On 23/03/2021 09:40, A. Dumas wrote:
> On 23-03-2021 10:04, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 22/03/2021 20:15, #Paul wrote:
>>> Axel Berger  wrote:
>>>> Not sure who "you" is in your answer. In this thread I'm exclusively
>>>> speaking about radio, i.e. the spoken word, while several others are
>>>> going on about music.
>>>
>>> I don't know about usage in Germany, but in (IME) in
>>> the UK, Australia, and NZ "radio" might mean any kind
>>> of radio broadcast of audio, whether of speech, music,
>>> weird experimental sound sculptures, etc; or combinations
>>> thereof.
>>
>> Radio (or wireless!)  in the UK effectively means 'sound transmission
>> by radio waves'
>
> In German, too. Radio or Hörfunk is both music and talk radio. Maybe
> it's different for him locally, or maybe he invented his own meaning.
>
> Also, it is known to happen that German people, too, get their music
> from sources other than dead relatives.

Most classical music is from dead people.

Oddly enough my father - long since dead - only left a few records of note.

Some wartime jazz, and a dreadful song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBetidGgdSw

But it did wake me up to the steel guitar, which although I never learnt
to play one, I still love to hear played well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4naoG2z4Zcc



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