Sometimes I can't understand why I continue to tune in to Capital FM 106.9. In the mornings, it's actually quite good with Mark Roberts and that other guy - so I have no regrets about that and I can always go to CBC for news and substance. But, for the rest of the time I am driving around, I continue to frustrate myself by tuning in and being faced by a barrage of intellectual lightweights like Keisha, Brittany, the Stereos and Usher.
I realise this is pop music and not meant to be heavy or have a lot of meaning, but come on, at least be about something other than going out dancing on a Friday night 'groovin and a moovin' and throwing those hands up in the air. Now I know I'm getting older and maybe a bit crabbier, but there's no way you can compare these clowns with the pop bands of my hey day. REO Speedwagon, the Electric Light Orchestra and Dire Straits. No comparison. Today's haircuts and clothing are better, I'll give you that.
The worst of the worst is Ke$ha - pronounced Kaisha just to be special. That's music and lyrics designed to appeal to slow witted teenage girls who sit in front of the tv all day and then go out to the local disco type thing or wahtever they have these days, looking for Good Time Ricky every Friday and Saturday night. That said, the worst lyric on the airwaves, bar none, is "Tonight I'm going to love you". Doesn't that just beg the question "and tomorrow night?"
The other thing that bothers me is knowing that some of these 'artists' are complete fabrications of marketing people who feed the songs, look, videos, lyrics and everything else. In other words, there's very little, if any, talent on show.
The real reason I listen, however, is that for all the crap on those airwaves, it's probably the best place to get the good new stuff as well. Rheanna, Black Eyed Peas, Avril Lavigne and Eminem, yeah, that's what I'm talking about..
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