Just Your Average, Everyday, Adult Standards/Classic Rock Hybrid
Written Jul. 2, 2008 by Sean Ross in Internet Radio with 1 Comment
At this point, it's not very hard to find European Oldies offerings on the Infinite Dial. Most of the major broadcasters are offering some sort of Gold channel, many of them with a typically broad sense of what that means. (European Oldies radio began as a '50s through '80s format and had never narrowed by the time U.S. Oldies radio opened up again.)
But Irish broadcaster RTE's Gold channel deserves a special mention. I've been listening for 45 minutes now, and on a few occasions, it has bounded between Classic Rock and MOR/standards. Trainwrecks are barely worth mentioning in this day and age, but some of these are still doozies, and likely on purpose, starting with songs 3/4.
Here's the station at 5 p.m. today local time:
James Brown, "Get Up Offa That Thing"
Rolling Stones, "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Nat King Cole, "Smile"
Golden Earring, "Radar Love"
Cat Stevens, "Peace Train"
ZZ Top, "La Grange"
Petula Clark, "My Friend the Sea" (Rod McKuen-penned early '60s MOR, another jolt)
Jimi Hendrix, "Voodoo Chile" (and another)
Bee Gees, "World"
Lou Rawls, "Love Is A Hurtin' Thing"
Marvin Gaye, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
David Bowie, "Sound And Vision"
Elvis Presley, "That's All Right (Mama)"
Linda Ronstadt, "It's So Easy"
Michael Jackson, "Got To Be There"
Pink Floyd, "Comfortably Numb" (gearing up for a big finish here....)
Andy Williams, "Stranger On The Shore"
Joe Walsh, "Rocky Mountain Way"
Queen, "Flash's Theme (AKA Flash)"
Yes, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
Four Seasons, "Down The Hall"
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Another great Irish listen is Country Mix 106.8 (www.countrymix.ie) - fun to hear what "country" is "country" on the only full-time commercial country radio station outside North America.