God, Q101 in Chicago sucks!

mattcoz · July 2009

LikeAnOcean wrote:

and they've played pretty much every Pearl Jam song off the first three albums today

How dare they?! They truly do suck!

:roll:

I know earlier in the week The Fixer was #1 on their Top 9 @ 9, so it's not like they aren't playing it.

mattcoz · July 2009

MK30925 wrote:

I have to say I love seeing white sox avatars. Thumbs up people.

I might not have one, but I'm currently listening to the game on the radio, does that count? :P

LET'S GO WHITE SOX! *clap* *clap* *clap-clap-clap*

PJBuckeye · July 2009

MK30925 wrote:

I have to say I love seeing white sox avatars. Thumbs up people.

its the most used team on this board. A giant FU to the cubs fans.

PJBuckeye · July 2009

mattcoz wrote:

MK30925 wrote:

I have to say I love seeing white sox avatars. Thumbs up people.

I might not have one, but I'm currently listening to the game on the radio, does that count? :P

LET'S GO WHITE SOX! *clap* *clap* *clap-clap-clap*

Gavin better settle down. We really need to take these next two.

mattcoz · July 2009

They just played Dissident during the broadcast, they play quite a bit of Pearl Jam.

PJBuckeye · July 2009

mattcoz wrote:

They just played Dissident during the broadcast, they play quite a bit of Pearl Jam.

Was that before or after Ed Farmer stroked himself?

mca47 · July 2009

LikeAnOcean wrote:

mca47 wrote:

I can't really blame them for NOT playing The Fixer though.
It's a pretty crappy tune.

You still haven't gotten into it?

Ouch.. its been rocking my week!

Not yet.

I'm trying...

There are still some "cringe moments".

yellowled81 · July 2009

LikeAnOcean wrote:

I honestly don't think they even give new music a chance. They wait for it to be huge everywhere else in the country, then they decide to play it. Example Kings of Leon.. Thats their stab at being current. They should just start advertising themselves as a 90s alternative top hits station and be done with it.

I'm really liking bands like MGMT and you can't hear them on Chicago radio.. It sucks!

XRT has been playing MGMT for almost a year now... I know that they play music from a wide range of years (60's to today), but they do play alot of new music. Listen on Thursday for "New Music Thursdays". They have been playing alot off the new Wilco and Sonic Youth albums lately.

and I even heard "Of the Girl" on the way to work last week.

Go Go White Sox!

SpinTheBlackO · July 2009

after reading this thread i decided to stream one of my local stations (wmmr). and what was playing? the fixer. I guess i'm spoiled. not a fan of the song put pretty funny.

hrd2imgn · July 2009

I gave up on Q101 the moment Ed told them it was not for them in 95

Exactly why I rarely listen to FM radio anymore....it sucks

LikeAnOcean · July 2009

hrd2imgn wrote:

I gave up on Q101 the moment Ed told them it was not for them in 95

Exactly why I rarely listen to FM radio anymore....it sucks

I think he was just upset about a billboard advertisement they used that said "This is not for you" and the irony of that.

My complaint here is the suckage of their playlists.

mirrorthelight · July 2009

mattcoz wrote:

They just played Dissident during the broadcast, they play quite a bit of Pearl Jam.

Yeah but they play same 5 songs every freakin day. Unless you make a request or play "The Last Letter Game" that's only time you'll ever here something different.

Purex37 · July 2009

Does anyone else in Chicago remember when Q101 used to do 'The Pearl Jam' back in the mid-nineties? I remember trying to capture it on cassette using the boom box I had back in the day just because they would usually play at least one live or rare track. Good times.

*Decided to update my avatar after reading the sox pride in this thread.

Indifference71 · July 2009

Q101 has definitely gotten progressively worse the past few years. I like the DJ Elektra who is on middays. She's a pretty big PJ fan and she knows her shit about music, but she cant control what she has to play. I usually stick with my ipod or sports radio in the car. XRT is pretty solid, but they can play some really weird shit at times.

PJBuckeye · July 2009

Purex37 wrote:

Does anyone else in Chicago remember when Q101 used to do 'The Pearl Jam' back in the mid-nineties? I remember trying to capture it on cassette using the boom box I had back in the day just because they would usually play at least one live or rare track. Good times.

*Decided to update my avatar after reading the sox pride in this thread.

The irony of "the Pearl Jam" was that I started to really get into PJ after they stopped having "The Pearl Jam." I would love if there was a station that did that again.

Good job on the Sox avatar.

Ledbetterman10 · July 2009

If people wanted to hear The Fixer on the radio, stations would be playing it. That's how radio works. The stations who are playing it are showing respect to Pearl Jam...as they should. But besides the song sucking (in my opinion), the song doesn't fit in with the alternative rock station agenda like WWS did.

mattcoz · July 2009

mattcoz wrote:

They just played Dissident during the broadcast, they play quite a bit of Pearl Jam.

Hmm, just played some Severed Hand in the post-game... too bad we play like guys with severed hands when up in that damn place, thank God we only have 5 games left there.

LikeAnOcean · July 2009

Purex37 wrote:

Does anyone else in Chicago remember when Q101 used to do 'The Pearl Jam' back in the mid-nineties? I remember trying to capture it on cassette using the boom box I had back in the day just because they would usually play at least one live or rare track. Good times.

*Decided to update my avatar after reading the sox pride in this thread.

YES!

The Q101 Pearl Jam.. it was like every night a 9 pm wasn't it? Like half an hour of rare cuts.. it was awesome!.. That was back right before they released No Code and slipped into culthood.

Purex37 · July 2009

LikeAnOcean wrote:

Purex37 wrote:

Does anyone else in Chicago remember when Q101 used to do 'The Pearl Jam' back in the mid-nineties? I remember trying to capture it on cassette using the boom box I had back in the day just because they would usually play at least one live or rare track. Good times.

*Decided to update my avatar after reading the sox pride in this thread.

YES!

The Q101 Pearl Jam.. it was like every night a 9 pm wasn't it? Like half an hour of rare cuts.. it was awesome!.. That was back right before they released No Code and slipped into culthood.

I don't think it was a half an hour. If my memory serves me right it was 5 songs (maybe 4?) in a row. I remember that their competition at the time, Rock103.5 tried doing a Metallica block of songs shortly after that. You nailed the era, because I know it was around the time of vitalogy/merkinball/soldier field and it ended around no code. They would play some great live/rare stuff that was only found on overpriced boots at the time.

PJBuckeye · July 2009

Rock 103.5 was the shit, much better than Q101. After Mancow left 103.5, that station went down the crapper. Too bad, Chicago could use a quality rock station.

God, Q101 in Chicago sucks!

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