Why is it that I have never heard my favourite music tracks played on the radio?

Question

I'll give some examples. Some of these are quite old, but I never heard them even when they were just out, and there are plenty of radio stations that give themselves over to playing old music. Some are quite long, but Ihave heard longer. Some are rude, but I have heard ruder. The most I have ever heard any of these played was once, otherwise I might not know of their existence. And yet to my mind they are all gems, the kind of gems that make life worth living.

King Crimson: Starless (Red) or Ladies of the road (Islands)

Loggins & Messina: Angry eyes (Loggins & Messina)

Neil Young: Crime in the City (Freedom)

System of a Down: Thetawaves/roulette

Joni Mitchell: Cold Blue Steel & Sweet Fire (Miles of Aisles)

Tim Hardin: Song to the Siren (Starsailer)

Thomas Dolby: The Flat Earth (The Flat Earth)

Charlie Wood: It all and everything (Southbound)

Sweet honey in the rock: the Gift of Love

Kate Nash: ********

Is it that I have wierd taste, or is it just that if any of these tracks got the recognition they deserve, I would cease to love them so dearly because they would have become "public property" rather than just my own secret pleasures.

P.S., I have disovered just one place where there is a possibility I might here the sort of stuff I really like, and more to the point where I might hear something new that I am grateful to have been introduced to. Bizarrely, it is on a local radio station. I recommend to anyone Jim Hawkin's Sunday Night Rock Show on Radio Shropshire (available on line).

Answer 1

Well, try requesting the songs you wanna hear.

Answer 2

depends what radio station you listen to .

most will only play mainstream popular music in the day which is a shame.

you have to listen to one of the specality shows for example rock, acoustic.

Answer 3

coz you're not listening to the right radio stations or your local radio station has bad taste or you have bad taste. Don't know which one. You decide.

Answer 4

virgin radio plays alot of stuff that no other station does (al least, the stuff on there ive never heard anywhere else!)

Answer 5

Radio is mostly just the corporate machine for people who already have big money to make more, and complaciate the general public at the same time. If youve never heard good music you dont know what youre missing, right? Its such a shame.  It used to be a good medium to discover great music.  Now its just cookie cutter rich white guy approved c**p.

Have you tried FPR stations or college stations?  Usually they have a bit wider range and take random requests.

Answer 6

Try this,

http://www.last.fm/listen

Create a new profile and add all the artists that you have just listed and last fm will play them and any similar tunes for as long as you want!

If you are lucky enough to have an iphone, last fm becomes portable too.

Answer 7

here ya go dude the bone plays those and more....................

go to the site top right hand corners a box to click to listen,

Answer 8

All good songs, but not "hit" songs.

Radio time is expensive and even the Album stations have to set a limit (that's why you hear "Freebird" and "Stairway.." over and again).

Most listeners do not listen for long periods of time. But when they do tune in, they want to hear their favorites - the popular songs of the day or the biggest hits of the past. So, the stations program to those who listen less often (because they are the majority) and responsible for ratings.

Try some of the internet stations that let you set up a playlist based on your preferences. Pandora is a popular one, though there are many others. Blue's suggestion about college stations is a good one, too.

Here's a list of internet stations, many of which base their programming on your input:

I prefer iTunes, Windows Media Player or AOL because they are big companies that are not going to clutter up your computer (well, with the possible exception of AOL). They are all free and all offer an astounding array of choices.

The following sites will have live broadcasts or allow you to set up a custom station to your taste (below are download sites for internet players with lots of stations - I also have to cut my list back as YA is only allowing ten links these days):

www.live365.com

www.pandora.com

www.jango.com

http://www.vtuner.com/vtunerweb/asp/stat...

http://www.penguinradio.com/search/keywo...

http://www.club80s.com/

www.finetune.com

http://www.flashbackradio.com/

http://www.live365.com/index.live...

http://www.partytuner.com/v5/?page=tuner...

http://www.shoutcast.com/

http://ubroadcast.com/broadcast.php...

http://www.webmasterradio.fm/

www.slacker.com

http://www.mikesradioworld.com/index.htm...

Or... many stations allow you to listen to their programming via the internet. Most US stations do not allow those outside the country to stream because of royalty concerns. You can find stations at:

www.radio-locator.com

Good luck, good listening from a guy named duh!

BTW: my fav King Crimson is their "hit" "Court of the Crimson King."