So Where's David Hasselhoff?
Over the years, I've been known to rant about how awful German radio programming is. Yet I'm haunted by the gnawing feeling that I've never given this aural horror its full due. And so, giddy with remorse, I post the last seven songs played on the local station, SWR1 (Southwest Radio 1):
11:48 – How deep is your love
The Bee Gees
11:41 – Good people
Johnson, Jack
11:37 – Take it easy
The Eagles
11:30 – Burning love
Presley, Elvis
11:25 – Leaving on a jet plane
Denver, John
11:17 – Honesty
Joel, Billy
11:14 – Private eyes
Hall & Oates
Now, some of you might want to spare a song or two on this list from my Sardonic bile. But that misses the point. Look at that playlist. What tinnitus-tormented Teuton wedged Elvis between John Denver and The Eagles? Then, as you're reeling, pained and confused, they hit you with the Bee Gees. They don't mess around here; they want you to break down and cry.
Gluttons for punishment can find the latest pop perversity here.
11:48 – How deep is your love
The Bee Gees
11:41 – Good people
Johnson, Jack
11:37 – Take it easy
The Eagles
11:30 – Burning love
Presley, Elvis
11:25 – Leaving on a jet plane
Denver, John
11:17 – Honesty
Joel, Billy
11:14 – Private eyes
Hall & Oates
Now, some of you might want to spare a song or two on this list from my Sardonic bile. But that misses the point. Look at that playlist. What tinnitus-tormented Teuton wedged Elvis between John Denver and The Eagles? Then, as you're reeling, pained and confused, they hit you with the Bee Gees. They don't mess around here; they want you to break down and cry.
Gluttons for punishment can find the latest pop perversity here.
posted by Dr. Sardonic at 6:03 AM
4 Comments:
It's so horrible that they only have one radio station there.
They might as well. OK, perhaps I exaggerate. The only ones that are this bad are the ones that play music.
Latest batch:
Guten Abend Baden-Württemberg!
18:24
You're so vain (SWR1 - Pop-Lyrik)
Simon, Carly
18:20
Forever live and die
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
18:17
She loves you
The Beatles
18:11
Angels
Williams, Robbie
18:07
Tell her about it
Joel, Billy
I miss you.
Are you coming home?
But SWR1 is obviously the radio station for that part of Germany for people who don't give a shit about what they're listening too. It's "mainstream" and cheesy. Anyone who's got a problem with it isn't part of the intended Zielgruppe.
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