• Hadriscus@jlai.lu
    71·
    9 hours ago

    I am not sure how to read this. Is it a reference to something in particular ? are the two interlaced texts happening in parallel ? what is the link between a radio announcement and killing dogs in a nursery ?

    • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      201·
      8 hours ago

      So greentext is usually used like quotation marks or asterisks to denote roleplaying. Here it’s being used to denote a soundboard like radio DJ’s use.

      The reference is to American classical rock stations that use very aggressive sound bumpers but play very milktoast music, usually the same 40 songs since the 80’s

    • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      8 hours ago

      it’s very common for radio personalities to be like “THIS IS THE REAL STATION FOR HARD ALT CLASSICS, KEEP YOUR GRANDMA AWAY!” and then play the same 200 song playlist as every other station because radio has been captured by iHeartMedia and homogenized to hell and back.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        8 hours ago

        I’m grateful every day that my rock station is independent, and they still play Black Sabbath and Tool and whatnot. It’s still pretty repetitive, but that’s because there’s not a ton of new rock music.

        • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Im grateful that Tool finally gave in to public pressure and allowed their music to be streamed. When ITunes first came out and other streaming platforms became a thing. Tool refused to let their music be streamed because they wanted to “preserve the album experience”. It wasn’t until 2019 that you could find Tool on Spotify.

          • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            5 hours ago

            Do they not realise you can stream an album?

            I think the only functioning CD player I have is in my car. Assuming it works, I’ve never actually used it.

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
    32·
    16 hours ago

    My local rock station started playing straight-up modern pop hits a couple years ago. Could have at least left it at pop rock, there’s no shortage of that …

    Though they never pretended to be brutal, they were always about classic rock and 90s pop rock. AFAIK they didn’t even play Black Sabbath.

      • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
        1·
        33 minutes ago

        If only, Metallica is way too hard for them. Their main thing is 70s rock, minus Black Sabbath and punk.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      15 hours ago

      That’s depressing. My local station is still rockin’ hard with “A Little Bit Off” by FFDP on repeat, with some Metallica and Black Sabbath sprinkled in. They do the cringy “we do things the other stations won’t” innuendos, but they don’t gave a morning show and don’t play ads on my drive home (except for their own station), so I’m happy.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          13 hours ago

          Yeah, I hear it 1-2x/day, and I only listen for about an hour. That’s a pretty high hit-rate when there are so many great classics.

          But at least they’re still playing rock instead of throwing in random pop stuff.

  • lime!@feddit.nu
    19·
    16 hours ago

    rock you like a hurricane is way too edgy a choice. i’d go with i wanna rock and roll all night