My bad for the understanding.
#101: Playlunch, Aunty Donna - âReal Estate Appsâ
I like how Double J is becoming a bit more, shall we say, âmainstreamâ.
Theyâre still playing a lot of great lesser-known indie tracks and new releases, but just in the past hour Iâve also heard:
Lenny Kravitz - âAre You Gonna Go My Wayâ
Kate Bush - âRunning Up That Hillâ
Kylie Minogue - âConfide In Meâ
INXS - âMystifyâ
The Weeknd & Daft Punk - âI Feel It Comingâ
I reckon if they keep this combo of underground music mixed with older / more well-known tracks, theyâre onto a winner.
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Previously music director of Unearthed. Seems like a good idea.
Also the first female in the role.
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Must admit, I enjoyed âKeithâ by Playlunch when I heard it for the first time the other week. Nothing new under the sun of course (Chris Franklinâs âBlokeâ, Area 7 âNobody Likes A Boganâ, The Vaughans âWho Fartedâ and The Chats âSmokoâ) but nevertheless made me chuckle.
Playlunch seem to be an all novelty act, a TISM for the new generation, though more like The Vaughans in terms of crudeness.
This year, I am forcing myself to listen to JJJ for half an hour a week to sample the new stuff. Might give JJ a go today to see if they are indeed mixing in the older stuff a bit more. I have also noticed even JJJ playing older stuff at times, perhaps as a response to the results of the Hottest 100 of all time last year?
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Yep, there has been a definite shift to add some old âbangersâ back into the regular playlist as far as I can tell. Even just some high-rating tracks from Hottest 100s of 10 or so years ago now just semi-regularly appear in between the new stuff. Makes it a better listen for mine - still fulfills the charter of playing new music but draws upon the huge back catalogue of tracks theyâve made big over the years.
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Thatâs the thing that has bugged me the most about JJJ over the years. I get that the remit is new and alternative music, but to totally discard mainstream and older stuff is a bit of a middle finger to the audience imo. Thatâs the one reason Iâve never been a huge JJJ listener, even when I was squarely in the target age bracket.
The complete shunning of certain acts like Sneaky Sound System is also baffling, particularly when the lead singer had plenty of JJJ cred through her original band Primary.
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Yeah the what constitutes mainstream pop and what fits triple j is always a debate, perhaps less so now where the overlap between the two seems greater.
But yep, no reason you canât sneak 1-2 songs in each hour that were hottest 100 makers back in the day. Just the surprise element if anything makes it interesting
Sneaky Sound System seems to have been played a bit more lately, in fact they are being played right now
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Yes, from reading around it seems that whatever Richard Kingsmill didnât like didnât get played at all; now that heâs moved on, that could explain the slightly more liberal music policy on JJJ.
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Justin Timberlake on Triple J?
The announcer didnât say it was Requestival. I donât listen to the Js much, does it seem they are becoming more mainstream?
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I think it would do them good to move just a little more mainstream, while still being mostly alternative. Times and tastes change, and what they were doing in the 90s isnât resonating like it once was. The competitive landscape has totally changed too.
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I think they do segments within shows where they invite requests, and anything goes when they do
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Even so, this is more liberal than the Jays would have been even five years ago (when Dictator Kingsmill was still at the helm).
Justin Timberlakeâs music is firmly in the TURD pile for me (I agree with RK here) but the point still stands.
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This was part of Soul Control which plays within that genre. Great show I think.
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Honest question (if anyone knows) - has triple j dropped or reduced their language warnings before tracks with vulgar language?
Itâs probably been happening for a while, but I noticed on the weekend when they played Teenage Joans - Candy Apple, a triple j regular upon its release to be fair, with its line of âyou used to f*ck me in the kitchenâ early on, and it just played through from the previous song unannounced.
Since then, Iâve noticed a few songs with that type of language seemingly played with no forewarning. I was just wondering if this was a subtle change or if theyâve simply ditched the concept of advance warning of bad language for good?
I always figured that they had to forewarn if the program had explicit language in it - at least during hours where children could be listening etc. Wonder if it isnât or is triple j getting slacker?
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