Terrific songs that need greater exposure

vermicious knid · #1 09-11-2005, 10:35 AM

Radio sucks. I hate the radio. They play the same songs over and over, never letting us hear buried gems that should have been big hits. This is a place where you can share songs would be loved by more people if only people knew they existed.

Here are some
Rotary Connection - I Am the Black Gold of the Sun
Romeo Void - A Girl in Trouble is a Temporary Thing
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
Teena Marie - Love Me Down Easy

Go download these songs, and also post songs you think are great so I can go download those.

**mylittledemon** · #2 09-11-2005, 02:44 PM

Yeah that's because 85% of all radio is owned by corporate America. Mostly Clear Channel. Song selections suck now. I remember calling into the local classic rock station on the REQUEST line and I asked for the live version of "The Chain"...and the woman said she couldnt play it because there can only be 1 song from the 70s every half hour or something ridiculous like that.

And no, I won't be downloading any Teena Marie. I dont think she ever did anything worth while. And that last album she put out? Hideous.

all the same · #3 09-11-2005, 02:57 PM

I like the fact that the music I tend to like isn't that over exposed. Just "the right kinda people" listen to it! If I like someone who becomes too big too fast, I stop liking them quickly. This happened with Sarah McLachlan. I loved her early work but as soon as Surfacing broke, she became HUGE. And I thought the album only had about three good songs on it when I bought it. I was really disappointed in it but for whatever reason, the masses freakin' loved it! Weird.

BombaySapphire3 · #4 09-11-2005, 03:01 PM

Any number of songs by The Replacements.A great band that never really broke out of the college band status.At their peak every bit as good as R.E.M. was IMO.

Wild_Heart03 · #5 09-11-2005, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Yeah that's because 85% of all radio is owned by corporate America. Mostly Clear Channel.

lol, sad but true. out of maybe 15 radio stations here, 5 or 6 of them are Clear Channel-owned.

Oh, and as for good songs they didn't play but should have... Shake The Disease by Depeche Mode would be my first choice. Great, haunting melody.

Mari · #6 09-12-2005, 04:05 AM

I haven't listened to (Dutch) radio in years exactly because of this. Same songs, same people, not even the people I like.
Now I've discovered internetradio

Kink-fm is my current fave. Yeah, Dutch again.
Great song that got very deserved airplay there:
dEUS - Seven Days

chiliD · #7 09-12-2005, 08:30 AM

Somewhere Near Japan - - The Beach Boys

Dark Orange Sunset - - Orbit Service

JazmenFlowers · #8 09-12-2005, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

And no, I won't be downloading any Teena Marie. I dont think she ever did anything worth while. And that last album she put out? Hideous.

Not even Ooh La La La, Dear Mr. Gaye, If I Were A Bell or Square Biz?

And I kinda agree about the last album, although I'm Still In Love, A Rose and Makavelli Never Lied are pretty good to me. I was hoping Black Rain would be good, but by the middle of it I'm plugging my ears...

DavidMn · #9 09-12-2005, 11:19 AM

Dakota- Stereophonics

This band for whatever reason never gets airplay here, even though they're very popular in Europe, and their latest album, Language,Sex,Violence,Other? was #1 in England for awhile. These guys need to get a break here, because they're a helluva band that really cares about making music from the heart.