{"id":166,"date":"2004-04-28T13:43:34","date_gmt":"2004-04-28T13:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleek.lunarpages.com\/blogs\/?p=166"},"modified":"2004-04-28T13:43:34","modified_gmt":"2004-04-28T13:43:34","slug":"108317421484838294","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Own Classic Rock Station!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Variety<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I've been paying attention for the past 33 years, and I'm pretty sure if I was to visit any \"classic rock\" station I would find a shelf with these CDs, and <i>very<\/i> few others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>.38 Special - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A37jyeaz04x87\">The Best Of<\/a>\n<li>AC\/DC - Back In Black, Highway To Hell, For Those About To Rock\n<li>Aerosmith - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Aa247gjlrj6i9\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>Allman Brothers - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Adudgylkjxpbb\">Decade of Hits<\/a>\n<li>America -  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Ags320rnac489\">History<\/a>\n<li>Bad Company - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Aozhqoalabijm\">10 From 6<\/a>\n<li>Beatles - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A42jc7i2jg78r\">1967-1970<\/a>\n<li>Black Sabbath - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Aq2ja7i2jg7xr\">We Sold Our Souls For Rock and Roll<\/a>\n<li>Blue Oyster Cult - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDMISS70404240933212237&amp;sql=A7n2tk65xwkr3\">Super Hits<\/a>\n<li>Boston - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A7pdyylojxpvb\">Boston\/Don't Look Back<\/a>\n<li>Eric Clapton - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A5e821vajzzua\">Crossroads<\/a>\n<li>Chicago - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A8s620r8ac48c\">Greatest Hits (IX)<\/a>\n<li>Crosby Stills Nash (and Young) - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A6zkmu3ljan2k\">Carry On<\/a>\n<li>Creedence Clearwater Revival - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A99m8b594tsq0\">Chronicle Vol 1<\/a>\n<li>The Cars - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Abfrvad8kl8w1\">Complete Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>David Bowie - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A31r67ur0h0jd\">Changesbowie<\/a>\n<li>Doobie Brothers - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A39kvu3l0an1k\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>The Eagles - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Aeef5zfj3eh8k\">The Very Best Of The Eagles<\/a>\n<li>Elton John - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Akw0qoarabijp\">Greatest Hits [1974]<\/a>\n<li>Eddie Money - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A36rb28oi05oa\">The Best of Eddie Money<\/a>\n<li>Foghat - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Apxom96oo3ep3\">The Best of Foghat<\/a>\n<li>Foreigner - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Ayisxlf3e5cqe\">Records<\/a>\n<li>Peter Frampton - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A1aqag4kntv4z\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>Heart - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A4u6fmp9f9f1o\">Greatest Hits [1997]<\/a>\n<li>Jethro Tull - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Adz6ktra9kl2x\">Aqualung<\/a>\n<li>Jimi Hendrix - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Asx6m967o3ep5\">Smash Hits<\/a>\n<li>Journey - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A0wpzefukhgf6\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>Judas Preist - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A7p91z8ba8yv6\">Metal Works - '73-'79<\/a>\n<li>Kansas - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Az2fm962ogep6\">The Best Of Kansas<\/a>\n<li>Lynyrd Skynrd - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Ach9as32ba3vg\">Gold and Platinum<\/a>\n<li>Led Zeppelin - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Ach9gs31ba3mg\">Box Set<\/a>\n<li>John Mellencamp - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A49syxd7b1olf\">The Best That I Could Do<\/a>\n<li>Steve Miller - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Ao3rj288c05ja\">Greatest Hits 1974-1978<\/a>\n<li>Molly Hatchet - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A5if4zfsheh3k\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>Pink Floyd - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Aekjc7iojg77r\">Dark Side Of The Moon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A6jd4vw9va9rk\">Wish You Were Here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Aeauk6j6h71q0\">The Wall<\/a>\n<li>Bob Seger - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Atifxlfaehcqo\">Greatest Hits<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Aejja7i34g77r\">Greatest Hits Volume II<\/a>\n<li>Tom Petty - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Ao077gjur86i9\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>The Police - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Aud9ss32ia3dg\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>Queen - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Aaq5zefrk7gf6\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>REO Speedwagon - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Awnk9kemt7q7n\">The Hits<\/a>\n<li>Rolling Stones - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Azl98b5z4tsqh\">Hot Rocks<\/a>\n<li>Rush - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=A1kq6g4attv8z\">Chronicles<\/a>\n<li>Bruce Springsteen - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Ahik9ikbsbb29\">The Essential Bruce Springsteen<\/a>\n<li>Rod Stewart - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Ag7o20r8ac48x\">The Best Of Rod Stewart<\/a>\n<li>Steely Dan - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Avsj97iojg7xr\">A Decade Of Steely Dan<\/a>\n<li>Styx - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Abau36jp871q0\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>The Who - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Agjfwxqe0ld6e\">The Ultimate Collection<\/a>\n<li>Van Halen - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Axcex97iakrdt\">Van Halen Box<\/a>\n<li>Stevie Ray Vaughn - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Alnouaknkhm3c\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<li>ZZ Top - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/cg\/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;uid=UIDCASS70311071531250320&amp;sql=Ab0ivadskt8w6\">Greatest Hits<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That there is just about all you need to run your own Classic Rock (!!!!) radio station. <\/p>\n<p>Some of those, like .38 Special and Molly Hatchet, would only be needed for a single song (ex. \"Hold On Loosely\", \"Flirting With Disaster\"); and most of the others would only use a small handful of songs.<\/p>\n<p>I grit my teeth and curse my rotten life every time I <I>Turn It Up!<\/i>, but I can't help it - now that our local NPR station is into their 1\/4ly fundrasier, I have to listen to something else and I'd rather listen to the same 100 20-year-old songs on our local <i>Home of Classic Rock<\/i> than sit through even a minute of any of the rest of the crap I can find on my car radio: teeny-bopper dance stuff or country ballads. <\/p>\n<p>Today someone called to request Led Zeppelin's \"Black Dog\". Uh... <i>Duh?<\/i> ... of course they're gonna play that. If you know enough to know which station would honor that request, you have to know that they play once it every fuckin 2 hours. People amaze me.<\/p>\n<p>\"Hey, could you guys play a really loud ad for a local car dealer ?\"<br \/>\n\"Right on, man! We'll get that right up for you. Who plays the best Classic Rock and Car Dealer ads?\"<br \/>\n\"Rock 69!\"<br \/>\n\"Rock on!\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Variety I've been paying attention for the past 33 years, and I'm pretty sure if I was to visit any \"classic rock\" station I would find a shelf with these CDs, and very few others: .38 Special - The Best Of AC\/DC - Back In Black, Highway To Hell, For Those About To Rock Aerosmith [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}