Freddie Mercury's Ghost Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/12/axl-rose-bemoans-the-state-of-la-radio.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PopHiss+%28Pop+%26+Hiss+Music+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+FeedfetcherAxl Rose bemoans the state of L.A. radioDecember 26, 2011 | 3:17 pmOn a recent Saturday morning in Seattle, Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose sat down for a long, freewheeling interview after his band's three-hour concert the night before at Key Arena. A sharp, well-spoken Rose tackled many topics, among them what happened to L.A. radio?You can read more of the interview here and here.What are your listening habits these days?I like radio, and the vibe of whatever -- I like finding some obscure station on the radio dial playing Eric Carmen at 3 a.m., you know? I like that rather than necessarily putting an album on. But the radio died in L.A. Just died. To me, corporate radio killed radio and you hear the same . . . "Carry on My Wayward Son" might be a great song, but there are other songs on that album, and there are other songs on Queen albums.Have you heard anything recently that surprised you?There was a station dumping their easy-listeners, and it was the best two weeks of music in L.A. I ever heard. It'd go from Queen's "Dead on Time" to "Fingerprint File" by the Stones, to "Rockaria" by ELO, to "The Theme from 'S.W.A.T.' " Just crazy, fun music. I turned to my friends and everybody was like, "Yes!" I called the station and said, "I will do anything to help promote your station." And they go, "It's not a real station. We're just dumping listeners." I said, "But this is it! This is amazing!" Pet peeves now?It kills me when someone will call KLOS from Builder's Emporium on their lunch break going, "Play Jethro Tull's 'Aqualung.' " It's like, why even request it? They're going to play it anyway. And they're going to play ZZ Top's "Legs." And why does everything have to sound old? The only time I hear fresh sounds is in movies. Like "Drive." There are great songs in that -- all kinds of stuff in movies where I'm like, "I've never heard this song, and I didn't even know it existed." I really miss that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiraMPD Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 "Carry on My Wayward Son" might be a great song, but there are other songs on that album, and there are other songs on Queen albums.Supernatural takes over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimMorrison4 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Ha, he thinks that's bad, try listening to Pittsburgh stations. There is no point even having a radio here. I'm guessing the interviewer was trying to get Axl to say a newer band he likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagarin Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Axl should get into satellite radio. Sure, they only have a 48 hour playlist that gets changed every... 3 months?But they do have those 'deep cut' stations. =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NewGNRnOldGNR Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I like the mental image of Axl with the radio on in a Lambo puffing a fine cigar at all hours of the night phoning in anonymously sometimes to scrutinize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 The Bone from San Mateo is the only station to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Axl listens to radio at 3am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 It pisses me off when people call the local rock staton and requests Live and Let Die by Guns. I talked them into playing Civil War though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner927 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I hate radio where I'm at because they play the same crap over and over, the last time I heard something good on radio was when I was flipping through stations and heard Mr. Brownstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Gun Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) Ha, he thinks that's bad, try listening to Pittsburgh stations. There is no point even having a radio here. I'm guessing the interviewer was trying to get Axl to say a newer band he likes.Yeh. he has been burnt before by doing that however. The Killers pissed on him when their album bet Chidem in the UK charts(after he presented them at the MTV awards cause they were nice guys..), Trent Reznor has talked shit about Axl since the mid-90s after Axl praised the industrial scene and wanted to make some songs with Trent. Apparently Fred Durst slammed Chidem as "the biggest pile of shit I have ever heard" in a chat room after Axl said "Limp Bizkit is fun" in 1999... Then there is the Dave Grohl thing.. Moral of the story, don't praise anyone. Edited December 27, 2011 by Young_Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Yeah Axl was reluctant to say what he was listening to/favourite bands int he TMS interview, so its good to see him opening up about his music interest (even if its just a little bit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Seems as is Axl was a fan of Drive.Axl should have his own radio station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I hope someone got Axl XM/Sirius for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) Axl had his own radio show on gta, it was awesome. Edited December 27, 2011 by gunns5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) Axl had his own radio show on gta, it was awesome.yeah KDST was the shiiit, i wonder if he actually picked those songs for the station himself Edited December 27, 2011 by sweetness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkAboutYou Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprite Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) Axl has great taste in music. Totally right about queen too, if all i knew of queen was bohemian rhapsody, etc.. they would just be an ok band. I find most bands best music is there least known..Not to sound like a pompous ass, but it kinda fits right in to the small minded-ness of humans. Something catchy and short has always dominated the charts..Take Pink Floyd for example, everyone knows another brick in the wall, but I bet anyone who has explored pink floyd would tell you its not anywhere near their best. Seems like any fan would say the whole animals album is miles ahead of any of their well know tracks. Every band is that way, queens sail away sweet sister, the stones can you hear me knockin, gnr's breakdown, locomotive etc.. Music has always been this way, even orchestra, take Tchaikovsky's the nutcracker for example, you have all heard this song, but Tchaikovsky thought it was his worst piece, but it was the most catchy to your average listener..And Axl is totally right about carry on wayward son, listen to whats on your mind from that album and tell me its not better! Edited December 27, 2011 by Sprite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprite Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) I'm guessing the interviewer was trying to get Axl to say a newer band he likes.He said he likes the Drive soundtrack.. thats mostly new stuff... Edited December 27, 2011 by Sprite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Gun Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Take Pink Floyd for example, everyone knows another brick in the wall, but I bet anyone who has explored pink floyd would tell you its not anywhere near their best. Totally agree with you. Alot of people want to join the bandwagon and make like they are in the know just because it's popular. Metallica's Black album copped the same thing even though it's not even in the top 5 albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITW 2012 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) Cool. I liked what he had to say there. Axl should host Trunk's show some night and just spin whatever he feels like. Edited December 27, 2011 by ITW 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jboogie Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Prince talked about how corporate was taken over radio back in 2002. I never listen to my hometown stations,it's either Internet or satellite radio for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketQueen1985 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) He's right. I never listen to the radio anymore. When I went to high school (this was before youtube and all that lol) we had this local pretty weird kinda radio station. They'd play everything from the new Britney Spears song to old live recording of Rolling Stones. I remember my mom ripping the door to my room open once screaming "Is that Dire Straits?!" And it was! That station played everything you could ever wanna hear. I remember someone in this thread mentioning wanting to hear Civil War played on the radio and this station would actually play it! Normally it's just Paradise City, Welcome to the jungle and Sweet Child O' Mine which gets radio play here but not on that station. The station still exist but it's got new owners and it's just pretty standard of a radio station now...These days I only listen to the radio if I'm in the car with my mom. Otherwise I use youtube a lot to discover new bands or more rare songs with bands I'm already into. I also borrow lots of cd's at the library (recently stuff like Bob Dylan and Rolling Stones) put it on my itunes, make playlists etc so it's kinda like radio except for the commercials and talking.Wow, now I miss my high school days of us listening to the radio in every recess lol Edited December 27, 2011 by RocketQueen1985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 music needs radio. Axl should start a station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I like the mental image of Axl with the radio on in a Lambo puffing a fine cigar at all hours of the night phoning in anonymously sometimes to scrutinize.LOL, while getting roadhead from a couple of groupies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 like in True Romance. Rollercoasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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