You are looking at that title and thinking Beatles, Rolling Stone, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Adel, Florence and the Machine.... I am laughing. I know, I know. You have no idea why. Let me explain and I apologize, it just won't be as funny! I listen to Absolute Radio in the UK. Everyday, they play a sound bite when then enter their no repeat time frame and it is this woman who has a heavy oriental accent (Chinese, Japanese? I am not sure), but she always says "It's 'ime for a m'sik" I love hearing her say it and using it for my blog post title is my own personal joke! Sadly, I could not find the .wav file to post.
Anyway, back to the music. First thing, the UK does not have digital TV, odd right? We are getting here this month actually. They are reminding us to retune our TV's right now. But, they do have DIGITAL RADIO! Ah-ha! But because not all of the cars have digital radio, they are not totally switching over, but they are doing kind of what the US TV stations did by adding extra channels. They added extra channels as well. So, if you have a DAV digital radio, you listen to Absolute Radio and choose your decade. They have it all, even the naughties (if you remember, that is the '00)! We do have a DAV, but just one. During the day I listen to the radio in the car and when I am home. I listen to the Absolute Radio app on my almost, completely useless iPhone (thanks AT&T).
I love Absolute radio. I listen to the Absolute radio, they say that they play a variety. I won't argue, because they do and they do not repeat songs from 10am-17:00pm (5pm). But most days they do play the same songs over and over. But I can handle it because, I do happen to like the songs and some of the artists are *new to me because they never made it across the pond. Oh, and the classic rock station? We have it on because Super Handsome likes classic rock, it is his preferred genre. Well, things that were considered classic rock are from the 90's (like Nirvana) and we are not always familiar with all the music either. Which is not such a big surprise...
Absolute plays a lot of Queen. Queen is bigger then the Beatles or any of the other big UK bands that you are familiar with. Last year was the 20th anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death and it was highly discussed. They also play music that has more of a punk feel. The big bands right now are The Vaccines, Kasabian, Noah Gallgher's High Flying Birds, Biffy Clyro, Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Coldplay and Adele. They also play a nice mix, I usually hear Kiss or Ace Freeley, the Beatles, either together or they will play the solo work as well, I always hear some Aerosmith, Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd (occasionally), and I often hear Johnny Cash singing "Hurt" (which he covered).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go
Last night was an excellent night as I heard some great US tunes! While making dinner I was dancing to "Sweet Home Alabama" by Leonard Skinner while making dinner.
There are some bands/songs that I do not enjoy as much as others (Meatloaf, Kate Bush), but really all in all Absolute plays the variety of music and most importantly music that I really enjoy. It is like this whole genre of music that I hear has skipped the US and it makes me sad. Super Handsome has not been a fan of modern music for years. But, he does enjoy some of the bands that we listen to on Absolute. There are other stations here that play Katy Perry and the other popular songs and the hip hop/rap, I just really don't enjoy listening to them, the constant repeat is mind-numbing. I do listen to the radio a lot and I am glad that I can bring Absolute radio home with me via apps.
If you have some time and want to see what we are listening to, take a minute and check it out. Your can stream it live or listen to the podcasts. Maybe you will hear the cute little woman say my favorite little phrase!
http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/
There is always time for the music!
Anyway, back to the music. First thing, the UK does not have digital TV, odd right? We are getting here this month actually. They are reminding us to retune our TV's right now. But, they do have DIGITAL RADIO! Ah-ha! But because not all of the cars have digital radio, they are not totally switching over, but they are doing kind of what the US TV stations did by adding extra channels. They added extra channels as well. So, if you have a DAV digital radio, you listen to Absolute Radio and choose your decade. They have it all, even the naughties (if you remember, that is the '00)! We do have a DAV, but just one. During the day I listen to the radio in the car and when I am home. I listen to the Absolute Radio app on my almost, completely useless iPhone (thanks AT&T).
I love Absolute radio. I listen to the Absolute radio, they say that they play a variety. I won't argue, because they do and they do not repeat songs from 10am-17:00pm (5pm). But most days they do play the same songs over and over. But I can handle it because, I do happen to like the songs and some of the artists are *new to me because they never made it across the pond. Oh, and the classic rock station? We have it on because Super Handsome likes classic rock, it is his preferred genre. Well, things that were considered classic rock are from the 90's (like Nirvana) and we are not always familiar with all the music either. Which is not such a big surprise...
Absolute plays a lot of Queen. Queen is bigger then the Beatles or any of the other big UK bands that you are familiar with. Last year was the 20th anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death and it was highly discussed. They also play music that has more of a punk feel. The big bands right now are The Vaccines, Kasabian, Noah Gallgher's High Flying Birds, Biffy Clyro, Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Coldplay and Adele. They also play a nice mix, I usually hear Kiss or Ace Freeley, the Beatles, either together or they will play the solo work as well, I always hear some Aerosmith, Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd (occasionally), and I often hear Johnny Cash singing "Hurt" (which he covered).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go
Last night was an excellent night as I heard some great US tunes! While making dinner I was dancing to "Sweet Home Alabama" by Leonard Skinner while making dinner.
There are some bands/songs that I do not enjoy as much as others (Meatloaf, Kate Bush), but really all in all Absolute plays the variety of music and most importantly music that I really enjoy. It is like this whole genre of music that I hear has skipped the US and it makes me sad. Super Handsome has not been a fan of modern music for years. But, he does enjoy some of the bands that we listen to on Absolute. There are other stations here that play Katy Perry and the other popular songs and the hip hop/rap, I just really don't enjoy listening to them, the constant repeat is mind-numbing. I do listen to the radio a lot and I am glad that I can bring Absolute radio home with me via apps.
If you have some time and want to see what we are listening to, take a minute and check it out. Your can stream it live or listen to the podcasts. Maybe you will hear the cute little woman say my favorite little phrase!
http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/
There is always time for the music!
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