Post #189423 by donhonyc on Wed, Sep 28, 2005 3:20 PM

So I have been hearing Sirius on a guest pass listening mostly to the 'Standard Time' channel, and a little bit of Little Steven's Underground Garage channel streaming on my computer. It's pretty cool, and I will either buy it OR I will get it for my birthday (dropping serious hints).

My only criticism is that I have heard many songs repeated on the Standard Time channel. It's a great channel with some great Rat Pack, Siantra, vintage vocalist (Steve & Edyie, Ella, Peggy Lee, etc.), and some Swing Era stuff. But so far, I have heard many of the same Sammy Davis, Jr. and Peggy Lee songs already repeated within a few days. I know alot of the artists that did standards did alot of the same songs, but I've heard for example Sammy Davis' version of 'Something's Gotta Give' a few times already, and also Frank Sinatra 'Love & Marriage' has been played way too many times. Out of all the Sinatra songs out there, do you think maybe they could play a different one from time to time? Every time I hear that song I think of the TV show 'Married With Children' (which I was never a big fan of). I thought one of the ideas behind Sirius and XM was to expand the playlists because they were free of having to please any adveritsers. I was hoping to hear very expanded playlists with no repeated songs for a while. Have any of you noticed this? Also how is the reception? I have been reading mixed reviews of bad signals and good signals. I thought the signal would be better no matter what. It seems like this is a big selling point for satellite radio. I don't know if they are saying it outright, but the message seems to be that the signal is supposed to be flawless no matter where you are. But regardless of these few criticisms, it sure beats the hell out of listening to regular terrestrial radio. Once I go Sirius,I will probably never again listen to...at least FM radio in my home ever again. They have cow-towed to their advertisers for too long, and have just about killed anything cool that FM rock and pop radio USED TO be about.

So just wondering before I make the plunge to Sirius what advice/observations any of you subscribers may have.

ADDENDUM: right after I wrote this post I heard Peggy Lee's "Ain't We Got Fun" which I definitely heard last night and two or three times previous to that....so there you go. Hmmm...second guessing subscribing to Sirius now.

[ Edited by: donhonyc 2005-09-28 15:45 ]