My commute to work has been extended beyond my usual 20 minutes to a whole hour. I pass most of this time on the phone with friends that I don't normally get to speak to and calling those companies that like to leave people on hold for long periods of time. While this takes up a significant amount of time, I usually spend some portion of the commute listening to the radio.
I read recently that most college freshman do not even use the radio in their cars because they are so connected to their IPods and services like Pandora, but I have not been a college freshman in a LONG time and I still like to hear new music and a little light banter while I drive. That is usually what is on the radio from 7-10 in the morning, but now that I drive in at about 11 I hear a lot more music and a lot less witty banter.
This would be fine if most of the songs did not make me feel like I was having a seizure. At this point, I would pay the dj myself to hear someone that still sounded like a real person and did not have some variation of a 90's techno beat on loop in the background. I can't lie, I loved (and still do) songs like Computer Love. It was so new and different to hear that warped voice over that traditional R&B beat and I can probably sing more words to a Lady Gaga song than any self-respecting Christian should, but there is a reason that I don't play them back to back in an all day loop.
I had to turn to The Fish (Christian radio station) just to hear some good old fashioned Rock and Roll style guitar. Even the Praise station hear is overrun with autotune and heavy club beats. Jesus brings peace, people! He does not induce seizures and headaches. Give it a rest!
I am not expecting everyone to sound like Adele or a 1980's Whitney. Right now I would just settle for someone who still sounded like a real person.
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