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I'm struggling beyond "Radio, Radio" and "Left of the Dial" and "Turn it On" (Flaming Lips) to come up with radio anthems. I've got a community radio show and were in the middle of pledge drive and I thought a radio-song-themed show might be fun. Maybe ranking them would be fun...

― Corporal Bubonic, Thursday, 26 August 2004 05:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)," Reunion
"Radio Lover," George Jones
"Turn Your Radio On," Ray Stevens
"New Radio," Bikini Kill
"You Can't Catch Me," Chuck Berry
"On Your Radio," Joe Jackson
"Radios in Motion," XTC
"Bring the Noise," Public Enemy
"You Can't Say Crap on the Radio," Stiff Little Fingers
"I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio," Monty Python
"Radio Head," Talking Heads

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 26 August 2004 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

"Transistor Sister," Freddy Cannon

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 26 August 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio," Ramones

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 26 August 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)," The Doors

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 26 August 2004 07:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"Radio theme" - Tullycraft
"On the radio" - Jay-Jay Johansson
Anything by The Radio Dept. although I don't think they have any songs about radios

― Hanna (Hanna), Thursday, 26 August 2004 08:39 (twenty-one years ago)

"Raised On Radio," Journey
"On The Radio," Donna Summer
"Mexican Radio," Wall of Voodoo
"Video Killed The Radio Star," Buggles
"Radio Waves," Roger Waters
"Radio Song," REM
"Make Me Lose Control," Eric Carmen
"Radio Ga-Ga," Queen
"Radioland," Kraftwerk

― phil d., Thursday, 26 August 2004 11:11 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tits on the radio" Scissor Sisters
"Rock à la radio" Bijou
"Guerilla radio" Rage against the machine

― Sami (Sami), Thursday, 26 August 2004 11:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Radio free Europe - REM
Rock and Roll - Velvet Underground
Roadrunner - The Modern Lovers
Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith

― danh (danh), Thursday, 26 August 2004 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

border radio - the blasters
on the radio - the selecter
oh yeah - roxy music
w*o*l*d - harry chapin

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 26 August 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"Rise, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov" by John Cale

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Thursday, 26 August 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Transmission, by Joy Division?

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

"can't live without my radio" LLCoolJ
and the celtic frost version of "mexican radio"

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

The Human League, "WXJL Tonight."

― mike a, Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

long ryders, "wdia"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Heard It On the X - ZZ Top

― briania (briania), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Since (probably) nobody else will, I'll nominate Triumph's "Magic Power", the one truly great song those laser-dazed Canadian hacks had in 'em. They were the poor man's Rush, which makes "Magic Power" the poor man's "Spirit Of Radio".

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Moscow Radio-La Peste

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:52 (twenty-one years ago)

that old school rap song "Request Line". I forget who does it.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

The Black Eyed Peas.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)

um, no.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Divine Sounds, I think.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

im sure ill be lynched for this, but smashing pumpkins "i of the mourning"

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Basehead's "Not Over You" has a killer bit where, after moping about a breakup, they shuffle through a radio's selections, only to have love songs pop up. The track's on the "Pump Up the Volume" soundtrack, as well as the original Basehead disc.

― Chris Hill (Chris Hill), Thursday, 26 August 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

"Radio" - Hackamore Brick
"You're Everything on Earth - the (Dutch) Outsiders

Classics.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 26 August 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I live to mock ya, Shakey.

Radio bits in songs, huh? 'I Am The Walrus', Cornelius - 'Monkey'/The High Llamas - 'Homespin Rerun' (Corenlius remix), Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - 'Channel No. 17' and also their 'A Day In The Radio'.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 26 August 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Best Songs about Radio?

― chuck, Thursday, 26 August 2004 19:09 (twenty-one years ago)

buh? I don't even know who you are... but keep the "mockery" coming.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 August 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

PJ and Duncan - 'Our Radio Rocks'

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 26 August 2004 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)

"video killed the radio star" buggles
maybe "satisfaction" rolling stones
that song with "driving in my car .... turn on tha raydeeo .... " broos
also the pfunk number with the radio intro bit; "welcome to WEFUNK..."

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Thursday, 26 August 2004 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

"My Radio" by Solvent is perfect for this. Really.

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 26 August 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Nichts - Radio

― Guymauve (Guymauve), Friday, 27 August 2004 04:45 (twenty-one years ago)

eh? how come this thread is running twice?

the other one is much better :(

― grimly fiendish, Friday, 27 August 2004 08:41 (twenty-one years ago)

The Rave-Ups - Radio

Anyone remember The Rave-Ups?

― Town & Country, Friday, 3 September 2004 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Den Harrow - Broken Radio
Parris Mitchell - Follow Me Ghetto
Agreed about Solvent - My Radio. One of the best tracks of 2002.

― Kino (Kino), Friday, 3 September 2004 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Lolly - 'Viva La Radio'
Robbie Williams - 'Radio'

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 4 September 2004 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Rum & Black - Fuck the Legal Stations

― Kino (Kino), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 06:05 (twenty-one years ago)

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