# What favorite oldies do you \*not\* hear on the radio? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 1999, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101 "1999-12-16T10:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/1 "1999-12-16T10:12:00Z")
Dunnobautchoo, but I’m sick of recycled top 40 “hits” from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and now even the 90s. Are there any favorite (or at least moderately well-liked) songs that you literally haven’t heard on the radio for ten years or more? I’d like to hear Adam Ant again just for the novelty. “We’re just following ancient history/If I strip for you, will you strip for me . . .” Only problem is I don’t remember the artists or even the titles much of the time. There was one song in the late 80s called something like “Cottonmouth Road” that I’d like to hear again. I _do_ remember the Bloodhound Gang, however: [deadpan un-funky voice]the roof/the roof/the roof is on fire/we don’t need no water let the motherf_cker burn/burn motherf_cker/burn[/deadpan un-funky voice] Darn, now that song will be running through my head all day. DHR ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/2 "1999-12-16T13:22:00Z")
“Copperhead Road” (not Cottonmouth) is by Steve Earle. I never hear any Pink Floyd or the Who, but that’s because I don’t listen to the right radio stations. The Classic Rock stations are usually staffed by DJs that should have been retired long ago. Here in Philadelphia, I’m talking John DiBella and Pierre Robert. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/3 "1999-12-16T14:01:00Z")
I used to listen to the classic rock stations as a rule. But of course, as time marches on, so does the definition of classic rock. I heard Tears For Fears on a classic rock station. That _really_ made me feel old. (To top it off, the “80s, 90s, and today” station played the same song a half hour later.) I would love to hear more Moody Blues and Rush. I will cry when the classic rock station _doesn’t_ play them, but the oldies station does. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/4 "1999-12-16T14:11:00Z")
Most of my favorites are ignored by the local classic rock stations. They’re pretty good overall – Pink Floyd (though nothing before DARK SIDE OF THE MOON – I’d love to hear “One of These Days,” for instance), the Who, and the Stones are, if anything, overplayed (but they only stick with a small number of songs by them). ## My favorites tended to be obscure. Some I’d love to hear again: Guys Are Not Proud, by the Anemic Boyfriend Money, by The Flying Lizards Hush, Hush, by the Siegel-Schwall Band Anything by Spirit Anything by Flash and the Pan Anything by the Bonzo Dog Band Anything by Squeeze Something by the Kinks other than Lola “East is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.” – Marx Read “Sundials” in the new issue of Aboriginal Science Fiction. [www.sff.net/people/rothman](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman) ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/5 "1999-12-16T16:21:00Z")
“Run Run Away” by Slade “I Love My Dog” by Cat Stevens (Although I’m not sure that song was ever heard on the radio) “Perfect Way” by Scritti Politti “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off” by Jermaine Something ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/6 "1999-12-16T16:25:00Z")
## That’s Jermaine Stewart, and he’s WRONG 😉 Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/7 "1999-12-16T16:38:00Z")
“Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance,” by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention! Reminds me of a comic strip about the death of Zappa: Frank shows up in heaven and is told he’s dead. “No way,” he insists. An angel turns on the radio, which is playing “Toads of the Short Forest” or something, and Frank exclaims “My music on the RADIO? I AM dead!” * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/8 "1999-12-16T16:42:00Z")
On the oldies station, I NEVER hear any of the Ventures. I’m really hoping to hear, “Let’s Go!” ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/9 "1999-12-16T16:58:00Z")
J.S. Bach’s “Air on a G String.” Seriously, though: ## Badfinger Sparks (“Amateur Hour”: great couplets; _[love’s] a lot like playing the violin, you cannot start off and be Yehudi Mehnuin"_ Elvis Costello (at least something other than “Watching the Detectives”) Lene Lovitch (“Lucky Number”) XTC: “Senses Working Overtime”, “All You Pretty Girls” Feelies: “The Good Earth” **Launcher may train without warning.** ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/10 "1999-12-16T17:21:00Z")
Im deafened, so I’d have to say all of them. Unless of course, I was in Europe where the sub-channel on the radio is used to carry captions. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/11 "1999-12-16T20:16:00Z")
I’d have to vote for Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws. Every once in a great, great while I hear it on the classic rock station. I’ve been looking for an mp3 of it for at least 2 years now, and can’t find a damn thing. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/12 "1999-12-16T20:17:00Z")
What I want to hear is “Sally Go 'Round the Roses”. I’ve never heard it yet, but it’s many people’s favourite song. (Ask Flora/Eve) * * * Quand les talons claquent, l’esprit se vide. Maréchal Lyautey ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/13 "1999-12-16T20:22:00Z")
Our oldies station never pays anything from War. Dammit I want to hear “Low Rider” Keith * * * You want brilliance BEFORE I’ve had my coffee!!! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/14 "1999-12-16T21:32:00Z")
“Train, Train” - Blackfoot “Green Grass and High Tides” - Outlaws “Those Shoes” - Eagles “Blue Collar Man” - Styx “Tush” - ZZ Top “Hair of the Dog” - Nazareth “Magic Carpet Ride” - Mother’s Finest ::sigh:: I need to buy a radio station… * * * The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/15 "1999-12-16T21:44:00Z")
“In My Life” by the Beatles “So far Away” Carole King anything by Bob Seger * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/16 "1999-12-17T00:33:00Z")
Good grief, was this thread reading my mind!?!? I just finished writing a letter to the local oldies station complaining about this exact issue! I can’t stand it. I mean I like most of the songs they play but after listening to their station for several months now I think some songs more in the past few months than I heard them before in my life! What songs would I like to hear? Way too many to list. * * * “Glitch … Anything.” - Bob the Guardian ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/17 "1999-12-17T16:03:00Z")
So, try Internet Radio, you should be able to find any songs being played, right? The local radio station KAZU here in California whining again for more money from the public. THey should play more music for the deaf if they want more money! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/18 "1999-12-17T16:19:00Z")
RFOC plays some of the songs stated (Adam Ant “Strip” for example) And I’ll find other requested songs for you if I don’t have them yet! Are you listening? [Radio Free OpalCat](http://www.opalcat.com/radio.html) * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/19 "1999-12-18T06:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I’d have to vote for Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws. Every once in a great, great while I hear it on the classic rock station. I’ve been looking for an mp3 of it for at least 2 years now, and can’t find a damn thing. _sigh_ Puffington. OMG. I have that song on a tape that my sister made for me for a HS graduation present. Not only do I have this song on a tape, but the song is in my walkman as I type this, and the walkman is in my lap, **and I had just listened to the last chord and started to rewind the tape to hear it again** when I read your post. Sorry I can’t help you on an MP3, though. :::still shaking::: * * * Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together. —Red Green ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101/20 "1999-12-18T07:31:00Z")
Puffington, is this what you’re looking for? [url=http://www.audiogalaxy.com/search/dmusicsearch.php3?MP3Name=green+grass+and+high+tides][http://www.audiogalaxy.com/search/dmusicsearch.php3?MP3Name=green+grass+and+high+tides](http://www.audiogalaxy.com/search/dmusicsearch.php3?MP3Name=green+grass+and+high+tides)[/ url] * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-favorite-oldies-do-you-not-hear-on-the-radio/12101.md?page=2)