It baffles me that, to this day, radio presenters often talk over the beginning and the end of a song. Dad said that in the old days this was done to stop people from tape recording off the radio, but honestly, who records off the radio now? It's not exactly difficult to buy music - either digitally or physically - or to play it on YouTube, so why bother recording? Recording is both needless and a hassle, not to mention the sound quality is low.
It wouldn't be quite so bad if presenters mentioned the name of the song and/or its artist, but they often don't. Usually they talk about some irrelevant topic and waffle on about it for a minute or so. Talking over the beginning or end of a song is an outdated practice and should be retired; there's no need for it now.
I used to record things with a friend back in 2002! Mom has a dubber, which is a cassette burner downstairs. So I guess people still could. :D
ReplyDeleteTrue, but you were doing that twelve years ago and music is a lot easier to purchase nowadays! :D
DeleteSometimes I wonder if the DJs are totally bored with the songs they listen to all day. No excuse, though.
ReplyDeletePossibly, but talking over the beginning and end of a song won't help the boredom much!
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