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Everclear — AM Radio
Album: Songs From An American Movie-Vol 1
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Released: 2000
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[Female vocal, jingle]: KHJ Los Angeles!

[Male radio announcer]: Portions of the day's programming
are reproduced by means of electrical transcriptions or tape recordings.

Ewwwwwww
Awwwwwww!
Radio
You could hear the music on the AM Radio (AM Radio)

The VCR and the DVD
there wasn't none of that crap back in 1970
We didn't know about a World Wide Web
It was a whole different game being played back when I was a kid

Wanna get down in a cool way?
Picture yourself on a beautiful day
Big bell bottoms and groovy long hair
Just a walking in style with a portable CD player

No!
...you would listen to the music on the AM Radio
(AM Radio, AM Radio)
Yeah.
...you could hear the music on the AM Radio
(AM Radio)

Flashback to '72
Another summer in the neighborhood hanging out with nothing to do
Sometimes we'd go driving around
In my sister's Pinto, cruisin' with the windows rolled down

We'd listen to the radio station
We were too damn poor to buy the 8 track tapes
There wasn't any good time to want to be inside
My mom would want to watch that TV all goddamn night

I'd be in bed with the radio on
I would listen to it all night long
Just to hear my favorite song

You'd have to wait but you could hear it
On the AM Radio (Am Radio, Am Radio)
Yeah
...you could hear the music on the AM Radio
(AM Radio)

I can still hear mama say "Boy...Turn that radio down!"

[Spoken]: Aw mom, not that show again! I don't
want to watch that show. Can't we watch Good
Times or Chico And The Man, or something cool?
Turn it off!
(Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off)

Things changed back in '75
We were all growing up on the in and the outside
We got in trouble with the police man
We got busted getting high in the back of my friend's van

I remember 1977
I started going to concerts and I saw the Led Zeppelin
I got a guitar on a Christmas day
I dreamed that Jimmy Page would come to Santa Monica and teach me to play
Play!
Teach me to play!
Play!
Teach me to play!
Play!
Ay, Ay, hey, yeah

There isn't any place that I need to go
There isn't anything that I need to know
That I did not learn from the radio

[Male announcer's laugh]: huh-uh huh-uh huh-uh huh

Yeah when things get stupid
And I just don't know
Where to find my happy

I listen to the music
On the AM Radio (AM Radio)

You could hear the music
On the AM Radio (AM Radio)

You could hear the music
On the AM Radio (Am Radio, Am Radio)

I like pop (AM Radio, AM Radio)...I like soul
I like rock
But I never liked disco
(AM Radio, AM Radio)

I like pop (AM Radio, AM Radio)...I like soul
I like rock
But I never liked disco
(AM Radio, AM Radio)

We like pop (AM Radio, AM Radio)...We like soul
We like to rock
But we never liked disco
(AM Radio, AM Radio)

We like pop (AM Radio, AM Radio)...We like soul
We like to rock
But we never liked disco
(AM Radio, AM Radio)

We like pop (AM Radio, AM Radio)...We like soul
We like to rock
But we never liked disco...No!
(AM Radio, AM Radio)

No, I never liked disco (AM Radio)
No, I never liked disco (AM Radio)
No, I never liked disco (AM Radio)
...no I never liked (AM Radio) disco! (AM Radio)
Nooooo(AM Radio)ooooooo! (AM Radio)
(AM Radio, AM Radio)
Oohhhhh!
(Am Radio, AM Radio)
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In the early '60s, low power Top 40 radio station WMCA 570am NYC  (The Good Guys) used to play all of the BEST music, including many black artists.  However, high power (50 killowatt Clear Channel)  Top Ten radio station WABC 770am NYC used to avoid playing most black artists including Motown, until WMCA had been playing their tunes for over a week or two. WABC also avoided or delayed playing controversial white artists that WMCA gave a lot of air time to.  ...the good old days!   
Posted 6 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
As a middle-aged git, I can identify with this song. The height of cool in the 70s was a portable tranny (transistor radio, kids) tuned into Radio Caroline or whatever other pirate station you could get reception of. The tranny was as much a must have accessory then as a MP3 player is these days.
 

Radio Caroline..........Those were the days. Use to listen to it when visiting my Grandparents in France...... As a matter of fact it is still around and will celebrate 45 years of broadcasting this coming easter. {#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
 99 wrote:

I feel physically sick listening to this song. Dear Lord please make it stop!


 
                                    {#Pray}     {#Hand}   
,,,now that's done, only for you 99,now can some of us that do like Everclear listen in peace? !   {#Whistle}
Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
I would listen to RP on the AM Radio, just sayin' ....
Posted 15 years ago by Radio_Dweeb    [ Reply ]
  lawd people!  lighten up, loosen up, and let yer @ss move a little.
Posted 15 years ago by raindogt00    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
As a middle-aged git, I can identify with this song. The height of cool in the 70s was a portable tranny (transistor radio, kids) tuned into Radio Caroline or whatever other pirate station you could get reception of. The tranny was as much a must have accessory then as a MP3 player is these days.
 
Those little trannys had a very special smell I seem to recall!


Posted 15 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
 RadioDoc wrote:
If you can't grin, tap your toe (or chair dance) and hum along to this then you don't belong here.  Period.  An amazing number of humorless dingbats in this comment section, no?
 

Yes.  Or that could be an understatement.  Not sure which.
Posted 15 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
As a middle-aged git, I can identify with this song. The height of cool in the 70s was a portable tranny (transistor radio, kids) tuned into Radio Caroline or whatever other pirate station you could get reception of. The tranny was as much a must have accessory then as a MP3 player is these days.
Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

I feel physically sick listening to this song. Dear Lord please make it stop!


Posted 15 years ago by 99    [ Reply ]
 davyjrshort wrote:
Fun for what it is, not every song has to be some deep, emotionally-involved, emo, get in touch-with feminine-side people!

Yeesh!

bounce wit' me, bounce wit' me


 
Exactly! Lighten up, y'all, this is just silly fun. And it's not like Everclear are complete lightweights - I've had "Detroit" in my iPod rotation for years and it still knocks me out.

Posted 15 years ago by Exene    [ Reply ]
 cmrump wrote:
Reminds me of Zappa's "Joe's Garage"
 
I totally thought the same thing!! "TURN IT DOWN!" :)

Posted 15 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Blech!

Sounds like the group, " Cake," except they seem to know how to play their instruments. 
Posted 15 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
If you can't grin, tap your toe (or chair dance) and hum along to this then you don't belong here.  Period.  An amazing number of humorless dingbats in this comment section, no?
Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
Sometimes I wonder if Bill puts on something like this just to have a laugh looking at the comments.  


Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]

Yeah, I'd have to file this one under terrible... right alongside Sugar Ray and all other 'hits'


/used to be a fav band but are now just SELLOUTS!

 Danimal174 wrote:
My god...why is this horrible song on RP? Everclear has a couple of songs I can put up with, but this ain't one of them. What's next..."Pretty Fly for a White Guy"?

BOO!


 


Posted 16 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Zappa's "Joe's Garage"
Posted 16 years ago by cmrump    [ Reply ]
davyjrshort wrote:
Fun for what it is, not every song has to be some deep, emotionally-involved, emo, get in touch-with feminine-side people! Yeesh! bounce wit' me, bounce wit' me
Especially if you grew up in LA area in the 70s. Fun song for me!
Posted 16 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
kaosmonkey wrote:
Hey, it's Sugar Ray!
LOL...may as well be!
Posted 16 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Fun for what it is, not every song has to be some deep, emotionally-involved, emo, get in touch-with feminine-side people! Yeesh! bounce wit' me, bounce wit' me
Posted 16 years ago by davyjrshort    [ Reply ]
inindian wrote:
This song is a mess. It sounds like all of their same-sounding songs playing at the same time. Neverclear.
A mess?!! It's a multi-layered work of musical genius.
Posted 16 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
This song friggin' ROCKS!
Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
My god...why is this horrible song on RP? Everclear has a couple of songs I can put up with, but this ain't one of them. What's next..."Pretty Fly for a White Guy"? BOO!
Posted 16 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Hey, it's Sugar Ray!
Posted 16 years ago by kaosmonkey    [ Reply ]
Don't like it.
Posted 16 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Complete crap. Oh, how sucko barfo.
Posted 16 years ago by dbenwen    [ Reply ]
cant we watch good times or chico and the man or something cool?
Posted 16 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
I went to school with this guy's second wife from fourth grade through high school. Her folks are potato farmers in Palmer, AK, and went to our church when I was growing up. Just before they got married, they came up for Christmas and came to church. It was very weird having the lead singer of Everclear sitting next to a potato farmer in a church in Alaska. After the service, all of the kids wanted to have their guitars and stuff signed. Not sure what he had to talk about with the inlaws over Christmas dinner. "How's farming?" "Great, how's spewing forth the devil's music?"
Posted 16 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
I keep trying to shut this down and listen to WLS AM but this set has been so good... I....can't.....leave!
Posted 16 years ago by Rendergirl    [ Reply ]
Awesome. Great to hear some Everclear on RP! Any band responsible for the sheer awesomeness that is "Santa Monica" will always have a home in my collection. The fact that that same band also gave us a dozen other top-tier tracks is just gravy.
Posted 16 years ago by mongoose01ca    [ Reply ]
revsully wrote:
This song is based on I'll Take You There. I thought it was Mr. Big Stuff...
Definitely based on Mr. Big Stuff. Maybe 'based on' is giving Everclear a bit too much credit. It 'is' Mr. Big Stuff, even the bridge.
Posted 16 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
Awww, all these negative comments! I had forgotten about this song and when it came on I started smiling and dancing in my desk chair. Sure, it's cheeze, but isn't that the point? I mean, it's about AM radio! (my first car only had AM radio, my girlfriends and I would cruise to the Oldies all the time. awesome.)
Posted 16 years ago by Happygirl    [ Reply ]
I'm so embarrassed for Everclear when I hear this song. It's as corny as "We Built This City" by Starship.
Posted 16 years ago by iggam    [ Reply ]
are you freakin kidding me?!? I'm of the generation where Everclear was cool, but this is definately not cool and not RP. Boo.
Posted 16 years ago by HokieRider    [ Reply ]
tomis wrote:
This is a decent song, but the problem I have with Everclear is that all their songs sound the same to me.
This song is a mess. It sounds like all of their same-sounding songs playing at the same time. Neverclear.
Posted 16 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
sigmonsays wrote:
if my name was bdblinux, i'd vote this song godlike
and i'd say your parents were very strange.
Posted 16 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
if my name was bdblinux, i'd vote this song godlike
Posted 16 years ago by sigmonsays    [ Reply ]
driver8 wrote:
The mighty MET!
94.7 A little bit of heaven KMET KMET Stuck forever in the brain.
Posted 16 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this song.
Posted 16 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
This is a decent song, but the problem I have with Everclear is that all their songs sound the same to me.
Posted 17 years ago by tomis    [ Reply ]
prickelpit96 wrote:
This is groovy and animates me to rock the office right now.
I completely agree! It rocks nicely!
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
This is groovy and animates me to rock the office right now.
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Love it! Perhaps it's because I grew up in this age! Oh well, got to go, way past my bedtime
Posted 17 years ago by Phoenix4357    [ Reply ]
I have this strange urge to buy a Chevy
Posted 17 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
...I like rock, I like soul, I like pop but I never liked disco...
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
Yes - KMET! How many DJs can you remember. BMR, Ladd?, and who was the woman?
The mighty MET!
Posted 17 years ago by driver8    [ Reply ]
Mindless and fun. Sometimes it is nice to just sit back, relax, and enjoy a happy song.
Posted 17 years ago by Land_Shark    [ Reply ]
I get a kick out of when I play this and tell my kids how it used to be... "Really Dad?"
Posted 17 years ago by stevo_b    [ Reply ]
black321 wrote:
Yeah, thought it was a remake at first.
good to see that I'm not the only one hearing that.
Posted 17 years ago by slugore    [ Reply ]
Bill, you know how to crack me up!
Posted 17 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
This song is based on I'll Take You There. I thought it was Mr. Big Stuff...
Posted 17 years ago by revsully    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
mr. big-stuff! who do ya think you are?!
Yeah, thought it was a remake at first.
Posted 17 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
Platypus wrote:
my sentiments exactly.
ditto, but that isn't saying much
Posted 17 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
please no ...
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
...I like these guys...they seem to give an honest effort in to the music... S.
Posted 19 years ago by Sean-E-Sean    [ Reply ]
LuvsMusic wrote:
Was the woman Sandy Beach? ...I may be confused, it's been years. "Little-bit-of-heaven 94 point 7 K M E T...Tweedle-dee" They don't make jingles like that anymore...ha ha.
I know Cynthia Fox worked there because I went to High School with her.
Posted 19 years ago by chieromancer    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
mrselfdestruct wrote:
The only good thing I can say about this song is that it doesn't sound like every other Everclear song...
my sentiments exactly.
Posted 19 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Okay I think I get the connection - the last song played was the Iguanas "9 Volt Heart" which mentions the Staples "I'll Take You There". This song is based on I'll Take You There. I get it. It's too bad this song is terrible.
Posted 19 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Once upon a time, this tune and its associated video was one of the things that kept me watching VH1 ... was disappointed when Everclear got booted off of web radio....
Posted 19 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Does nothing for me, I'm afraid.
Posted 19 years ago by NikkD    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this song. Totally captures the 70s radio experience. Man, I ate, breathed and slept AM radio in the 70s.
Posted 19 years ago by maryann    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
Yes - KMET! How many DJs can you remember. BMR, Ladd?, and who was the woman?
Was the woman Sandy Beach? ...I may be confused, it's been years. "Little-bit-of-heaven 94 point 7 K M E T...Tweedle-dee" They don't make jingles like that anymore...ha ha.
Posted 19 years ago by LuvsMusic    [ Reply ]
Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:
yep... khj and krla! i listened to them both from '59 to '68-'69. then i discovered FM! back when the dj's actually programed their own music. and you know what? it was great! then came kmet-fm, los angeles and they commercialized fm and ruined it. thankfully bill is from that old school fm and we now have paradise once again.
Yes - KMET! How many DJs can you remember. BMR, Ladd?, and who was the woman?
Posted 19 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
KHJ-AM LA instantly put me back 30 years ago. I still drive the 66 Mustang that I did back then. The only thing good about this band is the name.
yep... khj and krla! i listened to them both from '59 to '68-'69. then i discovered FM! back when the dj's actually programed their own music. and you know what? it was great! then came kmet-fm, los angeles and they commercialized fm and ruined it. thankfully bill is from that old school fm and we now have paradise once again.
Posted 19 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
KHJ-AM LA instantly put me back 30 years ago. I still drive the 66 Mustang that I did back then. The only thing good about this band is the name.
Posted 19 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
I've heard this one a million times on local radio - and it sounds like all the rest of their songs... except he's not slamming on his dad. It would be nice to hear something I haven't heard on the radio so I could determine if its true that all of their songs sound the same.
Posted 19 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
mr. big-stuff! who do ya think you are?!
Posted 19 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
I can't help but hate these guys. The only good thing I can say about this song is that it doesn't sound like every other Everclear song...
Posted 19 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
I like the song...what a trip, I grew up listening to KHJ (Los Angeles) in the early 70's. A walk down memory lane.
Posted 19 years ago by LuvsMusic    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill, I just LOVE this song! Hah, kids today, when I were a lad, we had to listen on AM Radio - so true... great song, excellent album.
Posted 19 years ago by psyclops    [ Reply ]
This is oh so true!!!! Get down all those who grew up in the 70's!!! AM Radio, grew up on it!!!!
Posted 19 years ago by stevo_b    [ Reply ]
Yay. I recognized this from the beginning. Good way to change it up.
Posted 19 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]