Overplaying Songs

Don't you just hate it when you finally have found a great song with awesome lyrics and a great sound and then it falls victim to the retched radio stations? So many great songs have fallen to the curse of being over played. How is it possible that a song you love so much turn into a song that you can't stand to hear? Well this my friend is the so-called "clever" logic of the dj's and managers on the radio. "Oh yeah they love this song, lets play it ever 20 minutes!" Their "logic" is the fastest way to ruin a great song. Playing the song every 20 minutes might draw listeners in for the first week that the song is played. But I guarentee you, in the following week, the second they hear the first couple of cords, their hand will move so fast to the radio turner that it will just look like a blur. I have had a first hand experience where some of my FAVORITE songs fall victim to the radio.

For instance, when Gotye's, "Somebody that I Used to Know" came out, I thought that was one of the best songs of the decade. The originality of it made it unlike any other song. It was also a song drew in a wide variety of listeners. My mom, who listens to oldies and bruce springsteen, has never once liked a song that I liked. But when she heard this song, she actually liked it. If a song has the ability to draw in listeners from the 60's to the 90's, then that song is a real masterpiece.

And of course we can't forget the AMAZING cover done by Walk off the Earth.

Another great song that I can't stand to hear anymore is "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele. I remember when I first heard this song, I was watching I am Number Four and they used it in a scene when a women had just blown up a building and was walking away from it in slow-motion. The song added so much power to the scene, and it was SO awesome! But now, I don't want anything to do with that song, in fact any of the adele songs. Which is sad, because the reason they are overplayed is because they are GOOD.

The new group Fun. also produced a great song, which at the moment I can not remember because I blocked it from my memory because I couldn't stand it. Oh yeah it is called "We Are Young." It has a really different vibe, like I thought it was from the 80's when I first heard it. They also released another really good, catchy song called "Some Nights," which I predict everyone will hate within the next few weeks.

And finally "Midnight City" by M83. M83 is a really neat electronic/alternative group that has a variety of songs. I thought "Midnight City" was so awesome when I first heard it. It was really upbeat, with a electronic sound. But, as you can tell, it is no longer a favorite for me. Not because it is bad, it was just simply overplayed.

And so there you have the sad lifespan of a song. They go unknown for a while, then they are found and looked at as if they are a God. Then they are taken savagly by the radio and overplayed and then they die. And no one wants to hear them ever again.