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reynardoMany of my States-side friends will shudder at this, but I don't think "Muskrat Love" is that bad a song. (My apologies for the choice of clip - one takes what one can find). Twee, yes. Cutesy, yes. But then I've only heard it for the first time a couple of minutes ago, because I remembered a lot of the Devilbunnies people deriding it as being one of the worst songs ever.
I love hearing "Free Bird". They just don't play it on air in Australia. The only Lynyrd Skynyrd you will hear is "Sweet Home Alabama" - and we're damnned sick of it. You never hear "Dream On" by Aerosmith on the radio (although you'll hear "Walk this way", "Love in an Elevator" and "Janie's Got a Gun" over and over).
It means that when I listen to "Alice Cooper at Night" some evenings, I'm hearing songs that, while complete cliches for my American friends, are a delightful pleasure for myself. He played a tribute to Billy Thorpe when that good man died, and I realised how much of that particular repertoire had been missing from Australian radio - just a look at the YouTube list shows at least 6 songs apart from "Most People I Know", which again is all that gets played in Australia.
I appreciate that the "New Music" stations want to play what's just been released. I don't mind too much that the "Classic Hits" stations want to stay with what people know and feel comfortable with. But would it be too much trouble to expand the playlist a little? Recognise the breadth and depth of the available music in the various genres? And for Frith's sake, if you're going to play an hour of "Odd" music, look beyond the borders of this large but unpopulated island, and in between Shaddup your Face and TubThumping, put in a few less-played. Throw in Ernie, the Fastest Milkman in the West. I dare and double-dare you to find a copy of Mother Goose's great hit Baked Beans.
And just once in a while, not so that we get sick of it, but once or twice a year, I think you could probably play "Muskrat Love".
I love hearing "Free Bird". They just don't play it on air in Australia. The only Lynyrd Skynyrd you will hear is "Sweet Home Alabama" - and we're damnned sick of it. You never hear "Dream On" by Aerosmith on the radio (although you'll hear "Walk this way", "Love in an Elevator" and "Janie's Got a Gun" over and over).
It means that when I listen to "Alice Cooper at Night" some evenings, I'm hearing songs that, while complete cliches for my American friends, are a delightful pleasure for myself. He played a tribute to Billy Thorpe when that good man died, and I realised how much of that particular repertoire had been missing from Australian radio - just a look at the YouTube list shows at least 6 songs apart from "Most People I Know", which again is all that gets played in Australia.
I appreciate that the "New Music" stations want to play what's just been released. I don't mind too much that the "Classic Hits" stations want to stay with what people know and feel comfortable with. But would it be too much trouble to expand the playlist a little? Recognise the breadth and depth of the available music in the various genres? And for Frith's sake, if you're going to play an hour of "Odd" music, look beyond the borders of this large but unpopulated island, and in between Shaddup your Face and TubThumping, put in a few less-played. Throw in Ernie, the Fastest Milkman in the West. I dare and double-dare you to find a copy of Mother Goose's great hit Baked Beans.
And just once in a while, not so that we get sick of it, but once or twice a year, I think you could probably play "Muskrat Love".
