Jack Weber Posted December 12, 2010 Report Posted December 12, 2010 Naw, their first two albums are most excellent. Then the superstar status they got in Germany and Japan went to their heads. I would have mentioned obscure tunes from Max Webster, but no one outside of Ontario seems to really care who 'Max Webster' is. Toronto Tontos indeed... No cigarettes...Ano amatches!!! Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Jack Weber Posted December 12, 2010 Report Posted December 12, 2010 I suppose I should feel flattered to have a stalker. It'd be cooler if it was more than a yappy poodle with the same old high pitched yip - post after post. Mindless praddle of the patently hapless and self absorbed... Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Shwa Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 No cigarettes...Ano amatches!!! Put down a little life from a morning cosmic... At ear splitting volume, even better. Toronto Tontos and Hangover, prized iPod possessions! Quote
Argus Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Mindless praddle of the patently hapless and self absorbed... I've finally figured out who you are! You're Bush Cheney! I should have seen it before, though I think I sensed it. Neither of you is here for any actual discussion. You're just here to post smarmy, one line insults and act smugly superior. You and he (it) have virtually identical posting styles! Post after post with one or two snide lines and self congratulatory LOLing. If anyone doubts me have a look at his posting history, then Bush Cheney's. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
jbg Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 "Share the Land" is a little known rock song? What country are you from? Oh, right... I'm fromthe United States. Share the Land was brought out during October 1970 as a single, too close to American Woman's charting at 66 on the Top 100 of 1970. It rose maybe to Number 19 or 20 on WABC's hit list, then sank from sight by mid-November. I got my parents to buy me the single. First as a vinyl recording to my computer, then as a CD purchase of "These Eyes" (a greatest-hits CD compilation) I listen to it often on my I-Pod. With Canadian content rules on radio stations, Share the Land still gets plenty of airplay on the remember-when FM stations. I guarantee my I-Pod is about Share the Land's "airplay" in the U.S. As for CanCon, that started about two or so years later than October 1970, from what I was told at a Yonge Street bookstore in April 1973, when I was in Toronto for a band exchange. We did not discuss the Guess Who. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
jbg Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 I've finally figured out who you are! You're Bush Cheney!It is technologically obvious that they are not the same. Few can descend to BC2004's jejune levels. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Jack Weber Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 I've finally figured out who you are! You're Bush Cheney! I should have seen it before, though I think I sensed it. Neither of you is here for any actual discussion. You're just here to post smarmy, one line insults and act smugly superior. You and he (it) have virtually identical posting styles! Post after post with one or two snide lines and self congratulatory LOLing. If anyone doubts me have a look at his posting history, then Bush Cheney's. Hehehehehe... The Big Giant Head is publicly confused... Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Jack Weber Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) It is technologically obvious that they are not the same. Few can descend to BC2004's jejune levels. Please...For the love of everything sacred... Do not use words like "jejune" around the Big Giant Head... Even though many of his posts could be described in such a fashion.. It's quite possible we may have gray matter,or whatever passes for it in his cranium,splattered all over the place... Edited December 13, 2010 by Jack Weber Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Keepitsimple Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) I'm fromthe United States. Share the Land was brought out during October 1970 as a single, too close to American Woman's charting at 66 on the Top 100 of 1970. It rose maybe to Number 19 or 20 on WABC's hit list, then sank from sight by mid-November. I got my parents to buy me the single. First as a vinyl recording to my computer, then as a CD purchase of "These Eyes" (a greatest-hits CD compilation) I listen to it often on my I-Pod. I guarantee my I-Pod is about Share the Land's "airplay" in the U.S. As for CanCon, that started about two or so years later than October 1970, from what I was told at a Yonge Street bookstore in April 1973, when I was in Toronto for a band exchange. We did not discuss the Guess Who. Perhaps not everyone's cup of tea.......but in my old age, I'm trying to recapture some of those 60's sounds. Here's four songs that a friend and I recently wrote and recorded - use some decent speakers or headphones: http://www.myspace.com/donfullcircle Edited December 13, 2010 by Keepitsimple Quote Back to Basics
Evening Star Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 As for CanCon, that started about two or so years later than October 1970, from what I was told at a Yonge Street bookstore in April 1973, when I was in Toronto for a band exchange. We did not discuss the Guess Who. Proposed in February 1970 and passed in November 1970: http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_business/the_media/topics/1150/ I believe the implementation may only have begun in 1971. Robert Wright's "Dream, Comfort, Memory, Despair": Canadian Popular Musicians and the Dilemma of Nationalism, 1968-1972 actually states that the regulations were imposed from January 1970 but I can't find another source to support that. Quote
Jack Weber Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Proposed in February 1970 and passed in November 1970: http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_business/the_media/topics/1150/ I believe the implementation may only have begun in 1971. Robert Wright's "Dream, Comfort, Memory, Despair": Canadian Popular Musicians and the Dilemma of Nationalism, 1968-1972 actually states that the regulations were imposed from January 1970 but I can't find another source to support that. Cancon rules are one of the many reasons that I listen to 97 Rock in Buffalo instead of Q-107 in Toronto... Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Smallc Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Cancon rules are one of the many reasons that I listen to 97 Rock in Buffalo instead of Q-107 in Toronto... Really? I find that Canadian music is just as good and in many cases better. It's not like Canadian TV. Quote
Jack Weber Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Really? I find that Canadian music is just as good and in many cases better. It's not like Canadian TV. I agree... But I'm talking about Classic Rock stations.... By the way,Can con is one of he reasons I've grown tired of Q-107,not the only one... The terribly short playlist,in general,is one of the other reasons.... Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Evening Star Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Ha, I lived in Buffalo for 3 years. 97 Rock is pretty kickass, as classic rock radio goes. I like that they still do things like play entire album sides or maybe throw out some lesser-known Deep Purple cut or something once in a while. (One day while I was driving through Buffalo, they were literally playing 10 Journey songs in a row! Whatever you think of Journey, that's pretty wild for a commercial classic rock station.) Detroit radio is kind of incredible in a different way. You sometimes get some funk, soul, and Motown classics that I'd never expect on a Canadian station. Quote
Smallc Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 I agree... But I'm talking about Classic Rock stations.... By the way,Can con is one of he reasons I've grown tired of Q-107,not the only one... The terribly short playlist,in general,is one of the other reasons.... It sounds like it's partly because they just aren't that good. Quote
Evening Star Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 (xposts to Jack Weber's first comment on 97 Rock) Quote
Jack Weber Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Ha, I lived in Buffalo for 3 years. 97 Rock is pretty kickass, as classic rock radio goes. I like that they still do things like play entire album sides or maybe throw out some lesser-known Deep Purple cut or something once in a while. (One day while I was driving through Buffalo, they were literally playing 10 Journey songs in a row! Whatever you think of Journey, that's pretty wild for a commercial classic rock station.) Detroit radio is kind of incredible in a different way. You sometimes get some funk, soul, and Motown classics that I'd never expect on a Canadian station. YES!!!! The "Roll the Dice Weekends"!!! Awsome... For example... How many times would you hear "Dogs" off the Pink Floyd Animals album on "Q"?... On one Roll the Dice weekend, the DJ rolled a 6 for 'Floyd... I heared: 1.Free Four 2.Dogs 3.Arnold Layne 4.The Trial 5.Astronomy Domine 6.Not Now John You'd never hear any of those on Q... Because of Can con,I'm forced to hear the Big Sugar version of Dear Mr.Fantasy when I know full well the Traffic version of the song is 10 times better...I have to hear the Triumph version of Rocky Mountian Way instead of the Joe Walsh version...Which is 10 times better! Edited December 13, 2010 by Jack Weber Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Jack Weber Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) It sounds like it's partly because they just aren't that good. Once Corus bought "The Edge" in Toronto,they moved all the "New Music" onto that station and made Q-107 a purely Classic Rock station...That's fine,but it has really limited the playlist... Edited December 13, 2010 by Jack Weber Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Evening Star Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Ha, yeah, actually, I just remembered the irony that so many people in Buffalo loved the Edge 102.1! Our Lady Peace played my (US) school's Fallfest. (I wonder if 97 Rock actually plays more, or at least deeper, Rush tunes than Q107...) Quote
Jack Weber Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Ha, yeah, actually, I just remembered the irony that so many people in Buffalo loved the Edge 102.1! Our Lady Peace played my (US) school's Fallfest. (I wonder if 97 Rock actually plays more, or at least deeper, Rush tunes than Q107...) Yeah...They do... Sadly,they play almost no Tragically Hip..But that does'nt surprise me... That's because Q,because of Cancon rules,has to play groups like Goddo and Big Sugar to fulfill the requirements...This leaves little room to play really good B-Sides... By the way,I've seen Goddo many times,Not bad...But not "classic" either.... Edited December 13, 2010 by Jack Weber Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Evening Star Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 The Hip is actually really big in Buffalo. Seriously, though, unimaginative radio stations are not the CRTC's/Cancon's fault. Rock radio may be even worse in Syracuse. Quote
Jack Weber Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 The Hip is actually really big in Buffalo. Seriously, though, unimaginative radio stations are not the CRTC's/Cancon's fault. Rock radio may be even worse in Syracuse. I agree... It's not all Cancon,or the CRTC's fault... Frankly,most of the blame falls on Corus for taking the easy way out... I know that The Hip gets airplay in Buffalo....It's just on 103.3 The Edge... Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Wild Bill Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 Once Corus bought "The Edge" in Toronoto,they moved all the "New Music" onto that station and made Q-107 a purely Classic Rock station...That's fine,but it has really limited the playlist... It's worse than many think, Jack! As you probably are well aware, classic rock stations do NOT play the music of our generation! During the late 60's and early 70's we kids all were glued to the new world of FM radio. All we listened to was album rock bands. AM radio and Top 40 was for "teeny boppers". If we listened to Crowbar it was never "OH! What a Feelin'!", their Top 40 hit. It was all the boogie-woogie harmonica rockin' blues of their albums! Modern radio has not picked their own music in 30 years. Instead, they buy playlists from agencies that have "numbers" on songs for every audience age demographic and day or night time slot. I imagine most of them don't even listen to their own broadcast music at all! With 'classic rock' they have a problem in that FM stations in those early days didn't keep numbers. The DJs were all too stoned! So they went to the next best thing for their purposes, which was the AM numbers kept during that time period. All the Top 40 Hits, that only the "Rod and Todd Flanders" kids listened to. I've gotten so sick of Q10Zepplin and the other classic rock stations that I never listen to them at all anymore. It's either AM talk radio or my own collection of CDs, like Mendelson Mainline and a LOT of "juke joint" blues! At home I have a bigass collection of vinyl. Nothing like the Canadian guitar gods like Pat Travers, Dominic Troiano and lots of others, played at high volume! God bless technology for freeing me from the "suits"! Quote "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." -- George Bernard Shaw "There is no point in being difficult when, with a little extra effort, you can be completely impossible."
Jack Weber Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) It's worse than many think, Jack! As you probably are well aware, classic rock stations do NOT play the music of our generation! During the late 60's and early 70's we kids all were glued to the new world of FM radio. All we listened to was album rock bands. AM radio and Top 40 was for "teeny boppers". If we listened to Crowbar it was never "OH! What a Feelin'!", their Top 40 hit. It was all the boogie-woogie harmonica rockin' blues of their albums! Modern radio has not picked their own music in 30 years. Instead, they buy playlists from agencies that have "numbers" on songs for every audience age demographic and day or night time slot. I imagine most of them don't even listen to their own broadcast music at all! With 'classic rock' they have a problem in that FM stations in those early days didn't keep numbers. The DJs were all too stoned! So they went to the next best thing for their purposes, which was the AM numbers kept during that time period. All the Top 40 Hits, that only the "Rod and Todd Flanders" kids listened to. I've gotten so sick of Q10Zepplin and the other classic rock stations that I never listen to them at all anymore. It's either AM talk radio or my own collection of CDs, like Mendelson Mainline and a LOT of "juke joint" blues! At home I have a bigass collection of vinyl. Nothing like the Canadian guitar gods like Pat Travers, Dominic Troiano and lots of others, played at high volume! God bless technology for freeing me from the "suits"! I tend to agree,however,I've been listening to 97 Rock since the early '80's... I remeber that was the only station that would play "Metal" back then...Lot's of Judas Priest,Iron Maiden,Van Halen,Black Sabbath,Ronnie James Dio,Deep Purple etc... It's the only station that I know fo that plays Charlie Daniels "Uneasy Rider" in regular rotation... Q is a joke!! It's a shadow of it's former self. And I don't think I can be added to being one of your generation....I was born in 1970... Crappy music in the late '80's forced me to look elsewhere until Nirvana came along and blew the hair bands out of the water... Edited December 13, 2010 by Jack Weber Quote The beatings will continue until morale improves!!!
Shwa Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 It's worse than many think, Jack! As you probably are well aware, classic rock stations do NOT play the music of our generation! During the late 60's and early 70's we kids all were glued to the new world of FM radio. All we listened to was album rock bands. AM radio and Top 40 was for "teeny boppers". If we listened to Crowbar it was never "OH! What a Feelin'!", their Top 40 hit. It was all the boogie-woogie harmonica rockin' blues of their albums! Modern radio has not picked their own music in 30 years. Instead, they buy playlists from agencies that have "numbers" on songs for every audience age demographic and day or night time slot. I imagine most of them don't even listen to their own broadcast music at all! With 'classic rock' they have a problem in that FM stations in those early days didn't keep numbers. The DJs were all too stoned! So they went to the next best thing for their purposes, which was the AM numbers kept during that time period. All the Top 40 Hits, that only the "Rod and Todd Flanders" kids listened to. I've gotten so sick of Q10Zepplin and the other classic rock stations that I never listen to them at all anymore. It's either AM talk radio or my own collection of CDs, like Mendelson Mainline and a LOT of "juke joint" blues! At home I have a bigass collection of vinyl. Nothing like the Canadian guitar gods like Pat Travers, Dominic Troiano and lots of others, played at high volume! God bless technology for freeing me from the "suits"! I stopped listening to the Q a very long time ago, it is a joke - you could set your watch by their rotation. Luckily, we have a station here in the Shwa, 94.9 'The Rock' that started out with some interesting playlists and they play some offbeat stuff regularly. I mean Dave "Mars Bar" Marsden even has his own 'Theatre' on Saturday nights. I believe I have even heard Travers and Troiano on The Rock from time to time. Even Frank Marino still gets airplay. However, the iPod is the main tunes source nowadays for sure. Quote
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