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 The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy, Debut album out 2/2/24 |
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 12th April 2024, 09:57 PM
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But Radio 1 have never worked like that, they have only ever playlisted "official" singles, why would they randomly start playlisting any old songs now?
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13th April 2024, 02:32 AM
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Sinner was released as an official single back in June last year. Radio 1 should have playlisted it then as they were already one of the most hyped bands in the country. It was a current single release then and fit all their criteria for playlisting but, as always these days, they're late to react and sadly beholden to what the major labels want, only putting on rotation after the label 're-issues' it.
When any new and interesting band hits the scene Radio 1 are almost always twelve months behind and no longer interested in anything but the most generic sounding releases. Look also at Wet Leg for another obvious example, they were way behind the curve. There once was a time where Radio 1 led the way in promoting fresh new talent from the alternative scene, even if it was late night shows, but that's been pretty dead for many years now in favour of generic stuff like Coldplay. Credit Lamacq though for ploughing a lonley furrow. There are so many exciting and brilliant acts out there with a large enough fanbase but Radio 1 will only touch it when someone pays them enough to do so. Ask yourself why Sleep Token, Bob Vylan, Wargasm or Kid Kapichi aren't on the playlist despite having a sizeable enough fan base to warrant it. The Radio 1 playlist isn't picked by a commitee of music fans but by which label is willing to pay the most that month, and the sad thing is that it's stifling some real talent from being heard. |
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13th April 2024, 07:14 AM
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The daytime playlist will always follow what the labels want released but the evening shows do promote newer music and played Last Dinner Party 12 months before daytime have.
‘Sinner’, ‘Nothing Matters’ & ‘My Lady Of Mercy’ all got a lot of plays on the evening shows in the past 12 months but you are right the evening shows are becoming more generic now. Future Sounds regularly plays pop songs by Beyoncé and Dua Lipa nowadays when back in the day the equilivant show wouldn’t have went near them because they got so much daytime airplays! |
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13th April 2024, 07:36 AM
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ Apr 13 2024, 08:14 AM)  The daytime playlist will always follow what the labels want released but the evening shows do promote newer music and played Last Dinner Party 12 months before daytime have. ‘Sinner’, ‘Nothing Matters’ & ‘My Lady Of Mercy’ all got a lot of plays on the evening shows in the past 12 months but you are right the evening shows are becoming more generic now. Future Sounds regularly plays pop songs by Beyoncé and Dua Lipa nowadays when back in the day the equilivant show wouldn’t have went near them because they got so much daytime airplays! To be fair, looking at recent shows, those tend to be played only in the first 15-20 minutes before moving onto smaller acts (and often not at all, usually only when the big acts have new releases out). |
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13th April 2024, 09:04 AM
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Yeh I know Clara was a big Beyoncé fan tbf so she prob had some say in her rinsing of ‘16 Carriages’ �� but the point remains they wouldn’t have been played even in the first 15-20mins in the past. Guess they moved the evening shows forward an hour so that the daytime and nighttime shows could merge together in the first few hours and drive time listeners may have heard artists they wouldn’t normally have?
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13th April 2024, 10:02 AM
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A dead mouse (from my cat)
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ Apr 13 2024, 10:04 AM) Yeh I know Clara was a big Beyoncé fan tbf so she prob had some say in her rinsing of ‘16 Carriages’ �� but the point remains they wouldn’t have been played even in the first 15-20mins in the past. Guess they moved the evening shows forward an hour so that the daytime and nighttime shows could merge together in the first few hours and drive time listeners may have heard artists they wouldn’t normally have? I forgot they moved the evening shows forward an hour actually - so it’s still more smaller artists played than in the past! |
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13th April 2024, 11:49 PM
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Sinner was C-Listed on Radio 1 last August
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