Great songs heard on radio

Thanks- it’s been a while since I’ve been down that way. So effectively towns like Pemberton and Northcliffe are devoid of MMM (except for skywave).

I realised I posted this in the wrong topic- mods please feel free to move the discussion to the ‘AM/FM Conversions’ thread.

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Some notable songs played this Saturday night on the many Brisbane/Sunshine Coast Stations (and a few from other places)

On 101.5FM

  • Loverboy - ‘Turn Me Loose’

  • Joe Walsh - ‘Life Has Been Good’

  • David Bowie - ‘Ziggy Stardust’

On 99.7 Bridge FM:

  • Alice Cooper - ‘Bed Of Nails’

  • ZZ Top - ‘Give Me All Your Lovin’

  • Chris Rea - ‘The Road To Hell (Part 2)’

  • Paul Simon - ‘Graceland’

On 92.7MixFM

  • Steppenwolf - ‘Born To Be Wild’

  • Boney M - ‘Ma Baker’

  • Mental As Anything - ‘Rock And Roll Music’

  • Olivia Newton John - ‘If Not For You’

  • T.Rex - ‘Jeepster’

  • Santa Esmeralda - ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’

On HOT91.1:

  • S.O.A.P - ‘This Is How We Party’

  • Bronski Beat - ‘Hit That Perfect Beat’

On River94.9:

  • Boney M - ‘Daddy Cool’

  • The Cars - ‘Tonight She Comes’

  • Scatman John - ‘Scatman’

  • Mick Jagger - ‘Just Another Night’

  • Big Audio Dynamite - ‘Rush’

  • Three Amigos - ‘25 Miles 2001’

  • Bachman Turner Overdrive - ‘Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’

  • JX - ‘There Is Nothing I Wouldn’t Do’

On Mix 106.3:

  • Ratcat - ‘Don’t Go Now’

  • The Rolling Stones - ‘Brown Sugar’

  • 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone

  • AC/DC - ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution’

On Triple M Classic Rock Digital:

  • Bachman Turner Overdrive - ‘Roll On Down The Highway’

  • Skyhooks - ‘Women In Uniform’

  • Deep Purple - ‘Child In Time’

On Zinc96.1:

  • Supertramp - ‘The Logical Song’

  • Steve Miller Band - ‘Jet Airliner’

  • Stevie Wonder - ‘Part Time Lover’

  • Paul Simon - ‘You Can Call Me Al’

  • ABBA - ‘S.O.S’

  • Cream - ‘White Room’

  • Toto - 'Africa (Extended Version)

On The Breeze:

  • The Hondelles - ‘Little Honda’

  • The Cowsills - ‘The Rain, The Park & Other Things’

  • Bee Gees - ‘Spicks And Specks’

  • Bob Seger - ‘Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man’

  • Roy Orbison - ‘Penny Arcade’

(Apologise for such the long list, didn’t realise until later on. Enjoy)

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She’s crazy like a fool
Wild about Daddy Cool

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‘Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime’ - The Korgis played on 101.5FM a little bit after 4:10pm

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Played on HOT91.1 as part of the ARN Aussie Music Weekends (extended to 12am on Sundays):

  • James Reyne - ‘Slave’

  • Transvision Vamp - ‘I Don’t Care’

Also good mentions:

  • Bruce Springsteen - ‘Cover Me’

  • Fleetwood Mac - ‘The Chain’

Both played on River94.9

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One of my favourites.

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Simple Minds - ‘Love Song’ on 101.5FM at around 3:12pm.

Honestly, any Simple Minds song besides ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ is a notable play (only other song I have heard from them on radio recently was ‘Alive And Kicking’ which plays regularly on MMM 80s Digital)

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92.3 FM in Brisbane at 9:20pm: “Before the Worst” by The Script. Peaked at #10 on the Australian charts; its success was boosted by the band performing this song at the 2009 NRL Grand Final.

Nights with Dave Gleeson on Triple M at 9:26pm: “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven” by Phil Collins.

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Followed up with ‘Face The Face’ by Pete Townshend then ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ by (the late but great) Sinéad O’Connor on Triple M Nights with Dave Gleeson.

Notable mention:

KIIS973 Brisbane currently playing ‘It’s Only The Beginning’ by Deborah Conway, haven’t heard that one in a while, especially on KIIS.

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What station is on 92.3 at Brisbane? Can’t seem to be able to get a signal (I live in Caboolture and most Brisbane stations come through with RDS and in Stereo).
It’s either narrowcast or you are confusing it for another station on a similar frequency.

No idea, I was listening on lava.net.au/stations

This is the website for it: https://923.com.au/

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The address for the station is in Mareeba, QLD according to the site. So a little bit far away (by about 1700km) from my neck of the woods :laughing:

I kinda assumed at that point you were confusing it with 92.7MixFM, which can be recieved quite well in Brisbane (at least in the north)

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A few other good ones I heard on Gleeson’s show tonight included

Short Skirt / Long Jacket - Cake
Darling It Hurts - Paul Kelly & The Messengers
The Lady Don’t Mind - Talking Heads
Suicide Blonde - INXS
Selling The Drama - Live
Longview - Green Day
Like A Stone - Audioslave

Whilst most of these artists are fairly commonly heard, good to hear their lesser known songs are getting an airing.

Tonight’s Classic 9 at 9 was acts with bald headed members (nude nuts as they called them). Peter Garrett’s Midnight Oil was at #1 with “ US Forces”.

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On Triple M’s Homegrown (idk the guy temporarily taking over Matty O’s shift):

  • ‘Passenger’ - Powderfinger

  • ‘Come To Me’ - Diesel

  • ‘Nothing Too Serious’ - Icehouse

  • ‘Science Fiction’ - Divinyls

  • 'Nullabor Plain (radio edit) - Ian Moss (new)

  • ‘Great Wall’ - Boom Crash Opera

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Not bad but doesn’t quite measure up to the very lofty standards he set for himself with ‘Matchbook’.

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Big fan of that Talking Heads tune!

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8:05pm on Nights with Dave Gleeson: “Where the Streets Have No Name” by U2 followed immediately by “Smooth Criminal” by Alien Ant Farm
9:25pm: “Viva la Vida” by Coldplay

9:35pm on HIT Network: “Four to the Floor (Thin White Duke Remix)” by Starsailor

This is the original version of said song by Starsailor, which peaked at #5 on the ARIA Charts in 2004:

Though the remix was the version they more-often-than-not played on the radio.

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Also on Dave Gleeson tonight

Last Night - The Strokes
Department Of Youth - Alice Cooper
Ita - Cold Chisel
Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings

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101.5FM playing some good tracks tonight:

  • Spiderbait - ‘Monty’

  • The Sharp - ‘Caught In The Deep’

  • The White Stripes - ‘Hotel Yorba’

  • The Presidents Of The United States Of America - ‘Peaches’

  • Foo Fighters - ‘Monkey Wrench’

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Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free

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