10 Songs About Radio
 

Yes, it is the best I could do.

radio free europe
video killed the radio star
ermmmmmmmm................................

I looove video killed the radio star. I have no idea why
Radio Combodia is a Glassjaw song. But the song itself has nothing to do with radio

LL!

LL takes the early lead, I see.

For a very short time, LL did some great stuff, and this is one of his best.

Of course, World Domination Enterprises did a pretty good version.

He's got three votes now. The first LL track I heard was 'I'm Bad', on John Peel's show. Good track; here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA6ZXY7CAhI

Radio Ga Ga - Queen

I probably should have included 'Stereo' by Pavement.

I wanna bite the hand that feeds me, I wanna bite that hand so badly.

Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_0gPrzGA0

Is it too obvious that I would take the Elvis Costello track? Thats not the only reason, its my favorite song from the list.

Hipster, I was making a Mix Tape with songs about radio (if you remember?), and while I haven't totally abandoned the idea, I have sort of lost inspiration. Maybe one of these trades will include this yet to be finished tape.

Here are some songs you left off the list:

XTC - Radios in Motion (surprised you left this one out, considering it was you who started the thread)
Autograph - Turn up the Radio
Change - Turn on Your Radio
Elvis Costello - Radio Silence
People Like Us - Dead Radio

Where the heck is Transmissioin by Joy Division!?! And where on earth is Rock And Roll by the Velvet Underground?! I boycott this thread!!!

That's the first thing I thought of, too.

God, now I need to drill a hole in my skull or something just to get that song out.

Or "I heard it on the X" by ZZ Top?
Or "God is in the Radio" by QotSA?

Eh. I picked The Ramones.

transmission by joy division would beat these all... and there's no tracks from radio activity here... maybe another poll?

How about Joy Division - (radio) Transmission

I have fond memories of lying in bed with the covers over my head, radio playing so no-one could hear, so "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio" still speaks to me after all this time.

If The Selecter's "On My Radio" had been in the list, I'd have voted for that.

very much so.

I know that the word "radio" features many times in "Transmission", but I don't think the song's about radio. Is it?

That's the first song that came up in my head when seeing the title if this thread... not that I'd have voted for it though.

My vote went to Cool James. Transmission would've gotten it had it been on the list.

Would The Velvet Underground's 'Rock N Roll' qualify?

The lyrics make me always immediately think about the radio.

Jenny said, when she was just five years old
There was
nothin' happening at all
Every time she puts on the
radio
There was nothin' goin' down at all, not at
all
Then, one fine mornin', she puts on a New York
station
You know, she couldn't believe what she heard
at all
She started shakin' to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll
Despite all the imputations
You know, you could just go
out
And dance to a rock'n'roll station
And
it was all right, hey baby,
You know, it was all right
Jenny said, when she was just about five years old
`You
know, my parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV
sets and two Cadillac cars
Well, you know, ain't gonna
help me at all`
Then, one fine morning, she turns on a NewYork station
She doesn't believe what she hears at
all
Ooh, she started dancin' to that fine, fine
music
You know, her life was saved by
rock'n'roll
Yeah, rock'n'roll
Despite all the computations
You could just dance to that
rock'n'roll station
And baby, it was all right,
yeah
Hey, it was all right
Hey, here she comes now
Jenny said, when she was just about five years old
'Hey, you know, there's nothin' happening at
all, not at all
Every time I put on the radio
You
know, there's nothin' goin' down at all, not at
all
But, one fine morning, she hears a New York station
She couldn't believe what she heard at all, hey, not at
all
She started dancing to that fine, fine music
You
know, her life was saved by rock'n'roll
Yes,
rock'n'roll
Despite all the computations
You
know, you could just dance to the rock'n'roll
station
All right
All right, all right, and it was all
right
Oh, listen to me now, it was all right
Come on
now, believe me, it was all right
it was all right
Hey, it's all right now,.......

i thought to myself

Hip, you never mentioned "hanging on the telephone" -Blondie

the i said, no Fish - cuz thats about a telephone not a radio.. a tele-phone

i'm a bit dopey today

Ramones.

That was the first song that came to my mind when I thought about radio songs.

I'll try to remember it in the telephone songs poll.

Only The Kinks are yet to get a vote.

My dad actually has a song called nothing on my radio...

transmission ends by chris de burgh. his apocalyptic view of the future before he touched people with his healing hands and made it better. all hail the irish monobrow healing god.......