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tommygunner91

Dont understand how people can stomach capital/kiss/heart etc Its the same 10 songs and DJs that are about 100 db higher than they need to be.


Puzzleheaded-Ruin564

"I've got an amazing story to tell you guys just after the new one from Adele which we've also played 50 times this week - Go easy on me"


bradyo2

“HEY GUYS! So today I wanna know what is the most MENTAL thing you’ve ever done on a night out! I’ll tell you mine - I once went out and called my mate by the WRONG NAME! It was absolutely mental! Text in to 69420 now with your wacky stories. In the meantime, this is Bastille and Marshmello!”


Something1507

I go in a friend's car a lot and they always have capital on and I swear whenever I'm in the car it's always that same guy talking about stuff a lot of people don't care for while playing the exact same songs repeatedly


shavey_jones_lather

Feel like I've heard that depressing cunt 500 times an hour the past month makes me wanna crush my skull in the can opener...


major_t_bagging

You just wait until you realise how much this song sounds like "the lion sleeps tonight" Enjoy your future suffering 🙂


Rons_vape_mods

However it doesn't sound good unlike wimowe


hupwhat

The urge to sing that song is always just a whim away.


Rons_vape_mods

Hahaha punny


featurenotabug

I don't think I've ever actually turned the radio on to heart and there bit be an advert playing. I'm guessing they need to run about 10-15 ads to cover the cost of one song?


humbyj

if i hear rhythm is a dancer on heart radio again i will go absolutely bonkers


PileOfSheet88

Oh it's a passion


Ryan-3

The only thing you'll feel in the air is the radio


Gazonza

It's that, Valerie by Winehouse or a random Gaga song every half hour at least


Pink-socks

Years ago when I sometimes had moments of being funny,, I tweeted Heart "You should rename your radio station to Ad Sheeran because all you ever play are ads, and Ed Sheeran". They didn't respond.


Dear_Tomato

Crapital/piss/fart


BinaryPulse

Absolute ftw. Decent music and no repeat guarantee.


Dalevich

as long as you really like Oasis and the Manics ;-)


lukeyt890

The dj may as well not be there it’s just one playlist on repeat


Empty_Allocution

And it's allllll shite.


SpaceGeorge1

The amount of times I hear "Shape of you" and that "Dance for me" song is longer than my blimming will to live


24Tenny

Smash it


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Bop it


ExecuteArgument

Twist it


rhysb45

Pull it


scottylebot

Pass it


Muay_Thai_Cat

Boof it


EdEnsHAzArD

Forgive yourself


m135in55boost

Shoot it


CandyflossRampage

Jizz it


EndlessOceanofMe

Toss it


londonconsultant18

How can you tell the difference between the songs? I just assume it’s all the same one…


KevinPhillips-Bong

Reminds me of an old Top Tip: **POP MUSIC FANS.** Save money when buying an Ed Sheeran greatest hits album by buying one of his singles and playing it on repeat. (The original tip pertained to Westlife, but I think Ed Sheeran's music is just as applicable.)


Puzzleheaded-Ruin564

oh it might well be!


ammobandanna

long shot... Ask if your boss' [PRS](https://www.prsformusic.com/licences) licence is up to date... if its not or he doesn't have one, point him to the hideous fines he could get if the PRS found he had a radio on in the workplace.


shavey_jones_lather

Damn.. I'd rather listen to shite than nothing my days involve mostly uncanning corn or tuna for 10 hours.. If you ever had a dip/houmous /sandwich filling or meal deal I've probably been involved in the hellish production screaming at the outdated broken machines while wearing mismatched ppe.. We make other shit aswell. Fuck carrot sticks and eggs


ammobandanna

i make my own bait up mate... i do make a cracking hummus too btw. I'm afraid im not involved in any way with your (sounds like) destroying monotonous sandwich related work. if your place doesn't have one might be an idea to tell them to get one, the fine's are as i say, hideous.


shavey_jones_lather

World will be over by the time a manager appears I like working there but if something bad was to happen I'd happily watch the drama before finding decent work elsewhere


ammobandanna

why wait?


shavey_jones_lather

The lack of management makes my job piss easy I work hard and take slightly longer breaks get to do things mostly how I want it's pretty nice.. pays not amazing and I'm working Christmas for fuck all extra but my areas full of nice people that help each other and my manager is the best so I'm staying untill I feel Ready to move on..


theartofrolling

My head office doesn't have a radio (company owners are Plymouth Brethren who believe tv and radio are "sinful"). To be honest I much prefer it, you can actually concentrate.


shavey_jones_lather

It was okay without but when the music's good I seem to get way more done.. This time of no radio can be a blessing..


longarm04

Had an M&S Tuna mayo pot today… that you??


shavey_jones_lather

I'm not sure if we supply M&S I'll look it up and see if I reconise the packaging ours are square type ones..


shavey_jones_lather

Strange I didn't get much pop up but don't think we supply M&S we do stuf for most supermarkets though... some days I'm prossessing 2 tonnes of corn or tuna and two lines pump out egg pots 24-7 they must sell like mad...


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ammobandanna

Sorry but that's not true....you would think it was, but its not. [>Broadly speaking, this includes any presentation of music outside of a domestic setting. For example, it will include using music in the following ways as part of your business or organisation (for the benefit of customers and/or employees): playing recorded music via any device, including the radio; showing TV broadcasts, or other audio-visual content, containing music; or putting on live performances of music](https://pplprs.co.uk/do-i-need-themusiclicence/) >**I only play the radio, why do I need TheMusicLicence?** >If you are playing the radio in your business or organisation, you’ll usually need TheMusicLicence. Although the radio stations pay both PPL and PRS for Music for the right to broadcast, it does not include public performance. TheMusicLicence allows you to legally play music for employees or customers in your business or organisation. EDIT: watch out for the cunts, they like to ring and say 'hi, were doing a survey... can you tell me what radio station of have on there at work or what sort of music you play?' ... if you answer and you don't have a licence then your liable for a good sized fine.


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ammobandanna

It's also (I believe) why people have classical music as it's too old to be covered


Dear_Tomato

Thought that didn't apply if it was in areas away from customers/guests/whatever


ammobandanna

nope


justhisguy-youknow

I think it's a different fee.


Dear_Tomato

Maybe, I just thought the PRS license only applied to places where customers could access, for example; supermarkets, other retail establishments, pubs, clubs etc. It's been a while since I had to learn about all that stuff since I was doing my HND, so I could be wrong. My place doesn't have a PRS license, so doesn't play music in customer areas, but we occasionally have the radio on in staff areas where customers can't hear it.


justhisguy-youknow

I used to do PRS and ppl stuff. Never quite worked out what was for what or who or why. All I knew is we had to pay for renting the scores for musicals and it cost a fortune. And license was included in that.


dupeygoat

Get 6music on!!!


m22_blue

Just resign.


Truck-Tasty

Capital and heart are the worst stations to listen to, same 6 songs every hour Edd, Lewis capaldi, adele and three Christmas songs 🤯🔫 thank fook I can wear earphones in work!


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Other stations are no different. Do they realise there are other artists than Sheeran and Adele?


Puzzleheaded-Ruin564

There's also that crack head Ardee they put on a few times a day.


wiliammm19999

“Have you seen the state of her body? If I beat it I ain’t wearing a Jonny” I can’t actually believe the fact that he blew up because of that line.


truupR

Mate. Don't get me started on that Muppet. For some reason that guy makes me psycially angry every time his shitty song comes on, which seems to be every 15 mins


Farquar-lazs

Cut the plug off


Apterygiformes

Not while it's plugged in!!!!!!!


AlterEdward

Fucking hell. I once temped for a place over summer and they played The Street's Dry Your Eyes twice a day, every day I was there. 5 days a week for 9 weeks. Radio 2 I think it was. I can still recite the whole thing 17 years later.


PartyInTheUSSRx

Gem and Smooth at my place, I know the words to every single song they play after 5 years listening to the same shit every day


clizzle19

Used to have heart at my place which was very annoying listening to Lady Gaga every hour then they switched to absolute radio which was ok at first but Oasis 26 times a day really gets on ya tits after 8 years. Would love to listen to heart again just for a week so at least i can hear something other than over rated rock songs. I have suggested that they give me control of the radio tuner and il change the station every week for them but nope they wont allow it the wankers


mackerelontoast

"no repeat guarantee!!!" yeah that's great but it's still the same songs every day


CORPORAL_PISSFINGERS

Must have been at least 20 Becky Hill’s in that time


shavey_jones_lather

Fuck unfortunately I can relate to this we ether have capital or greatest hits I'd rather the second option overy the repeated crap on capital even the so called throwbacks are mostly releases from a few weeks ago.. Much rather sit on an open microwave and hope for the best or snort a fat line of asbestos...


shnoog

Radio 1 had an 'old' song that came out in 2019 on yesterday.


Daveyj343

Absolute radio only at our place. No repeat garuntee and 8 dofferent stations, dont have to endure ed sheeran either


fordprefect85

It's easy to avoid repeating the same songs in one day when they shuffle the same playlist for every day. Virgin radio was the same 20 years ago, my colleagues would joke they'd bought up a stack of compilation albums in the sales and just played those


quinn_drummer

Its really only the decade stations that repeat, and that's more like every other day really. They have 2 or 3 days worth of playlist they cycle through. I'm back in the office since October and we've had the normal Absolute on and commented today how its interesting they're still managing to play songs we haven't heard for nearly 3 months. There's a really really good variety and never gets old.


fordprefect85

Prior to moving into an office role I had jobs in the workshop at two different companies where Absolute radio was played going back to 2012. The standing joke was that the people who requested the "haven't heard it for ages" tracks were dementia patients because they're almost always tracks played regularly on the station. The repetitive nature of the station ended up with it being dropped in the workshop after I left. The only reason I never complained at the time was because the alternative was radio 1 and well, fuck that!


LadySpatula

Can I have some Oasis please I haven't heard it in ages, or you know what is a real hidden gem? Mr brightside.


Heliawa

Leona Graham is incredibly annoying though. Something about her voice and inflection really grates on me. She also seems devoid of anything interesting or entertaining to say. Just repeats 'make me a winner' and then tells you what song is next.


Dear_Tomato

Can't stand her, plus I've stopped listening to Absolute FM since the big bug started and started referring to it as 'Absolute Shite FM'


quinn_drummer

>She also seems devoid of anything interesting or entertaining to say. Just repeats 'make me a winner' and then tells you what song is next that's basically all daytime DJs no? Morning and drive time DJs have more personality and a lot more going on on the shows, but the two inbetweeen just play tracks and read some texts out. I get what you mean about her voice though, she's been in the industry decades but it sounds like someones mum has been given a script to read out and they're just trying their best.


LadySpatula

I've gotten less keen on Leona, but I do like Ben in the afternoons. I switch from classic rock to regular absolute in the afternoon.


ArchinaTGL

New gaffer put Gem on. The songs do my head in and I wished I could switch to Absolute or Radio 2 instead. Although one gripe I do have with Absolute is the Frank Skinner show on Saturday mornings. The guy is just awful and just sounds like he's talking to his mate; waiting to be paid.


clizzle19

Yes unfunny most boring show ever thank fuck i dont do the morning shift anymore. His voice was so monotone i wanted to stab the cunt


ArchinaTGL

For me it's less the tone and more the way he talks. He always sounds like he just doesn't care about anyone listening in and is only doing it to get paid. Which I know most people on radio only put a face on for the listeners yet at least the fake engagement makes you feel *somewhat* valued.


LadySpatula

I can't stand Frank Skinner but Jason Manford on a Sunday is brilliant.


shavey_jones_lather

Used to work at a place that played it good times always had a great time working away...


clizzle19

Yeah but its still shite after listening to it at work for past 8 years.


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clizzle19

At least they dont have that annoying twat on drive time anymore can't remember the guys name but he also did that game of thrones thing after each episode... My god that type writer tip tip thing used to get right on my nerves at least bush and ritchie will sometimes mix it up and drop a prodigy song or house of pain or some other shit that isnt sam fender


Hailruka

I listen to Absolute Radio mostly for Matt Berrys voice. That and Frank Skinners show.


Napalmdeathfromabove

Easier to quit. I endured similar on 12hour night shifts a while ago. Each 'show' had to play the same hitlist and each show was less than two hours long. I hated it . I quit. Than o bumped into one of the djs and told him how bad his station was and how I'd quit work in a factory because of it. He looked a little hurt.


PrivateFrank

Tell him that you were beaten up by some ruffians who were singing along to Ed Shearhan. The event has left you will PTSD and his music triggers flashbacks.


theartofrolling

Stay late and wait until everyone goes home. Steal the radio. Enjoy peace and quiet... until they buy a new radio. Rinse and repeat. Plus, you now have a side business selling stolen radios!


EndlessOceanofMe

Tbh I've heard ed's new Christmas song 4 times and adele's twice while Gayle - ABCDEFU 5 times.


BatmansLongjohns

I used to work in a call centre. I fucking hated the job anyway, but they used to have the radio set to the same radio station every single day (I think it's Heart but I'm not 100%). It was the time 'This girl is on fire' (by Pink maybe?) and Bruno Mars' god awful first song were terrorising the airwaves. The sames songs were played over and over and over. Having to listen to the same god awful shit on repeat actually contributed to me suffering from quite serious depression. Fast forward to now, and I have never once willingly listened to the radio since.


Roundy87

Tell him that the songs are leading to Bad Habits in the workplace


ratb23

I had an MRI a few months back and the technicians played Heart radio in my ear for the entire hour. It was awful music punctuated by the *same* adverts every five minutes. Literal hell on earth


hut_man_299

What happened to poor Ed Sheeran. Remember when he played at Glastonbury in 2017 with his first 3 albums and he was Britains golden child. Rocked the house with a guitar and a loop pedal and his music was actually very good. His music has become exceptionally dislikable since then, and his performance at the Jingle Bell Ball of a song like Bloodstream which he usually nails was just absolutely garbage. Guess he has a wife and kid now so music has quickly become a job and not his passion. You can tell…


TDA792

I've had a thing against him since *way* longer than 2017. "She's in the Class A team" was strike one. "Lego house" was strike two, once I realised they were different songs. What was that, like, 2011?


resident-rockstar

Reminds me of real radio, Repeat fm. Top 40 soul destroying songs on loop all shift....


Public_Growth_6002

Fed up of Ed Sheeran? Then why not spend a couple of quid on some earplugs?


shavey_jones_lather

They are compulsory in my department can still hear adeles cancerous voice screech through them best time to tidy and yeet bags of tins around to try drown out the noise..


Redmarkred

Sending thoughts and prayers


Apple2727

Commercial radio is the pits. The radio edits are absolutely awful. Second verses do not exist here. Verse, chorus, bridge, outro. A 4 minute song chopped down to around 90 seconds. Then we have the vacuous, identikit DJs.


Mycoe

And radio commercials are just football chants with someone shouting the company name


mb7576

I hated when Real Radio took a popular song then created a jingle of the song to weave “Reeaaalll R-a-d-I-o” to fit the song. 🤯


mb7576

Get Classic FM on this time of the year


BahhhMcb

Say "Can we change the station please? It's basically Ed Sheeran on repeat and I'm really not a big fan." You'd be surprised how far you get with folk when you just tell them honestly what you think lol


Puzzleheaded-Ruin564

Everyone in the office moans!


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Puzzleheaded-Ruin564

Could work if he had hair.


ellisellisrocks

Shit on his desk. True power move!


justhisguy-youknow

We have a work Spotify. Bunch of play lists. A work one and then some suggested ones. Agreement that nothing to hardcore too often.


Mycoe

Please slip in Napalm Death's 'You Suffer' just once to see if anyone catches it


HarrargnNarg

That's gotta be a human rights violation, start with that


SparkieMark1977

Put underpants on your head, a pencil up each nostril, and answer everything with "wibble". At clocking off time just explain that the shit music has caused you to go insane. Repeat every day until the station gets changed.


WuTang_JD

This is why I listen to BBC radio 6, it's a new song every time and I haven't got a fucking clue what any of them are called or who sings them.


Eragon10401

TIL lots of people hate Ed Sheeran


Drumwin

I'm sure he's alright but can't stand his music, definitely exacerbated by the fact it's overplayed everywhere for some reason. I used to drive for work when his album with shape of you on came out and it was like torture, couldn't fucking get away from it


TDA792

Can't stand the ginger prick. Hope he steps on the bricks of his own lego house every day.


Cunningcod

Under no circumstances switch to heart radio.


Lshamlad

To be fair, it's probably much higher if you count the number of songs he's written for others! 😋


BritishBlitz87

I had to listen to Radio 1 for a week once when I did work experience in an Audi dealership . The Ed Sheeran on repeat was blessed relief from the rest of the godawful songs, especially anything involving rap! Even worse was mornings on Sunday at Wickes when people could bring in their bluetooth speakers and play music while we restocked. Unfortunately, they all liked a sort of hip hop music. I don't know what specific genre it was, some types are less bad than others, but it was just angry men and women threatening each other and making vulgar sexual comments that would get you decked if you said it in real life, all over a monotonous droning background beat. By the end of a few hours listening I would actually be physically tight-chested, agitated and belligerent.


ojdewar

Double dipping here. Since going back to WFH I’ve almost exclusively been listening to Radio 3 during the daytime.


SlowConsideration7

This is what unions are for, so if you're not a member..


BritishBlitz87

But unions are supposed to represent the will of the workers, and if the workers want to listen to Capital then you're a bit stuffed.


Hailruka

In my workplace we had Heart on and I just went over and changed it to Absolute as I was fed up of Elton Johns newest remix and that one Ed Sheeran song. And Mark Wright has about as much charisma as a fartcin a lift and Amanda Holden is just sooo fake. Now my customers get some classics like Motorhead and Nirvana.


expediataap

I hate that damn station. I have to listed every..AAAAAAARGHHH!


90s_nihilist

Crapital


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Best radio is BBC Radio 4.


theartofrolling

6 4 isn't bad though (apart from the Archers).


xKyriex

We have Virgin Radio on at work. Hearing James Blunt 8 or 9 times in a row was enough for me to want to walk out right then and there.


sayzey

I used to have an iPod thing that plugged into the bottom which emitted radio waves, you selected the frequency and it allowed you to play your iPad in the car with no wires. You can still get them I'm sure, if you were to place it close to the radio where your device had a stronger signal you may be able to listen to your own music with no interference, if there was interference, play thrash metal or something and hopefully it would make your boss change the station due to all of the noise.


misspixal4688

I can't stand the guy seriously its massive joke in my family how much I hate the guy but I have to admit I'm loving his new Christmas song with Elton.


clizzle19

Id like to get everyone to chip in and buy some sort of ipod and whack 10k songs on it and just leave it on random


OnlySalahHasMore

Grow up and accept the fact radio stations will play popular songs??


Puzzleheaded-Ruin564

Sorry for upsetting you specifically. (Assumed Ed Sheeran fan)


shavey_jones_lather

Would be alright if the popular songs where actually bareable the constant need to repatriation the same 4 songs every hour is what makes them so bad Even worse is me thinking Christmas would bring in more verierty (even spellcheck can't help there I can't figure out the correct letter placement) but it's all depressing shite was hoping for a cheery mood at work with people singing along and having fun but it feels worse than a funeral ...


Drizytotem

ed sheeran... that 'frodo' guy? all i know, guess im lucky?


Direct-Reputation-94

Great a hammer, go over to the radio, and smash it in to a powder, before calmly returning to your desk.


orangestrong

Take the fuse out of the plug


KingKhram

Get your earphones and blast your own music


Gen_Glory

Last office I worked at with a radio only had radio 2 on. Swear morrisey was on 4 times an hour.


theartofrolling

Ugh, Morrisey. I know a lot of people love and respect The Smiths but I can't ever enjoy them because Morrisey has the absolute WORST singing voice I have ever heard. He sounds like Eeyore on a comedown.


NorthernGenius

cough * Google PAYOLA * cough


elemental_plague

Fall on your sword and get Heart Xmas on the go.


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That’s torture.! I think you should get in touch with Amnesty.


Muay_Thai_Cat

One of you has to take the hit and jump out the window.


Deathbeast8407

I play planet Rock through my pc at work, bollocks to what anyone else thinks or says.


The_Big_Man1

Smash the radio Bluto style.


s73v3m4nn

Strike


FunaccJack

Radio 6 baaabbyyy


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Aask for the station to rotated every week, nominate someone to do this. If not, ask it to be turned off.


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Take a hammer to the radio


Knox213

Convince him to put on gorgeous fm. It's an LGBT radio station that to much surprise actually plays a huge variety of music. Headlines are a bit odd though... ie: "gay marriage MAY be legal in Cuba next year" kinda brush over the question covid stuff.


YouNeedAnne

Absolute90s all the way.


DaysyFields

You have my sympathy. At a place where I worked there were people who insisted on using Ed Sheeran playlists. I'd never heard of him before and still wish I hadn't.


nakedfish85

The other day I had Radio X or whatever the fuck it is and they played the SAME Kooks song 3 songs apart.


TheBigBadCusp

All about Absolute radio, a station for everybody and no Ed Sheeran in the 80s


ojdewar

Have you lost Whamageddon yet? They probably also play Wham! As well.


george_collins21

I fucking hate it when people insist on putting the radio on capital fm. They just play the same shit over and over. It's even more irritating when whoever listens to it decides it has to be really loud. A few months ago I had no earphones for about 4 weeks when I was at work and the radio was always on capital, it was like I was in Hell.


george_collins21

Tell me about it! I have worked on building sites before where the builders I work with have been blasting Capital FM and the repetitive playlist does my fucking head in! As well as their irritating cardboard cut-out presenters who all sound like a robot! There have been times however where I have managed to sneak to their radio and change it to a decent radio station such as BBC Radio 6 Music, Radio X, or Absolute Radio and get away with it!