What's the most out of place song you heard played on a classic rock station?

Question

Q104.3 just played Blind Melon's No Rain.

Of all the bands that I've heard them play that I've argued doesn't belong on a classic rock station (Nirvana, Greeday, STP) Blind Melons has to be the youngest band I've ever heard on a classic rock station.

You?

Smiley: *shutter* Why would they do that? Why?!?!?

Smiley: My criteria is if the band's younger than I am, they're WAY too young to be considered "classic". It's hard for me to grasp that 80's stuff can be "classic", let alone the 90's.

Will: I had he had a little more than just gin and juice....

Answer 1

How about the DJ who thought Snoop Dogg's Gin and Juice should fit perfectly between Sabbath and Budgie. Our Classic Rock station in the Coastal Empire is a little off wouldn't you say. I think he was drinking Gin and Juice. Haha

Answer 2

One of our classic rock stations has started to get very boring and repetitive over the last few months. Seriously, how many times can you play the same 3 Led Zeppelin songs, the same 3 Deep Purple songs, the same 2 Moody Blues songs, the same Mountain song, etc, over and over without anybody noticing?
So now, every evening at 6pm they play a few songs and introduce them as, "this is a future Q107 classic rock song", or something silly like that.
Some of their so called 'future classics' include; Greenday, Staind, and Finger Eleven!
Other than that, it's a pretty decent station as far as classic rock radio goes. I really only listen on the kitchen radio for about a half hour in the morning before work, then in the evening for an hour or so. I don't see how some people can stand listening to the radio all day long.
I think we've had at least a dozen stations over the last 10 years or so, but they always seem to flop. I'll give this one another half a year, and as soon as it's done, another will pop up to take it's place!
Maybe those 3 "future classic rock songs" at 6pm will eventually turn into 5 songs, then 7, then an entire hour, then...a totally new format of garbage, and goodbye classic rock!

Sarah - I ask myself the same thing. Classic rock radio really took off in the early 1990's, and played mostly music from the 60's and 70's at that time. I guess I have to realize that 1990 is nearly 20 years ago, and perhaps 'The Black Crowes' are now considered classic rock? To me they're still one of those "new bands" haaa! I must be old!

Answer 3

They've played "Enter Sandman" on a local station a few times, that pissed me off. I don't even like Metallica (at all really) and I can tell you that's not their best song.

They also try to slip in some 90's alternative every once in awhile, I think I heard "Rooster" by Alice In Chains once. Not a bad song but I don't know if it quite fit. But then again if I ran the station about 90% of what they play would be changed.

And they play Green Day's "Good Riddance" every once in awhile. Another good one, but not really in the scope of the station.

But hey, change is good, and the term classic rock Does need to expand as the years go by, it's just that they need to either stick to a style or include material from all subgenres that have been considered classic over the years.

And I've only been buying albums for a year and a hlaf now and I have about 6 days worth of music on my iTunes. I could go 6 days without playing the same song twice with 50% of it being between 1975 and 1982 or in the mid 60's (I'm still working on my collection, give me a break), and a radio station with subject matter that goes from the 60's and plays stuff from all the way up to the 90's can't manage to go three hours without playing the same song twice? Or can't find time for more than 2 or 3 per ridiculously famous artist? Pitiful.

Answer 4

Well, they played some new guy's song, but that was about John Lennon. They also played the single from John Fogerty's new album, but I think that's because he is related to Creedence Clearwater Revival.

They played the Red Hot Chili Peppers once. The song was "Under The Bridge". Pretty good song actually, but I thought classic rock was a period from the 60's to the 80's...

But it's a good station. It kinda overplays Led Zeppelin and Tom Petty, not that I'm complaining, but it offers listeners four complete albums from certain artists every Sunday, with a history behind them, as well as features like Breakfast With The Beatles, which plays and talks about The Beatles for the whole period, and some feature that explains certain artists' histories.

Answer 5

Well, you already know I only class music originating in the 1960's and 70's as 'Classic Rock'.

I haven't listened to a {so-called} CR station since the early 90's, so I'm going back to the 80's for this :~

The one we listened to frequently played Cilla Black's 'Anyone Who Had A Heart'. Ok, it's from the 60's, but it isn't Rock! Apparently it was played so much because the DJ at the time fancied her!

Answer 6

The Devil Went Down To Georgia by Charlie Daniels
Our local AOR station also plays Hank William Jr and Steve Earle
Ah the joys of living in Kentucky

Answer 7

I would not put Green Day in that category. I might put Nirvana there just because they did break into the music scene in the late 80s. Any band that is not even close to being two decades old does not belong in that category.

Answer 8

Simon and Garfunkel, many many times.

Simon and Garfunkel= wholesome, God-fearin' people that love the world and everything in it.

Rock= not nearly as wholesome, usually not God-fearin' people that don't mind the world, but would love to change many, many things about it.

Then again, Simon and Garfunkel does break up the terrible monotony of the same five Lynyrd Skynyrds, the same two Led Zeppelins, that one ZZ Top...

Smiley, are you listening to the same radio station as I am?

Answer 9

The classic rock station I hear often once played Duran Duran's " Wild boys".
I like the song, but it does not belong into the Classic rock genre....

Answer 10

I'm still trying to come to terms with hearing U2 on our local classic rock station. I'm sure it was bound to happen but it made me feel much older than I am - those bastards!