There are many songs that are categorised as Classics, but some of them are not loved by everyone. I recently asked the question on Twitter: "What is the one song that everyone else seems to like, that you can't stand?" It presented me with some really interesting examples. My personal choice of a song that many would consider a classic, that I can't stand, is Angels by Robbie Williams....urgggh. This may be due in part, to being 'forced' to play it on the radio for years and years. Just because someone says they like a particular song, doesn't mean they then want to hear that same song played over and over and over and over again on the radio until they can't bloody stand it anymore. I used to like so many songs that Radio has managed to kill over the years, to the point that my ears now scream and cry whenever I hear them. When it comes to Classic songs, Smooth Radio, Magic and Heart are the worst offenders, often taking beautiful Classic songs and playing them until the audience simply can't stand them anymore. Dionne Warwick has recorded many great songs, but if you listen to Smooth Radio you'd swear she has only ever recorded Heartbreaker. Abba have an amazing Catalogue of music, but listen to Magic and you would think Chiquitita was the only song they had ever recorded. Goodbye to Love is an amazing song by The Carpenters, but they've made so many other wonderful songs. Programming of music on a radio station is a genuine skill that sadly many people who actually do the job these days, don't appear to have. It's a proper art form and takes experience, gut feeling, and a genuine love of music to do the job properly. Simply pressing a button everyday and letting a computer programme the music a radio station plays 24/7 irritates me so much, it's lazy and so uninspired. Take risks, find wonderful songs people haven't heard for years (there are many) and radio listeners will love it. Surprise listeners occasionally. It just takes time, passion, desire and care to find those songs. If listeners only knew how most radio stations programme the music they hear everyday, they would be amazed and shocked. Programming a music radio show is like a potters wheel, it takes care and thought to make it as perfect as you can everyday. Anyone who simply presses a button and let's a computer programme the music on their radio station everyday, should be thrown in the sea. Here is a short list of some of the Classic songs people have told me they can't stand. Do you agree, do you disagree? Let me know.
The List of Shame...
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Sue
1/10/2017 02:11:19 pm
Hey Jude - The Beatles
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