After a few years, all they had left were about 200 songs....And today most radio stations just play that same 200 songs over and over and over.
I absolutely agree with you, and I would suggest it's less than 200 songs. But I haven't listened to commercial radio for years anyway.
But here's the thing, David. Please don't take this personally, because I love you like a brother, and I respect your achievements, but some criticism is due you...
You say they are playing the same songs over and over, but
you are doing the same thing!The only difference is they are playing crap like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry and you are playing
GOOD music. You are still playing the same 200 songs over and over.
Can I give examples? How about "Skin Deep"? I have heard this so many times on your show, it's gone into the "Stairway To Heaven" bin. Instant mute button. How about "Brilliant"? Same deal.
How about "Caught Out In The Rain"? How about that SRV live version of "Little Wing"?
How about Procul Harum's nautical stuff?
How about Barclay James Harvest's live track? The first time I heard it, I said, "wow, haven't heard this in decades. Great stuff". Now, when I hear it it's, "yawn, not this again".
These are all fabulous songs, but how many weekends are you going to play them?
Here is my take on the Marsden weekend shows....
DM has 100,000 songs scattered around his condo, but they are not indexed, as he freely admits. So he keeps a box of his "go-to" CDs on the end of his desk, and each weekend he rummages around in the box and pulls out a string of tunes. Somehow that becomes a radio show, and DM has a lot of experience and is good at his job.
But there are only 200 CDs in that box, and when you keep going to the box for years, you are going to get repetition.
Here is what I would like to see...
DM, take that box and
dump it out, and refill the box with new CDs. You have thousands to choose from. Resolve that the CDs you dumped from the box will not be played for at least two years, and start working your way through the new box.
DUMP THAT BOX, REFILL IT WITH NEW STUFF, AND START OVER, MAN!
Can you do a show without playing Pink Floyd? I share your love for this music, but geez, does every show have to include a Pink Floyd track in the last hour? Is there anyone on this green earth who doesn't own a copy of The Dark Side Of The Moon or Wish You Were Here?
We all own these records and can play them whenever we want. Who needs to hear them on the radio? It is fabulous music, but we need our DJs to play music that nobody has in their collection, not stuff that everyone owns.
Dump the box, man. Follow my advice and you will thank me later.
Best regards, Big Ears