Then I realize that it couldn�t possibly be d�j� vu, since it really HAS happened before.
When I have a choice, I don�t listen to the radio. I listen to CDs instead, for several reasons. The first one being that all the radio stations in the area where I live suck ass. They simply do NOT play the type of music I like the best, which would be 80�s metal. From the hair bands to some of the heavier guys, the stuff from the 80�s was just more fun to listen to, and it will continue to be my favorite until something equally fun comes along.
But we don�t have stations that play that around here. Oh sure, maybe a half-hour a day they�ll play of that kind of thing. They see all the kids riding that wave of nostalgia for things they weren�t around to experience when they were new, so these stations give them a little taste of it, and then go right back to the same tired old formula.
And that formula is another one of the problems. The biggest problem, really. There are songs I like a lot, (see my top tens,) but that doesn�t mean I want to hear them three times an hour, every fucking hour of the day! I don�t think ANYONE wants that. So why do these dickheads running these radio stations think that�s what everyone wants? They all point to their research that tells them certain demographics like certain types of music, or certain bands. Like the classic rock station we listen to at my store.
Now, the ONLY reason I keep this station on is we get a LOT of free advertising from them. And from a customer�s point of view, when they�re only in there for half an hour, they don�t keep hearing the same stuff over and over. But in a ten or twelve hour day, I will hear �Stairway to Heaven� six times. And that makes me want to kill people with a rusty spoon, because it�s just about the worst fucking song ever recorded.
But for the most part, I LIKE classic rock. I simply seem to have a different idea of what classic rock is than these pinheads. Dire Straits is NOT something I would consider classic rock. Nor is the latest abomination form the musical train wreck that is U2. These aren�t even rock. Hell, they�re not even fit for humans to listen to. Sure, I know most people would consider Led Zeppelin to be the ultimate classic rock band, but then again, most people are fuckin� stupid anyway, so what do they know?
And even the bands they play that I DO like, they have to do their best to annoy me with. Like Alice Cooper. They play FOUR different songs, and that�s about it. Sure, once in a while some rebellious DJ will play a different song, but then you�ll never hear from that guy again. He won�t even be able to get a job at the local college station in Dubuque, Iowa. No sir, you have to stick to �School�s Out�, �Eighteen�, �No More Mr. Nice Guy�, and actually I think that might be it. Just those three. Isn�t that sad? A career of 40 years or so, and more than 25 albums, and all they will play is three fucking songs? That�s an offense that should be punishable by a slow death, say by starvation.
Then there�s the modern rock station that, and I�m not making this up, only plays four bands. That�s it, all day long. Four fucking bands. And they�re NOT good bands. Even though I can�t even name all four of them, because they�re modern rock, which is about as close to music as the sound a yak makes when you rip its testicles off with a pair of pliers. I know they like Linkin Park, for whatever reason, as well as Metallica. But not the Metallica when they were good, their first three albums. No, they have to play only the new stuff, when Metallica forgot they were a metal band and started doing terrible covers of Bob Seger songs. What a fuckin� waste of airtime that is. I wouldn�t wish this shit on my worst enemy.
Another problem with radio is the DJs, most of whom aren�t quite as intelligent as a rotting squash. And I�m not even talking about those walking, talking assbags like Howard Stern, who should all be killed. I�m talking about just the regular, non-syndicated guys and chicks who populate the radio airwaves of this nation. Once again going back to the only station I listen to on a regular basis, the DJs are all fuckin� idiots. The chick who�s on during the late morning/early afternoon is totally unredeemable. She�s like listening to some new-age lunatic who thinks wind chimes are a musical instrument. What she�s doing on a classic rock station I�ll never know.
And the afternoon guys, the evening drive-time guys, are completely clueless. This is one of the most important times of the day for a radio station, so why does every fucking station in the country insist on filling this slot with fucking morons? It just doesn�t make any sense.
But, as we should all know by now, people are fucking stupid. So expecting something from them that makes sense would make ME stupid as well, which I�m not. But the people running any commercial radio station most definitely are.