Jedigoat Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Sounds like this convo has happened here before but I've been thinking about this a lot lately. A lot of songs on my playlists (70's, 80's, 90's) that were hit songs that got a lot of airplay when they charted but no longer get played. Usually the artist might still get a lot of airplay but you only hear two or three of their songs even though they have upwards of 20+ charting singles over the years. I put a lot of the blame on radio stations all being under the same national ownership. Most were independent back in they day and had total freedom as to what they could play. Now it's all controlled. Anyway, what do you remember hearing a lot but no longer? I'll post some of mine after getting some responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 Fine, I'll go. lol I probably have tastes that don't align with anyone here, but anway.....One of the first bands that comes to mind is R.E.M. After their massive success in the 90's, their radio play has died down in terms of how many of their singles get played now. Stations here only play Man on the Moon and Losing My Religion. Indianapolis has a rock station, an alt. station, and a college/indie station but a lot of the moderately successful bands from the 90's are gone from the airwaves. Garbage, Hole, Live, and several others. I understand a station can't possibly play all of them. That would be thousands of songs but it's odd that some songs still get airplay and others are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Any station that won’t play Here Comes the Hotsteppa by Ini Kamoze anymore isn’t a station worth listening to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 6 hours ago, Jedigoat said: Fine, I'll go. lol I probably have tastes that don't align with anyone here, but anway.....One of the first bands that comes to mind is R.E.M. After their massive success in the 90's, their radio play has died down in terms of how many of their singles get played now. Stations here only play Man on the Moon and Losing My Religion. Indianapolis has a rock station, an alt. station, and a college/indie station but a lot of the moderately successful bands from the 90's are gone from the airwaves. Garbage, Hole, Live, and several others. I understand a station can't possibly play all of them. That would be thousands of songs but it's odd that some songs still get airplay and others are gone. You have to understand how radio works to get this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 5 hours ago, Darth Krawlie said: Any station that won’t play Here Comes the Hotsteppa by Ini Kamoze anymore isn’t a station worth listening to Ah-ha, that's another one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Too High for the Supermarket by The Uninvited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 6 hours ago, Cerina said: Too High for the Supermarket by The Uninvited I've never heard of this but it's a cool song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 That's like Def Leppard, they were huge in the 80s and now you never hear them on the radio even though they still release albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, CoLA said: That's like Def Leppard, they were huge in the 80s and now you never hear them on the radio even though they still release albums. Classic rock stations here still play Photograph all the damn time. And Love Bites and PSSOM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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