Reply to: Radio 1

[petergriffin]

It's obvious: Radio 1 is for the Northeners. If you live south of Warwick you should listen to Radio 2 or BBC Home Counties, but not on DAB because DAB is for builders and hairdressers.

[minestrone]

OK so that's one R&B artist, played perhaps once every 3 hours at most. And she does a lot of rap stuff as well anyway. Hardly swamping the airwaves...

Most mainstream black music artists would be considered RnB, it always has been a race dependant term and probably always will be.

[xoggoth]

Never heard of Nicki Minaj so did a search:

Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm (Explicit) - YouTube

Mmm. Looks ok to me. The music's not too bad either.

[SueEllen]

I don't agree. Radio 1 is just the charts..always has been and always will. All the local radio stations tend to be a clone of this. There are no stations that play current rock except Kerannng as far as I am aware.

The local radio stations you listen to.

Where I live there is a range and always has been.

I grew up in a house were generally I was listening to pirate radio stations before some of them got their licenses.

I remember once they had decided to apply for a radio license they had to go off air for a year. Luckily they didn't all apply at exactly the same time.

[d000hg]

Ah yes. Cos she's brown 'n that.

Most music derives from R&B.

eh, no.

BBC - BBC Radio 1 Programmes - BBC Radio 1's Stories, The Beatles and Black Music Not agreeing actively with either of you, but once again everything is in cycles really.

[d000hg]

Rihanna is R and B.

OK so that's one R&B artist, played perhaps once every 3 hours at most. And she does a lot of rap stuff as well anyway. Hardly swamping the airwaves...

[minestrone]

Ah yes. Cos she's brown 'n that.

Most music derives from R&B.

eh, no.

[MaryPoppins]

Rihanna is R and B.

Ah yes. Cos she's brown 'n that.

Most music derives from R&B.

[doodab]

I would rather remove my own brain with a yankee screwdriver than listen to radio 1.

******* awful noise.

[BoredBloke]

Rihanna is R and B.

Which just goes to show what a crock it really is. To me R&B is Bo Diddley and all that 40's and 50's music that black blokes played with guitars. Not this w@nk that radio1 pumps out

[minestrone]

Rihanna is R and B.

[d000hg]

I think thed R and B stuff is a new level of terrible not heard before in this country.

Also I dont think the level of music is as popular as the airplay time on radio 1 presents. R and B is not really popular outside of london but it gets over promotion on radio 1 as it is the music of the inner city london yoof.

I can't remember hearing R&B on R1 frequently since Destiny's Child disappeared! Maybe we have different definitions?

[Doggy Styles]

Oh aye. That rythm & blues stuff will never catch on.

And those Beetles need a haircut.

[MaryPoppins]

I think thed R and B stuff is a new level of terrible not heard before in this country.

Also I dont think the level of music is as popular as the airplay time on radio 1 presents. R and B is not really popular outside of london but it gets over promotion on radio 1 as it is the music of the inner city london yoof.

Oh aye. That rythm & blues stuff will never catch on.

[Doggy Styles]

John Peel. The exception that proves the rule.