Do U think its bad that my top songs from great bands like the Police/the Cars/ZZTop and so on are the radio..

No....but I DO think it's very annoying that radio ignores SO many of the deep cuts. Never does great bands justice if they just spin the same 3 songs over & over.

I don't think it's bad, it doesn't make you any less a fan than those that know the lesser known ones. You like what you like, it would be bad if you heard them on the radio and then started ranting about how much you love those bands when you only know a couple popular songs that you found out by the radio. But you seem to actually like those songs and don't just like them because the radio gave them to you. I don't think it's bad at all.

Something about a top hit pop song makes it a timeless classic (usually), so why feel guilty about it?

I have the same phenomena with karaoke, and am continually amazed at the new songs I learn about when others pick them from all the decades. Lovin' the time warping going on, and if you want to dig deeper, check out your band of interest on youtube. Lots of obscure cuts there.

I like popular songs too, and I like songs that aren't so popular. Songs like The Hand That Feeds by NIN are popular and many people wouldn't even like Nine Inch Nails just because other people know/like the band. I also like more underground bands like Imperative Reaction (more unknown than underground, but you get the point).

It shouldn't really matter if a band is mainstream or not, all that should matter is if they appeal to the listeners they are trying to appeal to.

the completed element feels somewhat perplexed, as if whoever compiled it replaced their ideas about what consitutes indie rock halfway through. It starts off stuck in 90s u.s., and the completed element veers a lot extra in route of the softer, folky part of indie rock.... in spite of if there are surprises in there. yet they seem randomly chucked in - the fall fairly stand out as an oddity in that record (the rustic's Saving Grace is nowhere close to their maximum acceptable album - or perhaps their maximum critically acclaimed - besides, yet nevermind). television Personalities, Swell Maps, Husker Du - tremendous, yet I agree wholeheartedly with the thread headed, "Murmur?" if you're going to contain artists from that era, they have ignored the obtrusive somewhat there. yet then, perhaps it truly is not the point. It in basic terms looks somewhat extra like someone's personal regularly going on record than a properly 100 of all time. And that man or woman does have tremendously good style by ability of my judgement. stunning style, genuinely. somewhat narrow - yet then i wager it relies upon on what you concentration on indie rock. And it style of feels tremendously lazy to shove The nationwide in there already. Merriweather submit Pavilion, too - it became only released previously this 12 months, and already this is on a extra physically powerful of all time record? Smacks somewhat of leaping on the bandwagon. Quoting from the region: "we’re not speaking about punk or grunge or classic submit-kraut-rock, we’re speaking about indie rock." isn't Husker Du's 'Zen Arcade' extra of a punk rock record? effective to work out some locals represented! (Electrelane's 'the ability Out'). fairly, in basic terms as a catalogue of albums, i imagine that's a tremendous record. some exciting possibilities, and some issues this is made me prefer to have a glance at. It in basic terms doesn't outline indie rock, a minimum of not for me. change the identify, and it will be perfect. Oh, and placed Aeroplane above Bee Thousand. :)

The popular song- If it's a good tune, I'm not afraid to admit that I like it.They play the songs to get people like you and I interested in listening to their station. We like it whether we admit it or not. Nothing wrong with liking good music!

not necessarily...radio cuts make it to airplay because they appeal to a broader range of people

if that includes you, then so what?

what I really like is buying albums and hearing songs that I haven't heard on the radio...that doesn't mean they're all better...just fresher material for me to feast on

I think we get in a rut of listening to mostly popular tunes because if we ask someone who does not listen to entire albums, like some of us , do you like ''Canary In A Coalmine'' by The Police they look at you like you're the dumbass

it used to be that music had to actually be good to get on the radio.

i dont think it much matters what songs you list here anyway...most of the times the askers are beyond clueless and will give your picks a hearty "they suck" if they acknowledge them at all...good thing we get to vote!

dont overworry it, alot of contributors here seem to try to be obscure with their picks anyway.

now playing:(you caught me) smilin' - sly and the family stone