HOW COME THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO GOOD MUSIC ON THE RADIO

YoungKhalifa

It has just come to my attention in the past few months that there is almost no musically good music on the radio at all. Since when did music become so generic and downright soul-less. I mean songs like 'Starships', 'Turn Up The Music', 'We Are Never, Ever, Getting Back Together' and 'Payphone', are utterly and horrifically terrible.

SCOOP 64

Been crap for years!
how do you open up your own radio station ,do i need just a licence and transmitter?

Sinfonia

The John Kelly Ensemble
Lyric FM
Mon - Fri
14:00 - 16:00

mike65

What you like? Internet radio is the only real solution - infinite "themed" choice, too much in fact!

RikkFlair

RTE radio 1, Sunday nights at 9, Philip King

Temaz

Paul Mcloone on Todayfm at night is excellent.

Dave Couse does a great show on Sunday nights also.

Kerrigooney

Temaz wrote: »

Paul Mcloone on Todayfm at night is excellent.

Dave Couse does a great show on Sunday nights also.

+1. McLoone and Couse are essential listening for those of an "Indie" (horrible word...sorry)persuasion.

SilverScreen

Who cares? There's plenty of good music not on the radio.

Temaz

Kerrigooney wrote: »

+1. McLoone and Couse are essential listening for those of an "Indie" (horrible word...sorry)persuasion.

I hate the term too!! Lets just say they play great music!!

syngindub

are there shows available via podcast recordings?

Kerrigooney

syngindub wrote: »

are there shows available via podcast recordings?

No. I think when it comes to podcasts there can be an issue with the licencing of music.

lordgoat

BBC6

rcaz

Soma FM

rcaz

lordgoat wrote: »

BBC6

Particularly 3-6pm on Saturdays for Giles Peterson's show.

Also Radcliffe and Maconie are pretty good craic. But what we really, really need is the return of Adam and Joe. Black Squadron!

holystungun9

rcaz wrote: »

Particularly 3-6pm on Saturdays for Giles Peterson's show.

Also Radcliffe and Maconie are pretty good craic. But what we really, really need is the return of Adam and Joe. Black Squadron!

You could get his podcasts in the past but then it slowed down. Also with all the podcasts and music I listen to, it was one that I sometimes didn't get round to listening to, so I unsubscribed. Have a look as maybe his podcasts are back going again.

Father Damo

YoungKhalifa wrote: »

It has just come to my attention in the past few months that there is almost no musically good music on the radio at all. .

Have you only had a radio for the last few months so?

seamey beag84

You can almost predict the whole playlist of every show, well daytime ones anyway.. all ****e! I lost any little hope I had left in radio when Today FM got rid of Donal Dinnen..

old hippy

I'd like to add my appreciation of BBC 6 Music. It's the only reason I have a DAB! Sundays are the best with Cerys, Jarvis & Huey. Saturdays are a bit too forced and "whacky" for me and I don't get much of chance to listen weekdays but I've gone off Radcliffe. Maconie is a decent skin, mind.

BBC R3 is great for jazz and world music (and obviously classic, if you're into the genre).

VNP

Terrestrial irish stations have been ruined by daytime djs in my humble, they re obviously getting paid to play /promote the same drivel day in day out ie that ray folay nightmare contantly refrencing his drinking antics with brezzay and other shiyte hawks and playing their horrific noise.... DAB digital only way not to constantly be marketed to like a moron.

old hippy

Tbf to the mainstream stations, it's been like that for years. When I worked in one, you had a set playlist and woe betide you if you deviated. This was back in the 90s when "cutting edge" was something you might find on Donal Dineen or Dave Fanning's shows...

The mainstream stations were after one thing only, audiences and revenue. Big audiences for mainstream pap, meant good revenue. You couldn't play anything that might upset the mass listenership and cause them to switch over...

VNP

Well while todeeaay fm have some entertaing stuff on ocassionally they re totally let down by the gibberish Ray Foleay show and his cheesey pop interludes from his ramblings. They must have some funny way of getting revenue from the horrible name dropping childish personality void of a charachter outside his slot. I have to listen while working sometimes as you can tell it gets me wound up.

old hippy

VNP wrote: »

Well while todeeaay fm have some entertaing stuff on ocassionally they re totally let down by the gibberish Ray Foleay show and his cheesey pop interludes from his ramblings. They must have some funny way of getting revenue from the horrible name dropping childish personality void of a charachter outside his slot. I have to listen while working sometimes as you can tell it gets me wound up.

LOL, you're lucky mate. I have to sit through the excruciating Steve Wright in the afternoon show on a daily basis. Then it gets even worse when he takes a holiday and Chris Tarrant sits in. I'd rather go deaf

Been out of the country for a while, can't quite place Ray Foley...

Paranoid Mandroid

Radioparadise.com fantastic station. No adds either

donegal_man

http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/

Selection of specialist channels from 60s to 00s and classic rock. Also Frank Skinner and Dave Gorman

BetterCallSaul

For the people saying they like Gilles Peterson and Donal Dineen, i'd highly recommend checking out Cian Ó Cíobháin's show.

http://www.rte.ie/rnag/antaobhtuathail.html

wow sierra

YoungKhalifa wrote: »

It has just come to my attention in the past few months that there is almost no musically good music on the radio at all. Since when did music become so generic and downright soul-less. I mean songs like 'Starships', 'Turn Up The Music', 'We Are Never, Ever, Getting Back Together' and 'Payphone', are utterly and horrifically terrible.

Try Phantom - it can be quite good - well obviously it depends on what you are into........

Shapey Fiend

It's always been pretty terrible. Nowadays people can listen to whatever they like when they like on the internet so the audience of people tuned into radio tend to be the types want the top 10 blasted at them all day. What's the benefit of catering for niches?

Of course our license fee should go towards creating a few TV stations and radio stations that don't measure their success in ratings and instead aspire to be culturally valuable. There's loads of fantastic Irish music out there at the moment and the outlets for it are very limited. This does exist to an extent in RNG, TG4 and Radio Na Life, assuming you don't mind listening to them chirping a few phrases in Irish or in the case of TV watching a few subtitles.

Must confess I'm not a fan of electro so I've found the last 5 years of pop music a bit of a trial. They'll move onto something else eventually.

johnROSS

Five words:

The Blue Of The Night.

parttime

Reels to Raga's is also worth listening to, also on lyric,Monday nights, I think....

BailMeOut

Paranoid Mandroid wrote: »

Radioparadise.com fantastic station. No adds either

+1 on this. Radio Paradise is superb. Their recent Apple App is excellent too otherwise you can play from anywhere from any browser.

troops

BailMeOut wrote: »

+1 on this. Radio Paradise is superb. Their recent Apple App is excellent too otherwise you can play from anywhere from any browser.

RP is all you need...no ads or annoying djs

old hippy

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

It's always been pretty terrible. Nowadays people can listen to whatever they like when they like on the internet so the audience of people tuned into radio tend to be the types want the top 10 blasted at them all day. What's the benefit of catering for niches?

Of course our license fee should go towards creating a few TV stations and radio stations that don't measure their success in ratings and instead aspire to be culturally valuable. There's loads of fantastic Irish music out there at the moment and the outlets for it are very limited. This does exist to an extent in RNG, TG4 and Radio Na Life, assuming you don't mind listening to them chirping a few phrases in Irish or in the case of TV watching a few subtitles.

Must confess I'm not a fan of electro so I've found the last 5 years of pop music a bit of a trial. They'll move onto something else eventually.

Doubt it. Kraftwork are as popular as ever and they've been around for 40 years

-=al=-

started a new job recently and fm104 is usually on, it's bloody disgusting what it has come too!

old hippy

-=al=- wrote: »

started a new job recently and fm104 is usually on, it's bloody disgusting what it has come too!

That used to be Rock 104? And before that, Capital Radio?

Any of you remember the original Capital Radio when it was a pirate? Shockingly good, back in the day

Declan A Walsh

old hippy wrote: »

That used to be Rock 104? And before that, Capital Radio?

Any of you remember the original Capital Radio when it was a pirate? Shockingly good, back in the day

Just for clarification purposes, pirate Capitol Radio (with on "o") was in no way connected with Capital Radio, now FM104.... more's the pity! Similar name, but a different outfit.

Jimmy Iovine

I like my hip hop and there is never any good songs played on the radio. The last one I heard was November 29th last year. I remember because it was The Game's birthday and they played "Hate It or Love It" for him. How nice of them. Haven't heard anything even half decent since then.

win2one

My favourite station is Dublin City F.M. all kinds of Real music also on line www.dublincityfm.ie

Irish Aris

I haven't heard to conventional radio in years. In Greece (where I come from) radio is an absolute bore (the same playlists all over the board-at one occasion I heard the same song in 4 different stations in 15 minutes), so I didn't bother with the Irish radio at all.
Have recently started listening to online radios. I can recommend Strangeways radio: I haven't heard an actual show (I think they are American and with the timezones hasn't happened) but I find their playlists brilliant - kind of random but wide selection of songs.

Thundercats Ho

BBC6 all the way. It's the reason i bought an internet radio.
Keaveny is very funny, laverne's show is always excellent too.

Tabnabs

Another vote for BBC6, Craig Charles funk and soul is a great way to kick off a Saturday night.

old hippy

Tabnabs wrote: »

Another vote for BBC6, Craig Charles funk and soul is a great way to kick off a Saturday night.

Apart from his annoying habit of yammering over tracks and behaving like he's on one :rolleyes:

A great show despite the man.

Sunday is the best day for 6. Am off to see Huey and his new band next month, can't wait!