Does anyone else hate radio presenters talking over the end of songs?

it takes 2 2 tango · 30-12-2021 7:47pm #1

It something that I actually hate.

There are a few radio stations that are particularly guilty of it.

Radio Nova said in the past that they never speak over any part of the song and this supposedly sets them apart from the crowd.

Lately there have been two presenters, Emily Brew and some other male presenter.

Some songs have epic endings and it’s sacrilege to interrupt it. Bohemian Rhapsody, When the Sun goes Down, Mr. Blue Sky, Get Lucky by Daft Punk were all recently butchered by having their endings spoken over.

”aNd tHaT wAs bOhEmiAn rHaPsOdY” when the song is still playing and then completely cutting off the gong.

and the clown mimicking the blue sky blue ending.

It’s not even as if they have to rush to their ad slot as they often engage in inane chatter then start the next song.

Surely to Christ I’m not the only one who hates this 😔😔😔

Be right back · 30-12-2021 7:52pm

And when they talk over the intro until the singing starts! Total headwreck.

fun loving criminal · 30-12-2021 7:59pm

Why are you so bothered by it? Are you taping songs of the radio?

Burt Renaults · 30-12-2021 8:00pm

I hate it. Especially when you're trying to tape a song off the Hotline Hitlist and Tony bloody Fenton talks over it at the end (or sometimes halfway through, which is particularly egregious).

Oh hang on, it's not the early '90s anymore. They can talk as much as they like - I prefer Spotify anyway.

it takes 2 2 tango · 30-12-2021 8:02pm

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If you read the OP you’ll see it ruins the “good” part of the song. The instrumental at the start and the end are often the icing on the cake of the song.

30-12-2021 8:02pm

Or DJs not playing the guitar solos at the end of songs in order to tell us about Brussel sprouts or all the purple sweets missing from a box of roses.

Rket4000 · 30-12-2021 8:28pm

Waaaay back in the previous century, people used to tape the top twenty from the radio. To this day there are songs I hear that sound all wrong without Larry Gogan's voice at the end of them!!

Montage of Feck · 30-12-2021 8:34pm

Who still listens to the radio to hear music? It's mostly non-offensive background sound theses day.

it takes 2 2 tango · 30-12-2021 8:34pm

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You can’t use Spotify when driving though

Ubbquittious · 30-12-2021 8:54pm

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I used to think that the record companies were paying DJ's to talk over the song in order to prevent this.

But nobody tapes off the radio these days so why do they still do it?

30-12-2021 9:01pm

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I always use Spotify when I’m driving. Just tell Siri what I want to hear.

osarusan · 30-12-2021 9:02pm

I used to hate it when I had my finger poised over the 'pause record' button on my cassette player when a song I liked was broadcast on Atlantic 252.

Viscount Aggro · 30-12-2021 9:03pm

Add to the dislike, the DJ telling us the song title and the artist.

Example, that was Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. You would need to be a halfwit not to know that.

They always do this.

Another annoyance... they are forced to refer to places by the sponsors name .... example, Bord Gais energy theatre

30-12-2021 9:16pm

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Why not?

I.do

it takes 2 2 tango · 30-12-2021 9:18pm

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Do. you. take. your. hands. off. the. wheel. and. touch. the. screen. to. change. song?

30-12-2021 9:20pm

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No. Ever hear of playlists? Or voice controls?

yerwanthere123 · 30-12-2021 9:25pm

Annoys me too, particularly when it's in the middle of the last chorus. Of course it was worse worse in the old days when you'd have no choice but to tape songs off the radio.

elperello · 30-12-2021 9:47pm

It only annoys me if the programme is a real music show.

If the show's based around music it's just disrespectful to mess with the artists work.

If it's just a run of the mill magazine type show with a bit of music thrown in I don't expect much better.

30-12-2021 10:21pm

Late 1970s NI, I remember it well :

"And that was Queen with Bohemian Rhapsody"

"Nothing really matters, Anyone can see,"

"Youre listening to Big Teeeeeeeeee"

"Nothing really matters,"

"On Down ..... Town ...... Radeeohhhh"

"Nothing really matters to me"

"And now time for the news", cutting off just before "Any way the wind blows".

Good times.

30-12-2021 10:48pm

Used to annoy me when the radio stations (when most of them played lots of music) done the 'beat the intro' comps - not even a 1/2 second pause before, or after, the 1-3 clips played.. very annoying that were... Talking right before and after the clips.. very offputting for the contestant or the listener at home..

Bob Harris · 30-12-2021 11:10pm

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At least you knew with Atlantic 252 you'd hear hear the song again in about 15 minutes.

Kermit.de.frog · 31-12-2021 10:28am

Why anyone would have been tape recording Atlantic 252 is a mystery to me given it was longwave. I guess nostalgia beats reality these days.

JimmyVik · 31-12-2021 10:30am

Oh I hate it. Especially when you are taping the song.

Wanderer2010 · 31-12-2021 10:32am

Rick Whelan of WLRFM always does this. Really annoying, just let the song finish!

bcklschaps · 31-12-2021 10:52am

Radio stations can't have dead air (its the mortal sin of Radio broadcasting). DJ might not be actually listening to the song, might be out in the kitchen/convience/smoking in the bike shed etc. rushes back in and starts gabbing before song ends (just to show that he was there all along)

Ger Roe · 31-12-2021 11:20am

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Back in that previous century, I was on pirate radio and remember being in studio once when Phil Cawley was on the air. He was doing drivetime and Jimmy Greely was on the same time spot on RTE Radio 2. I noticed that there was music going out on air, but none of the record or cassette decks were turning - Phil was relaying a chart hit that he didn't have himself .... live off Radio 2 via an FM tuner feed.

He knew Jimmy's style so well that he could relay the track intro and get out of it before Jimmy would come back in with his 'outro'. For Phil's listeners, the track was slightly shorter that expected as a result, but it was a calculated risk to avoid hearing Jimmy Greely going out on pirate radio.

milehip · 31-12-2021 12:06pm

Not any more than I hate their chatter in general,

banging on about some inane vapid incident that happened them in the recent past á la

" I was cutting my toenails and then the postman knocked on the door mid bigtoe OMFG it was Karazee!"

Richard Hillman · 31-12-2021 12:17pm

Radio DJs are the absolute worst type of humans

Rket4000 · 31-12-2021 1:04pm

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Ha ha... Love these pirate radio stories.

Muahahaha · 31-12-2021 3:48pm

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yeah nothing worse than inane DJ babble that is supposed to be funny but is really one of those situations where you had to be there and even then it was hardly funny in the first place

And the birthdays, I dont really care if its Marys birthday. And just the pure amount of song repetition as well, had Today FM on yesterday as background noise while working and I must have heard Dermot Kennedy and Ed Sheerhan four times each. In a world of unlimited music the radio stations seem to have less than 100 songs on constant rotation.

EmmetSpiceland · 31-12-2021 4:20pm

Most song “outros” are rubbish. Repetitive warbling. One of the reasons I like The Strokes straight off the bat was that they just ended the tracks without that nonsense fading out for 45 seconds.

The only outro I want to hear is the one from ‘Sultan’s of Swing’ by Dire Straits. That one cuts off too soon.

Anesthetize · 31-12-2021 4:32pm

A 20th century problem.

Immortal Starlight · 31-12-2021 4:42pm

I always remember trying to tape Animal by Def Leppard off the radio. At the very end where there’s about 2 seconds of silence before the song kicks in again some knob of a DJ says “wait for it”. Every time I hear that song nowadays I always hear that knobby DJ voice.

Strumms · 31-12-2021 4:53pm

It’s literally years since I listened to the radio for anything other then grabbing the news headlines and weather and maybe to listen to a match.

as for the nonsense about taking your hands off the wheel…

you take your hand off the wheel to change gear, adjust the aircon, change station on the radio, so doing the same with Spotify isn’t a big deal…

01-01-2022 11:47am

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I see your Radio DJs and raise you Landlords.

Does anyone else hate radio presenters talking over the end of songs?

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