My last post was about a horrible song I heard on Christian radio. I decided to post one of my new favorite songs as a balance to the last post. A band called Roman Candle has a new song called "Why Modern Radio is A-OK With Me." I liked their last album quite a bit so I decided to order the new one when I had an Amazon Gift Card to spend. When it arrived I noticed the song right away, probably due to my years of work in radio.
Lately I've been frustrated by the number of quality people that have been fired by their radio stations. So many stations are making more and more cuts, usually impacting people that I never thought would be let go. But this song has more to do about the bland programming that so many stations serve up. If you have a chance check it out online please do. I think you'll enjoy it.
I was down at my favorite watering hole with a buddy of mine that was out on parole and we were flipping through the jukebox, talking how we'd been and how we are.
Well he'd got a library card and he'd pierced his tongue And a buddy in prison had turned him onto Neil Young And he thought it'd be best to play some for the entire bar. Now he didn't know it but while he was in Jail I'd had my heart broke by a woman to wondrous to tell And wed fallen in love to half the songs that jukebox playedS o when he flattened his dollar on the side of the machine and I saw Comes a Time come on the karaoke screen I'd realized there was a few things I had forgot to say:
Don't play Neil Young Don't play Van Morrison Just let some high school emo band start versing and chorusing Because theres no way it will break my heart as far as I can see And thats why modern radio is A OK with me.
(Over the sound of the bar noise my friend looked at me and said) He said a pop song used to be a powerful thing, you could turn on the AM and John Lennon would sing or Frank Sinatra would speak to all of the girls. And you could think like a hawk or think like a dove or think of a winter afternoon when you fell in love and Ten songs on a record sounded like a string of pearls.
Now my buddy rattled on till an hour had passed And I thought about shoving his head through the front door glass And leaving him for dead, but a friend is a friend to stay. So I listened to him talk about Johnny and June And how true love goes from midnight to noon I bought another round just in time to hear him say:
They don't play Sam Cooke They dont play Johnny Cash They let some high school emo band play the prettiest trash And theres no way it can break my heart as far as I can see And thats why modern radio is a sack of monkeys to me.
He said it makes me so mad I want to get out and shout it And I smiled and said I hadn't thought that much about it and we walked out the street and parted ways I might've gone to a movie, but my money was spent so I went on home, the Lord knows where he went and wrote and open letter to all modern djs (saying)
Don't play Bob Dylan Dont play Loose Ends Dont play anybody thats ever heard Sir Patrick Spence Because broken hearted people are looking for a little something to ignore And that is why modern radio is better than ever before And that is why modern radio is better than ever before
