Pop Kulcher

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  • Submit Date: 6/6/2003
  • Format: CD
  • Category: Theme

Think I'll Kill The Radio

Artist Song
Teenage Fanclub  Radio 
Joe Jackson  On The Radio 
Replacements  Left of the Dial 
R.E.M.  Radio Song 
Joy Division  Transmission 
Elvis Costello  Radio, Radio 
The Doors  WASP (Texas Radio & The Big Beat) 
The Clash  Capital Radio 
The Kinks  Around The Dial 
Wall of Voodoo  Mexican Radio 
Pavement  Stereo 
Ramones  Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio 
Robyn Hitchcock  The Devil's Radio 
Modern Lovers  Roadrunner 
Elvis Costello  Radio Sweetheart 
Queen  Radio Ga Ga 
Velvet Underground  Rock & Roll 
The Buggles  Video Killed the Radio Star 
Golden Smog  Radio King 
Flaming Lips  Turn it On 
The Clash  This is Radio Clash 
R.E.M.  Radio Free Europe 

Comment:

Clear Channel killed radio; rotund little Powell Jr. drove the final nail in the coffin. Here's a little ode to the radio, not a terribly original idea (spotted several others here on AOTM), but I felt the need for another. Haven't yet made the final artwork for this one, so if you've got any suggestions there's still time. Thanks.

Feedback:

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sundaysky
Date: 6/6/2003
argh. that reminds me. i finally found the mix that came with the jewel case i sent you. argh! i like the elvis and flaming lips especially. =D
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G-Sphere
Date: 6/6/2003
No Clear Channel stations in our town yet but the effects are still numbing. Commercial radio sucks. This mix is cool. Some other good radio songs of the top of my head... On My Radio - The Selector, Border Radio - The Blasters, DJ - Bowie, Radioactivity - Kraftwerk, Radio Days - World Party.
I can think of lots of ways to kill the radio.
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Adam Bristor
Date: 6/6/2003
Yeah, due to my cd player not working I had to listen to the radio on the way into work today. Jesus. I just turned it off after a few songs, and sang to myself. It sucked. The mix is great though, quite a few nice odes to the radio. The only favorite of mine that's missing is Hackamore Brick's "Radio", in which the singer goes on about how great the radio is, then tells a story about how he was racing another car and his girlfriend hangs out the car window to give their opponent the finger as they fly by, but then she falls out and dies. Then he goes back to singing about the radio. I guess it's kind of an unusual song, but it's got a good beat and you can dance to it. Sort of. Anyhow, nice mix.
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Ton-y
Date: 6/6/2003
I think every station here in ATL is Clearchannel. Bleh.
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Moe
Date: 6/6/2003
Fantastic! Plenty of great songs about something that once meant so much to me. Can't honestly remember the last time I listened to music on the radio. You might as well break off the dial on my receiver. I hate to be one of those guys who suggests songs you didn't include, but here goes ;)---"Who Listens to the Radio" by the Sports, "Transmission" by Joy Division, "Umiversal Radio" by Nina Hagen and that "Life is a Rock, but the Radio Rolled Me" song. Okay, maybe not that last one...
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Moe
Date: 6/6/2003
Okay, I'm a doofus. Just saw the Joy Division. Now hang me from a rope... woops! bad choice of words.
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Rob Conroy1
Date: 6/6/2003
It looks like a good one, Marc.
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zachrobbins
Date: 6/6/2003
i might be wrong, but isn't devil's radio a g. harrison song?
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g.a.b. l@bs
Date: 6/6/2003
Great picks.all around (the dial)!

I only ever listen to College Radio anymore.& don't think I'll ever buy into XM (choose your format from these great hits-HA).
College Radio plays edgy stuff, takes requests, has ticket giveaways, and usually has a very diverse program format (Classical->Jazz->Indie->Ambient/Techno).
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Chongo
Date: 6/6/2003
I think a fitting song for the events of this week is "Nothing Good on the Radio" by Down by Law, although it might not flow with most of the stuff on here.
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bobbio
Date: 6/6/2003
one of my favourite smiths lyrics goes something like 'burn down the disco, and hang the blessed dj, cos the music he constantly plays says nothing to me about my life'. cos it's so true. it makes me glad to know that others hate the radio as much as i do. there's also an ataris song that goes 'sometimes i turn it on, just to prove to myself that the radio still sucks!' i'm done ramblin now. nice mix.
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reverbe
Date: 6/6/2003
Don't have any suggestions, just wanted to say: This mix good. Clear Channel Bad. I don't listen to the radio on general principle, though I always make an exception for the CBC's Brave New Waves.
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starrymouse
Date: 6/6/2003
uggg. clear channel = satan. but i absolutely live for john in the morning on 90.3 KEXP here in seattle. it's webcasted, too at www.kexp.org. this is a great mix, great idea.
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quadb
Date: 6/9/2003
Cool mix! Down with radio! Support indie music! Without indie all we would have is American Idol and that's like McDonald's being the only place to eat!!! That is all.
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CMS
Date: 6/27/2003
Great mix! Great song to start it off... although, I don't know about "Radio Song". While it does fit the concept wonderfully, that song is just awful. STILL, great mix!

CMS
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life love regret
Date: 4/5/2004
clear channel DID kill radio. it saddens me when i think about it quite honestly.