Classical Music Station No More

By Dan Tobin '00
The apocalypse is upon us. Well, not really, but the end of classical music on the radio has come ever since 95.7 was taken off the air. The question running through all your heads now is, "Who gives...?" But, really, classical music isn't that bad. Anything that is played on "Looney Tunes" has to be okay.

What has replaced 95.7 is yet another cheesy alternative station. I turned on the radio the other day and heard Meredith Brooks declare herself a "Bitch" on three stations. Wouldn't you much rather hear that she was a "Bitch" on two stations and on the third, Beethoven's "Poco sustenuto-Vivace"?

The fact of the matter is that classical composers are simply cooler than a lot of the artists today. Tchaikovsky is a far better name than the Wallflowers. And Ludwig and Wolfgang are much more macho than R. Kelly or Tonic (that name might be better if "Gin" preceded it). Even lots of the topics of songs now are pathetic. A new dance song out is about none other than Barbie. Who really wants to hear a song about a plastic doll?

Evidently, 95.7 was making about 5 million a year but was bought by a Texan company that figured we would all prefer listening to Third Eye Blind sing about speed addicts. And we all like to call the Notorious B.I.G. "Big Poppa." And we all like the Spice Girls...to look at. I, myself, do enjoy all these things, but was it really necessary to take off the classic tunes from "Bugs Bunny"?