The Downfall Of The Airwaves
As I begin packing for school, there's one thing I dread about driving back to Ann Arbor more than the multitude of awful drivers out there. This thing never used to be a problem, but innovations and the technology have pushed it into oblivion. Hopefully it's just a recession and depression, because I can't stand the radio for much longer. The radio has gone completely downhill, from being the pinnacle of music a few years ago to absolutely sucking in the present. In particular, let's take a look at my car presets:
At 1 is still 93.1, even though they converted to an "ipod" type format, with no DJs and more continuous music. 93.1 used to be the best station in the entire state of Michigan, but after losing money to satellite radio stations, they took a stand and changed for the worse. 93.1 claims, "We play everything", which is their main slogan. Yet their music is limited to the past couple of decades, with very few songs from modern times. There's no rap, no hip hop, no techno, no classical, no country, no gospel, no chill, no heavy metal. Everything? Isn't this false advertisement? If someone out there is a lawyer or knows one, I wonder if a lawsuit is in order...
At 2 is 95.5, which after years of being second to 93.1, became the new hip hop/hits station after 93.1 fell. For awhile 95.5 did a good job standing alone as the area's only hits station, but recently it has completely blown. Unfortunately, 95.5 is my primary station now since my CD player is broken, and every single goddamn time I tune into the station one of these songs is guaranteed to be on:
- Sole Survivor by Young Jeezy feat. Akon
- Run It! by Chris Brown
- Stay Fly by Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck
- Shake by Ying Yang Twins feat. Pitbull
- I'm Sprung by T-Pain (what the fuck kind of name is this?)
And that's on a good day. Here are some shitty songs that are overplayed just as much and cause me to change the station immediately:
- Here We Go by Trina feat. Kelly Rowland
- Eminem's new crappy song When I'm Gone. The sentiment is nice but the song sucks, Hayley must be embarrased as shit and bullied at school.
- Don't Cha by The Pussycat Dolls. This song was ok the first time, but after hearing it 1,000,000,000,000,000 more times it drives me insane.
- Fly Away by Nelly. This song is TERRIBLE. Nelly has to stop doing sentimental shit and go back to rapping about drugs, bling, and hoes again, it was a LOT better.
- Anything by Mariah Carey. Her comeback is resulting in nothing but balls.
- Techno reggae. How, oh how can people listen to this shit? I love reggae when I'm high, but adding rave beats to it is like trying to mix water and electricity = DEATH.
On top of that, the radio is always playing soft shit by American Idol winners or runner ups, further adding to the pussification of America. Play rap, play crunk, and for Gods sakes, get some more goddamn songs.
In high school people would always say they hated listening to the radio, and I always questioned why. Now I know how these people feel. It's as if the DJs don't even look at what the previous one played, because every hour the same songs are recycled.
I can't believe that kids today can listen to this shit, and I firmly believe the generation two below us is fucked. Not only do they have to put up with watching Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh (a cartoon about PLAYING CARDS), various other anime, and the 527th Power Rangers rip-off (I think it's called "superneopolicespacepowerdouchebagshits"), they have to put up with this ridiculous music on the radio. We at least had Batman, Superman, Spiderman, the ORIGINAL Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and on the radio we had the evolution of Eminem, 50, Kanye, Linkin Park, and even boy and girl bands.
The last real big hit on the radio was probably My Humps by the Black Eyed Peas, which wasn't too long ago. Which goes to show how quickly the radio has degraded. I didn't mind when My Humps was the number one song and it was played every half hour, because at least that song has a tight beat superior to all the top songs now.
As for the other presets, 105.9 converted from a hard rap station into a love station (the only good part is that it gave Mason, the awesome Pistons announcer, another job) and 97.9 WJLB, rap station of legend (from 8 Mile) doesn't play mainstream music that often. So I'm forced to listen to the oldies (but goodies) stations my mom listens to, like 105.1, 100.3, etc. Ann Arbor's 107.1 is pretty good, with a lot of Jack Johnson, but again, it doesn't match up to what 93.1 and 95.5 used to be.
So now as I prepare for my half hour drive back up to Ann Arbor, I'm forced to sit with my iPod in my lap, manually changing songs while driving 90 mph dodging traffic. If I get into an accident I'm suing the radio stations. Maybe it's time for XM Radio or Sirius?
To find songs on your favorite radio station, including up to the minute statistics, visit Yes.com
***LATE EDIT*** -01/04- Right after writing this article, I showered and sat in the jacuzzi (seeing as how it's my last day at home) and in the half hour span I was in there six of the listed songs were played on 95.5.
At 1 is still 93.1, even though they converted to an "ipod" type format, with no DJs and more continuous music. 93.1 used to be the best station in the entire state of Michigan, but after losing money to satellite radio stations, they took a stand and changed for the worse. 93.1 claims, "We play everything", which is their main slogan. Yet their music is limited to the past couple of decades, with very few songs from modern times. There's no rap, no hip hop, no techno, no classical, no country, no gospel, no chill, no heavy metal. Everything? Isn't this false advertisement? If someone out there is a lawyer or knows one, I wonder if a lawsuit is in order...
At 2 is 95.5, which after years of being second to 93.1, became the new hip hop/hits station after 93.1 fell. For awhile 95.5 did a good job standing alone as the area's only hits station, but recently it has completely blown. Unfortunately, 95.5 is my primary station now since my CD player is broken, and every single goddamn time I tune into the station one of these songs is guaranteed to be on:
- Sole Survivor by Young Jeezy feat. Akon
- Run It! by Chris Brown
- Stay Fly by Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck
- Shake by Ying Yang Twins feat. Pitbull
- I'm Sprung by T-Pain (what the fuck kind of name is this?)
And that's on a good day. Here are some shitty songs that are overplayed just as much and cause me to change the station immediately:
- Here We Go by Trina feat. Kelly Rowland
- Eminem's new crappy song When I'm Gone. The sentiment is nice but the song sucks, Hayley must be embarrased as shit and bullied at school.
- Don't Cha by The Pussycat Dolls. This song was ok the first time, but after hearing it 1,000,000,000,000,000 more times it drives me insane.
- Fly Away by Nelly. This song is TERRIBLE. Nelly has to stop doing sentimental shit and go back to rapping about drugs, bling, and hoes again, it was a LOT better.
- Anything by Mariah Carey. Her comeback is resulting in nothing but balls.
- Techno reggae. How, oh how can people listen to this shit? I love reggae when I'm high, but adding rave beats to it is like trying to mix water and electricity = DEATH.
On top of that, the radio is always playing soft shit by American Idol winners or runner ups, further adding to the pussification of America. Play rap, play crunk, and for Gods sakes, get some more goddamn songs.
In high school people would always say they hated listening to the radio, and I always questioned why. Now I know how these people feel. It's as if the DJs don't even look at what the previous one played, because every hour the same songs are recycled.
I can't believe that kids today can listen to this shit, and I firmly believe the generation two below us is fucked. Not only do they have to put up with watching Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh (a cartoon about PLAYING CARDS), various other anime, and the 527th Power Rangers rip-off (I think it's called "superneopolicespacepowerdouchebagshits"), they have to put up with this ridiculous music on the radio. We at least had Batman, Superman, Spiderman, the ORIGINAL Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and on the radio we had the evolution of Eminem, 50, Kanye, Linkin Park, and even boy and girl bands.
The last real big hit on the radio was probably My Humps by the Black Eyed Peas, which wasn't too long ago. Which goes to show how quickly the radio has degraded. I didn't mind when My Humps was the number one song and it was played every half hour, because at least that song has a tight beat superior to all the top songs now.
As for the other presets, 105.9 converted from a hard rap station into a love station (the only good part is that it gave Mason, the awesome Pistons announcer, another job) and 97.9 WJLB, rap station of legend (from 8 Mile) doesn't play mainstream music that often. So I'm forced to listen to the oldies (but goodies) stations my mom listens to, like 105.1, 100.3, etc. Ann Arbor's 107.1 is pretty good, with a lot of Jack Johnson, but again, it doesn't match up to what 93.1 and 95.5 used to be.
So now as I prepare for my half hour drive back up to Ann Arbor, I'm forced to sit with my iPod in my lap, manually changing songs while driving 90 mph dodging traffic. If I get into an accident I'm suing the radio stations. Maybe it's time for XM Radio or Sirius?
To find songs on your favorite radio station, including up to the minute statistics, visit Yes.com
***LATE EDIT*** -01/04- Right after writing this article, I showered and sat in the jacuzzi (seeing as how it's my last day at home) and in the half hour span I was in there six of the listed songs were played on 95.5.
posted by KTrain at 2:21 PM
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