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I tuned into CILQ this morning and they were playing a Pat Benatar song. I turned to my wife, horrified, and said "This is Q107". Her expression turned to shocked outrage matching mine.

I say this as the admitted owner of a Pat Benatar cassette - Q107 has no business playing that.

Please don't misunderstand - I know that much of that station's audience are delicate pussies who cannot tolerate even a hint of Motorhead, but ffs...Benatar?

NW wrote:

Pretty sure I heard Cream, The Doors, Janis Joplin and Jim Hendrix on Q107 this afternoon.

On the other hand, I wouldn't consider a Randy Meisner-sung Eagles tune as psychedelic.

geo wrote:

A Toronto FM station used to play mainly tunes from the Psychedelic era on Sunday afternoons, but my search button seems to be picking up mainly late 70s stuff.    Any & all recommendations on where to catch Cream, Iron Butterfly, Janis Joplin/Big Brother, Jim Morrison/Doors & the Jimi Hendrix Experience will be rewarded with lunch at High Street.    Enter now.   Enter often.


geo 

 

I just looked at the playlist and today they played four out of five artists mentioned. Have to remember that the hours for the show have been cut back to 12 to 6 PM. They do play the odd 1976/77 track but the time span is generally 1965 to 75. The era and not all of the music that was popular on FM could be classified as psychedelic, many tracks by the Band, CCR and Joni Mitchell for example. 
 

Here's the last hour from today's show and the era is 1965 to 1975:

•  GET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:55PMLED ZEPPELINDOWN BY THE SEASIDEGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:49PMGENESISTHE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAYGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:44PMBLACK SABBATHSWEET LEAFGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:41PMPAGLIAROWHAT THE HELL I GOTGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:37PMHARRY NILSSONCOCONUTGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:28PMWE FIVEYOU WERE ON MY MINDGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:22PMSLY & THE FAMILY STONEI WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHERGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:17PMSTEVIE WONDERSUPERSTITIONGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:09PMLIGHTHOUSEHATS OFF TO THE STRANGERGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:05PMCREAMSUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVEGET IT ON ITUNES
• 05:00PMJIMI HENDRIXRED HOUSE

Fitz wrote:

Chrisphen wrote:

I tuned into CILQ this morning and they were playing a Pat Benatar song. I turned to my wife, horrified, and said "This is Q107". Her expression turned to shocked outrage matching mine.

I say this as the admitted owner of a Pat Benatar cassette - Q107 has no business playing that.

Should be mentioned that Benater ( or rentacar as I seem to her being referred to in Creem magazine once) was a staple of 1980's AOR and there's air checks from 80's rock radio that confirm that. Part of the mainstreaming that made for generally dull radio. Arena rock and it was a long way down from the Jefferson Airplane to the Starship's "We Built This City."
 

Also helps that a few Benatar tunes qualify for CanCon.

Dale Patterson wrote:

    Just checked out the Q-107 noon-6 p.m. playlist from yesterday and it looks like mostly the usual 1965 to 1975 playlist 

To quote Cousin Bruce Morrow on the topic (he wasn't writing about Q-107) . . . "How much hard rock do you see?  How much heavy metal?   What's the ratio of protest songs to flag-waving songs? . . . Everybody's dominant impression of the sixties is the British invasion.   Randy rock with questionable lyrics.   Hard-hitting, get-down-and-boogie guitar riffs.     Drugs.     Psychedelia . . . How is it possible that the top 25 songs of the sixties include such memorable and enduring artists as Lulu, Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, Zager & Evans and Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler?"


 

cGrant wrote:

Dale Patterson wrote:

geo wrote:

A Toronto FM station used to play mainly tunes from the Psychedelic era on Sunday afternoons, but my search button seems to be picking up mainly late 70s stuff.    Any & all recommendations on where to catch Cream, Iron Butterfly, Janis Joplin/Big Brother, Jim Morrison/Doors & the Jimi Hendrix Experience will be rewarded with lunch at High Street.    Enter now.   Enter often.


geo 

Just checked out the Q-107 noon-6 p.m. playlist from yesterday and it looks like mostly the usual 1965 to 1975 playlist. Certainly not "mainly late 70s stuff." No Bee Gees or Village People ... yet! Check for yourself.

https://q107.com/music/

Not to worry, Dale. I consider "geo" and his alter ego "grilled.cheese" as s-disturbing trolling. I've blocked "both" of them a long time ago because NOTHING ever coherent or relevant comes from "those two". I'm close to blocking whoever that guy is from PA as well.
 

I should have done it when I had a chance - 17 years ago!

geo wrote:

Dale Patterson wrote:

    Just checked out the Q-107 noon-6 p.m. playlist from yesterday and it looks like mostly the usual 1965 to 1975 playlist 

To quote Cousin Bruce Morrow on the topic (he wasn't writing about Q-107) . . . "How much hard rock do you see?  How much heavy metal?   What's the ratio of protest songs to flag-waving songs? . . . Everybody's dominant impression of the sixties is the British invasion.   Randy rock with questionable lyrics.   Hard-hitting, get-down-and-boogie guitar riffs.     Drugs.     Psychedelia . . . How is it possible that the top 25 songs of the sixties include such memorable and enduring artists as Lulu, Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, Zager & Evans and Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler?"

 

Easy. They sold the most records. Remember that adults bought records back then as well as teens. Even Henry Mancini had a #1 song in 1969.
 

Dale Patterson wrote:

geo wrote:

A Toronto FM station used to play mainly tunes from the Psychedelic era on Sunday afternoons, but my search button seems to be picking up mainly late 70s stuff.    Any & all recommendations on where to catch Cream, Iron Butterfly, Janis Joplin/Big Brother, Jim Morrison/Doors & the Jimi Hendrix Experience will be rewarded with lunch at High Street.    Enter now.   Enter often.


geo 

Just checked out the Q-107 noon-6 p.m. playlist from yesterday and it looks like mostly the usual 1965 to 1975 playlist. Certainly not "mainly late 70s stuff." No Bee Gees or Village People ... yet! Check for yourself.

https://q107.com/music/

Pat Benatar was a staple of Q and other rock stations duirng her peak and it didn't hurt that one of her biggest hits qualifies as Can-Con which is why "Best Shot" still shows up in various radio formats in this country.
While they haven't thrown in disco yet , it is unnerving for some to hear the likes of "Jessie's Girl", Billy Joel, America and other soft rock that back in the day they would routinely have poked fun at on the air. 

Last edited by kevjo (February 26, 2018 10:38 pm)