Break free from the radio

Break free from the radio

Posted on March 13th, 2009 admin 17 comments

These may be harsh words for some, but this is a vital part of my life. Listening to the radio is easy. A lot of people have it playing just by default without much thought to it. This all ties back to pop culture and whatnot, which is all fine and good in its own regard. There’s just one thing about it that really grinds my gears. It absolutely slaughters songs and their likeability. One thing that the radio will never understand is “moderation”.

It starts with you hearing a brand spanking new song on the radio that you like. It’s got a catchy beat and good melody. Great! Thumbs up. No problems there. However, this song will go from lower popularity to the momentum of a freight train through the exponential demand of listeners. It’ll be played about every 5 minutes, and you can easily catch it playing on two stations at the same time. This is how the radio takes a good song, blends it until its unrecognizable slop, and then pours it into the cesspool of songs long forgotten.

Let's listen to some more Britney Spears! Where'd her song go again? It all looks the same..

What also gets me while listening to the radio is the advertisements. Advertising is a part of life, and has its place in business. I won’t blame businesses for wanting to get their name broadcast. Although this is true, if you have the opportunity to skip the loud, deep-voiced man shouting about furniture sales, won’t you skip it? I mean that’s one of the perks people have found lately with DVRs. Commercials on TV are now reduced to mere slide-shows while fast forwarding through them. Everybody loves that!

I say all these things because music is something that’s very near and dear to my heart. I think it can be very therapeutic for people in the right use, but the music that will open your eyes to new genres and ideas won’t be found on the radio (most stations out there anyways. There ARE a few gems. Dont’ get me wrong). There’s music out there that can make people that will excite, make people cry, relax, or contemplate life. What I’m saying is to enjoy music for fun, and also find your niche for music that really makes you think or that you can relate to. Have that music available to you in your car as an escape from the blaring skipping record that we call “the radio”. A song you’re tired of hearing a thousand times over isn’t going to do anything for you after a stressful day at work.

Escape it. You should!

Try: If you like to discover new, oddball music try http://aurgasm.us/

Music happiness, Music, things to try
17 responses to “Break free from the radio”
1. Justin Ratliff March 14th, 2009 at 20:31
  
  I completely agree with this!
2. Music quickpick - Listen to Tool | Yeah. You Should! March 15th, 2009 at 03:31
  
  [...] fanatics that haven’t listened to Tool can start in just by what plays on the radio (the radio sucks but at least it’s a start). Listen carefully to the lyrics in “Vicarious”. People sing along all the time, but [...]
3. It grinds my gears carnival - March 28, 2009 April 4th, 2009 at 00:39
  
  [...] Coles presents Break free from the radio! posted at Yeah. You Should!, saying, “criticizing the radio and radio pop [...]
4. Eremeeff April 20th, 2009 at 07:39
  
  Hello,
  http://www.yeahyoushould.com – da best. Keep it going!
5. sandra742 September 9th, 2009 at 09:33
  
  Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.
6. Tyson F. Gautreaux January 10th, 2010 at 23:20
  
  Great Article! Thanks!
7. Hector Viana January 17th, 2010 at 15:49
  
  Thanks for this cool post. Anyway i found your blog on yahoo and find it very useful. I’ll be sure to come back again for more!
8. Cher Sillas January 22nd, 2010 at 21:49
  
  Agreed.
9. Vernon Tate January 25th, 2010 at 22:39
  
  Nicely, the write-up is really the greatest on this noteworthy topic. I go along with your conclusions and candesperately look forward to your coming updates. Just saying thanks will not be good enough, for the great clarity in your writing. I will immediately grab your rss feed to stay informed of any updates. Authentic work and much success!
10. blackpool pc repair February 2nd, 2010 at 08:23
  
  I really think that this blog can help people. Well done
11. Alison Villaneuva February 11th, 2010 at 18:55
  
  Great article. There’s a lot of good data here, though I did want to let you know something – I am running Mac OS X with the circulating beta of Firefox, and the look and feel of your blog is kind of bizarre for me. I can read the articles, but the navigation doesn’t function so great.
12. Kristian Mattias February 19th, 2010 at 16:32
  
  I was reading something else about this on another blog. Interesting. Your position on it is diametrically opposed to what I read to begin with. I am still mulling over the diverse points of view, but I’m leaning to a great extent toward yours. And no matter, that’s what is so good about modern-day democracy and the marketplace of ideas online.
13. Henry Fordham February 28th, 2010 at 11:08
  
  Regularly I do not make comments on blogs, but I have to mention that this post really forced me to do so. Really marvelous post
14. Belle Brashers March 19th, 2010 at 13:44
  
  Britney is one of the best singers in the world but she does bad things too …
15. tag watches April 1st, 2010 at 17:20
  
  Good post, I can’t say that I agree with everything that was said, but very good information overall:)
16. Aleisha Garriss April 9th, 2010 at 17:00
  
  i will bookmark this blog now, thank you!
17. Tom Quicksall April 13th, 2010 at 08:18
  
  Justin Bieber is going to be my favorite! He’s extremely pretty!
Leave a reply

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website