There’s an old joke that goes like this. “If the bands Smash Mouth and Nickelback were trapped on a sinking ship, who would eventually be saved?” The answer – “My eardrums!” Ha. But let’s face it. One of the most played out songs of the last 15 years has to be Smash Mouth’s “All Star.” …
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K-Chuck Radio: Let me see some OMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – better known as OMD – was the synth-rock band that was part of the “Royal Flush” of British synth-pop groups – you know, the collective that included Human League, New Order, Heaven 17 and Depeche Mode. What I enjoyed about OMD was their early marriage of surreal lyrics and…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Forgotten AOR Rock and Roll
Back in the day, when I was a college student and worked at the college radio station, our main broadcast competition wasn’t the other college stations in the area. Trust me, WHCL could kick WPNR’s tuchus just as easily as Hamilton College used to kick Utica College’s rear in basketball. No, we had to go…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The 80’s college hits even I completely forgot I ever played…
From 1981 to 1985 – my college years – I spent most of my free time buried in the basement of the Minor Theater, playing music on the powerful (well, it started out as five watts of powerful) WHCL 88.7 college radio station. You could only pick up the station on half the campus, and…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Uplifting music for troubled souls
As you may know, lately my spirit and motivation have been lower than the bottom of a muddy tire tread. And it was suggested by my blog buddy Roger Green that I should find some happy music to listen to – you know, songs that make me smile. Singalong material, if you will. Audiophonic energy.…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Draw that bow, my son…
I’ve had experience with string-and-bow musical instruments. I played bass violin for two years at Veeder Elementary School (School 7 on the list of the Twelve), so I do appreciate the complicated and beautiful sounds that a violin or cello or viola or string bass can bring to a composition. With that in mind, let…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: More forgotten 60’s pop music
Let’s get away from the era of auto-tune and millennial yelp in popular music. Let’s go back to a time when the melody was crafted, when the vocals soared, when the music was fresh and the lyrics were incredible. And one more thing. Let’s add into the mix the fact that these songs weren’t major…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Vanda and Young Songbook
For those of you who realized that MTV gave up showing music videos years ago, and whose MTV Video Music Awards featured artists no one has ever heard (besides, MTV shows more episodes of Catfish than they do music videos anyway), I wanted to share something different with you. Today’s K-Chuck Radio blast features the songwriting…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Open the garage door…
Garage music has an amazing sound to it. It’s raw, it’s energetic, and it sounds as if four or five guys got together in their garage, brought their instruments, and practiced until they could come up with a sound all their own. Well, here on K-Chuck Radio, I’ve got some rare garage rock tracks. So…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: When Country Music was Great
Here’s the deal. I grew up listening to country music in the household, mostly when various family members had WOKO 1460AM soldered onto their car radios. So with that in mind, I understand that this blog post will ostensibly “cheeze off” many contemporary country music fans. I don’t care. Because what they’re listening to is…
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