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Old 04-08-2003, 03:31 PM   #1
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Thumbs down #$%*! Phil Collins - Grr

I have to listen to "Light" radio at work. They play an absurd amount of Phil Collins on this station. So, to calm my anger, Ihave been keeping an Excel spreadsheet of what songs are played on each day and at what times. After hearing one Phil/Genesis song per hour today, I decided to email their program director. The email follows below.

Eric,
I can't stand Phil Collins. Nothing personal.
Anyhow, to keep my anger at a minimum while at work
during the day, I've been keeping a spreadsheet of
what Phil Collins/Genesis songs are played and when
they are played. Do you have a contract to fulfill? Is
it required that you play 'Can't Stop Loving You' an
average of nearly twice a workday? Are your DJs
required to play Phil/Genesis once an hour (as they've
done today)? I've *******d some of the data for you to
review. This data has been collected during business
hours (M-F) since March 14th. For posterity’s sake, we
have been without radio on 2 Mondays, a Friday, and a
Wednesday. Disgustingly enough, these numbers reflect
amounts lower than the actual Phil airplay totals -
God forbid anyone be exposed to even more Phil Collins
than this data suggests. (If you want a copy of the
data in hourly and daily format, in Excel- with a
chart to break it all down visually - I do have one
available.)

Song # of Spins
Can't Stop Loving You 16
Sussudio 3
In the Air Tonight 1
Can't Hurry Love 2
In Too Deep 2
Groovy Kind of Love 1
Misunderstanding 4
Take Me Home 1
That's All 1
One More Night 2
Against All Odds 5
Thru My Eyes 1
Throwing it All Away 2
Another Day in Paradise 1

Take care, Eric. As someone with radio programming
experience, I wish you all the best in holding down
your job.

Mike



After sending this, I also sent an email to the on-air DJ requesting another Phil song.

 
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Old 04-08-2003, 03:42 PM   #2
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You should be thankful they're not playing the Bone thugs remake of Take me Home.

 
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Old 04-08-2003, 03:58 PM   #3
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Luckily, I have yet to hear that.

 
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Old 04-08-2003, 04:06 PM   #4
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what, no "follow you, follow me."

 
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Old 04-08-2003, 04:18 PM   #5
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Originally posted by shaunna
what, no "follow you, follow me."
Nope. Not yet.

The disturbing thing is, in four weeks time, they've only played 14 of his songs. I know there are WAY more than that to be played. You'd think they wouldn't need to play one of those songs 16 times and could add a different one in there. Or at least throw in some 'Easy Lover'.

 
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Old 04-08-2003, 04:31 PM   #6
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"follow you, follow me." was my parents' wedding song!

 
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Old 04-08-2003, 06:09 PM   #7
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Phil Collins is atrocious. I'm sorry.

 
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Old 04-08-2003, 09:04 PM   #8
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i absolutely love phil collins and phil collins-era genesis and i'm not ashamed.

but, yeah, light rock radio seems to think phil collins and celine dion can do no wrong.

 
Old 04-09-2003, 10:13 AM   #9
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my sister listens to phil so much, that my 11 year old niece be singing along:erm
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Old 04-11-2003, 04:52 PM   #10
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Quote:
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"follow you, follow me." was my parents' wedding song!
'Follow You, Follow Me' was dropped as the 5th Phil song since 8:30 AM. It is 2:45PM. Shoot me.

 
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Old 04-11-2003, 04:55 PM   #11
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Quote:
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'Follow You, Follow Me' was dropped as the 5th Phil song since 8:30 AM. It is 2:45PM. Shoot me.
here in your arms,
i feel
so safe and so secure.

 
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Old 04-11-2003, 04:58 PM   #12
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Quote:
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here in your arms,
i feel
so safe and so secure.

 
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