Tue 27 Apr 2010
Sometimes I get so sad, missing 105.7 WQSR. It was the soundtrack of my childhood – my mom and I listened to it while cleaning the house, or doing errands in the car before I was school-age, and every morning it was my alarm and companion while getting ready for middle school; my bus drivers listened to it in the morning, and I fell asleep to it every night. On Memorial Day weekend there was a massive countdown, which we had the playlist for, because it came in the mail! Oh and every morning there was a Fooouuurrrr Tops! song. For goodness’ sake, my first CD was Bill Haley and the Comets because I loved “Rock around the Clock” and “See You Later Alligator” so much!
The wonderful personalites’ voices are engraved in my memory, and I’m pretty sure that my love for music stems directly from WQSR’s influence. I’m always shopping Goodwills for records, reading liner notes on classic albums, or researching some odd group – I’m on fire for music.
I realize it went off the air back in ’05, but I still REALLY miss it. I want so badly to know how I could find out their song library. I feel like my life would be more settled and complete if I did. I have tried to get as many oldies as I can to make up for this, but really just getting the top 100 of each year doesn’t do it – WQSR played way better songs than those on the nation’s charts (I like to imagine they were especial Baltimorean favorites) that I just can’t remember or find. And don’t tell me to switch to satellite radio – I’ve tried, but they just don’t play the same songs, or they play the same songs over and over! Ugh. Needless to say, I’m frustrated. If anyone can commiserate or ever has any information on this piece of Baltimore or Maryland history, I would love to know it. Please email me!
I get so mad when I hear “Classic Rock” stations replacing oldies, and then when I give in and listen to the classic rock (because its the only place I can find late 60s and 70s) they go and cut out the 60s and majority 70s! Come on now people – while R.E.M. and U2 are good, they ARE NOT that old. I do NOT want to hear songs from the year I was born (aka Springsteen’s Glory Days and thereafter.
Not to mention my strong yearning to live in that era. Oh, if I could only have grown up then. The only downside would be being a girl, but what wouldn’t I give to have been sock hopping, hanging out in diners, jamming to motown in my bedroom (except that I did it anyways), getting an El Camino or a Vista Cruiser, and then going down south on freedom rides? You know I’d be all over those freedom rides!!! I’d give a lot to live on that edge of time, right where the 50s merged into the 60s. A lot.
but it’s going to be GREAT. Our theme is dance-tastic-awesome-covers-that-sound-nothing-like-the-original-but-are-still-the-bombdiggity. Tune in and, if you’ve given me suggestions (and we play them) I’ll be giving you a thanks and shout out! Be sure to check out Lauren’s Weekly Themed Dance-A-Thon at 11pm!