KRIZ and KRUX are dead and gone. Only 1/4 of the Monkees are.
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A day in the life of a lamptimer
- Thread starter DrAkbar
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KRIZ and KRUX are dead and gone. Only 1/4 of the Monkees are.
The Monkees in 2016 are all but irrelevant. I'm shocked that their new album made it to #14 on the Billboard 200 chart, even if was only for one week. I haven't heard the album so I have no idea how good it is (or isn't), therefore I don't have an opinion of it. I'm certainly not going to spend money without hearing a few songs, but I can't see a reason for any radio station to play it so I can.
landtuna
Walk of Fame Participant
Nesmith hated that hat and tried to ditch it many times.
landtuna
Walk of Fame Participant
Name another 'average' band from the 60's that is still "relevant" today. I can think of only one - the Stones - but I don't know how popular they are with the different music generations. The best band of all time (Beatles) was history by 1969 yet their music lives on. The Monkees may have been an industry-contrived group but they were definitely popular in their time and some of their music does live on. Maybe the focus groups should present the music for consideration without the group's true name and thereby not influence against it.
The Beach Geezers... er, I mean Boys... are still touring, at least some of them are, between lawsuits.
Their songs will be recorded by other people 100 years from now, even though their own recordings may not be played anymore. That goes for each member's solo efforts, as well. My Sweet Lord, Imagine, and It Don't Come Easy will be recorded (or whatever replaces it) in the future, even though the versions recorded by Harrison, Lennon, and Starr, respectively will long have been forgotten.
Yes, in their time. They should have shut it down when they split for good in 1970. Too many bands get back together with one or two original members decades later, and try to make a go of it in the casinos and bars. Few are successful. Mickey Dolenz and Peter Tork are The Monkees just as much as Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are The Who. It just doesn't work with only half a band.
Please note that Sir Paul and Ringo have made no effort to revive The Beatles since that half-assed, Jeff Lynne-produced effort of 20 years ago that made them sound like ELO. Talk about a "Jump the Shark" moment! Lennon had to be rolling in his grave.
landtuna
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I think the only original Beach Boy now touring with the name is Mike Love. He apparently owns the name now.
That might well be true. I recently heard a Beatles songbook performed by a Boston-based orchestra and really liked their arrangements. Would not fit any current radio genre though - and very unfortunate.
Technically, that's correct, although "almost original" member Bruce Johnston is also part of that touring band. Johnston is as original to the Beach Boys as Ringo Starr is to the Beatles -- close enough in 2016.
And yes, Love owns the rights to the name, but he doesn't own outright the entire legal entity that is The Beach Boys. IIRC, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, and (I think) David Marks still have a stake in it, even though they haven't been a part of the touring band since 2012.
Unfortunately they don't let Bruce sing much in that group any more. He has a voice that was almost as good as Carl's.
Brian Wilson is touring under his own name currently, and is joined by Al Jardine and Al's son Matt. They feature Al on his two hits. Blondie Chaplin, who sang on several BB hits in the 70s, is also part of Brian's band. Brian likes to feature lots of other singers in his show, so the effect is closer to the records, rather than having Brian strain his voice to recreate his sound from 50 years ago. It's a very smart plan. Mike Love uses a lot of effects and background vocals to cover his voice as well.
Speaking of Jeff Lynne, he & ELO played the Hollywood Bowl last night. He's still in great voice, and used the Bowl orchestra to cover the string section. I can't say if any of these acts are "relevant" today, but they're still working. The music's available for anyone who still wants to hear it.
indieradioguy
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Velvet Underground. VU & Nico (1967), WL/WH (1968), and the self-titled VU (1969) are all undisputed masterpieces - ergo, the joke about only 15 people who bought their records, but those 15 people all started their own bands. Furthermore, if VU are not still relevant today, then why did every major news outlet from CNN to Fox News to the Vatican cover Lou Reed's passing? I was surprised both 92.3 and 550 had it on their newscast for most of the week (and to put it into perspective, the news broke on a Sunday.)
Edited to add: I would also (reluctantly) say the Grateful Dead, too.
T
The Harsh Reality
Guest
Drift on, lamptimer, drift on. The mystique of the Lumberyard was lost with the Gump. Mother Hubbard brought the Goldminers up to that new fangled FM band that used to play the elevator music and weird B-side rock stuff, and even thought so much of "Arizona Gold" that they took it further, going digital to feed that FM signal to the 'Miners. Those colon blow commercials pack that little extra punch in FM stereo, you know. As nurturing as the good Mother has apparently been to the Lumberyard, she also made the old girl at 1440 obsolete in the process.
DrAkbar
Star Participant
It's time we made Lumberyard 14~Forty great again. At the very least, Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens biggest hit needs to be reinstated in pow-pow-power rotation. And yes, this means the return of Radio Sri, Culinary Confessions, and News from Canada.
Yo, Goldminers - even with 52 watts, you're still the Ginchiest!!
oldiesfan6479
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And today (Fri 03/17) on 92.7/93.3 HD2/1440 at 4:36 PM PT, it was another spin of Bang 545!
No smog in their noggin! Bangin-B.E.G. is a good spin, now are they still latching on to that comb?
DrAkbar
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That brown eyed girl is in her late Sixties now. She's probably latchin' on to her AARP card for a discount at Harkin's. YIKES!
C
CAVEMANager
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I live in Tucson. For some reason this afternoon the local right wing political talker on 1450 was off the air, and to my surprise KAZG was coming in loud and clear. I'd say their signal compared nicely with that of 550 or 620. No station in Tucson is playing oldies from the 1960s so this was a pleasant surprise. I don't know what all the references are to FM frequencies which likely can't be heard outside Maricopa County. One amusing liner was about being better than Cool. Here's hoping that 1450 will have transmitter problems more often.
DrAkbar
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Yes indeedy, Caveman....Lumberyard 14~Forty is more than Cool! The FM reference is to their 250 watt translator at 92~Seven in the Valley. Even if Nurse Jeff and I drove to the top of So Mtn and pointed the antenna toward the Old Pueblo, the signal would suffer significant shrinkage by the time you got to Casa Grade (plus we might be two of the last guests at Tent City). They're also on 93~Three HD~Too. If you head to the DQ at Picacho Peak, you'll probably pick it up (assuming you have HD radio in your wheels). We hope 14~Fifty, and other first adjacent frequencies have transmitter problems. AZ Gold should be enjoyed by everyone!
radioresearcher
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Lamptimer FM Sets Record Price
Mother just paid $1.8 million for 92 point 7 ... setting the all-time record (I believe an FM Translator). It's so fitting that the longest thread in the history of radio boards would ultimately become someone a record price to move the infamous Lamptimer to an FM translator. It will still be powered by KDKB HD Two
Mother just paid $1.8 million for 92 point 7 ... setting the all-time record (I believe an FM Translator). It's so fitting that the longest thread in the history of radio boards would ultimately become someone a record price to move the infamous Lamptimer to an FM translator. It will still be powered by KDKB HD Two
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