Hey, Im sure in the song of the day thread its been talked about, but this is the first time i ahve heard this song and I absolutely love it. It really made my day to discover a new hip song that I fell in love with right away, Woo! and I feel that deserves a post of its own
~Will.
Here is an article which I read in the latest UofM campus newspaper:
http://www.themanitoban.com/articles/20024
ESSENTIALLY A PLAYLIST : RADIO? RADIO!
michael elves | sep. 15/09
It must be September again. The echoes of U1 tour guides saying “That’s the radio station” are receding and the most common questions of people walking into UMFM are “Where’s the used book store?” and “Are these CD’s for sale?”
Broadcasting at 1200 watts and located at 101.5 on the FM dial, UMFM — where I work — is the University of Manitoba’s campus and community radio station. Students just like you host talk shows discussing a multiplicity of issues and music programs featuring a variety of genres and sounds. While this playlist isn’t ripped from our airwaves, it does feature some songs that pay tribute (or at least lip-service) to the medium.
The Tragically Hip — “Radio Show” [Unreleased]
“Radio Show” is one of a number of great Hip songs which have never made it to an album. While it’s hard to track down a recording of it, it merited inclusion in the playlist for what it has to say about talk radio. Downie — in that poetic way that only he can — captures the weird dissociative nature of election coverage, reports on accidents and phoning in to the radio show.
Other songs on the playlist include: The Buggles — “Video Killed the Radio Star”, Kathleen Edwards — “One More Song the Radio Won’t Like", Sarah Jones w/ DJ Vadim — “Your Revolution”, The Ramones — “Do You Remember Rock ’n’ Roll Radio?”, Joni Mitchell — “You Turn Me on I’m A Radio”, 54-40 — “Radio Luv Song”, Simon & Garfunkel — “Seven O’Clock News/Silent Night”, Elvis Costello — “Radio, Radio”.