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

[Ozimoto]

So, I've been thinking for awhile that this could be a fun song thread. I'll start if off with one that many of you may never have heard from a band that was very popular around Baltimore in the mid-70's to early 80's but not so much anywhere else.

 

[CL82]

I want to tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat
Comes out of the Virginia swamps
Cool and slow with plenty of precision
With a back beat narrow and hard to master

 

[Sonny44]

So, I've been thinking for awhile that this could be a fun song thread. I'll start if off with one that many of you may never have heard from a band that was very popular around Baltimore in the mid-70's to early 80's but not so much anywhere else.

Nanci Griffith 'Listen to the Radio' Album track version .wmv

Album track version 'Storms' . Please leave a message if you want any other tracks uploaded.

youtu.be

 

[PoppaBear]

 

[PoppaBear]

 

[PoppaBear]

 

[PoppaBear]

 

[Hoops66]

Heard it all the time...by one of the best gospel groups...love that bass voice!

 

[Bama fan]

Great song from a great band.

 

[Bama fan]

Freddie:

 

[Scud49]

Static on the Radio, Jim White and Aimee Mann - from the fabulous Breaking Bad Series:

 

[64Zcode]

From the 80s - Autograph

 

[64Zcode]

Slade

 

[TerpWomenFan]

 

[sno-cat]

There ain't nothing wrong with the radio.

Aaron Tippin - There Ain't Nothing Wrong With The Radio (Official Video)

 

[lne001]

 

[f1f1ferrari]

Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves, 1979

 

[rvwsleep]

The first music video played on MTV.

 

[Ozimoto]

Here is another from Crack the Sky. Same album. Mentions AM and Frequency Modulation.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Kaizen]

 

[RoadMaster]

 

[Kaizen]

 

[64Zcode]

Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves, 1979

Haven't heard this song in forever!

 

[64Zcode]

This one by Joan Jett was interesting. She would tweak the lyrics to reflect the names of streets/towns/cities where she was performing, and record different versions for local radio stations playing the song.
Have no idea how many different versions are recorded.
I heard a version that featured Burlington, VT and WIZN in Vergennes, VT back when I was working in Burlington.

I feel in touch with the modern world
I feel in touch I feel alive
With 50,000 watts of power
I got the radio on
Roadrunner roadrunner
Radio on going faster miles an hour
Radio on ya know I walk by the stop-n-shop
Radio on and then I drove by the stop-n-shop
Radio on and I like that much better than
Walking by the stop-n-shop