i agree mor is not particularly musical.. but look at bands like toto, dire straights, journey.. alll very ackomplished musicians respected by dad rock peeps everywhere... thus MUSIC oreiented.. i think the phrase was put into effect to differentiate itself from more simplistic things like punk and disco which were happening at the time
this is the more common term among old label heads i know.
it was the most hyped format in the mid 70's. the youth market for rock music seperated from the adult market.
see steven bishop, james taylor, carly simon, rupert holmes, carol king.
lyrical content included sleeping with married women and hanging out at the regal begal after taking a jog on san vincenti. if you like making love in the dunes of the cape this is the sound for you.
AOR has already been defined - FM album-oriented rock (as opposed to AM single-oriented rock).
MOR - just another word for easy listening. 30 years ago this would have meant Glen Campbell, John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Englebert Humperdinck, Roger Whittaker, even Tom Jones. These days it would be Celine Dion or Michael Bolton.
I don't want to confuse Batmon, but until five minutes ago I have never heard MOR referred to as "Music Oriented Radio." I always knew it to mean Middle Of (the) Road, just jargon for "easy listening" (insider jargon, at that - no one ever uses MOR on the street!).
lyrical content included sleeping with married women and hanging out at the regal begal after taking a jog on san vincenti. if you like making love in the dunes of the cape this is the sound for you.
yes... sting. dream of the blue turtles. 94.7 the wave. i saw his ugly ass in a jaguar commercial. also on a star fm billboard on the 60 on the way to riverside. they tinted his face green. fuck that dude.
no leo was strictly inserted into the 93 khj format with music box dancer and the rest of that bullshit hence the term adult oriented rock. if you are looking for this kind of shit rhino is having a parking lot sale this weekend.
no leo was strictly inserted into the 93 khj format with music box dancer and the rest of that bullshit hence the term adult oriented rock. if you are looking for this kind of shit rhino is having a parking lot sale this weekend.
"You're so vain" is my shit, and I would go back in time just to tap Carly when she was young.
Carly Simon is a washed up pill popping nut job. I worked a couple of summers on Martha???s Vineyard where she lives. I worked at a bank one summer. This young guy I worked with had no idea who she was, and she tried to cash a check in his line. When he asked her for ID she flipped the fuck out all "don't you know who I am!" In a real calm voice he said "no who are you?" She said, "I'm Carly Simon" Again calmly he goes, "That means absolutely nothing to me, do you have ID" All of the other tellers started laughing so hard. She wigged the fuck out and left the bank. She tried to file a complaint later, but since she wasn't a member of the bank our manager didn't give a shit. Her brother Peter Simon is a whole other story. Man that little Island has some crazy mother fuckers on it.
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i was actually gonna start this same thread a while ago.
MUSIC ORIENTED
the format that kick-started FM radio back when AM dominated with the Top 40
or Led Zeppelin, or King Crimson, or Neil Young...
Examples pleez.
Are you joking?
MOR is usually the least musically-inclined music out...
And, are these antiquated descriptions?
this is the more common term among old label heads i know.
it was the most hyped format in the mid 70's. the youth market for rock music seperated from the adult market.
see steven bishop, james taylor, carly simon, rupert holmes, carol king.
lyrical content included sleeping with married women and hanging out at the regal begal after taking a jog on san vincenti. if you like making love in the dunes of the cape this is the sound for you.
AOR has already been defined - FM album-oriented rock (as opposed to AM single-oriented rock).
MOR - just another word for easy listening. 30 years ago this would have meant Glen Campbell, John Denver, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Englebert Humperdinck, Roger Whittaker, even Tom Jones. These days it would be Celine Dion or Michael Bolton.
Adult Oriented Rock = Sting
MOR: andy williams
AOR: paul williams
MOR: herb alpert
AOR: ambrosia
in my humble opinion most of soulstrut are sleeping on how much they need AOR in thier lives. in example. kenny rankin batches.
That kind of name should not be allowed
No FM album-rock station I grew up listening to would have touched Leo Sayer with a ten-foot pole.
See Dig Dug's post for what AOR really means (Album Oriented Rock).
No doubt.
I got some Carly Simon in the collection.
rhino's parking lot sales are no good anymore ?
they used to be the shit.
dave
leo the AOR years pulled straight from a japanese soft rock website.
"You're so vain" is my shit, and I would go back in time just to tap Carly when she was young.
in the garbage can?
Album Oriented Radio
Adult Oriented Rock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Oriented_Rock
anyone listen to IO70's (tom)?
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Carly Simon is a washed up pill popping nut job. I worked a couple of summers on Martha???s Vineyard where she lives. I worked at a bank one summer. This young guy I worked with had no idea who she was, and she tried to cash a check in his line. When he asked her for ID she flipped the fuck out all "don't you know who I am!" In a real calm voice he said "no who are you?" She said, "I'm Carly Simon" Again calmly he goes, "That means absolutely nothing to me, do you have ID" All of the other tellers started laughing so hard. She wigged the fuck out and left the bank. She tried to file a complaint later, but since she wasn't a member of the bank our manager didn't give a shit. Her brother Peter Simon is a whole other story. Man that little Island has some crazy mother fuckers on it.