Good heavens , Miss Sakamoto!
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Posting this one with a photo because you might not believe me if I just told you the song and the station
And no, weâre not in Requestival either.
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That was my immediate thought!
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Listening to tonightâs 20-20 Retro Countdown, and one of the tracks thatâs outside the Top 20 is âI Love It When You Call Me Namesâ by Joan Armatrading. Itâs a great track, as long as you donât try and process the lyrics. I guess 40 years ago, it was probably normal for couples to beat the snot out of each otherâŚ
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No, it still had quite a shock value at the time. People were well aware it was a commentary on sado-masochism. Great song though in other respects. I loved Drop The Pilot and Show Some Emotion. Sheâs still releasing music by the way, BBC R2 were playing one of her new songs last year fairly regularly.
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Sounds like Joan Armatrading is one of the many artists from the '70s and '80s that kept on making great music well into the 21st century, but whose later music was ignored by mainstream radio (at least in Australia anyway). Will definitely need to listen to her newer stuff.
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Radio Caroline is another station that plays new music from âclassicâ artists. They specialise in it actually.
I know I wax lyrical on RC, but they truly provide something thatâs missing elsewhere.
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I stream Radio Caroline from time to time. Itâs a great station. Radio Paradise is quite similar, though theyâre more of a traditional American style AOR format.
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Both great stations but theyâre pretty different imo. Caroline is your classic album rock station but Radio Paradise leans heavily toward adult album alternative. You wonât find AOR bands like Journey and Foreigner on there as they are too âpoppyâ for Billâs liking. Thereâs a big indie folk bias to Paradise which isnât my jam- but itâs still very well put together. Bill of RP knows what heâs doing. RP is a lot more laid back than Caroline and often too slow and sleepy for me.
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Over the last 3 nights, âNights With Dave Gleesonâ have doing the Top 27 âRock Chicksâ Countdown in their âClassic 9 at 9â (9 songs per night)⌠some interesting selections below given the metro Triple M stations hardly ever play these artists otherwise.
No. 21 - Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go Gos
No. 18 - Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
No. 16 - Kids In America - Kim Wilde
No. 12 - Manic Monday - Bangles
No. 4 - U + Ur Hand - Pink
And putting Pink up so high on the list is quite baffling.
For the record, the Divinyls was # 1 with âScience Fictionâ.
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Triple M Brisbane this afternoon played Tina Turnerâs âThe Bestâ, the original version without Jimmy Barnes.
It would be most unusual to hear Tina on the metro Ms otherwise, but her connection to Australian sport and her passing made her a "must play " today.
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In my uber home Nova 93.7 PLAYED âNutbush City Limitâ
I know why they did, but really was something to hear Nova play that song
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Agree! I Love it when stations go off format to play a classic they donât normally play.
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A couple of interesting artist choices Iâve heard on DAB radio recentlyâŚ
Just then, 80s New Wave just played Sinead OâConnor (Mandinka)⌠I always thought she was more alternative rock/folk, and she is also a bit late on the scene to be considered New Wave (or so I think).
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And last week, Triple Mâs Tradie Radio played Tori Amos (Cornflake Girl). Not an artist/song I would imagine (male) tradies would listen to.
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âThis is not really happening here!â said Paul the plumber.
âYou bet your life it is!âcried Craig the carpenter.
âRabbit foodâŚâ
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I actually quite like that song. I have not heard that song in years.
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MacArthur Park by Richard Harris on 2BS last night.
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Back when they were Triple M 90s I heard them play that Tori Amos song once or twice, was a little out of character in the good way.
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I sometimes think Triple M have to be a little bit more flexible with the genre for female vocalists, otherwise it would get incredibly narrow
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