Cable Radio 21-25

I'm listening to all of the radio stations on my cable television for 20 minutes and then writing about them. Halfway there!

21) 80's

I graduated high school in the 80's, I'm a fan. They played Purple Rain and Boys of Summer, two songs that I think transcend the time period. This was my favorite "80s" jam they played:

22) Romances

Love songs in Spanish. Lots of talk of corazóns. No favorite.

23) MC Mix Tape

Club music. The day I listened it was OK until all of a sudden I had the urge to kill myself. Thump thump thump.

24) Dance/Electronica

Club Music, but just instrumental. Like with Mix Tape, it's fine for a while and then I rip off my ears.

25) Hit List

Hit songs in 2010. Well, what can you say? They're about love and sex and money, they're generic to a specific group. I didn't like any of the ones I heard today and actually actively disliked two - Teenage Dream is like freaking Dora with the yelling and lack of inflection. And an overly cutesy song by Train, who I don't mind usually.

Cable Radio 16-20

I'm listening to all of the radio stations on my cable television for 20 minutes and then writing about them.

16) Retro Rock
Hair Bands from the 80's, at first then a little more variety, with AC/DC and Robert Plant:



17) Stage and Screen
They were all showtunes when I listened and I was relieved, I was worried they were going to play It Might Be You. Tootsie would make a very fun Broadway Musical, I think. You're welcome. I like showtunes and they played a good variety, I listened for way longer than 20 minutes.

18) Soft Rock
This was a confusing station, I assumed it would be soft music, but then they played the Pointer Sisters I'm So Excited, which isn't soft, is it? It was the best song they played too, I hated the others. Bad music, it should be called. Bad Jamz.

19) Gospel
It did have your expected gospel choir music, but then it showed some variety. Worship and praise music by black artists. I liked a song by Keith Wonderboy Johnson that said something about pulling your blessing down.

20) Metal
The instrumental music is OK in metal songs, but then the singer comes in with that voice and my reaction is always, "Are you KIDDING me?" It's ridiculous to me, I can't take it seriously. I always think they're having a scary voice contest.

Another Making Believe

I saw and liked:

Cable Radio 11-15

I'm listening to all of the radio stations on my cable television for 20 minutes and then writing about them.

11) Easy Listening
When we were kids, we had an intercom in our house and sometimes we played music during dinner, but it was always WPAT. This is that music. Like Muzak, but maybe less cheesy. Instrumentals. Fascination was my favorite. I thought it was because it was always an instrumental, but when I went to YouTube, I heard Nat King Cole sing lyrics to it.

12) 70's
AM radio pop, seemed to be a little heavier with the late 70's, but that could have just been when I was listening. I noted All By Myself, Macho Man, and Reunited.

13) Hip Hop Classics
I liked the songs on this, but I only heard a few, old hip hop songs are long!



14) R&B Soul
There was a station in NY for a long time, they played "Nothing but love songs" and that was what I thought of listening to this. It was women done wrong and "Business Time" songs by boys who were not Barry White, if you know what I mean. My favorite song was Gone Already by Faith Evans, but mostly just because I like her voice.

15) Kidz Only
Well, we don't think much of kids these days. Insipid pop music that I assume doesn't get too graphic. I do like Girlfriend, but they bleeped out "hell", but left in making the girlfriend disappear and how stupid she is and how Avril can do it better.

Cable Radio 6-10

I'm listening to all of the radio stations on my cable television for 20 minutes and then writing about them.

6) Classic Alternative
This was very 80's heavy the day I listened to it and I don't know, was Scandal Alternative in the 80's? But it was enjoyable and my favorite song was Berlin's Metro:



7) Classic Country
Broadly speaking, I'm not a fan of country music, but I heard lots of good stuff on this channel. First of all, old country songs are short, so I heard lots more songs than on other channels! And some were memories for me, Harper Valley PTA, Paper Roses, songs from my childhood. Some of the others I kept thinking were by Alabama, but they weren't. This is as country as you get, but it's great music:



8) Sounds of the Season
Of course, they play Christmas music and winter songs at the holidays, but I wondered what they played for October - and now I know. Classical pieces from German composers and Polka!

9) Mexicana
Mexicana music can sound like Polka to me, so it was funny to go from Polkas to this. The other songs were overly romantic songs by boy bands. Although all of the lyrics were in Spanish, the facts about the music on the tv channel are in English.

10) R&B Classics
This station was a treat. Brick House, Misty Blue, Bad Girls, Hot Fun in The Summertime, Flashlight, Mighty Mighty - you tell me which was the best song!

Cable Radio 1-5

I'm listening to all of the radio stations on my cable television for 20 minutes and then writing about them.

1. Today's Country

I am not a fan of Today's Country and listening to the station didn't change this. I find the lyrics overly cliched, and precociously clever. If I had to pick a favorite, I minded Kenny Chesney's Boys of Fall the least.

2. True Country

I couldn't tell any difference between this and Today's Country, I assume that these artists are actually from "the country".

3. Rap Uncensored

My favorite song came early, with TI's Yeah Ya Know.

But then they played Snoop Dogg and Master P's Lay Low. I'll just post a link to the lyrics, but I don't think they're safe for anyone's eyes:

http://www.lyricsmania.com/lay_low_featuring_master_p_nate_dogg_butch_cassidy_tha_eastsidaz_lyrics_snoop_dogg.htm

Now, I get the impression that they're upset about something. But seriously, where is that type of talk appropriate? As a woman, I would be mortified to hear that song, I can't imagine my father hearing that song. Ridiculous, disgusting. This was played at 3 pm on a Saturday afternoon too!

4. Alternative

In general, a lot lighter than I consider "Alternative" to be. I liked it all OK, this was my favorite:

5. Solid Gold Oldies

I grew up with 50's and 60's music, so I'm pretty comfortable with it and I like it. You almost never hear it on the regular radio, because that generation doesn't buy enough stuff to matter anymore. I enjoyed the 20 minutes, it was easy to listen to. My favorite song was Hang On Sloopy.

Cable Radio

When I was in college, I had a job where I worked in a file room three days a week. I had a radio and lived in Northern New Jersey, so there were a lot of radio stations. To expand my listening horizons, I listened to all of the stations on the FM dial in 20 min increments. Since I'm out of work, I decided to try it again, with the radio stations on my television cable.