God, Q101 in Chicago sucks!

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  • Purex37
    Purex37 Posts: 168
    PJBuckeye wrote:
    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.

    Very true... I agree with the earlier posts that XRT is the best station we've got in chi-town. You will have more pleasant surprises listening to that station than any other in town. My only problem with it is that they play a lot of random stuff from well before I was born that I just don't care for. I tend to prefer heavier stuff when it comes to the classics like the who, led zeppelin, sabbath, hendrix... And you need to go to a station like The Loop to hear that.

    I do prefer how Q101 plays a higher percentage of 90s alternative than they did a few years back. Why doesn't Chicago have a station for people who grew up on 90s rock but don't listen to much of today's mainstream rock. I can't stand most of the current bands they play; blue october, theory of a deadman, hollywood undead... the list goes on. Probably hate most of it because it is on so often.

    Someone mentioned MGMT/KoL earlier. It's good to hear that there are other people in town who grew up on 90s alternative and still listen to good new music today. If only we had a station that played bands like TV on the Radio, White Rabbits, YYY's, Spoon, Grizzly Bear, cold war kids, etc and mixed it in with the best of the nineties.
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  • PJBuckeye
    PJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    Purex37 wrote:
    PJBuckeye wrote:
    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.

    Very true... I agree with the earlier posts that XRT is the best station we've got in chi-town. You will have more pleasant surprises listening to that station than any other in town. My only problem with it is that they play a lot of random stuff from well before I was born that I just don't care for. I tend to prefer heavier stuff when it comes to the classics like the who, led zeppelin, sabbath, hendrix... And you need to go to a station like The Loop to hear that.

    I do prefer how Q101 plays a higher percentage of 90s alternative than they did a few years back. Why doesn't Chicago have a station for people who grew up on 90s rock but don't listen to much of today's mainstream rock. I can't stand most of the current bands they play; blue october, theory of a deadman, hollywood undead... the list goes on. Probably hate most of it because it is on so often.

    Someone mentioned MGMT/KoL earlier. It's good to hear that there are other people in town who grew up on 90s alternative and still listen to good new music today. If only we had a station that played bands like TV on the Radio, White Rabbits, YYY's, Spoon, Grizzly Bear, cold war kids, etc and mixed it in with the best of the nineties.

    I think everybody stuck in the 90's really needs to check out the up and coming bands.

    Don't forget to add Metric, Vampire Weekend, Hockey, The Thermals, and the Decemberists to this list.

    But once again the best way to get exposed to these bands is through the satelite radio, definitely not played enough on the FM band.
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  • smobee
    smobee Valparaiso Indiana Posts: 178
    I agree that radio sucks a$$ in Chicago. Plain garbage. And if I'm just missing the good radio, its because I can't stand to go up and down the dial looking for something because all I hear is crap when I do. I listened to Q101 some back in the 90's. Started out listening to The Blaze and Rock 103.5. 97.9 The Loop has been a turd since those stations went away. Except for Johhny B. If you've never listened to Jonathon Brandmeier in the morning, you're missing out. I usually only listen to Q101 if a new PJ song is out or if I'm in my wifes car. Is it just being older and "not getting" todays music or does it just really suck that bad? Thankfully I'm a Chicago sports fan and if you like sports radio, Chicago has some really entertaining AM sports stations IMO.
  • Purex37
    Purex37 Posts: 168
    smobee wrote:
    Thankfully I'm a Chicago sports fan and if you like sports radio, Chicago has some really entertaining AM sports stations IMO.

    We do have solid sports radio. I like the afternoon saloon & waddle/silvy on ESPN1000. But I can't stand Boers/Bernstein on the Score. Those two always compliment each other's opinion and cut of their callers when they make an opposing point. I miss Dan Hampton. He was great in the that late morning time slot. He kept saying that Luol Deng was out with "a bruised va-jay-jay" at the end of last years bulls season. Classic.
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  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    Q101 was awesome back in the 90s. Not so much now. They play like the same 25 songs over and over and over again. The only times I even listen to Q101 anymore is when Electra's on, doing The Last Letter Game, or when they have one of their end of the year countdowns of the past 15 years. Otherwise, there's no point in listening to it since it's all the same stuff on repeat.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Well, looks like they've dropped The Fixer from their playlist already.. Thats the last we'll hear of the new album.

    At least they've got a good variety of the old stuff going, but I won't be tuning into Q101 anymore.
  • theJawas
    theJawas Posts: 395
    The aforementioned 102.1 from Milwaukee also had the Pearl Jam Session (or something like that) back in the 90s. That makes me want to go look through my cassettes to see if I still have some rarities taped off of that show. I think it was usually a 3-song set.
  • 81
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    Q just played the fixer last hour


    but, they hadn't played it since 9/14
    81 is now off the air

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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    81 wrote:
    Q just played the fixer last hour


    but, they hadn't played it since 9/14
    I know.. I think they're reading this board. lol
  • LiteTheMatch
    LiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    I hear it quite often on Q101

    but yet, Q101 does suck...


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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Very weird..
    '
    They just played Off He Goes..

    Very cool, but more Backspacer please!
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    anyone here hear about the new i101? all 90s, all the time...from dishwalla to boyz II men..awesome..
  • Wma31394
    Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    Didnt even know..have to check it out..
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    Yeah I flipped it on the other day and heard Mariah Carey...I'll stick to 87.7 :lol:
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  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    Yeah I flipped it on the other day and heard Mariah Carey...I'll stick to 87.7 :lol:


    cmon- sweet sweet fantasy baby is a good song
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,976
    Dude, I hate what you are doing more than all the wrigley threads.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Dude, I hate what you are doing more than all the wrigley threads.

    more than the philly threads?
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,976
    davidtrios wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Dude, I hate what you are doing more than all the wrigley threads.

    more than the philly threads?

    More than everything.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    cincybearcat wrote:
    davidtrios wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Dude, I hate what you are doing more than all the wrigley threads.

    more than the philly threads?

    More than everything.


    :(
  • iwasatpj20
    iwasatpj20 Rockford, IL Posts: 3,475
    I stop listening to that station when I drive anywhere near Chicago, been like that for at least ten to twelve years now.
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