Re: Jack Lawrence

["Sean Smyth" <Sportswriter@dejazzd.com>]

Dan Billings writes:
> Pop music splintered in the
> 90's.  While you think of the alternative music on WCYY as the music of
the
> 90's, others will point to hip-hop.

Yeah, I can't see Snoop/Dre and Nirvana mixing it up on the same station,
though 107.9 in Syracuse indeed had such a combo back when I was up there
during the summer of 1996 visiting SU. And I believe they segued from one
right to the other, with only a liner thrown in! It was truly surreal.

As one who prefers alternative rock (whatever that means, and it all sounds
the same nowadays) to the rap/R&B/rap-metal combo, I still kinda think that
the rap/R&B sect made a bigger impact on the musical scene in the 1990s.

> That said: most oldies stations, and the station's that have tried 70's
and
> 80's formats, tend to concentrate on one type of music and don't play
> everything that was popular during that time period.  For example, lots of
> early 70's rock that was popular at the time, and made the charts, is not
> played on oldies stations that cover that time period and is left to
classic
> rock stations.

Right again, Dan. I think the old Eagle 93.7 illustrates your point exactly.
They could never effectively mix the dance tracks and Elton John songs, and
eventually went all-disco.

-Sean