Reply With QuoteGood news indeed! Hope springs eternal!!!!!!!!! I remember only 2 or 3 years in Central Mass.
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What was the average lifespan of an all disco radio station back in the day? The reason I ask is because today there are similar all rap radio stations and they shove the same songs down everybody's throat day after day. Everyone I know is getting tired of it. The end is near. I feel a backlash coming. All of the rappers look the same and sound the same now. Well I am sure most of you can see where I am going with this.
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Good news indeed! Hope springs eternal!!!!!!!!! I remember only 2 or 3 years in Central Mass.
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Well,well,well.:) I do believe this was the perception that "disco" experienced .What goes around comes around.Originally Written by Yao Bling
Different eyes see different things. Different hearts beat on different strings. But there are times for you and me when all such things agree...Rush
Indie Release [Level 4]
From my personal experience:
In California, the average was about 2 1/2 years (as judged by KUTE in Los Angeles and KSFX in San Francisco). In the mid-80's, pop stations like KITS and KMEL would play a high percentage of dance music.
In Montreal, the average disco station was around 4 years (can't remember the call letters). In the mid-80's, CKOI and another station would play a higher than usual percentage of dance music. In the mid-90's, with the advent of Euro music, they formatted part of their weekend evenings and nights to dance music and guest-DJ mixes. This continues to this day.
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Did the all disco stations play the same songs everyday too?
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
I would say generally no or at least certainly not to the extent it's done today.
For sure you will hear the top five songs played more frequently. Intermixed with those those would be other songs depending on DJs and programming.
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No, back then the playlists allowed for regional differences, primarily because the stations weren't controlled by just one or two companies like they are today. Even the two stations in the Bay Area had slightly different playlists and song formats: KSFX in San Francisco would play radio or edited versions during the day and play the extended versions only at night, whereas the other station in San Jose (forgot the call letters) would play only extended versions, regardless of the time of day.
Of course, the selections weren't unlimited...as some songs became popular and hit the pop charts, those would be played more often (I must confess that I, at one point in my life, became sick of hearing Cher's "Take Me Home" played ad nauseam). KSFX had a feature every week called "Battle of the New Songs": two completely new songs were played and listeners were asked to call in to vote for their favorite. Some of the losers were never heard from again.
Disco was actually an exciting time for radio.
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So, is anyone over there planning to organise a "Rap sucks" rally in Kominskey Park? :P
Darren
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Darren, Arborfield, Berkshire, England
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Every once in a while a radio station in my city will play some dance music from the 1970's and 1980's for about an hour around noon time. :)
Songs I have never heard of and I am sure nobody at the station other than the DJ who is spinning them live knows what they are. Just as people who are listening start to get into it then all of a sudden the mix comes to an end. Then after a station identification they go back to playing the same tired destinys child beyonce ashanti jennifer lopez lil jon usher garbage over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. :cry:
Indie Release [Level 4]
Don't we wish! Unfortunately, rap is rebellious. I think most teenagers listen to it, not necessarily because they like it, but because their parents HATE it!
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And that's the reason Disco failed in the U.S.A. Much of the music was aimed at the parents as well as the kids.
To be perfectly honest, I think I'd soon get sick of a station that played nothing but Disco, or even one that played nothing but funk (and I'm a real lover of funky music). Everybody needs some light and shade.
Is it any wonder that radio stations with a limited playlist never last very long, or that a winning formula of today is tomorrow's cold turkey?
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Quinny's really right with this. I remember by summer of '78 Disco was everywhere in Worcester. All of the radio stations played it, most of the bars installed dance floors and sound systems and blared Disco music at the drunks who just wanted to drink and pass out.
If you were a rock 'n roll fan during that period around here you were just **** out of luck in having access to your music.
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That's because even some of the most polished of rockers were doing disco oriented songs.... Stones, Stewart, Roxy Music, etc. etc.
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Unlike us disco guys, the rap crowd packs heat as well. A rap sucks bonfire will leave a some of the participants with a "cap" in their ass
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Hey Quinny. The reason you stated in the first paragraph reminded me that I was thinking of you when there was some discussion about the 25th anniversary. The hip-hopper stated as you did that it appeals from the younger people, something you've mentioned before. Contrast that with disco. In my view disco was never an attempt have a generational distinction between younger and older people. IMHO disco music reflected and was also part of the mindset of the period. So it was more a state of mind than a generational thing. That makes it uniquely beautiful.
My take on disco's transition/fall in the states can be rooted in the culture wars that started in the 60s and continues today. It is no coincidence that this happened when Reagan and the conservative movement took hold in this country.
As for the stations. Well, they were still doing their thing. I still heard rock & roll played. It just didn't control the vast majority of the radio.
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