Heard it on the radio. Find it here. Get it now.

[Rooster_Ties]

Link: http://www.yes.net/

Even works for the "alternative rock" station here in Kansas City (I just checked).

Don't care about the "get it now" feature all that much. But to be able to identify what was just playing -- when DJ's don't 'back-announce' tunes ( ) -- is a pretty cool thing.

For instance, I happen to remember having heard something new, by a relatively new band (or at least new to me), late yesterday afternoon (around 5pm, plus or minus), on the alternative rock station here in KC. It was played right after a Coldplay tune, that's all I remember. I have no idea who it was, or what the name of the song was.

But now I know. B)

Probably doesn't help much with very many jazz stations (who may well not be hooked into this kind of system - especially non-comercial ones), but still -- it's a cool idea, to whatever extent it does work.

Edited May 6, 2004 by Rooster_Ties

[BruceH]

Link: http://www.yes.net/

Even works for the "alternative rock" station here in Kansas City (I just checked).

Don't care about the "get it now" feature all that much. But to be able to identify what was just playing -- when DJ's don't 'back-announce' tunes ( )

Isn't that part of their JOB?

[BruceH]

For instance, I happen to remember having heard something new, by a new band, late yesterday afternoon (around 5pm, plus or minus), on the alternative rock station here in KC. It was played right after a Coldplay tune, that's all I remember. I have no idea who it was, or what the name of the song was.

But now I know. B)

Well..? Don't keep us in suspense!

[Rooster_Ties]

Isn't that part of their JOB?

Well, it should be. But half the time, DJ's don't say what was just played, if they previously said what was gonna be played. Which doesn't help a bit if you happen to turn on the radio, and don't hear the DJ before a song starts (or before an entire block of music).

[Rooster_Ties]

Well..?  Don't keep us in suspense!

Muse - Absolution

Very "Radiohead"-ish sounding, but with a very "Jeff Buckley"-ish sounding lead vocalist.

[Dan Gould]

My last radio boss always preached that there are two things listeners hate:

Talking over records

Not announcing what songs were played.

So, we had to wait for the very last note to ring out, or the song to completely fade away, before the announcers were allowed to speak. And on top of that, he actually *scripted* the form that our back-announcements took. I remember getting yelled at because I improvised "and ahead of that, we heard ..."

[Jazzmoose]

My last radio boss always preached that there are two things listeners hate:

Talking over records

Well, bless him for that one anyway! I cannot STAND that. After all, other than the easily amused that listening to "morning zoo" shows, we are there for the music, after all.

[chris olivarez]

My last radio boss always preached that there are two things listeners hate:

Talking over records

Not announcing what songs were played.

So, we had to wait for the very last note to ring out, or the song to completely fade away, before the announcers were allowed to speak. And on top of that, he actually *scripted* the form that our back-announcements took. I remember getting yelled at because I improvised "and ahead of that, we heard ..."

Working in radio(or any other buisness) with control freaks always sucks. Fortunately I don't have to deal with this crap right now.

[BruceH]

My last radio boss always preached that there are two things listeners hate:

Talking over records

Not announcing what songs were played.

As far as I'm concerned, he was right.