Dance Music Missing In San Diego (May 19, 2004)

My and Star don't play today's dance music either. Too much white-bread A/C to satisfy me.

Has San Diego become America's Behindest City? I keep thinking that I'm living in the realm of 1994 the way radio has been programming music nowadays. Haven't bought most of any music that I heard on the radio stations in the last seven years (only downloaded them illegally and made fun of them by blowing them up). So much for marketing via radio.

Why is music on the radio so dumb nowadays? How about some fun comedy for us thinking minds? How about some real country music with steel guitars and a deep baritone? How about some pure dance music with a beat I can relate to?

I was listening to what sounded like an adult contemporary love song in a 7/11 recently, then after the song ended, the announcer came on and gave the station ID: KSON. What? A country station playing soft love songs? What is the music director smoking?

KBIG 104.3 from Los Angeles has a weeknight radio show on playing remixes of today's hits called "Boogie Nights", but they dilute the mix with pop tunes that are nowhere close to the dance genre too much. I think someone can do a better job there.

Anyway, a radio show called "Tuned In Radio, The New Rhythm Of The Nation" counts down the top ten dance hits of the week and they have a website http://www.tunedinradio.com. Hey programmers at My, Star, and Channel, here's some more clues for you to steal for your playlists, preferably, played between three times a day between 10am and 6pm when we're actually listening to the radio.

The Tuned In Top 10 For May 19 - 25, 2004 Show 655

1. "Love's Divine (Remix)" by Seal (label: Warner)
2. "Amazing (Remix)" by George Michael (label: Sony)
3. "Burned With Desire (Remix)" by Armin Van Buuren (label: Ultra/EMI)
4. "God Is A DJ (Remix)" by Pink (label: BMG)
5. "Love Comes Again" by Tiesto feat. BT (label: Nettwerk)
6. "You Promised Me (Tu Es Foutu)" by Ingrid (label: Capitol)
7. "Time Of Our Lives" by Paul Van Dyk feat. Vega 4 (label: EMI)
8. "You Make Me Feel Brand New (Remix)" by Simply Red (label: simplyred.com)
9. "What It's Like (Remix)" by Jagged Edge (label: Sony)
10. "Turn Me On" by Kevin Lyttle (label: Warner)

And to purchase the dance songs, please visit Amazon.com and put some fun music into your CD player. Look for CD singles that have remixes of popular songs on the website.