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{{Radio station | {{Radio station | ||
| image = [[File:ParadiseFM-GTAVCS-logo.jpg|150px]] | | image = [[File:ParadiseFM-GTAVCS-logo.jpg|150px]] | ||
| genre = | | genre = Disco | ||
| games = [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] | | games = [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] | ||
| djs = None | | djs = None | ||
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'''Paradise FM''' is a [[:wp:Disco music|disco]] [[Radio Stations in GTA Vice City Stories|radio station]] featured in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. | '''Paradise FM''' is a [[:wp:Disco music|disco]] [[Radio Stations in GTA Vice City Stories|radio station]] featured in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. | ||
The station's existence in 1984 Vice City reflects changes seen in the disco genre five years after the [[wp:Disco Demolition Night|commercial "death" of disco music]]. As opposed to playing pre-1979 disco music, Paradise FM predominantly plays American [[wp:post-disco|post-disco]] music from the early 1980s, which are marked by the increased use of electronic musical instruments. | |||
The station's existence in 1984 Vice City reflects changes seen in the disco genre five years after the [[ | |||
Not including station identification, this is not only the first non-stop music station since the [[Grand Theft Auto III]] rendition of [[Rise FM]], but quite possibly the first one since the first in any [[Grand Theft Auto|GTA]] game without a DJ. This radio station is favored by the [[Cholos]] as it can be heard whenever the player enters a [[Cholo Sabre]]. | Not including station identification, this is not only the first non-stop music station since the [[Grand Theft Auto III]] rendition of [[Rise FM]], but quite possibly the first one since the first in any [[Grand Theft Auto|GTA]] game without a DJ. This radio station is favored by the [[Cholos]] as it can be heard whenever the player enters a [[Cholo Sabre]]. | ||
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The name of this station is probably a reference to the legendary Paradise Garage club in New York, as the music is very representative of that club's soundtrack at the height of its popularity. | The name of this station is probably a reference to the legendary Paradise Garage club in New York, as the music is very representative of that club's soundtrack at the height of its popularity. | ||
==Playlist== | '''Genre''': [[wp:Disco|disco]] | ||
*Unlimited Touch - "I Hear Music in the Streets" ''(1980)'' | |||
*Plunky & | ===Playlist=== | ||
*Geraldine Hunt - "Can't Fake the Feeling" ''(1980)'' | * [[wp:Unlimited Touch|Unlimited Touch]] - "I Hear Music in the Streets" ''(1980)'' | ||
*Raw Silk - "Do It to the Music" ''(1981)'' | * [[wp:Plunky & the Oneness of Juju|Plunky & the Oneness of Juju]] - "Everyway But Loose" ([[wp:Larry Levan|Larry Levan]] remix) ''(1982)'' | ||
*Jimmy Bo Horne - "Is It In" ''(1980)'' | * [[wp:Geraldine Hunt|Geraldine Hunt]] - "[[wp:Can't Fake the Feeling|Can't Fake the Feeling]]" ''(1980)'' | ||
*Exodus - "Together Forever" ''(1980)'' | * [[wp:Raw Silk|Raw Silk]] - "Do It to the Music" ''(1981)'' | ||
*Jackie Moore - "This Time Baby" ''(1979)'' | * [[wp:Jimmy "Bo" Horne|Jimmy "Bo" Horne]] - "Is It In" ''(1980)'' | ||
*Class Action - "Weekend (Tonight Is Party Time)" ''(1980)'' | * Exodus - "Together Forever" ''(1980)'' | ||
*Gwen Guthrie - "It Should Have Been You" ''(1982)'' | * [[wp:Jackie Moore (singer)|Jackie Moore]] - "[[wp:This Time Baby|This Time Baby]]" ''(1979)'' | ||
*Thelma Houston - "You Used to Hold Me So Tight" ''(1984)'' | * [[wp:Class Action (band)|Class Action]] - "Weekend (Tonight Is Party Time)" ''(1980)'' | ||
*Sister Sledge - "Lost in Music" (Nile Rodgers Remix) ''(1984)'' | * [[wp:Gwen Guthrie|Gwen Guthrie]] - "It Should Have Been You" ''(1982)'' | ||
*Donald Byrd - "Love Has Come Around" ''(1981)'' | * [[wp:Thelma Houston|Thelma Houston]] - "You Used to Hold Me So Tight" ''(1984)'' | ||
*Change - "The Glow of Love" ''(1980)'' | * [[wp:Sister Sledge|Sister Sledge]] - "[[wp:Lost in Music|Lost in Music]]" (Special 1984 [[wp:Nile Rodgers|Nile Rodgers]] Remix) ''(1984)'' | ||
* [[wp:Donald Byrd|Donald Byrd]] - "[[wp:Love Has Come Around|Love Has Come Around]]" ''(1981)'' | |||
* [[wp:Change (band)|Change]] - "The Glow of Love" ''(1980)'' | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Class Action's "Weekend" is also featured as a house music remix by The Todd Terry Project in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], appearing on the [[SF-UR]] house radio station. | * Class Action's "Weekend" is also featured as a house music remix by The Todd Terry Project in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], appearing on the [[SF-UR]] house radio station. | ||
*Exodus' "Together Forever" is also sampled in Eddie Amador's song "House Music" on the house music station [[Rise FM]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. | * Exodus' "Together Forever" is also sampled in Eddie Amador's song "House Music" on the house music station [[Rise FM]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. | ||
* Finally, Jackie Moore's "This Time Baby" is featured as a house remix by Freemasons on [[Vladivostok FM]] in [[GTA IV Episodes|Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City]]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Fever 105]], a radio station in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] which plays disco music. | *[[Fever 105]], a radio station in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] which plays disco music. | ||
*[[K109 The Studio]], a radio station in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] which plays disco music. | *[[K109 The Studio]], a radio station in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] which plays disco music. | ||
*[[Space 103.2]], a radio station in [[Grand Theft Auto V]] which plays disco music. | |||
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