You'd imagine that calling your band Radio might get you more airplay... or it might have the opposite effect, depending on the DJs or Programme Controllers you send your music to. Over the years though, there have been hundreds of bands with the word radio in their name, from Radiohead to Human Radio, The Radio Department to Radioslave. This week though, we're only interested in bands called Radio (and as always, to irk George, other spellings will be allowed).
RAYDIO #1
Who ya gonna call? Not just a misspelling to differentiate them... because these were the first band I could find to use this name. And the "Ray" spelling was, of course, down to their lead singer, Ray Parker Junior - before he started bustin' ghosts. Here's their big hit from 1978...
THE RADIO #2
Next we find a group of Swedish rockers who emerged in 1979, stuck around for a good part of the 80s, then appear to have made a comeback bid in 2013.
RADIO #3
Yugoslavian new wave band from 1981... back when there still was a Yugoslavia.
RADIO #4
Also in the former Yugoslavia, these guys were rocking Bosnia & Herzegovina back in 1986...
RADIO #5
Long Beach rapper who started out in the 90s. Also goes by the monikers O.G. Radio and... Radio 1!
RADIO #6
Minimal ambient electronica from Spain in 1999. Kind of ironic that these guys should be Radio 6, since this is the kind of stuff Mary Ann Hobgoblin and her ilk play far too much of on 6Music these days. In this old fogey's opinion anyway.
THE RADIO #7
Irish indie band from the early noughties, made up from former members of Rattleskate Skinny, Chicks and Republic Of Loose.
The Radio - Whatever Gets You Through Today
Seven different Radios to choose from, but which is your H.A.P.P.Y. Radio... and which one do you wish Video would kill?
Well, the first 2 are bobbins. #3 is in the lead.
ReplyDeleteOf course #6 is absolute drivel, and as for #7, I thought the intro. was very promising then that god-awful vocal started up. So it's #3 for me.
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