News Silencing the Boss
posted by on November 1 at 12:57 PM
According to, well, the internets, Clear Channel is refusing to play anything from Magic, the new Springsteen record.
According to Foxnews.com:
Radio will not play “Magic.” In fact, sources tell me that Clear Channel has sent an edict to its classic rock stations not to play tracks from “Magic.” But it’s OK to play old Springsteen tracks such as “Dancing in the Dark,” “Born to Run” and “Born in the USA.”
Some are speculating it’s because he’s too old to be played on modern radio.
Clear Channel seems to have sent a clear message to other radio outlets that at age 58, Springsteen simply is too old to be played on rock stations. This completely absurd notion is one of many ways Clear Channel has done more to destroy the music business than downloading over the last 10 years. It’s certainly what’s helped create satellite radio, where Springsteen is a staple and even has his own channel on Sirius.
Down With Tyranny has a lot more on the matter.
Umm, yeah, cuz the classic rock format is so filled with young artists.
Do you think it could have anything to do with the song "Radio Nowhere," which is a pretty thinly veiled indictment of how Clear Channel has ruined radio?
Or perhaps they refused to pay-off the right people.
This meshes well with the radio story in the print edition this week. Look, there was a time when radio was king but, with the internet, you can hear plenty of Springsteen with a simple mouse click. Or you can mail order his new CD from several retailers. The days of Clear Channel and Wal-Mart sanitation are over, so the former's decision not to play The Boss is, in the end, no big deal.
I haven't listened to a broadcast radio station in two years. Sirius has a fairly decent stable of indie/alt stations, and it would be just too painful listening to shilling DJs, insipid ads, and generally lame tracks on regular radio now.
People still listen to the radio?
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