[Candyman]

I can see both sides, yes it is better then the playlist bilge thats normaly played on Radio 1, then again recycling the same year every ten weeks and hearing the same songs/artists with Chris saying 'you may not of heard this in ages' bull laughable.

I would prefer something else between 9am-10am, what I dont know but could'nt be any worse then it is now. To be honest I dont listen for long (about a couple of songs) and tune out until about 9.55 to listen to the end of the show, there is another golden hour on another station that does all 4 decades so I check that out, plus other stations on a friday seem to do variations on that theme but better cause it includes 70s & 80s, so I suppose in a way it does'nt matter, but I still say drop it.

[Travis Bickle]

Generally speaking, I like the Radio 1 playlist but the Golden Hour is just boring in my opinion for the reasons stated by neilt0. Chris, quite simply, picks unimaginate and/or rubbish songs. The second half of the hour is marginally better, but if they really must keep the Golden Hour then Chris needs to be more imaginative with his song choices.

I love the show for the team chat, not music.

[richbrown]

Maybe there is a way they could refresh it a bit but they recently started doing 2004 which they never used to. It may just be music but it has the Friday-feeling excitement about it, it has good music generally (in my opinion) and the team's choices is a nice break from the playlist.

If it ever was scrapped, I did like the suggestion in the other thread of the Golden Minute, a minute mix of the tunes and maybe read out texts/tweets just sent within that minute. That would give them 59 minutes to do something new...

[shamrock student]

Keep the Golden Hour, and dump the god awful 'where am i', then bring back 'Viaduct'!

Yes, yes, and yes!! Surely Viaduct is something that HAS to return for a stint before the end of the new contract.

Golden hour is always the piece on Friday that I'd fast forward to on the i-player. Its not just the songs but the whole package of the old styley jingles, decent tunes, and how Chris links in the records that make it a great hour of radio

[Travis Bickle]

Maybe there is a way they could refresh it a bit...

I would drop the guess the year part. Radio 1 don't want 30 mins of pre-1990 songs so I would just have an hour of songs from random years going back to 1980, but slightly weighted in favour post-1990.

[bmstinton93]

That's quite a good idea, although isn't that what Scott does with The Wonder Years?

[Ilovematt]

Dump it.

[Candyman]

Maybe there is a way they could refresh it a bit but they recently started doing 2004 which they never used to. It may just be music but it has the Friday-feeling excitement about it, it has good music generally (in my opinion) and the team's choices is a nice break from the playlist.

If it ever was scrapped, I did like the suggestion in the other thread of the Golden Minute, a minute mix of the tunes and maybe read out texts/tweets just sent within that minute. That would give them 59 minutes to do something new...

Thats another reason why for me the golden hour has me not listening for long, having music from 2000 until now just included 2004, it just feels wrong, too recent to be considered. Problem is idiots at management wont allow the music go beyond 1990, why? Because of this limitation years like 2004 will have to included. I would go for a Golden minute like the 10 second takeover instead, would be funny and more entertaining than the golden hours current format will ever be.

[neilt0]

I kind of give Chris a pass for the Golden Hour, as it's clearly a way for him and the team to wind down at the end of the week -- just like I try to get as much work done in the rest of the week so I don't have to work too hard on a Friday afternoon.
I don't really expect them to come up with an exciting new feature that involves a lot of work.

But, it would be nice if they could keep track of what songs they play (including all the oh-so familiar tracks in Tedious Link) so they don't keep coming up over and over again.

[What]

I like the Golden Hour, it's a nice change from the usual. A lot of grump in this thread.

[Travis Bickle]

That's quite a good idea, although isn't that what Scott does with The Wonder Years?

Similar, but the whole team could be behind this and the years would go further back.

And what Mills does is far better than the Golden Hour, so it is a decent template to go by.

[swaddon1903]

Chris does pick a lot of the same songs, but there's often a great song that I haven't heard for years, or even heard before that has made me download it (legally of course).

An hour of decent music is rare as it is on Radio 1, though that's just my opinion because I'm too old to 'get' modern music. People sounding like they are singing through kazoos and rappers blethering a lot of rubbish is just not my cup of tea.

[English Bob]

I thnk my feelings on the Golden Hour have been made clear many times in the past.

To sum up, go back further than 1990.


By the way, why the * did they pick that godawful Led Zeppelin cover? It literally made me want to smash my radio in rage! Noone covers Zeppelin!

[Senninha25]

By the way, why the * did they pick that godawful Led Zeppelin cover? It literally made me want to smash my radio in rage! Noone covers Zeppelin!

damn right. by the way you mean the cover of Kashmir, right? No one picks a classic rock/heavy metal song and raps over it.

You just can't help it when they play a tune you haven't listened to ages ago, you just see yourself with a huge smile on your face. That's why I love the Golden Hour; and by the way, what's exactly stopping management from allowing pre-90's music being played? Sounds like a stupid rule to be honest.

[lucybella]

I think the Golden Hour compliments that "Friday Feeling" very well. Plus no matter the year, it's better then that playlist garbage they have to play.

Chalk another one up for KEEP IT.

yes that sums it up.

[slaphead1982]

by the way, what's exactly stopping management from allowing pre-90's music being played? Sounds like a stupid rule to be honest.

The fact it's Radio 1 not Radio 2. The station is aimed at younger listeners not just adults. Do you honestly think teens now would want to hear 80's music for an hour, early 90's is starting to push it a bit. 1991 - 2001. That gives em 10 years to play with with a 10 year gap for people to forget some songs.

The team could come up with an idea that involves all the covers and samples that are knocking about in the charts now. Something along the lines of playing the current chart version then mixing it into the original version. It would give Matt an on air purpose as he loves doing all that. Or get Kissy sell out to do a 15 minute mix of 80's tunes as he was brilliant on the marathon show.

[c_radical]

Or get Kissy sell out to do a 15 minute mix of 80's tunes as he was brilliant on the marathon show.

Thanks for reminding me about that! I loved listening to this when they played it. I'm not really the biggest fan of 80's music but Kissy mixing them against a good house beat made it a great listen in my opinion.

I don't know if they would ever make it a regular feature, but it would certainly give Chris a broader scope of music to choose from, whilst not having to worry about alienating the younger audience.

[Johnny 1989]

by the way, what's exactly stopping management from allowing pre-90's music being played? Sounds like a stupid rule to be honest.

The fact it's Radio 1 not Radio 2. The station is aimed at younger listeners not just adults. Do you honestly think teens now would want to hear 80's music for an hour, early 90's is starting to push it a bit. 1991 - 2001. That gives em 10 years to play with with a 10 year gap for people to forget some songs.

The team could come up with an idea that involves all the covers and samples that are knocking about in the charts now. Something along the lines of playing the current chart version then mixing it into the original version. It would give Matt an on air purpose as he loves doing all that. Or get Kissy sell out to do a 15 minute mix of 80's tunes as he was brilliant on the marathon show.

But is that exactly true though, one of the girls in the office is 21 & loves 80s music, as do her friends, so the whole "the kids wouldn't like 80's music" is a load of crap IMO & just management trying to be "cool"

[Senninha25]

That's the point I want to make. In Portugal there's Antena 3 (Radio 1 counterpart) and Antena 1 (Radio 2 counterpart). While Antena 3 usually plays the current top hits, they also play 60's/70's/80's classics every now and then (they're played anytime, not confined to radio features) and Antena 1 plays music regardless of how old it is (even new tracks), as long as it's not the current pop.
So what's the point of Radio 1 management not allowing pre-90's songs being played? I'm 18 and I spend more time listening to classic rock/old dance music than today's stuff; and if they made a survey of how many teens listen to bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Queen, ABBA, etc., they'd think about things a bit better then.
I think I've gone a bit far and actually went on a rant, sorry about that.

[slaphead1982]

by the way, what's exactly stopping management from allowing pre-90's music being played? Sounds like a stupid rule to be honest.

The fact it's Radio 1 not Radio 2. The station is aimed at younger listeners not just adults. Do you honestly think teens now would want to hear 80's music for an hour

But is that exactly true though, one of the girls in the office is 21 & loves 80s music, as do her friends, so the whole "the kids wouldn't like 80's music"

Very sorry. I forgot to be completly exacting in my opinion plus 21 is not teen. That's the bitter bit out the way with. I'm 29 and I have songs dating back to the 50's that I like, but I'm not a teen either.
But be honest, would a major amount of Radio 1s' target listenership want to hear decades old music? (80's & 90's are decades ago now - now I feel old )
I recall that a few years ago they played the Beatles and got quite a few texts slagging it off (It may just have been the song though, not all there stuff is good) and another example was when they played the original version of a song and got texts asking them to play the original version (Chart version- remix, take your pick in wording) as the version they where playing was crap. I know my example is vague but it is factually correct, I'm sure somebody on here can say what those songs where.

[Bas]

On any other show on Radio 1 the view that 90s & older music might turn off the listeners would be very valid as they are all primarily music shows. But i would guess that the percentage of listeners who listen to the Chris Moyles show just for the music is minute, if even that big. Its just not a music show ( sorry Aled*).
And since it is by far & away the most popular show on the station without being cluttered with chart ballix, then i think the R1 management should give Chris far more independence, let him pick the music ,he must be doing something right after all. Even if just for a trial period of say a month & see what the feedback & rajars say.


*As much as i love Aled, i think Parliament should bring in a law keeping him away from any recorded music on pain of being made to watch football.

[Nicola_Red]

By the way, why the * did they pick that godawful Led Zeppelin cover? It literally made me want to smash my radio in rage! Noone covers Zeppelin!

damn right. by the way you mean the cover of Kashmir, right? No one picks a classic rock/heavy metal song and raps over it.

No, he means Whole Lotta Love by Goldbug, which they played last Friday, and is terrible. You're thinking of Come With Me by Puff Daddy/P Diddy/whatever he's called, that sampled Kashmir (well, it used the same riff, Jimmy Page actually re-recorded the riff specifically for the new track). And I actually like that!

[Senninha25]

By the way, why the * did they pick that godawful Led Zeppelin cover? It literally made me want to smash my radio in rage! Noone covers Zeppelin!

damn right. by the way you mean the cover of Kashmir, right? No one picks a classic rock/heavy metal song and raps over it.

No, he means Whole Lotta Love by Goldbug, which they played last Friday, and is terrible. You're thinking of Come With Me by Puff Daddy/P Diddy/whatever he's called, that sampled Kashmir (well, it used the same riff, Jimmy Page actually re-recorded the riff specifically for the new track). And I actually like that!

I always hated the "uh-huh" rappy bits of the track, that's what really kills it for me. I'd still pick it over the whole lotta love cover though (after listening and cringing to it), good point.

[QWERTYo8]

Never liked it.
i always thought Led' Zep' fans had to choose a Led' Zep' classic..
..and this is it.
Bohemian Rhapsody is my favourite.

[Yudster]

I don't get to hear it too often, but I like the Golden Hour.