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Offline WA4FHY

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Radio music
« on: August 26, 2016, 0455 UTC »
I was recently reading the post by Ct Yankee. "So, why did you start listening to the radio",
and it brought back memories what I consider my favorite radio related music:
BTW: Ct, the answer, for me, is the magic of radio and I think the first song
really expresses that magic feeling... Enjoy! :)

Radio music

“I Watched It All On My Radio”
Album by the same title – Lionel Cartwright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUyKAJGyfKY

“Me or Him”
Radio KAOS – Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd fame)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Puk494qeAU

Radioactivity by Kraftwerk – entire album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZIKscefT4Y
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Re: Radio music
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2016, 1320 UTC »
Radioactivity is in the air for you and me... ;D
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Re: Radio music
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2016, 0334 UTC »
"Ve art drivink auf der autobahn. Fahn, fahn, fahn, untiel her papi teik her Audi avay."

You could tell the guy down the hall from me freshman year of college was tripping heavily if you heard Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, and Pink Floyd coming from his room. We would blast the Ramones and the New York Dolls back at him, sometimes throwing in the New Riders of The Purple Sage as a twist to double secret freak him out. The twanging seemed to bother him, he'd go away for a while.

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Re: Radio music
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2016, 1248 UTC »
We would blast the Ramones and the New York Dolls back at him, sometimes throwing in the New Riders of The Purple Sage as a twist to double secret freak him out.

That was you?!?  The New Riders stuff wasn't so bad, but the New York Dolls -- What a buzzkill :P
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Re: Radio music
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2016, 1559 UTC »
QSL's to poorbrookking >at< aol.com are greatly appreciated! All reception and postings using My radio, My antenna, and generally in real time(excluding posting of SSTV images!).
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Re: Radio music
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2016, 1636 UTC »
REM wrote two songs with "radio" in the title.

Radio Free Europe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXUkddrnsXQ

Radio Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGXVyDsOV2w
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Re: Radio music
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2016, 0111 UTC »
And "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"

The Clash had "Capitol Radio" skewering the former London pirate of the same name, and "Radio Clash".  You had Elvis Costello's,"Radio, Radio" and "Radio Sweetheart" (the countrified version is the best). There was also Radio Birdman, an early Punk band out of Australia.

Someone recorded "You Can't Say Sh!t On The Radio" in that period, too, but the artist escapes me.

Let us not forget Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper's classic "Pirate Radio" inspired by Al Weiner's bust on his boat the Sarah. The line "Get off of my poop deck, Mojo!" followed by a long satisfied "aaahhhh" in the outro summed those two up to a "T". A great duo that parted much too soon. Simon and Garfunkel had nothing on those boys.