THE HYPE PLAYING ALL THE (FRIENDLY) HITS.Radio stations all across the Southland have been airing audio montages in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks. Listeners of KIIS-FM (102.7) have waxed patriotic to U2's ``Stuck in a Moment,'' a song remixed with sound bites from news reports. On 100.3 The Beat (KKBT-FM), it's been R. Kelly's ``I Believe'' off the ``Osmosis Jones'' soundtrack and ``Emotional'' by Destiny's Child  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. . The songs recount everything, from the first moments of the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. attacks to President George W. Bush's declaration of war against terrorism. Still, other stations have stopped playing these montages in an attempt to get back to normal. As of Monday, Star 98.7 was no longer combining Lenny Kravitz's ``Let Love Rule'' with excerpts from the president's speech, reports of heroism and talk of hope for the future. ``Everyone is really sensitive right now so you try to err on being respectful as opposed to taking advantage for the radio station's gain,'' said Angela Perelli, program director for KYSR-FM (98.7). In addition, Star 98.7 has temporarily pulled songs from its playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically. such as Kravitz's ``I Want to Fly Away,'' Dave Matthews
David John Matthews (born January 9 1967) is a South African, now naturalized American, Grammy-winning lead vocalist and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. Band's ``Crash Into Me'' and Third Eye Blind's ``Jumper'' on suggestion from the entertainment giant Clear Channel. The company asked its 1,170 radio stations nationwide to consider pulling songs that could be viewed by some in bad taste. Not just songs with lyrics such as ``You really don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why/But you want to justify rippin' someone's head off'' from Limp Bizkit's ``Break Stuff.'' On Tuesday, Clear Channel issued a statement saying it had not banned any songs, and that every station makes its own decisions. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Rich Meyer, president of Media Base and executive vice president of Premiere Radio Networks Premiere Radio Networks is a radio syndication and preparation company based in the United States. It is currently the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of programming. in Sherman Oaks, those decisions centered on any song that seemed inappropriate given the circumstances. Premiere Radio has been monitoring airplay air·play n. The broadcasting of an audio or audiovisual recording on the air over radio or television. airplay Noun the broadcast performances of a record on radio 24-hours to see which songs have been receiving increased airplay and which songs have been receiving decreased airplay. The more patriotic the song, the more airplay it received, said Meyer. Lee Greenwood's ``God Bless the USA,'' John Lennon's ``Imagine'' and Ray Charles' version of ``God Bless America'' are among the top of the bunch. Some songs, however, Meyer says are used inappropriately. For instance, ``Born in the USA,'' which is actually a song that has some irony, has seen increased spins at classic rock. ``Programmers probably just looked at the title and thought, 'Oh, Bruce Springsteen. He's got an American flag behind him. Let's play it' without realizing what it's really about,'' Meyer said. Other misused songs, he says, include ``Volunteers'' by Jefferson Airplane and Bob Dylan's ``The Times They Are A-Changin'.'' Across all formats, the songs that have received the least amounts of spins include R.E.M.'s ``It's the End of the World As We Know It,'' Alanis Morissette's ``Ironic'' and the Goo Goo Dolls' ``Slide.'' Some of these are included on the list of songs Clear Channel has suggested be pulled from radio as well as Louis Armstrong's ``What a Wonderful World,'' Bruce Springsteen's ``I'm on Fire'' and Led Zeppelin's ``Stairway to Heaven.'' Here's a list of some of the others: ``Seek and Destroy,'' Metallica ``Another One Bites the Dust,'' Queen ``Bridge Over Troubled Water,'' Simon & Garfunkel ``Walk Like an Egyptian,'' The Bangles ``Fire and Rain,'' James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. ``American Pie,'' Don McLean ``A Day in the Life,'' The Beatles ``Suicide Solution,'' Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. The original band line up of Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums) is the same as the current line up (2007) although there have been many shifts of personnel ``Travelin' Man,'' Ricky Nelson
Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson (May 8, 1940 –December 31, 1985), was one of the first American teen idols. ``Dust in the Wind,'' Kansas ``Leavin' on a Jet Plane,'' Peter, Paul & Mary ``Head Like a Hole,'' Nine Inch Nails ``New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York,'' Frank Sinatra - Sandra Barrera TUNE IN ``Wolf Lake,'' about an intrepid cop's (Lou Diamond Phillips) search for his missing girlfriend that takes him to a mysterious Pacific Northwestern town (apparently no more than a stone's throw from ``Twin Peaks''), will try it again, debuting at 10 tonight on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. (Channel 2). Not to give too much away, but apparently a bunch of people in Wolf Lake routinely turn into werewolves, a fact that might help our intrepid cop except that everyone in town is trying to cover up that and every other secret the area has ever produced. Will he ever learn as much as the audience already knows? Will the show last long enough for anyone to find out? These are questions, though admittedly not very compelling ones. - David Kronke CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) TRADITIONS SURVIVE: Contestants for this year's Miss America Pageant enjoy a rare moment of relaxation on the patio of Bally's Park Place Casino in Atlantic City. The 81st annual event is scheduled to go Saturday night. Chris Polk/Associated Press |
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