Word: airplay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Alternative discussion centered on paths toward cultivating an audience. Playing in clubs develops a local following, but a tape at a small, receptive radio station insures wider exposure. A privately pressed record promises more airplay, and perhaps a few sales, but a price of $880 for a low budget single, and $9630 for a no budget 10song album is an expensive proposition. Several major label representatives said the sales of an independent release, or a popular local reputation demonstrated by prestigious bookings or significant radio airplay tend to catch their eyes. Several managers at the conference were trying to load...
...from Bush's incorporation of new influences, the changes she has made in her singing style don't always add to her appeal. On her early albums, her voice had an eerie, hyper-soprano pitch which was part of her appeal, but might also have prevented her from getting airplay on the stodgy American radio stations. More people have probably heard Pat Benetar's more conventional and far less appealing rendition of "Wuthering Heights," Bush's hit from The Kick Inside. Perhaps this motivated Bush to make some changes in her voice...
...America has responded well to the U2 formula. The group's first album, Boy, received much airplay, especially around Boston. Songs like "I will follow" become hits and "Gloria" off the new album is already turning up on the dial. The songs provide a welcome variety among the hits on BCN, but their weaknesses becomes apparent easily. The "formula" threatens to imprison U2 in a musical cul-de-sac. Though the melodies and intros alternate between tracks, the style remains immutable. After a while The Edge seems to repeat the same riffs, and Bono seems to sing nothing but "faaaalling...
...Vote" has received extensive airplay on Boston's Black radio station, WILD 1090. "Ray Green, who was just elected to the Assembly from New York City, told me he featured the song in his campaign by playing it in the streets on a truck with a bullhorn...