{"id":12841,"date":"2012-04-05T11:45:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T15:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=12841"},"modified":"2012-04-05T14:10:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T18:10:26","slug":"rock-n-roll-death-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-n-roll-death-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock \u2018n Roll Death Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I know, I did it to myself. What did I expect? I listened to Classic Rock radio this afternoon and it\u2019s just so stale that I swear, it sucks the very will to live right out of you. So my mind was wandering while they were playing “Start Me Up<\/em>,” which is a pretty good song by my favorite band in the whole world. But I was just thinking, \u201cmaybe I should just turn on my mp3 player or NPR.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then I started thinking that the Oldies station\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0play a steady diet of Buddy Holly<\/strong> and Chuck Berry<\/strong>. In fact, they seem to have made these kinds of great artists almost invisible. I was thinking that wasn\u2019t such a bad thing. If I were a big fan, I could listen to them until I couldn\u2019t bear it anymore anyway. I started thinking that when Classic Rock radio became a format, it was pretty much just Rock radio, and they played old stuff and new stuff (much like people actually do in their cars and homes). Then I thought, \u201cProgram Directors need a Death Panel!\u201d<\/p>\n

But like our Nation\u2019s Death Panels, these Panels need to be made up of people who care. People with a vested interest. People for whom cutting these songs out of the rotation to make some room for something new are actually going to be affected by this action. I figured if I were on this Panel, I\u2019d have to make those hard decisions about my favorite band, The Rolling Stones<\/strong>, but I wouldn\u2019t be able to chime in about a band like Led Zeppelin<\/strong>, which I can\u2019t stand. It just wouldn\u2019t be fair because I don\u2019t have a vested interest.<\/p>\n

So I thought members of the Hall would be good candidates for this heavy burden. We\u2019ve got to do something! These Program Directors are obviously in way over their heads, too attached to their heroes to make rational decisions to help get some decent new Rock on the radio.<\/p>\n

Will you step up and make the hard decisions? I\u2019ll start off by making my own cuts. I\u2019ll miss these songs on the radio dearly, but I understand we just can\u2019t support them anymore. It\u2019s for the younger generation. It\u2019s for the greater good. Can you help cut 5 songs from your favorites?<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Start Me Up<\/strong>. There may be no song with more private support, with all the plays it gets in stadiums and on TV.<\/li>\n
  2. Miss You<\/strong>. It’s great for dancing and parties, but it\u2019s a pretty long song, and a lot of new artists will benefit from the amount of air time freed up.<\/li>\n
  3. Gimme Shelter<\/strong>. A stone cold classic, and I truly love the song, but Martin Scorcese has promised to use it in every movie he makes anyway.<\/li>\n
  4. Brown Sugar<\/strong>. I’m pretty sure a riff like that will never die. It doesn\u2019t need any more help on the Public airwaves.<\/li>\n
  5. Angie<\/strong> – I love it. I really do, but face it, there are plenty of other ballads every bit as deserving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I know, I did it to myself. What did I expect? I listened to Classic Rock radio this afternoon and it\u2019s just so stale that I swear, it sucks the very will to live right out of you. So my mind was wandering while they were playing “Start Me Up,” which is a pretty good […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[262,208],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}