What does the Radio 1 playlist as of July 14th 2005 tell us about the state of popular music today?

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A LIST

2Pac Ghetto Gospel
Mariah Carey We Belong Together
Charlotte Church Crazy Chick
Coldplay Speed of Sound / X&Y LP
Inaya Day Nasty Girl
Deep Dish Say Hello
Eminem Ass Like That (25/07)
Foo Fighters Best Of You
Green Day Wake Me Up When September Ends
Hard-Fi Hard To Beat
Jem Just A Ride
John Legend Ordinary People (Johnny Douglas Edit)
Mario Here I Go Again
Roll Deep The Avenue
Martin Solveig Everybody (25/07)
Stereophonics Superman
Joss Stone Don't Cha Wanna Ride
U2 City Of Blinding Lights
Kanye West Diamonds From Sierra Leone

B LIST

Beck Girl
James Blunt You're Beautiful
The Chemical Brothers feat. Tim Burgess The Boxer
Ciara featuring Ludacris Oh (01/08)
The Game Dreams (01/08)
Natalie Imbruglia Counting Down The Days (25/07)
Jupiter Ace featuring Shena 1000 Years (Just Leave Me Now)
Lemar Don't Give It Up (01/08)
M.V.P. Roc Ya Body "Mic Check 1,2"
Maxïmo Park Going Missing (18/07)
Daniel Powter Bad Day (25/07)
Rooster Deep And Meaningless (11/07)
Röyksopp Only This Moment (27/06)
Rachel Stevens So Good
Uniting Nations You & Me (25/07)
Bobby Valentino Slow Down

C LIST

(new) Akon Belly Dancer (Bananza) (08/08)
Daddy Yankee Gasolina
Goldfrapp Ooh La La (08/08)
(new) Jamiroquai Seven Days In Sunny June (15/08)
The Magic Numbers Love Me Like You
(new) Mattafix Big City Life (08/08)
Lee Ryan Army Of Lovers (18/07)
(new) The White Stripes My Doorbell (08/08)

UPCOMING ARTISTS LIST

(new) British Whale This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us (15/08)
Stephen Fretwell Emily (18/07)
(new) Morning Runner Gone Up In Flames (01/08)
Pendulum Slam (Aug)
(new) Rihanna Pon De Replay (22/08)

DJ'S RECORDS OF THE WEEK

Scott Mills (in for Chris Moyles)
The White Stripes My Doorbell

Jo Whiley
Morning Runner Gone Up in Flames

Colin and Edith
Athlete Tourist

Vernon (in for Scott Mills)
The Magic Numbers Love Me Like You

Zane Lowe
Pendulum Slam

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 12:56 (twenty years ago)

"I don't know"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 14 July 2005 13:03 (twenty years ago)

It tells me that it's OK to stick to R4 and 5 Live. Or listen to a CD.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 14 July 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)

Time to ask your friends, mom or dad or older brothers & sisters if they have anything interesting for you to listen to, that you might not've already heard. My suggestion today is that you listen to Magazine's "Secondhand Daylight" instead of anything on the BBC playlist.

― SoHoLa (SoHoLa), Thursday, 14 July 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

8 good records. DJs have uniformly poor taste.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 14 July 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

DJs have uniform.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 14 July 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

i saw jo wiley on nu cavendish st yesterday.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 14 July 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

In the chicken/egg world of radio programming and representation of audience taste and cultural trends, Radio 1's playlist appears reasonable, given it's position and location.

Popular music remains critical but stable.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 14 July 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

I just want to say I really love the Rolldeep single btw, and I hope it is followed by the fabulous 'Bus Stop'.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 14 July 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

13 tunes which I'd be happy to hear if they came on the radio.
Several others which I've not heard yet, but want to.
Much the usual quotient of huh, meh, and ugh.
Same as it ever was. There have been much worse times than this.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 14 July 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

I think the choice of singles that HAVEN'T been playlisted over the last year has been shocking. Annie being the obvious one.

Luckily the current music boss is leaving:

http://www.popjustice.co.uk/2005/07/next.htm

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 14 July 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

I'd love to see a playlist from 20 or 30 years ago. I'd guess this is much more fun, interesting and strange than anything from then.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 14 July 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

For comparison the current Radio 2 (where different works) playlist;

A LIST
Elton John - Electricity
R.E.M. - Wanderlust
Madeleine Peyroux - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
*NEW* Supergrass - St. Petersburg
*NEW* Long-View - Further
Texas - Getaway
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Nate James - Universal
Stephen Fretwell - Emily

B LIST
Joss Stone - Don't Cha Wanna Ride
Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down the Days
Lee Ryan - Army Of Lovers
Bananarama - Move in My Direction
Lucie Silvas - Don't Look Back
Idlewild - El Capitan
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
Tony Christie - Avenues & Alleyways
*NEW* - The Magic Numbers - Love Me Like You
The Stands - When The Night Falls In

C LIST
Turin Brakes - Over and Over
Joy Zipper - 1
Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere
James Blunt - ALBUM: Back To Bedlam
Rooster - Deep and Meaningless
Coldplay - ALBUM: X&Y
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Mi Corazon
Paul Weller - From The Floorboards Up
The Raveonettes - Love In A Trashcan
El Presidente - Without You
Hayley Hutchinson - Here's The Love
Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
*NEW* Willie Nelson feat. Toots Hibbert - I'm a Worried Man
Alfie - Your Own Religion
Rachel Stevens - So Good

Tony Christie the best thing by far on this kist unfortunately. I didn't realise Bananarama were back, I must listen out for this. Toots Hibbert is a great name.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 14 July 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

what no "schnappi" on the upcoming artists list yet? it's released same day as "pon de replay" i think

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

tells me that the state of popular music still justifies my total rejection of it. :)

― ugly and mean, Thursday, 14 July 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)

The current Xfm playlist:

New Additions

Athlete 'Tourist'
Goldfrapp 'Ooh La La'
Joy Zipper '1'
Leon 'Be There'
The Magic Numbers 'Love Me Like You Do'
Morning Runner 'Gone Up In Flames'
Nine Inch Nails 'Only'
Super Furry Animals 'Lazer Beam'
VHS Or Beta 'Night On Fire'

Upfront

The Coral 'Something Inside Of Me'
Elbow 'Forget Myself'
Fischerspooner 'Never Win'
Gorillaz 'Dare'
Kaiser Chiefs 'I Predict A Riot'
Oasis 'The Importance Of Being Idle'

Arcade Fire 'Cold Wind'
Beck 'Girl'
Ben Folds 'Landed'
Bloc Party 'Pioneers'
Bright Eyes 'Gold Mine Gutted'
The Chemical Brothers 'Boxer'
Clor 'Outlines'
Coldplay 'Speed Of Sound'
The Coral 'In The Morning'
Cut Copy 'Future'
Dogs 'Selfish Ways'
Duels 'Potential Futures'
Editors 'Blood'
El Presidente 'Without You'
The Features 'The Way It's Meant To Be'
Field Music 'You Can Decide'
The Flaming Lips 'Mr Ambulance Driver'
Foo Fighters 'Best Of You'
Gorillaz 'Feel Good Inc.'
Green Day 'Wake Me Up When September Ends'
Hard-Fi 'Hard To Beat'
Hot Hot Heat 'Middle Of Nowhere'
Idlewild 'El Capitan'
InMe '7 Weeks'
Jack Johnson 'Good People'
Kaiser Chiefs 'Everyday I Love You Less And Less'
Komakino 'Say Something'
The Kooks 'Eddie's Gun'
Long-View 'Further'
Maximo Park 'Going Missing'
Leon 'Be There'
Mew 'Apocalypso'
The Paddingtons '50 to a £'
Paul Weller 'From The Floor Boards Up'
Queens Of The Stone Age 'In My Head'
The Rakes 'Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)'
The Raveonettes 'Love In A Trashcan'
Rilo Kiley 'It's A Hit'
Stephen Fretwell 'Emily'
The Stereophonics 'Superman'
The Sunshine Underground 'Put You In Your Place'
Supergrass 'St. Petersburg'
Turin Brakes 'Over And Over'
U2 'City Of Blinding Lights'
Van Der Kill 'Echo Beach'
Weezer 'We Are All On Drugs'
White Rose Movement 'Love Is A Number'
The White Stripes 'My Doorbell'

There's barely any cross over between all three stations, is there?

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Thursday, 14 July 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

One thing it tells us is that My Doorbell won't be on the C list for long. That is a huge hit.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 14 July 2005 23:44 (twenty years ago)

Alfie on Radio 2, yeah!

― SoHoLa (SoHoLa), Friday, 15 July 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

it tells us that what's on radio playlists these days isn't indicative of the wealth of music that's actually out there...

― drystereo (drystereo), Friday, 15 July 2005 01:25 (twenty years ago)

Magic Numbers on all three lists, I see.

And what the chuff is "I Predict A Riot" doing in XFM's "upfront" list? They're not re-releasing it, are they?

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 15 July 2005 08:39 (twenty years ago)

they are

― jellybean (jellybean), Friday, 15 July 2005 08:41 (twenty years ago)

ah that's OK then.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 15 July 2005 08:50 (twenty years ago)

i didn't even know it had been deleted. there you go. i mean it only got to number 22 first time around. disgraceful really. especially when it's currently available on the fourth best selling album in the uk.

singles, eh? what are they good for?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 15 July 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)

glad to see joy zipper gettimg some airtime to be honest ..

― mark e (mark e), Friday, 15 July 2005 09:05 (twenty years ago)

Singles? Promo for albums, and for bands to have something to encore with...

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 15 July 2005 09:07 (twenty years ago)

is't re-releasing singles all part of the 'campaign' for breaking bands now? Release one of the band's better songs (usually their 2nd best song) as a single on a tiny independent label (to sell to the indie kids), then Re-release the track a year later, usually as the 4th or 5th single off the album.

― jellybean (jellybean), Friday, 15 July 2005 10:48 (twenty years ago)

Remember the Good Old Dayshhhh when singles were NEVER INCLUDED ON ALBUMS?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 15 July 2005 10:51 (twenty years ago)

Someone post the 1Xtra playlist now.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 15 July 2005 10:54 (twenty years ago)

A LIST

Beenie Man & Devonte - Imagination
Ciara Feat Ludacris - Oh
Common - Go! / Faithful
Craig David - All The Way
Def 1 - Sweet Mother (1Xtra Exclusive)
Destiny's Child - Cater 2 U
DJ Rio Feat Sizzla - Jah Is
Doc Brown Feat Yungun - Never Coming Down
Kano - Brown Eyes
Kano Feat Demon & Ghetto - Mic Check Remix
Kano Feat The Streets - Nite Nite
Kanye West Feat Shirley Bassey - Diamonds (Remix Feat Jay-Z)
Kanye West Feat Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together (Original / Remix Feat Jadakiss & Styles P)
Missy Elliott - Album Tracks (Teary Eyed / Partytime / We Run This)
MJ Cole - Africa Calling (1Xtra Exclusive)
R. Kelly & The Game - Playa's Only
R. Kelly Feat Elephant Man - Reggae Bump Bump
R. Kelly Feat Snoop Dogg - Happy Summertime
Roll Deep - The Avenue
Rukus - What She Said
Rukus Feat Ty, Ricochet Klashnekoff & Yogi - Let It Go (Remix)
Terri Walker - This Is My Time
The Game - Dreams
Ying Yang Twins - Wait (Original / Remix Feat Missy Elliott & Busta Rhymes)

B LIST

Amerie Feat T.I. - Touch (Remix)
Baby Blue - Good Man
Bobby Valentino Feat Lil' Wayne - Tell Me (Remix)
Bow Wow Feat Omarion - Let Me Hold You
Cyantific Feat Diane Charlemagne - Don't Follow Me
Daddy Yankee Feat Lil' Jon, Pitbull & N.O.R.E. - Gasolina (Remix)
Faith Evans - Mesmerized
John Legend Feat Kanye West - Number One
Lethal B - Uh Oh
Ludacris & Bobby Valentino - Pimpin All Over The World
Mitchell Brothers Feat The Streets - Excuse My Brother
Nathan - Round & Round
Omarion - O
Para Beats Feat Carmen Reece - You Got Me
Pussycat Dolls Feats Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha (Remix)
Sean Paul - Never Gonna Be The Same / T.O.K. - Tears (Seasons Riddim)
Shaggy Feat Olivia - Wild 2Night
Skepta - Single
Snoop Dogg Feat The Bee Gees - Ups & Downs
Voice Mail / T.O.K. / Capleton / Elephant Man - El-Toro Riddim Medley
Vybz Kartel / Elephant Man / Tami Chin & Busy Signal / Buju Banton / Wayne Marshal / Flava Unit - Giggy Bogle Riddim Medley
Yungun - Rooted (1Xtra Exclusive)

C LIST

Akon - Belly Dancer (Bananza)
El-Rae - Old Skool Love
Mary Mary - Heaven
Nate James - Funky Love
Rhianna Feat Elephant Man - Pon Di Replay (Remix)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 15 July 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

Hey... Hayley Hutchinson is only on radio 2 but she rocks

― Vix, Wednesday, 20 July 2005 09:18 (twenty years ago)

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