02 Sep 09
Originally posted by uzlessWhat a load of crap. If these are anything near approaching the best 200 songs of the 90s I'll eat my radio. Marilyn Manson's 'sweet dreams' wasn't even better than the original, let alone one of the best songs of the 90s.
Here is a list by Toronto's main new rock station, CFNY 102.1
http://www.edge.ca/Music/Countdowns/Top200ofThe90s.aspx
02 Sep 09
Originally posted by uzlessPlease don't call it CFNY. It hasn't been CFNY for many, many years and any semblance to the old and great CFNY is purely coincidental.
Here is a list by Toronto's main new rock station, CFNY 102.1
http://www.edge.ca/Music/Countdowns/Top200ofThe90s.aspx
As for the list, it's a shame they only let you vote for the songs they've chosen (i.e. have mp3s for to put in the rotation). Not much of a poll, if you ask me.
02 Sep 09
Originally posted by KazetNagorraI think it's indicative of the state of radio in N. America. Corporations went on a big buying spree toward the end of the 90's and bought up most of the independant stations. The independants used to play good music regardless of genre/record label in order to draw listeners so that the station could charge advertisers for commercials.
Worthless list.
Now though, since radio stations are just part of the larger music delivery system whereby the label/station/music store are all owned by the same company, the large corporation views their radio stations as tools to get bands on their labels exposure to drive sales.
So, now we see radio stations playing top 40 songs 7,8,9 times a day instead of the 1 or 2 when the station was independant.
The list, I think, reflects this contraction of the music industry's exposure to radio.
02 Sep 09
Originally posted by darvlayI agree -- a good countdown should let people submit whatever they want, and just go with whatever makes the top 200 - in this case, excluding only those songs that didn't come out in the 1990's
Please don't call it CFNY. It hasn't been CFNY for many, many years and any semblance to the old and great CFNY is purely coincidental.
As for the list, it's a shame they only let you vote for the songs they've chosen (i.e. have mp3s for to put in the rotation). Not much of a poll, if you ask me.
The problem here is that the radio station is afraid that something might get on the list that not part of their "format". I mean, what if a country song or a rap song ended up making the list?
But this is what makes legitimate countdowns fun. There's always a few really odd things that make it, especially at the bottom. Listeners don't always conform to the narrow parameters of what the station would prefer to play.