Posted on 08/27/2020 12:32:50 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
Standing there alone, the ship is waiting
All systems are go, are you sure?
Control is not convinced
But the computer has the evidence
No need to abort
The countdown starts
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Modern Music ping.
Man, I miss the ‘80s... a better time with better music... Commies on the ropes... last decade before political correctness really took hold... last decade before the popular culture really sank into the gutter.
loved how he closed the loop with Black Star..
Thinking back on it... why was it better? Well, for one thing, the World War II generation, then in their late ‘50s to mid-to-late-60s were still pretty much calling the shots. The oldest Baby Boomers (e.g., Bill Clinton) didn’t really take over until the ‘90s, and that when everything started to go to hell.
I’m with you on most of that, but there is a lot of excellent music still being made that you’ll never hear on the radio. The death of radio was at the hands of the consultants who fill the playlists with bland songs that are focus-grouped to death. My best source has been YouTube because I can play one song I like and let autoplay take over; I often fall down the rabbit hole listening to artists I never heard of.
Okay I kid you not. I rarely do music posts in FR but I’ve contemplated posting this song!
As a millennial, this music is before my time (hence why it’s so much better) but the throwback rock station here in LA plays it often and I blare it up when it comes on and it always lifts my mood. LOVE it!
It’s based on a German song I believe.
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Earth beelooooowwwwww ussss!
Drifting! Falling!
Floating weightless.
Calling! Calling hooommmmeeeeeeee!
I especially love the final chorus.
Yes, the same artist originally recorded it in German. It was also covered in French by Plastic Bertrand.
Yes, it is indeed German. It’s used quite memorably as opening theme music on the TV show Deutschland ‘83.
Search for “Volleig Losgeloest”.
You are so right.
But I'm constantly discovering new music even as I approach my late 50s. As you point out, you'll never find it on terrestrial radio, which are basically the same 300 songs over and over again with about 32 minutes of chit-chat and commercials every hour.
There are many ways to find new music such as Pandora and other similar apps that take songs and bands you already like and feed you newer songs based on them. But for me, Sirius/XM is the best as it's commercial free and focused on the music in every conceivable genre. I have about 30 of those stations in my favorites. Best ones for discovery are Spectrum, Outlaw Country, Garage Band, Loft, and Deep Tracks. But even the ones that you would think are limited, like First Wave, Yacht Rock, 80s, Classic Rewind, etc., go pretty deep and I'm always discovering new music from the period of my youth that I somehow missed while growing up.
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Daytime radio is the worst now, because the key to ratings success is to make sure that nobody is actually listening. Most of the audience is in the workplace and employers don’t like distractions, so the playlists are carefully curated to be dull (think Muzak). The top-rated station here in Toronto has a classical format, but during the workday it’s awful- primarily movie themes and popera. Their programming after 8pm and overnight is fantastic, though.
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