Nice.
But, oh my god, why are mainstream radios stuck with the same 10 songs since what seems like forever ? First pickup: suzanne vega, second pickup: francoise hardy.
But, oh my god, why are mainstream radios stuck with the same 10 songs since what seems like forever ? First pickup: suzanne vega, second pickup: francoise hardy.
First station I hit after moving a bit at random was A-ha's "Take On Me" followed by Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World". This was in Western Washington.
Zoomed way out and then back on somewhere in California. Got a station in Mariposa. First song was "Gentleman" by Fela Kuti, followed by "A Beautiful Story" by Sonny & Cher followed by "Big Lie, Small World" by Sting. So...1973 Nigerian afrobeat to 1967 pop to 1999 whatever the heck Sting is.
Could not figure out what that the connection was between the songs on the station, so decided to zoom out and in again, but head east a bit. See if I could find a station playing what you would stereotypically expect for its region.
Ended up at one in Jackson, WY, that was playing "Super Duper Rescue Heads!" by Deerhoof, which was followed by "Move" by CSS.
Finally, popped down to Texas, where I finally ran into the stereotypes I was looking for. Hit a sermon on a religious station, moved a bit and got some urban rap about Jesus, moved some more and got some Spanish song about Jesus, moved again and got some country/western song that was not about Jesus, and moved one final time and got a country/western song about Jesus. :-)