when that comes on I'm much more likely to get pulled over.
Posts: 1166 Rank: 9 Joined:
3/13/2007
Location:
My Cubicle, CO
Posted: 8/2/2007 12:28:25 PM
Zep - Rain Song
Me and my boy back in HS used to listen to this song all the time, usually while toking up. I haven't seen him in years but whenever I hear that song it puts a smile on my face and I remember times when the only thing we had to worry about was checking in before curfew.
GNR - Sweet Child of Mine I cannot listen to this song and not get pumped up regardless of what I am doing at the time.
Posts: 277 Rank: 26 Joined:
5/31/2007
Location:
Gilbert, AZ
Posted: 8/2/2007 12:37:08 PM
Don't you just think of Cadillac's now when that song comes on? Its amazing how commercials can ruin good songs for you (which might work as a side game - good songs gone bad because of commercials).
I'd have to go with Master of Puppets. I've been pulled over because of that song. Couldn't help it.
Posts: 2115 Rank: 5 Joined:
2/27/2007
Location:
Ventura, CA
Posted: 8/2/2007 12:40:34 PM
Pushit - Tool This song never gets old to me. Everytime I listen to it, by the end I am doind about 90mph regardles if I'm in a car or not.
Pulse of the Maggots - Slipknot. Holy fuck. That's all I can say.
Fucking Hostile - Pantera This song will always remind me of my best friend, Jimmy. We had great times when Vulgar Display of Power came out. But then he killed himself. So that sucks.
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