The Radio is Neither Good nor Bad: Part 1

I love the radio. It helps me discover new music and lets me listen to my favorite music . . . most of the time. But I also hate the radio, especially because of it's tendency to play one song over and over again on multiple stations. How irritating is it to find all of your favorite stations playing "I Love It" by Icona Pop ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K0iUo5nDY0 ) four times all in one day!!! I think that this is a waste of radio time, many people may like to listen to "I love it" all the time but it's unfair to others who would love to listen to "Clarity (ft. Foxes)" by Zedd or "The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) by Ylvis. Both of which are also heard a lot too, but the point is that the radio is a conduit for which the public can express themselves. If this is true then why isn't there more variety, more spontaneous music choices? Should there be a limit to how much a song can be played in one day? The next question is how much does an artist make every time their song is played? Does it vary depending on the contract? How much do you think the radio stations get to promote and play an artist's songs? I don't really know.

Not only does the public listen to songs way too many times, but also to songs that may not be good for their health physical or psychologically. I've heard plenty of songs that sound really cool and have an amazing beat but are paired with lyrics that talk about suicide, prostitution, etc.  Is the radio really all that great? Maybe we shouldn't blame the radio for sex orientated and profanity filled music; for music about doing drugs or suicide. Perhaps we should look at the artists themselves and why they may have written those kinds of songs. Was it because of how they felt at that time?

To be continued. . . :)