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Jersey_Girl_Rides said:
While it is important to understand the context of the evolution and expression of those occurrences, it is also wise to recognize that those times have passed, and we are obliged to learn from them and carry on. The past cannot be relived for our own nostalgic indulgence.
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I get what you are saying but apparantly radio disagrees. Our stations play nothing but the classics or safe pop which to me doesn't qualify as art on any level. Also, it is weird to see my 7th graders coming in with t-shirts ranging from Zeppelin to Poison, which of course is the result of parent influence but demonstrates how humanity can be caught in a viscious cyle and that we aren't learning from our past and carrying on as you say.

Recently, a new radio station has popped up playing "classic" rap which cracked me up. Although I think it is great to hear Tone Loc, amongst others, it speaks volumes for how even this genre is uninspired and over.
 
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I think there's a ton of good new music being produced but radio stations simply don't want anything to do with it.

Always was partial to Young MC myself.
 
I missed the Poison reference in your OP - really? Poison? I mean I udnerstand Zeppelin as they are/were giants. But Poison is dreaful music. And as great as The Who may or may not have been, I've had enough. They should be retired from the airwaves forever. I never, however, tire of The Immigrant Song.
 
ChrisG said:
In spite of how frigging cool Britt Daniel is.
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Is this a reference to me? Awww how nice!

Sppon wre the guys behind a song in a Jaguar ad a while back - I turn my camera on.

If you like the Dave Matthews Band then try Kings of Leon. Great for the post-ride drive home...
 
normZurawski said:
I think there's a ton of good new music being produced but radio stations simply don't want anything to do with it.
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i think that the unie. stations, such as wfuv out of fordham, are instrumental in getting the non-mainstream music out there. XM radio is also doing a great job of this, but it comes at a price.

Almost everything listed in this thread can be heard on a regular basis on channels 40 to 54, 75 and 76:
http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/full-channel-listing.xmc
 
Shaggz said:
i think that the unie. stations, such as wfuv out of fordham, are instrumental in getting the non-mainstream music out there. XM radio is also doing a great job of this, but it comes at a price.

Almost everything listed in this thread can be heard on a regular basis on channels 40 to 54, 75 and 76:
http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/full-channel-listing.xmc
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I love my XM radio. Anyone looking to hear the full spectra of periods and genres that music has to offer, get thee to Best Buy and get a subscription pronto.

The XM Cafe channel is a great place to explore newer music, although it tends to be more folksy and bluesy stuff which is not always my cup of tea.

If you have DirecTV at home, you get most of the XM lineup as part of your DirecTV package, no extra charge. Yeah, you can only listen at home, but its a nice perquisite of the service. We usually turn to Ethel or Top Tracks for dinner music. When my brother comes for dinner, he and I go on for hours discussing music, because Ethel and Fred bring back so many memories of our youth spent rocking out together. Good times.
 
Jersey_Girl_Rides said:
I love my XM radio. Anyone looking to hear the full spectra of periods and genres that music has to offer, get thee to Best Buy and get a subscription pronto.

The XM Cafe channel is a great place to explore newer music, although it tends to be more folksy and bluesy stuff which is not always my cup of tea.

If you have DirecTV at home, you get most of the XM lineup as part of your DirecTV package, no extra charge. Yeah, you can only listen at home, but its a nice perquisite of the service. We usually turn to Ethel or Top Tracks for dinner music. When my brother comes for dinner, he and I go on for hours discussing music, because Ethel and Fred bring back so many memories of our youth spent rocking out together. Good times.
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I find that XMU is the only channel I can listen to for extended times without switching the channel. That channel is all about new music. The other XM rock stations all have their moments, but then they throw in some crap that makes you want to choke. Fred is a classic example of that. Some of that music should have never left the 80s.
 
the one thing that gets me is that there are certain bands that seem to get air-time on almost every xm channel, including the chili peppers, sublime, moody blues, jethro dull. i think i heard "locomotve breath" on the disney station once...
 
Satellite radio has definitely opened me up to a lot of music I would otherwise never hear, especially given how crappy commercial radio has become (particularly for music of the heavier variety). I used to listen to WSOU (Seton Hall's station), but they went soft a few years back. The nuns must have heard a Cannibal Corpse or Deicide song - not sure how they are now, though.
 
My wife and I are pretty dedicated consumers of music, old and new. We were given an XM receiver as a gift, and subscribed, being pretty stoked about the possibilities of having our heads opened up to new stuff. Within a couple of months, the thing never went on, other than to hear Ron and Fez, because the playlisting of even those genre-based channels became pretty predictable.

I still find music the way I always did- I read about it first, then seek it out.
 
ChrisG said:
I still find music the way I always did- I read about it first, then seek it out.
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I have picked up 2 CDs in the last 8 years or so having randomly heard them somewhere. The other 50-100 have been through recommendations, reading, or AMG. So I'm with ya on that one.
 
ChrisG said:
My wife and I are pretty dedicated consumers of music, old and new. We were given an XM receiver as a gift, and subscribed, being pretty stoked about the possibilities of having our heads opened up to new stuff. Within a couple of months, the thing never went on, other than to hear Ron and Fez, because the playlisting of even those genre-based channels became pretty predictable.

I still find music the way I always did- I read about it first, then seek it out.
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Nice to find another Budday on the board. I listen every day. They are the best.
 
ChrisG said:
... Within a couple of months, the thing never went on, other than to hear Ron and Fez, because the playlisting of even those genre-based channels became pretty predictable.
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I found the same thing with XM-very predictable playlists but I've kept the subscription for Ron and Fez. I love them.

This summer I've caught "Austin City Limits" on PBS and found a few interesting bands including Cafe Tacuba, and another group called the Polyphonic Spree which reminded me of a Partridge Family cult on acid. Trippy weird and overall fun.
Anyone know Mindless Self Indulgence?
 
joanqs said:
I found the same thing with XM-very predictable playlists but I've kept the subscription for Ron and Fez. I love them.
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I've found a lot of new music from listening to Sirius. In my experience the cutting edge channels play a lot of stuff I have never heard before. Plus Stern kicks Ron and Fez's imitator butts. 😀
 
wolfmother...totally diggin these guys!

I have a question. As i am starting to scratch the surface in exploring music i have noticing that many of these bands have enough tracks to fill one cd. Instead they will produce two cd albums and have like 30 min of music on each cd. Seems a bit silly to me. Whats the deal?
 
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