OT: Songs from the radio about the radio...

[meyers7]

On David Letterman

Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[sun]

"Radio Radio" by Elvis Costello & the Attractions from 1978.
It's the best new wave song about the radio ever composed by humans!
I saw them play at the Angora Ballroom in West Hartford, CT back in the day, what a great show that was!

 

[ClifSpliffy]

one old

 

[ClifSpliffy]

one new (er)

 

[ClifSpliffy]

yuge fan of all things radio, starting just past underoos days. all of it - the tech, the tools, the stations. i used to chat on the ham a bit, spinning tunes on 'radio free Bridgeport' with folks from all over.
just bought this mighty mouse. watch out, prices can run up to a buck fifty, but i got it from ol reliable, walmart, $60.

beyond awesome. sort of small enuf to put into a larger pocket, and then cruise around with headphones, or just plop it onto the picnic table and get a sweet wall of sound. outstanding.
i've been using it lately out in the fields when doing menial garden tasks, and, for now, listening mostly to 104.1, 102.9, 100.9. plr sometimes also lately, as they've been cutting way down on dinosaur music. i guess they figgered out that it's actually not 1968.
reception, sensitivity, and selectivity are off the charts good.
buy one.
nikky tesla is one of my first heros. a radio guy.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

one classic

as we celebrate
mediocrity,
all the boys upstairs
want to see,
how much we'll pay
for what we used to get for free....

 

[ClifSpliffy]

one, just plain ridiculous,
but...... with two, u get eggroll!

name nothwithstanding, me, the original, disavow any endorsement or even knowledge of these clowns. nobody walks around singing in german where i live, especially in an 80s sort of way. i think it's in german, tho i can't really tell as it seems that they don't brush much, either.

 

[Scud49]

Van the Man - Turn it up, turn it up, radio....!

 

[ClifSpliffy]

after like the millionth tale of radio and the olden days from my elders, i managed to pick up a 'the crystal' -that's what they called it, 'the crystal,' and bring it to school, since apparently, no self respecting kid would be in class without one during World Series time, and i wanted to share the experience. teach says, upon discovery of my transgression, 'u know that there's no phone use in class, hand it over.' i do, and she says 'what's this?'
in the old hood in Bport, sometimes id get the travelogue from one of them -'and here's where ....' one amazing thing was that there was like a half dozen radio shops in the West Side. i guess that everyone needed a tube or voltmeter place within walking distance. amazing.
from the movie 'Radio Days.' nice tune. nice movie.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

un mas, i think that the radio station where they made their big debut was called wfak.


i like george clooney movies. i think his mom was a radio star. or sold war bonds, sumthin like that. mebbe she was rosie the riveter? jk.

'boys, that sure was some mighty fine pickin' an' a sangin.'
yes indeedy.

 

[Bigboote]

Not exactly about radio, but radio-station-inspired:

 

[ClifSpliffy]

when u add up all the hits for this classic, u blow past 1.5 billion.
i especially like the eagle on this version. happy Fourth to us all.

and ol george. dude was a badass, the baddest asseyist. thanks george.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

lost in the middle of seventeen,
yeah, everything about you and me,
was a tank of gas and a radio song...

 

[ClifSpliffy]

i was caller number five on the radio station,
won a four day, three night beach vacation...

now, she was sure real quick to up and apologize,
when she heard about my new found luck on that fm dial....




ya think that i like this tune a lot? i only post it ... every chance i get.

 

[Bigboote]

This one was on the tip of my brain for a couple of days before I remembered it was the flip side of Brick House. Not my cuppa, but some here might enjoy it.

 

[Zorro]