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iHeart has introduced its latest online station dedicated to just one artist - Elton John. The streamer came online Friday and is exactly what is advertised - all Rocket Man, all the time. It promises hits, deep cuts and other artists doing Elton tunes. Hear it here.
It follows the same broadcaster's recent introduction of all Bryan Adams radio, in which the Canadian artist not only features his own tunes but songs by others he admires.
All of which got me to wondering - this kind of thing is becoming more prominent online. But how many artists past or present could possibly be the subject of their own output without getting hopelessly repetitive? I can only think of a few that might fit the category - The Beatles and The Rolling Stones are the two most obvious. They've built up a huge catalogue of hits and other material over the years that could ensure you don't hear the same song over and over and over. Maybe Bob Dylan?
Elton John fits because he's been around since the 70s and hasn't stopped making hit music since. Here's how iHeart sells it:
"Our new exclusive streaming station, “Elton John Radio” features all of Elton John’s biggest hits, including live songs and deep cuts from each of his landmark albums!"
But other than that small list above, I can't really think of anyone who could sustain such a station without repeating too much of the same material. Anyone else come to mind who could pull this off without ending up too much on repeat?
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Maybe Bruce Springsteen.
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I do like Elton, but I don't like stations that just play one artist.
What about if they played Elton's favourite songs by other artists and had Elton host it vurtualy?
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The Weed wrote:
Maybe Bruce Springsteen.
Jonny cash, dolly parton and elvis.
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Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
The Weed wrote:
Maybe Bruce Springsteen.
Jonny cash, dolly parton and elvis.
Elvis for sure and there is an all Elvis station on SiriusXM.
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Sirius-XM has a number of channels dedicated mostly to one artist, including Elvis, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Kelly Clarkson, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Grateful Dead, Phish, the Dave Matthews Band, Tom Petty, Kenny Chesney. They also had a limited edition Beach Boys channel, as I recall.
I suggested an all-Elton channel to them. They said they liked the idea, but nothing happened.
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RadioActive wrote:
Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
The Weed wrote:
Maybe Bruce Springsteen.
Jonny cash, dolly parton and elvis.
Elvis for sure and there is an all Elvis station on SiriusXM.
Serious xm has dropped in quolity.
Iheart has better content for free.
I have a serious xm radio and last year, it just stopped working.
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All steak and no fries would get pretty boring pretty fast no matter how excellent the steak.
Or to put it another way, Homer Simpson and his unrelenting ability to consume endless donuts nonstop (a la a certain devilish Treehouse of Horror episode) is a rare phenomenon when it comes to humans.
Now if you added other artists covering Elton or the Stones to the playlist that might help.
Unless it's Coldplay's cover of "Lips Like Sugar" by Echo and the Bunnymen. Worst. Cover. Ever
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I listened to Frank Sinatra's channel on Sirius XM from time to time. It was ok, and featured other artists doing Sinatra hits, and lots of Sinatra live, his hits, album cuts, "lost" tracks etc. But a whole channel dedicated to one artists would only appeal to fanatics. Frank's channel did have some interesting cuts of the man speaking about his career, movies, TV shows and family.