April 8, 2005 2:51 AM BST
Girls, while I respect your choices of music, I can't bear to hear many of those "artists." Here's why:
Radio in the Chicago area sucks beyond belief. The same old crap is rammed down our throats constantly and it has really made me hate some groups. If I never hear U2, the Stones, Led Zep, Aerosmith, and many other so-called "classic" bands I will incredibly happy. In some cases I just wasn't crazy about their music to begin with, but I could easily live with it as long as I didn't have to hear it all the time. If their stuff came on the radio I just changed the station. But nowadays when I change the station I hear the same stuff on all stations.
Chicago radio, and probably radio around the country, is afraid to take chances, so they stick with the same old nonsense that got them advertising dollars before. I could probably tolerate many of these groups if the stations could just lay off a little bit. Thank God I have a CD/tape player in my car. I may hear the same song 50 times on my ways in to work, but it's my choice to do so and nobody else is subjected to it.
They just don't realize that all these groups were new at one point. So why not give someone else a chance? It beats hearing "Stairway to Heaven" for the ten millionth time today.
Sorry. Am I being cranky again?
April 8, 2005 5:17 AM BST
Mere Detroit's no better. Radio is like having a CD player & only one CD.
I'm 46 white & live in the suburbs. Rap makes your heart PUMP.