Just ridiculous that so many of the same mouldy oldies remain on the Nova 96.9 Top 40 Playlist every week. This station sounds so stale now.
1 Ava Max - Sweet but Psycho
2 Lukas Graham-Love Someone
3 Ariana Grande-thank u, next
4 Rita Ora-Let You Love Me
5 Guy Sebastian-Before I Go
6 KIAN-Waiting KIAN - Waiting
7 Halsey-Without Me Halsey - Without Me
8 Imagine Dragons-Bad Liar Imagine Dragons
9 Dean Lewis-Be Alright
10 George Ezra-Shotgun
11 Dan + Shay-Tequila
12 5 Seconds of Summer-Youngblood
13 Ariana Grande-No Tears Left to Cry
14 Morgan Evans-Day Drunk
15 Post Malone-Better Now
16 Zara Larsson-Ruin My Life
17 Nelly-Just a Dream
18 Dean Lewis-7 Minutes
19 Shawn Mendes-In My Blood
20 Adele-Rolling In the Deep
21 Ed Sheeran-Shape of You
22 Avicii-Wake Me Up
23 Ariana Grande-imagine
24 Ed Sheeran-Thinking Out Loud
25 Lorde-Royals
26 Rihanna-Only Girl (In the World)
27 Justin Bieber-Sorry
28 Dua Lipa-New Rules
29 Justin Timberlake-SexyBack
30 Outkast-Hey Ya!
31 Sia-Elastic Heart
32 Bruno Mars-Locked Out of Heaven
33 Justin Bieber-Love Yourself
34 Justin Bieber-What Do You Mean?
35 Hilltop Hoods-Leave Me Lonely
36 Kings of Leon-Sex On Fire
37 Britney Spears-Toxic
38 Dante Thomas-Miss California
39 Christina Aguilera-Fighter
40 Rihanna-Diamonds
So I went through the K-Rock tape I had from 20-odd years ago and have logged what is available of the entire 90 minutes the medium afforded me of their ‘Awesome 80s’ playlist from their Saturday nights at the time
FM 95.5 K-Rock - Geelong, VIC
‘Awesome 80s’ Saturday night - circa late 1990s (date unknown)
The Eagles – Hotel California
Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
Adam and the Ants – Stand and Deliver
Devo – Girl U Want
Kids in the Kitchen – Current Stand
Ray Parker Jr – Ghostbusters
Phil Collins – Invisible Touch
The Stranglers – Golden Brown
INXS – The One Thing
Kim Wilde – Kids in America
Thompson Twins – Doctor Doctor
The Members – Radio
Duran Duran – Girls on Film
Hunters and Collectors – When The River Runs Dry
Transvision Vamp – I Want Your Love
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
The Go-Betweens – Streets of Your Town
Ultravox – Vienna
The Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
The Vapors – Turning Japanese
The Flying Lizards – Money
U2 – Desire
Rick James – Super Freak
Apart from the fact that there’s no way in hell K-Rock would ever play any of those songs nowadays, what are the thoughts on an 80s playlist, especially given the era this was recorded in (the late 90s)? Apart from the fact that some of the songs aren’t from the 80s (Go Your Own Way was released in 1977), there’s actually a few great tracks in there. Adam and the Ants, the Thompson Twins number and Devo stand out, and make up for the presence of Kim Wilde and Ray Parker Jr for mine
Triple M Aussie Digital is launching tomorrow. Here’s what the station should sound like, imo:
Triple M Aussie Digital “It’s Bonza, Mate!” 26 Smarch 2019 0000-0100
Treaty- YOTHU YINDI
Solid Rock- GOANNA
Cattle & Cane- GO BETWEENS
The Real Thing- RUSSELL MORRIS
Black Betty- SPIDERBAIT
Ufo- SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM***
Supposed To Be Here- PRIMARY
Teflon- JEBEDIAH
Heart’s A Mess- GOTYE
Let Me Down Easy- GANG OF YOUTHS
Cathy Come Home- THE TWILIGHTS
Big Balls- AC/DC
(Don’t think they’ll fit more than 12 songs/hour in with the amount of ads SCA put on their DAB channels).
**Yeah, yeah- this ain’t rock, but they shouldn’t be afraid to throw in suitable non rock tracks.
NEW SENSATION - INXS
POWER AND THE PASSION - MIDNIGHT OIL
SOUNDS OF THEN - GANGGAJANG
KHE SAHN - COLD CHISEL
THE HORSES - BRAITHWAITE
DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK
RECKLESS - AUSTRALIAN CRAWL
THROW YOUR ARMS - HUNTERS AND COLLECTORS
FLAME TREES - COLD CHISEL (2 AN HOUR AT LEAST)
BOYS IN TOWN - DIVINYLS
PUT DOWN THAT WEAPON - MIDNIGHT OIL (2 AN HOUR AT LEAST)
Working Class Man and You Shook Me All Night Long for the next hour? They might throw in a Crowded House tune, i’m half expecting the awful Straight Lines by Silverchair to feature as well.
I was running the radio in the background for MMM Aussie. The most “wow track” ; Everywhere I Go by Qed
7 Minutes by Dean Lewis
The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea
Gravity by The Superjesus
This Time by Dragon
Fear And Trembling by Gang Of Youths
Living Type by Powderfinger
Dead Heart by Midnight Oil
Chateau by Angus & Julia Stone
Mascara by Killing Heidi
It’s Too Late by Evermore
When The War Is Over by Cold Chisel
Leave Me Lonely by Hilltop Hoods
I Touch Myself by Divinyls
Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet
Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy by Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs
Dancing In The Storm by Boom Crash Opera
Youngblood by 5 Seconds Of Summer
Freak by Silverchair
Ashes And Dust by Bernard Fanning
Everywhere I Go by Qed
Lines by Pete Murray