Wasnt sure where to post this but the radio 1 playlist seems quite ‘fluid’ these days. Sometimes songs spend 3 weeks on the C List while others spend 9 weeks there and songs are A Listed for a long time.

 

What do you like and not like about the playlist and the way it works? (WITHOUT MENTIONING AGES AND GENDERS OPINIONS 😁)

I think the range of songs that they add to the playlist is pretty spot on most of the time - sometimes it can seem that there’s a little too much rap but I don’t think it’s a major issue.

 

It would be nice to see more of a range of different songs reaching the A List which I’d admit has improved recently with Architects, Noizu and Fred Again and The Blessed Madonna.

 

Also, it would be nice if there was a bit of a quicker turnover, I don’t really need to be hearing Tiesto or Anne-Marie for 10 weeks, that’s Capital’s job. It would also be nice if there were some more oldies thrown in throughout the day. I could quite easily listen to radio1 all day if the A List tracks were only played twice a day. When it’s 4 times, it gets a bit much sometimes.

 

Overall though, I reckon they do quite a good job with the playlist - much better than their commercial competition!

Yeh they are still the best, they wouldn’t play A Listed songs 4 times a day if they had 20 songs on the list instead of 15 like the early century. They def play less different songs now imo. Even a glance at the playlist from day 2001 it’s such an eye opener in terms of amount of songs and genres!

I feel like I heard Wellerman on R1 quite a lot outside of the chart considering it was a C-list staller! Seemed to be on at least every other time we were in the car, which wasn't very much cos lockdown #3.

Also, Radio 1 used to be 90% of my radio/podcast listening but now it might be around 50% because I've started following ex-R1 DJs elsewhere for the first time, so lots of Capital Dance, Heart (purely cos Dev) and Phil Taggart's new pod ChillDaBeats. Plus lots of Radio 2.

 

I must say, 6 Music Goes Pop on Thursday was brilliant. Lots of things Radio 1 love but R2 won't touch and vice versa. Basically a whole station of Drake meets Adam and the Ants. I loved it!

Edited April 3, 20215 yr by HiyaLuv!

I think radio 1 plays a lot of new bands radio 2 won’t touch and 6 Music play a bit!

Omg at 'Photo ID' making the playlist! :cheeseblock:

 

Also pleased to see Fredo and Mimi added (and Lil Nas X but that was a given). Central Cee on the A-list surprises me...

Tune of the Week w/c 06/04/21

Arielle Free: Franky Wah feat. LOWES - Not In Love

Greg James: The Prototypes feat. LOWES - Reason

Clara Amfo: Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)

Scott Mills: Mimi Webb - Good Without

Nick Grimshaw: ENNY - Same Old

 

Double LOWES *.*

Great tunes of the week! Thank you lewistgreen :D

 

As a bonus, Jack Saunders' tune of the week (he's covering for Annie Mac) is Bree Runway's Hot Hot which is such a banger. Really hope it gets added to the main playlists soon!