"The day the music died".... ( Archived) (70)

With the recent passing of rock singer Ronnie James Dio (elf, rainbow, black sabbath and solo career), it set me to wondering who you think the music world is poorer for losing...it may be a musician who inspired you, or one you feel left his/her mark on popular culture...I miss the likes of Frank Zappa, James Brown, Johnny Cash and Ian Dury...they shaped my music appreciation and left behind a musical legacy and body of work which is as fresh today as it was when it was released...Who do you miss...LZ..

Michael Jackson, without a doubt

The day the music died was the same day AM radio died. If it wasn't for AM, I would have missed out on alot of great music that I never would have heard on FM rock stations. Songs like Patches, Rock Your Baby, Me and Mrs. Jones and artists like Judy Collins, Neil Sadaka, Roberta Flack and even Perry Como. Only the very best of the best songs from rock, rhythm and blues, folk, jazz, pop, motown, country, romance, instrumentals and dance music made it on the charts

Ian Curtis.

He undoubtably left his mark on modern pop and rock culture.

Today, radio stations are specialized in what they play. Yea, some say they play a variety, but it is NOT new music, rather a compilation of various artists of the past. It is also usually specialized into soft rock, easy listening or oldies. There was a unity among people because everybody basically listened to the same songs. Bands and individuals had to really dig deep and out-do themselves within their own style of music to make it on the AM charts. I am basically a hard rock person, but I did like the best of the best most times because of it's creativity, uniqueness or application. The love songs always set the mood when you were with your girlfriend; and made you feel like you were with her when you weren't. Many of you are fortunate enough to still be with your love that you met during the AM era. What great memories you must share today when you hear those songs.

That's because you dont have the BBC over there.

Lets here it for Aunty!!!

Back when AM radio was around, there was a music bridge between the generation gap with parents and children. Some of the AM songs I didn't appreciate at that time like I do today. No, they didn't Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, but they would sing in the car to Mick Jagger's song Angie. The young and old will never share all the same music, but there was a bridge. That bridge burned down with the AM towers. Technically, FM is better than AM because of better frequency bands and sound quality. What I'm talking about is radio station format that was thrown out with the AM towers. Unfortunately, FM owners changed the format and I don't see it coming back.