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Anyone here not listen to the radio?

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited November 2008 in Other Music
There was a time during the early 90's, when I would obsessively listen to "Alt rock radio".

Now, 15 plus years later, I never listen to the radio. I couldnt tell you who any of the top alt rock bands are right now.

Modern day alt rock seems so different from the music of old!

And oddly, even though I am not hip to modern rock, or at least mainstream rock labeled as alternative, I frankly couldnt feel happier about it.

Doesnt seem like I am missing much.

I am happy in my niche of indie rock.
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I don't. But there are many artists I listen to that are on the radio.

    I mainly don't listen to it because they don't play music. There's always some show or DJ talking. It's kinda like MTV for your ears.
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  • unifiedsceneunifiedscene Posts: 462
    I hate the radio. I kinda hated it then. I'd be in my car with 8 different rock stations preset on the dial... and on a regular basis I could cycle through them and find 8 channels all playing commercials. That's when I was done. It's not about what music they're playing to me... it's that they're like TRL. It's all DJ's talking and commercials playing, with an occasional snippet of song. So annoying.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,543
    I only hear the (music) radio when I'm in someone else's car (I love ESPN radio). I don't want to waste my time listening to something I don't love. And that includes commercials :).
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    Every morning on my way to work from 8-9:30 but not to music just Democracy Now and WPFW Community Comment here in DC

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  • inhiding 1976inhiding 1976 NWI Posts: 580
    No just PJ bootlegs

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  • edigerediger Posts: 308
    the best purchase I ever made was a CD player for my car that can play MP3 DVDs. Now I have like 10,000 songs on 8 discs and have no need for the radio in my car.

    I would say the only time I listen to the radio is when my alarm goes off. To persuade me to get out of bed, it's on the other side of the room. When I wake up to fucking Nickelback or something, I'm outta bed instantly to turn that sucker off.

    I've done whatever I can to make sure I can listen to whatever music I want, whenever I want, wherever I am. That's the beautiful part about file sharing. Back in the day, you'd have to hope that you hear a certain song on the radio, now you can just download everything you want to listen to. The way I see it, someone who is really into music will never be able to afford all of the recordings they want to listen to. Well, unless they're crazy rich. That's my best argument for allowing free downloads.
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  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    I honestly only listen to radio stations that play the old school country music...

    I find it hard to suffer through Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Interpol, the Killers and Dashboard Confessional all day to get to one Radiohead or KOL song.

    Same goes for classic rock stations....how many times will I have to listen to Dream Weaver or Bad Company before I get a Pink Floyd song.

    but I've found it much easier to take Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Ray Price and Narvel Felts all day.
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  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    i never listen to the radio
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  • inhiding 1976inhiding 1976 NWI Posts: 580
    Maybe sattelite is in order. (I know I didnt spell it right.)

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  • Cassandra-GeminniCassandra-Geminni Posts: 119
    I never listen to the radio in my car. It's either my ipod or cds. I hate being passenger in a car and have to suffer through radio brodcasts the entire time. 90% of the time shit music, commercials, or random dj talk. I would much rather listen to nothing then listen to radio.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    sometimes when i'm driving.
    usually, it's a morning radio show though but not music.
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    I never listen to the radio.....


    Then again, I don't really watch tv either.....
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  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    I almost never listen to the radio. Just 10 minutes in the morning for the news and the weather. Otherwise, it bores me. I don't like hearing the same song every hour...
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    The only thing I listen to on the radio is sport.

    Music radio over here sucks big time!
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    I gave up radio when I got my own computer and went away to college (back when it was easier to sample music through downloading). It's been about 7 years now and I don't miss radio one bit. I don't even care to complain about mainstream music these days. It's simply not a part of my life.
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I can't remember the last time I listened to the radio. My car has an ipod hookup so I just take my ipod wherever I go.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Never.
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  • FatalFatal Posts: 821
    Yeah i used to listen to the radio and watch Much Music all the time about 15 years ago....now i do neither!
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    soclose wrote:
    I don't even care to complain about mainstream music these days. It's simply not a part of my life.


    Same here.....
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  • Dismantle The SunDismantle The Sun Posts: 139
    nuffingman wrote:
    The only thing I listen to on the radio is sport.

    Music radio over here sucks big time!

    Been recently to LA and heard their stations and I was amazed. So much classic rock and was introduced to the Series Satellite network where listeners can hear endless Grateful Dead (or whoever they would like to listen to). Because I was with a group of GD and Dylan fans they tuned into those stations.
    I didn't have a heart to tell them I'm more into metal and prog rock.

    Here, in the UK - and I can't speak for the South West where Nuffingman comes from because I'm from the South east, radio actually does suck. We have (In Kent) Invicta and KMFM - both stations play R&B chart hits and nothing else. I only listen to internet radio stations, KPIG is a good one for the Country fan, and Paradise.com isn't too bad. Elbow and Arcade Fire is usually played on that station.

    More internet radio stations from the UK worth listening to is:-

    1) http://www.Radiocaroline.co.uk
    2) http://www.planetrock.co.uk (playing classic rock al la LA radio )

    So apart from Myspace and Internet radio stations, I hardly listen to any
    mainstream radio.
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  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    I haven’t really listened to the radio since 2002.

    Is it because I’m old now, or because radio format sucks? or are all new rock bands sound the same to me. cookie-cutter music. cheesy.

    I used to love the radio. Now I only listen to xm satellite occasionally. it's all about the ipod baby.

    I use rolling stone mag, this forum, youtube to find new music.

    Quite frankly, I don’t know why the radio’s still around except for emergencies.
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