Modern rock

I mean, he came from Top 40 Radio.

he was the the impetus to get them to flip to alternative or whatever modern rock as we called it at the time which i still think is the best name for it because we play anything from bowie to you know the pixies me anything from the late 70s to today but steve and richard sands were pd music director it wasn't until i want to say early 93 ish or something like that when steve left Decided to leave radio working for Way Cool, MCA's Way Cool Records.

And that's when I slipped into music director for a brief moment and then APD after that.

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On this Friday night, I'm Roland West with you.

All the way till 2 o'clock this morning.

Remember, we've got an 11 o'clock dread flash with Bob Marley, a pajama party at midnight as we rediscover the modern rock decade.

Right now by request, Depeche Mode, but not tonight on Live 105.

He falls in love with a woman way out of his league and becomes friends with a streaker.

And everybody's listening to modern rock.

Okay.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

He falls in love with a woman way out of his league, and he makes friends with a streaker.

And everybody's listening to Modern Rock for some reason.

Interesting.

And she thinks that's who's being referenced with the lyrics, I don't need to sell my soul, he's already in me.

It made it to number 20 in the UK and number 18 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart.

But an earlier song from that album, She Bangs the Drum, had actually made it higher and went to number nine.

Over time, however, I Want to Be Adored has become recognized as a classic and been recognized on a bunch of British magazines' lists of the greatest songs of all time.

although the cost to clear samples in those days was much less than today.

The album was generally a sales disappointment.

Only one single, Hey Ladies, made the Billboard charts, but it hit on several, going to 10 on the rap tracks chart, 15 on the dance chart, and 18 modern rock.

Were you into Paul's Boutique when it came out?