Comments on: Hit Radio http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/ Harshing your mellow since 2004. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:38:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Larry Jones http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-128150 Larry Jones Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:34:55 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-128150 <strong>Kathleen</strong> - I lived in the City during the early days of KSAN. Are they still on the air? Underground FM radio -- I guess it can't be that way anymore. On the up side, you can feel right at home on the radio no matter what city in the U.S. you and your Hummer happen to be in. Thanks for stopping by. Kathleen – I lived in the City during the early days of KSAN. Are they still on the air? Underground FM radio — I guess it can’t be that way anymore. On the up side, you can feel right at home on the radio no matter what city in the U.S. you and your Hummer happen to be in.

Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: Kathleen http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-128121 Kathleen Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:31:25 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-128121 our corporate owned "alternative" station plays Kings of Leon non-stop. Also, includes DJ "banter" such as "I heard that making a toyota prius is worse for the environment than owning a Hummer." gah our corporate owned “alternative” station plays Kings of Leon non-stop.

Also, includes DJ “banter” such as “I heard that making a toyota prius is worse for the environment than owning a Hummer.”

gah

]]> By: kStyle http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-126430 kStyle Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:15:04 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-126430 It's not that they're obsessed with hotels and motels, it's that they are obsessed with the song "Rapper's Delight." I agree, the lyrics ain't what they used to be. I miss the more innocent/playful lyrics of the "Old School" hiphop of the 80s, and the activist/inspiring lyrics of the "socially conscious" hiphop of the 90s. Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Misogyny has got to go! It’s not that they’re obsessed with hotels and motels, it’s that they are obsessed with the song “Rapper’s Delight.”

I agree, the lyrics ain’t what they used to be. I miss the more innocent/playful lyrics of the “Old School” hiphop of the 80s, and the activist/inspiring lyrics of the “socially conscious” hiphop of the 90s.

Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Misogyny has got to go!

]]> By: Larry Jones http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-126366 Larry Jones Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:19:17 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-126366 <strong>Narya</strong> - I'm sure it was a great show. But my point is just <em>lighten up with the three!solid!hours!</em> already. Ain't no big thing. And this might just be semantics, but personally I think it actually <em>is</em> work. Rock'n'roll is physically and mentally demanding, and if that's not enough, everybody in the place is watching you the whole time, so there's some pressure there. It's just that it's not <em>meaningless</em> work, but satisfying work that makes him/me/one happy. <strong>kStyle</strong> - You're right, and I should have mentioned that. I don't know why all the rappers are obsessed with hotels and motels, but it does seem to have started with Sugar Hill, <em>30 years ago!</em> The lyric content has degenerated sharply since then, however. Narya – I’m sure it was a great show. But my point is just lighten up with the three!solid!hours! already. Ain’t no big thing. And this might just be semantics, but personally I think it actually is work. Rock’n'roll is physically and mentally demanding, and if that’s not enough, everybody in the place is watching you the whole time, so there’s some pressure there. It’s just that it’s not meaningless work, but satisfying work that makes him/me/one happy.

kStyle – You’re right, and I should have mentioned that. I don’t know why all the rappers are obsessed with hotels and motels, but it does seem to have started with Sugar Hill, 30 years ago! The lyric content has degenerated sharply since then, however.

]]> By: Ron http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-126356 Ron Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:36:59 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-126356 I'm afraid Miss Gaga just made me puke. I’m afraid Miss Gaga just made me puke.

]]> By: kStyle http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-126348 kStyle Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:13:55 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-126348 The "hotel, motel, holiday inn" is a reference to the 1979 classic "Rapper's Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang, which is actually a cute li'l tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diiL9bqvalo The “hotel, motel, holiday inn” is a reference to the 1979 classic “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugar Hill Gang, which is actually a cute li’l tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diiL9bqvalo

]]> By: Narya http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-126345 Narya Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:23:53 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-126345 Well, yes, and, Bruce was legendary for playing much longer shows, back in the day. (A friend of a friend was in a Jersey shore bar when Bruce wandered in one night; they locked the doors and played all night.) So, yes, you work Much Harder, and have to carry your amps uphill through the snow both ways, and Bruce isn't really working at ALL . . . but it was still a great show. ;-) And it's probably like my boss at the bakery would say about working in the bakery, i.e., doing work he liked: "This isn't work; painting the garage is work." Well, yes, and, Bruce was legendary for playing much longer shows, back in the day. (A friend of a friend was in a Jersey shore bar when Bruce wandered in one night; they locked the doors and played all night.) So, yes, you work Much Harder, and have to carry your amps uphill through the snow both ways, and Bruce isn’t really working at ALL . . . but it was still a great show. ;-)

And it’s probably like my boss at the bakery would say about working in the bakery, i.e., doing work he liked: “This isn’t work; painting the garage is work.”

]]> By: Larry Jones http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-126313 Larry Jones Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:55:19 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-126313 <strong>Narya</strong> - Springsteen is truly a relief after listening to hit radio for an extended period. Funny -- in the (ancient, bygone) days when I listened religiously to "Top 40" radio, guys like Bruce were commonly played. Today he'd be as out of place as a bum in a boardroom. I'm sure those lyrics depress you. But when I was searching the web for them I found two or three other "...hotel, motel, Holiday Inn..." songs, each worse then the last: no innuendo, no double entendre, no wit. Just blatant, unvarnished, violent, juvenile male sexual fantasy. The song by Pitbull is the mildest of them. What does this mean? I don't know. PS: After thirty years or so, I feel I have to say I'm a little tired of people saying that Springsteen plays for "three solid hours." This may be longer than other big name acts, but it is really no great feat. Any working band in this country, mine included, routinely plays three, four or five hours, and some of them do it five nights a week. Before you ever heard of Bruce Springsteen I was on the road playing five hours a night <em>six</em> nights a week, except on the weekends, when we played for six hours. Then we would walk back to the hotel through the snow with our amps on our backs. Three hours? That ain't workin'. Narya – Springsteen is truly a relief after listening to hit radio for an extended period. Funny — in the (ancient, bygone) days when I listened religiously to “Top 40″ radio, guys like Bruce were commonly played. Today he’d be as out of place as a bum in a boardroom.

I’m sure those lyrics depress you. But when I was searching the web for them I found two or three other “…hotel, motel, Holiday Inn…” songs, each worse then the last: no innuendo, no double entendre, no wit. Just blatant, unvarnished, violent, juvenile male sexual fantasy. The song by Pitbull is the mildest of them.

What does this mean? I don’t know.

PS: After thirty years or so, I feel I have to say I’m a little tired of people saying that Springsteen plays for “three solid hours.” This may be longer than other big name acts, but it is really no great feat. Any working band in this country, mine included, routinely plays three, four or five hours, and some of them do it five nights a week. Before you ever heard of Bruce Springsteen I was on the road playing five hours a night six nights a week, except on the weekends, when we played for six hours. Then we would walk back to the hotel through the snow with our amps on our backs. Three hours? That ain’t workin’.

]]> By: Narya http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-126300 Narya Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:16:22 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-126300 Jaysuss. On Sunday I saw/heard one of the best live performances I have ever seen/heard: Bruce, rocking the house, for three solid hours. At one point, he said, "I heard the sound of the E Street Band fucking it up!" And then it turned out that he had skipped a verse or something. Point is, weren't no cleaning up going on, and it was all the better for that. Also: the misogyny of those lyrics you quoted depresses me more than I can say. Jaysuss.

On Sunday I saw/heard one of the best live performances I have ever seen/heard: Bruce, rocking the house, for three solid hours. At one point, he said, “I heard the sound of the E Street Band fucking it up!” And then it turned out that he had skipped a verse or something. Point is, weren’t no cleaning up going on, and it was all the better for that.

Also: the misogyny of those lyrics you quoted depresses me more than I can say.

]]> By: Larry Jones http://revision99.com/2009/09/23/hit-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-126257 Larry Jones Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:34:20 +0000 http://revision99.com/?p=694#comment-126257 <strong>kStyle</strong> - Wait! Not till I get a chance to try it myself! <strong>Bill</strong> - Lots of real music on the radio in LA: Classic Rock, Oldies, "Golden Age" jazz (50's and 60's), classical, indie pop, along with the talk and the mush, of course, but plenty of good stuff. I listen from one to ten hours every day. kStyle – Wait! Not till I get a chance to try it myself!

Bill – Lots of real music on the radio in LA: Classic Rock, Oldies, “Golden Age” jazz (50’s and 60’s), classical, indie pop, along with the talk and the mush, of course, but plenty of good stuff. I listen from one to ten hours every day.

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