OK....so you're a radio DJ

vic

Here is a nice challenge.... :?

You are invited by Radio X to host a 1 hour music programme (5-6 pm) in which you airplay about 10-15 songs. These should have wider appeal and not be focussed on a specific style or genre.

The generous sponsor of the programme is a Financial institution.

What songs/music would you play ?

:-\

Psean

Mmmm. Do they have to have mainstream appeal?

I'll give it a go:

Temple of the Dog - Reach Down
The Allman Bothers Band - It's Not My Cross to Bear
Miles Davis - Sivad
The Rolling Stones - Torn and Frayed
Led Zeppelin - Out on the Tiles
Soundgarden - Slaves and Bulldozers
Gov't Mule - Rocking Horse
Clutch - White's Ferry
Foo Fighters - February Stars
Rage Against The Machine - Born of a Broken Man
Frank Zappa - Willie the Pimp

That's pretty wide for me ?

Averatu

To me it would be physically impossible. You'd have the phone line jammed with complainant religious groups and a lost sponsor. Radio stations generally have set play lists thou, just point and click a few tracks, just like doing mobile dikskou.

Willem186

+1 to Averatu...

Psean

Averatu wrote To me it would be physically impossible. You'd have the phone line jammed with complainant religious groups and a lost sponsor. Radio stations generally have set play lists thou, just point and click a few tracks, just like doing mobile dikskou.

:roflmao:
Yeah. It's sad. NO more decent radio. I miss the days when UJFM played rock music, had a metal show, and, even though the DJs usually had to stick to the playlist, they still had "screw the playlist days".

IceCreamMan

Nice one Vic...i have it on my bucket list to host a radio show once or twice ...so far just been shown the door :?

lock the doors to the studio and play metal ?

seriously ....i guess it depends on the radio station itself , where they position themselves .......but i guess MOR stuff wont offend to many....journey , toto , bon jovi (eeek)

Psean

IceCreamMan wrote Nice one Vic...i have it on my bucket list to host a radio show once or twice ...so far just been shown the door :?

lock the doors to the studio and play metal ?

seriously ....i guess it depends on the radio station itself , where they position themselves .......but i guess MOR stuff wont offend to many....journey , toto , bon jovi (eeek)

What's MOR? Mainstream Oriented Rock? I would struggle if I had to be restricted to that kind of "inoffensive" stuff. Bleh!

singemonkey

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Baker Street - by whoever did that song
Free Falling - Tom Petty
Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Little Ghost - The White Stripes
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Today - The Smashing Pumpkins
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
I wanna be your boyfriend - The Ramones
Green Onions - Booker T and the MGs.

V8

Mon-Thurs "Drivetime" : Familiar/Sing-a-long stuff + a few minutes of comedy. The classics from CCR, Beatles, Rodrigeuz, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Led Zep, plus a few playlisted tunes that are sing-a-longish.
Fri + Sat : remixing with a guest DJ. Remix rock, house/electro, funk tracks on the fly. Throw a lot of samples in and have a laugh - all uptempo (120-135bpm)
Sun : Jazz/blues chilling : Etta James, BB King, Ray Charles, Santana, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Hugh Masekela, etc

Or I'd just ask Chris Pryor (da man!) to play ?

deefstes

Cool question. You should ask Jack Flash Jnr, he's done it already (although I don't think he was sponsored by a financial institution and I think he was allowed to focus somewhat on a genre).

Psean

V8 wrote Mon-Thurs "Drivetime" : Familiar/Sing-a-long stuff + a few minutes of comedy. The classics from CCR, Beatles, Rodrigeuz, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Led Zep, plus a few playlisted tunes that are sing-a-longish.
Fri + Sat : remixing with a guest DJ. Remix rock, house/electro, funk tracks on the fly. Throw a lot of samples in and have a laugh - all uptempo (120-135bpm)
Sun : Jazz/blues chilling : Etta James, BB King, Ray Charles, Santana, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Hugh Masekela, etc

Or I'd just ask Chris Pryor (da man!) to play ?

If I was doing a show I'd avoid these. As brilliant as many of these songs are, they're so overplayed that (to me) they're in danger of losing their impact because you know you're going to hear them on every one of these typese of radio shows and at O'hagans type pubs all over the place - they become part of the background rather than something special. I wouldn't want to contribute to that. I would never play Stairway on a radio show even though it might just be my all-time favourite. I'd have to try and keeo it a bit fresher than that.
The songs you mentioned would definitely go down well with the majority though ?

chris77

Hmmm.... so basically an easy listening set which won't offend anybody and is aimed at the young adult/middle age market the sponsor is fishing for. :-\

Right, here goes:

Gimme one reason - Tracy Chapman
Ruby don't take your love to town - Kenny Rogers
Nothing Ever happens - Del Amitri
To be with you - Mr Big
Days like this - Van Morrison
Hard to make a stand - Sheryl Crow
Come on Eileen - Dexy's midnight runners
I try - Macy Grey
Are you gonna be my girl - Jet
Freshman - The Verve

vic

singemonkey wrote Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Baker Street - by whoever did that song
Free Falling - Tom Petty
Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone
Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Little Ghost - The White Stripes
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Today - The Smashing Pumpkins
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
I wanna be your boyfriend - The Ramones
Green Onions - Booker T and the MGs.

Gerry Rafferty.

Nice list...good variety.

vic

I think the point is...it's not that easy to select music...especially outside of your taste and domain...which you think could have a wider appeal.

vic

chris77 wrote Hmmm.... so basically an easy listening set which won't offend anybody and is aimed at the young adult/middle age market the sponsor is fishing for. :-\

Right, here goes:

Gimme one reason - Tracy Chapman
Ruby don't take your love to town - Kenny Rogers
Nothing Ever happens - Del Amitri
To be with you - Mr Big
Days like this - Van Morrison
Hard to make a stand - Sheryl Crow
Come on Eileen - Dexy's midnight runners
I try - Macy Grey
Are you gonna be my girl - Jet
Freshman - The Verve

Yip, even I can listen to this... ?

nice variety

giggsy

chris77 wrote Hmmm.... so basically an easy listening set which won't offend anybody and is aimed at the young adult/middle age market the sponsor is fishing for. :-\

Right, here goes:

Gimme one reason - Tracy Chapman
Ruby don't take your love to town - Kenny Rogers
Nothing Ever happens - Del Amitri
To be with you - Mr Big
Days like this - Van Morrison
Hard to make a stand - Sheryl Crow
Come on Eileen - Dexy's midnight runners
I try - Macy Grey
Are you gonna be my girl - Jet
Freshman - The Verve

Just one correction, Freshman is by The Verve Pipe, not Verve

giggsy

Very tough, but my hour would be:

The 59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem
Suedehead - Morrissey
Brimful of Asha - Cornershop
Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales
Erase/Rewind - The Cardigans
He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot - Grandaddy
Jerusalem - Matisyahu
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - Crash Test Dummies
De do do do, De da da da - The Police
Folding Stars - Biffy Clyro
Friday I'm in Love - The Cure
Evil - Interpol
It Must Be Love - Madness
Tomorrow Comes Today - The Gorillaz
Celebrity Skin - Hole

I doubt it fits the 'brief' but it was a fun excercise anyways

V8

Psean wrote I'd have to try and keeo it a bit fresher than that.
The songs you mentioned would definitely go down well with the majority though ?

Yeah, the trick would be in keeping it fresh - I'd shoot myself if I pulled out CCR's greatest hits CD and just pressed play ?

I'd play the classics with a slight twist : Live/bootleg versions and covers by other artists. E.g. Stairway to Heaven might be overplayed, but how about the Rodrigo Y Gabriela's instrumental version or Eric Burdon's live version of 'Boom Boom'?

vic

V8 wrote
Psean wrote I'd have to try and keeo it a bit fresher than that.
The songs you mentioned would definitely go down well with the majority though ?
Yeah, the trick would be in keeping it fresh - I'd shoot myself if I pulled out CCR's greatest hits CD and just pressed play ?

I'd play the classics with a slight twist : Live/bootleg versions and covers by other artists. E.g. Stairway to Heaven might be overplayed, but how about the Rodrigo Y Gabriela's instrumental version or Eric Burdon's live version of 'Boom Boom'?

Good idea !

Psean

V8 wrote
Psean wrote I'd have to try and keeo it a bit fresher than that.
The songs you mentioned would definitely go down well with the majority though ?
Yeah, the trick would be in keeping it fresh - I'd shoot myself if I pulled out CCR's greatest hits CD and just pressed play ?

I'd play the classics with a slight twist : Live/bootleg versions and covers by other artists. E.g. Stairway to Heaven might be overplayed, but how about the Rodrigo Y Gabriela's instrumental version or Eric Burdon's live version of 'Boom Boom'?

That's a show I'd listen to :goodtimes:

I'd also try to add songs from classic artists that I think are really awesome but that are not the ones that are played on every saturday classic Rock show. They don't havve to be anywhere near obscure, just slightly less predictable. E.g. The Rain Song rather than Stairway, Have a Cigar rather than Whish You Were Here, Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2, or Money.