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#6201 |
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What is going on with Smooth's music policy lately?
It seems to be slowly morphing from an easy, soulful station into Heart circa 2008-9 with dross like Daniel Beddingfield and just heard Eurythmics' Here Comes The Rain Again. A few months ago, it was a nice alternative to Heart but now it just seems like it's trying to pick up the baton from Heart as that brand is forced to move onwards into a more 90s esque station. |
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#6202 |
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I think smooth extra should close. add extra s playlist to smooth . they would save money. Then it would more variety. Call it smooth variety. The station is a good but needs to stop playing the same songs every day. There are other songs( example ) by Elton John candle in the wind which they play every day. Surely they could play some of his other songs. I must admit I do like the music but I get fed up with hearing the same songs ever day. Does anybody agree or disagree.
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#6203 |
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Well it does play Daniel, Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Nikita, sacrifice and Don't let the sun go down on me. Considering it's relaxing approach that's pretty much all the good (and crucially, familiar) ones covered.
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#6204 |
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Perhaps smooth does play other songs by Elton John but when I listen which is most mornings I seem to hear the same songs. Perhaps they play different songs in the afternoon.if you would like any songs on smooth what would they be?
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#6205 |
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The thing is when you are listening out for a song you always note when you hear it. It was the same with Magic before it was taken off DAB the last time.
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Uplifting? How is Smooth output uplifting? Suicidal would be more appropriate.
Maybe you want to kill yourself to that, many many others are 'stayin' alive' to it quite happily[/quote] Young Hearts Run Free is a very uplifting song. Smooth also plays Guess that's why they call it the blues and Rocket Man out of Elton's songs. I have heard Tiny Dancer and Philadelphia Freedom on the Great British Songbook too Gary King is in for Paul Phear this week |
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#6207 |
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Smooth should gave Gary King a weekday show.
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#6208 |
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Well it does play Daniel, Your Song, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Nikita, sacrifice and Don't let the sun go down on lo me. Considering it's relaxing approach that's pretty much all the good (and crucially, familiar) ones covered.
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I am enjoying hearing Amy Winehouse Back to Black on Smooth. Though they are beginning to overplay it slightly
This morning I switched off when Temptations Just my imagination was played |
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#6210 |
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I am enjoying hearing Amy Winehouse Back to Black on Smooth. Though they are beginning to overplay it slightly
This morning I switched off when Temptations Just my imagination was played |
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#6211 |
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You sure thats not heart your listening too. It's overplayed on there too.
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You sure thats not heart your listening too. It's overplayed on there too.
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#6213 |
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Heart Smooth more music repetition than you ever thought possible.
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Why do you think they do that?
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Why do you think they do that?
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#6216 |
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Must try that in my next business plan when I'm approaching investors - 'give me several million for my product, it'll really annoy people'!
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To annoy listeners whose brains have the capacity to appreciate more than 300 songs over and over.
Luckilly i've never met this person who holds a gun to people's heads forcing them to listen to a station they don't like. Being free and having full cognitive functioning I am able to change my radio station or even turn it off. This is something I do frequently and I recommend you try it. |
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Who says I listen? We are all free to comment its not compulsory to listen as well.
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Why would you be a listener to a station you clearly cannot stand It makes no sense.
Luckilly i've never met this person who holds a gun to people's heads forcing them to listen to a station they don't like. Being free and having full cognitive functioning I am able to change my radio station or even turn it off. This is something I do frequently and I recommend you try it. |
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Who says I listen? We are all free to comment its not compulsory to listen as well.
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Add I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues played at breakfast today.
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That's the whole problem Smooth overplay everything on there playlist. Its not really what they play but how many times they do.
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To me, your posts seem to indicate you listen:
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Nope just aircheck it to see if its improved. You will see from my older posts that its over a year now since I was a regular listener. I gave up when Simon and Lynn went and were replaced by the so called celebrities.
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#6223 |
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Nope just aircheck it to see if its improved. You will see from my older posts that its over a year now since I was a regular listener. I gave up when Simon and Lynn went and were replaced by the so called celebrities.
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I quit before Amara did this station is bad for your mental well-being.
however............my wife mainly an LBC listener occasionally listens to Smooth: blush: and doesn't understand why I don't she really enjoys the music and doesn't notice the repetition: cry:is she typical of the Smooth target audience (she is 51) please don't tell anyone else that my wife listens to this drivel otherwise I wont be able to show myself in public again. |
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#6225 |
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I quit before Amara did this station is bad for your mental well-being.
however............my wife mainly an LBC listener occasionally listens to Smooth: blush: and doesn't understand why I don't she really enjoys the music and doesn't notice the repetition: cry:is she typical of the Smooth target audience (she is 51) please don't tell anyone else that my wife listens to this drivel otherwise I wont be able to show myself in public again.
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she really enjoys the music and doesn't notice the repetition: cry: