[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

My main complaint about RAP is that those that choose to listen to it want everyone else within 10 blocks to listen to it also. Why is it always 'blaring' from a vehicle with someone trying to look like a 'gangsta' driving?

I don't care what you listen to, but give me the courtesy of not having to listen to it. Use headphones or keep the volume to a reasonable level. Thank You

That was a VERY good point. I also wonder about the downgrading of the important sense of hearing. And also, I notice the younger grass cutting-types seldom wear ear defenders. That should be MANDATED by TV Land and the Florida Department of Health.
.........Also tickets for excessive sound should be given out to both of these groups.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Windguy

I’ve often wondered if it’s some sort of mating call.

I got a good laugh from that one. Kudos.

[bilcon]

Since we moved here 13 years ago, the local radio station has slowly moved on to the music of the generation that is moving in. I grew up in the 40-50's. My father played in the Big Bands in the 1930 and 40's. However, I do like to move on with my music taste. My children grew up in the 1970's and 1980's to the tunes of Foreigner, Air Supply, REO etc and I enjoyed their choices of music. People moving in The Villages now grew up in the 1980-1990 and think their music is great. What is wrong with moving on. I think Local station has done a great job of playing a great variety of music for our community. I'm done with Frank Sinatra , Benny Goodman, The Drifters, Bill Haney and the Comets, Dean Martin etc. They were great, but .........move on. I listen to our station every day and although some of the DJ's are corny, they are still professional. I never heard a Rapp song, but if one pops up, I grin and bear it.

"I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong".

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by YeOldeCurmudgeon

In fact, I love Motown, R n B, Funkadelic, etc. Rap is a cultural thing, and I find that culture offensive -- grabbing your crotch and talking about ho's and rape is not my idea of music to my ears. Everyone has a right to their own sensibilities and Rap grates against mine.

Yes, you've just accurately defined ALL of Rap Music...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

That was a VERY good point. I also wonder about the downgrading of the important sense of hearing. And also, I notice the younger grass cutting-types seldom wear ear defenders. That should be MANDATED by TV Land and the Florida Department of Health.
.........Also tickets for excessive sound should be given out to both of these groups.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest

My main complaint about RAP is that those that choose to listen to it want everyone else within 10 blocks to listen to it also. Why is it always 'blaring' from a vehicle with someone trying to look like a 'gangsta' driving?

I don't care what you listen to, but give me the courtesy of not having to listen to it. Use headphones or keep the volume to a reasonable level. Thank You

As soon as I saw this I thought of the woman in the car ahead of me, when we were waiting for the light to change at the Boone gate. She had, on full blast in her rap-blaster sound system....


Something to Talk About. By Bonnie Raitt. I loved it. The person next to us gave her a "look" but me and the person in the car behind me were both bouncing to the beat in our seats.

[Northerner52]

Listen to it all the time. I just switch the station if hear a song I don't like

[RobertScott]

There are certain songs that VLG plays over and over again is my problem with them. I wish they played more obscure stuff and B sides to mix it up, maybe some good stuff that was on albums but not in the top 40. All set with "Sweet Caroline", thanks.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The Villages radio station used to be something we totally enjoyed. We would look forward to coming to our Villages home and be able to hear the great music we grew up listening to. Much of the music was stuff we couldn’t find on other stations. Over the years the music selection has steadily gone downhill, as more crap like Michael Jackson and Disco became part of the playlist. Despite that, we have remained loyal and continued to listen to the station. Today at approximately 1:44 PM that all changed. Something happened that I never expected from the Villages radio station, they played RAP. For us, that’s a game changer, it brought back bad memories of the Super Bowl halftime show. We refuse to listen to a station that broadcasts noise pollution instead of music. By by WVLG!

Yawn 🥱. Try streaming SiriusXM; I’ve been doing that for years.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by RobertScott

There are certain songs that VLG plays over and over again is my problem with them. I wish they played more obscure stuff and B sides to mix it up, maybe some good stuff that was on albums but not in the top 40. All set with "Sweet Caroline", thanks.

That's a typical problem for me. I have been told by someone who was in the radio broadcasting business that most stations, FM and AM have an approved playlist. It's based upon an analysis of what they think the targeted market wants to hear, and what the sponsors will allow.
They may play one or two songs from and album and that's it. You will never hear any of the other 6 or8 songs, because they aren't on the list. Ever.

Where I worked for over 40 years the radio was always on. One day I realized I knew the entire lyrics to songs I had no conscious recollection of listening to. I figured this out on a Dionne Warwick Burt Bacharach song, which I despised.

I noticed the same thing when I had Sirius. I had a rota of stations, but sooner or later I'd realize I had heard all of the songs they'd play on that station enough times I had to move to fresher pastures.

[Packer Fan]

Originally Posted by blueash

Another completely negative and offensive comments about Black culture? Rap has been the predominant popular musical genre for more years than rock and roll topped the charts. You don't have to like rap or opera but you can be certain there are lots of people who enjoy it and have taken the little bit of time and effort to understand it and appreciate it as the dominant musical art form in America now.

And no, most of us would not throw up at it.

Wow, it only took like 25 posts for the calls of Racism to come out. Seriously? What does not liking a genre of music have to do with Race? I am sick of certain people s pulling out the racist card every time they turn around. Just get off it.

[spd2918]

Are you are listening at home and already paying for internet service? If so, learn to use free music services like Pandora. You can pick from several genres and shuffle between them. That way you get exactly what you want.

[tvbound]

Originally Posted by blueash

Another completely negative and offensive comments about Black culture? Rap has been the predominant popular musical genre for more years than rock and roll topped the charts. You don't have to like rap or opera but you can be certain there are lots of people who enjoy it and have taken the little bit of time and effort to understand it and appreciate it as the dominant musical art form in America now.

And no, most of us would not throw up at it.

You have once again nailed it. While I abhor any music that advocates attacking/killing law enforcement, the constant cursing and the denigration of females and/or those with a different skin color, I would bet that the most outspoken against rap have never heard more than a few songs (most likely sent to them, or identified by, their 'tribe' of choice).

If people took time to listen to a lot of rap songs, they would realize that there are some really talented people simply stating what is going on in the world. It's funny how the old country ballads are revered by some, yet rap songs that are actually the same thing, only modernized - are reviled.

Which leaves only one conclusion, that being the skin color of those sending the message - is the primary opposition.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by tvbound

You have once again nailed it. While I abhor any music that advocates attacking/killing law enforcement, the constant cursing and the denigration of females and/or those with a different skin color, I would bet that the most outspoken against rap have never heard more than a few songs (most likely sent to them, or identified by, their 'tribe' of choice).

If people took time to listen to a lot of rap songs, they would realize that there are some really talented people simply stating what is going on in the world. It's funny how the old country ballads are revered by some, yet rap songs that are actually the same thing, only modernized - are reviled.

Which leaves only one conclusion, that being the skin color of those sending the message - is the primary opposition.

I'd venture to say that many people who don't like RAP enjoy Jimi Hendrix, The Ojays, Aretha, Otis Redding, and Marvin Gaye, just to name a few. So I think the "the one conclusion" you drew is inaccurate.
I don't think it's the color of the skin of those sending a message, I think it's the rawness of the message, often expressing the views of a discontented segment of the population, that another segment of the population finds threatening, combined with non-melodic, heavily rhythmic presentation that is different from what many grew up appreciating.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by tvbound

You have once again nailed it. While I abhor any music that advocates attacking/killing law enforcement, the constant cursing and the denigration of females and/or those with a different skin color, I would bet that the most outspoken against rap have never heard more than a few songs (most likely sent to them, or identified by, their 'tribe' of choice).

If people took time to listen to a lot of rap songs, they would realize that there are some really talented people simply stating what is going on in the world. It's funny how the old country ballads are revered by some, yet rap songs that are actually the same thing, only modernized - are reviled.

Which leaves only one conclusion, that being the skin color of those sending the message - is the primary opposition.

Yup... It's all due to racism. Can't be anything else...

Oh wait, you just gave perfect examples of why YOU don't like (I dare say many) rap songs...

You must be racist...