Breakfast Music

[LordLucifer]

In addition to the night-time music program I'm doing on community radio, I also co-host a breakfast program Tuesday mornings 6-9am.

We have been discussing at length the type of music we should be playing and whilst we have come up with what we think is a solid formula, I'm interested to get some feedback from the members here.

So, what music do you prefer to listen to first up in the morning ??

Please list the artists & tracks that get you up & off to work in a positive frame of mind.

 

[Captain Sensible]

I'm not much of a morning person.

 

[LordLucifer]

I'm not much of a morning person.

Fair enough, I'm not normally either but if you want to do breakfast radio, you have to be at the studio by 5:30am which is some of a shock to the system.

 

[oxx]

if u could just sit there and say or play nothing,that would be perfect.
i too hate the morning

 

[LordLucifer]

Thanks for the encouragement fellas.

 

[oxx]

Thanks for the encouragement fellas.

lol

sorry champ.

just take the pi ss out of having to be up.

 

[Roddy]

I enjoy Opeth first thing in the morning....

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

One song i always loved in the morning was Ackee 1-2-3 by the English Beat.

Ackee 1-2-3 somebody just smiled for no special reason it's easyyyyy
Doesn't have to be a nice, just the only one you've got, it's comming ready or not

Also 9-5 by Sheena Easton was a good morning song

Also i find a Madness song is always good for the morning, one of their cheerful happy ones, something like Our House.

 

[Roddy]

Actually my favourite song ever makes the perfect morning song. Just look at the lyrics......

Begin the day with a friendly voice
A companion unobtrusive
Plays that song that's so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood.

Pretty appropriate I'd say....

 

[Captain Sensible]

Fair enough, I'm not normally either but if you want to do breakfast radio, you have to be at the studio by 5:30am which is some of a shock to the system.

I just wouldnt go to bed.

 

[Leaping Lindner]

I use to do brekky on public radio back in the early 90's and every now and then I use to start the show (6am) with Jello Biafra and DOA doing "Full Metal Jackoff". Now THAT'S the way to start the day!
And at 14 minutes long it also gives you a chance to make a coffee and have a last minute ciggie!

 

[Schism]

I always listen to Fresh FM in the morning. A bit of trance gets the blood pumping DT8-Destination, Agnelli & Nelson - Holding on to nothing, stuff like that.

 

[Mastablingbling]

Kings of Leon - Slow night, So Long + Kings of the Rodeo =

"Rise and shine all you gold diggin' mothers..."

 

[LordLucifer]

We were thinking of playing tracks that were considered "up", in other words big & bouncy.

A 14-minute song is a nice idea but I reckon with three of us hosting, we can certainly use that time a little more wisely.

 

[Fossie 32]

Good Day Sunshine - Chicago
Good Morning - Beatles
Heart Of The Sunrise - Yes
Aquarius - Let The Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
Its A Sunny Day - Johnny Young

 

[LordLucifer]

Good Day Sunshine - Chicago
Good Morning - Beatles
Heart Of The Sunrise - Yes
Aquarius - Let The Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
Its A Sunny Day - Johnny Young

Good work there Fossy, we are using part of that Beatles track as part of our intro theme.

 

[Constipated Duck]

Skid Row's Sebastian Bach was once quoted as saying he put on Judas Priest's "Rapid Fire" every morning while he was brushing his teeth.

Similarly, I usually go with something fast and lively to clear out any lethargy. Most importantly I think.. just play some f***ing music.... breakfast radio is 95% inane and unfunny chit-chat (and ads every 5 minutes on the commercial stations).

 

[johnnyhoward]

Good Day Sunshine - Chicago
Good Morning - Beatles
Heart Of The Sunrise - Yes
Aquarius - Let The Sunshine In - 5th Dimension
Its A Sunny Day - Johnny Young

Is that "Good Day Sunshine" a cover of the Beatles version? Good Morning Good Morning is one of the blandest tracks the Beatles put out I reckon, but it has some good sound effects - well suited to life as an intro to a radio show I reckon, with those rooster sounds. EDIT: TheSheik has the right idea it seems

For a bit of a pun, why not throw in "Wake Up" by the Arcade Fire? Also:

"Sunday Morning" & "Heroin" - Velvet Underground

 

[johnnyhoward]

Skid Row's Sebastian Bach was once quoted as saying he put on Judas Priest's "Rapid Fire" every morning while he was brushing his teeth.

Similarly, I usually go with something fast and lively to clear out any lethargy. Most importantly I think.. just play some f***ing music.... breakfast radio is 95% inane and unfunny chit-chat (and ads every 5 minutes on the commercial stations).

He must have had gingivitis I hope you're not referring to commercial FM breakfast radio - because you would NOT want them playing any of the crap music they have on rotation, least of all in the morning when you're more cranky.

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton
Baby I Love Your Way -Peter Frampton
Island in the Sun - Weezer
Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers
Drift Away - The Doobie Brothers
Everbodys Talkin - Harry Nilsson
It's a Wonderful Life - Black
Flowers in the Rain - The Move
Here Comes the Summer - The Undertones
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Ventura Highway - America
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys

 

[ManWithNoName]

Beautiful Day-U2

 

[oxx]

be funny.

Play the Sesame street song as ur intro

hang siht on all the current music on the charts.


Take the pis s out of Howard and Bush

Encourage anti semitic talkback

etc,etc

 

[Fossie 32]

Is that "Good Day Sunshine" a cover of the Beatles version?

No..I got it wrong, its Wake Up Sunshine off Chicago 2



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[Constipated Duck]

He must have had gingivitis I hope you're not referring to commercial FM breakfast radio - because you would NOT want them playing any of the crap music they have on rotation, least of all in the morning when you're more cranky.

Generally I try a bit of SEN in the morning, but that gets boring pretty quick. The last time I listened to FM breakfast radio was in my old car which only had an FM dial, and the CD wasn't working. After I while I decided to drive to work in silence.

 

[LordLucifer]

Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton
Baby I Love Your Way -Peter Frampton
Island in the Sun - Weezer
Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers
Drift Away - The Doobie Brothers
Everbodys Talkin - Harry Nilsson
It's a Wonderful Life - Black
Flowers in the Rain - The Move
Here Comes the Summer - The Undertones
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Ventura Highway - America
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys

Strangely enough, we have ruled out a number of those tracks as they are not 'up' enough for us. The music style we are going for is "big & bouncy" which is supposed to make you feel like getting out of bed and confronting the day head on.

And we have the 'Burnt Toast' list of artists who will never be played on the show, it currently consists of Billy Joel, Steely Dan, Elton John, Van Morrison, Stevie Wonder, Randy Crawford and ........ The Doobie Brothers.

It's not those artists are intrinsically bad (well some of them are), it's just that they get the shite hammered out of them on our poxy community station now as well as the mainstream commercial stations.