Greg's time on breakfast

[Viv]

Sorry! Mitch3LL will probably be mad when he shows up!! I guess I'm being a bit ignorant. Are the Foo-Fighters classed as "rock"? I hate them, I really, really do. The lead singer is supposed to be really nice in reality though. A guy I used to go to school with was their driver once, and the lead singer gave him a £50.00 TIP. A TIP!! Imagine!!

[DarkAngelMJH]

I think so yeah, there are so many variatations that i can never keep up! Foo Fighters rule though. Dave Grohl is amazing!

The best the best the best of youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!

[Viv]

The best the best the best of youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!

Aaaaaahhhh!! Don't do that!!! :hahaha:

[DarkAngelMJH]

Tis a good song! One that has actually been on Radio 1 :woohoo:

[Robbie Keane]

I would have the music Howard Stern plays all day.

Considering he doesn't play music anymore, that'd be one small playlist.

Which would suit Moyles pretty well, in fairness.

Thank GOD they are alienated. I hate rock, I really do. I know everyone has there own tastes, but SHOUTING from one end of a song to another does not appeal to moi!! Gimme Madonna & Britney any day!!

That's why I suggested investing in Alternative Rock. Yes, Foo Fighters are rock and yes, Grohl can be a bit shouty sometimes (which is what I like about it - gets the adrenaline pumping and is wonderful to sing/shout along to in a live environment), but there are also non-shouty bands too. I don't think the Counting Crows have a single shouty song in their catalogue, but I could be wrong. Shinedown have moments of shouting but their singer Brent also has an incredible voice that wouldn't be out of place on an X-Factor type show. 3 Doors Down walk the line too, but are a little more mellow and catchy enough to appeal a little more than a Theory Of A Deadman-esque band.

I never understand why Radio One won't give it more of a chance. They can't go to the well with Girls Aloud and Madonna all the time because a) they don't always have a successful or generally decent record (Madonna has had some proper sh*t out recently) and not all of their listeners are cookie-cutter 16-34 year old Justin Timberlake-loving Gatecrasher weekend party animals and variety never hurt anybody.

[Viv]

(which is what I like about it - gets the adrenaline pumping I never understand why Radio One won't give it more of a chance. They can't go to the well with Girls Aloud and Madonna all the time because a) they don't always have a successful or generally decent record (Madonna has had some proper sh*t out recently) .

The adreneline pumping: The Foo Fighters make me downright NERVOUS and very, very frightened. Rock has to go. No wonder R1 won't give it a chance. They would lose half the bloody listeners, myself included.

Madonna's latest album hasn't been the finest, but R1 could pick up stuff from the past. They dredge The Chemical Bros.' Galvanise out every 2 minutes after all.

[Robbie Keane]

They do give it a chance, albeit small, which is a key reason as to why they're successful. They're not as close minded as other stations (Absolute aside, who at least used to be extremely diverse). I just selfishly don't think they give it enough of a chance but understand why that's the case. Though, if listeners are fickle enough to hear a rock song and leave the station completely, they should just go anyway and buy an iPod or listen to Generic 101.1 on another frequency. I moan about a lack of rock music but I haven't left the station because of it. I'm happy to let my pleas fall on deaf ears, and I like moaning anyway. Gives me motivation to get into the industry and make an actual difference.

My only concern is that if I were to say "give me rock or I'm gone", and bare in mind that I'm as much a listener as you are and that makes neither of us better than the other; we're both as important to the station, but I think they'd look down on me because I have long hair, wear skull-covered t-shirts and would listen to Nine Inch Nails over Ne-yo any day of the week. Which is a shame. Just because I'm not their "demograph" which is a crock of absolute shit on the best of days, they'd rather cater to you than me. Not a knock or an attack on you at all, so please don't take it as such; you just so conveniently happen to fall into what they want or expect their average listener to be. But that's another argument and I'm off on a tangent so I'll stop now before the Smile Brigade come along with their "oh stop whining and get a life" idiocy.

[Viv]

I was actually kidding about leaving altogether, as there is more than just the music to the station. I'd miss all the banter and the fun and mischief. If they ever wanted to bring more rock on, I guess it would be OK (there's always the off switch), as long as it's not too much of it. lol

[Robbie Keane]

That#s fine if you were, but I targetted it because I actually know people who have claimed with all seriousness that they would boycott something over a relatively small piece of the large overall puzzle, such as refusing to listen to a general playlist station playing even a smidgin of a certain genre of music amongst other things. So as light as you meant it, people do actually think that way sometimes.

[Viv]

Actually, I know they do. Luckily I see a bigger picture when it comes to the playlist, and other station matters :-)

[Viv]

Thanks to R1 for the increase now in Madonna tunes being picked up, including Lucky Star no less during Edith's show last week!! :-)