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[wildestranger]

It appears my usual radio station has not been up to snuff. Now, I appreciate that BBC2 has the reputation for the being the station for little old ladies and middle-aged accountants, but they also play U2 and REM and The Divine Comedy, they even play Franz Ferdinand and Muse and the Kaiser Chiefs, and up to now I've had no reason to be dissatisfied with their musical selection (dissatisfied and highly annoyed by Terry Wogan, that's another thing).

The thing is, though, that up to my immersion in bandom a few months I had never heard of My Chemical Romance or Fall Out Boy. None of their songs were familiar when I did hear them. Clearly I am missing out on something.

So, can anyone recommend a better radio station in the UK? I'm tentatively listening to BBC1, but they also play a lot of technodance/r'n'b which I really don't like. So, any advice would be much appreciated. :)

Here's an amusing anecdote to illustrate my current musical ignorance:

Having never heard of MCR or FOB, I was also completely ignorant of Rihanna and her song "Umbrella". So when I was linked to a youtube video with Gerard Way singing a clip of that particular song, and wasn't familiar with the lyrics, what I heard was: "You can stay under my younger brother."

And thought, hmm, okay, I know he has a younger brother, and they like to show affection on stage, and I didn't realise there was also pimping involved, but really, that explains so much.

Yes, feel free to laugh at me. *g*

Comments

[shaggydogstail.livejournal.com]

I used to quite like Radio 6 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/) before Mr Dogstail stoled the digital radio off me (purely on the basis that it technically belongs to him) and decided to keep it permanently on Radio 5. (Do not listen to Radio 5, btw, ever. It will make you want to smash things.)

The live music session on Radio 6 is called The Hub. This is good start, surely?

*has not actually bought new releases for over a decade, and therefore may be bad person to ask*

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Shhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaagggggyyyyyyyyyyyyyy come and talk to me. Wah. :(

[mysid.livejournal.com]

The first time I heard "Umbrella," my immediate thought was, "Why the fuck would anyone sing about an umbrella?"

The next day, I heard the song again. My 11-year-old daughter was in the room, and she said, "Why would anyone sing about an umbrella? That's stupid."

(I live in USA, so I'm so help on your radio question. Sorry.)

[stellastars]

I'm not of any help on local radio stations (since I'm in the USA), but I know a lot of people around the globe (myself included) stream wzip. It's a college-run station, so they definitely play all the artists you mentioned in this post, plus, since they're college-owned, they don't have any long interludes of commercials (just brief 15 second-breaks in-between songs). Just another option!