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Post by matt on Apr 17, 2019 11:21:12 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:
1st Guess - 4/28/73 2nd Guess - 4/29/78
The proverbial tea leaves seem to say 1973 this week, and a show that hasn't been played in nine years. If so, I will wonder if Premiere didn't swap show schedulers between the 70's and 80's series--the 70's are seeming to make more sense, while there have been a few head scratchers in the 80's series so far this year.
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 17, 2019 16:13:15 GMT -5
4/28/73 sounds like a sure bet for next weekend.
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Post by seminolefan on Apr 18, 2019 10:36:12 GMT -5
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Post by pizzzzza on Apr 18, 2019 18:04:45 GMT -5
Listening to my Thursday night White Squirrel AT 40 70s edition and lovin' it!
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Post by mga707 on Apr 18, 2019 19:16:23 GMT -5
Listening to my Thursday night White Squirrel AT 40 70s edition and lovin' it! Yessir. Yet another shows that brings back memories of hearing it when it was new, 45 years ago.
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Post by billyonaire on Apr 20, 2019 4:18:42 GMT -5
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Post by Hervard on Apr 20, 2019 8:27:25 GMT -5
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict the May 3, 1975 show for the weekend of May 4/5. That show hasn't been touched since 2010 and, somehow, I doubt that they're going to wait a few weeks to run the yet-unplayed May 24 show (although it is indeed possible, especially if they have the 1975 year-ender on deck). Or maybe they're thinking that 1975 can't be exhausted this year anyway, because of the two adjacent early August shows.
I am hoping that, with the exception of 1975 and 1979, all other years will be completed, although 1971 and 1972 might be really reaching, since the remaining shows for those two years happen to be the same weekend, but even that is possible, as well as feasible, for them to play them both, because of how different this year's calendar works from those two years. The 8/19/1972 show can be used the weekend of August 17/18 and the 8/21/71 show could be played the following weekend (August 24/25). Neither would be straying too far from the broadcast dates - and they could easily use either August, 1975 show as well (that would be really something - three new shows in one month. That's something that hasn't happened in awhile!)
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 20, 2019 9:45:29 GMT -5
Wow!-Casey was 41 on 4/28/73.
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Post by mkarns on Apr 20, 2019 9:46:16 GMT -5
4/28/73 was last played April 17-18, 2010 (a week ahead of schedule, in a sense). The optional extras then were:
Hour #1: "Long Train Runnin'"-Doobie Brothers Hour #2: "The First Cut Is the Deepest"-Keith Hampshire Hour #3: "Playground in My Mind"-Clint Holmes
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Post by waterboy on Apr 20, 2019 10:20:41 GMT -5
Hard to believe that Billy Joel's "Piano Man" peaked at #25 on this show and was only in Top 40 for 4 weeks. I think it's one of the iconic songs of the 70's and arguably one of Billy's best songs. Bruce Springsteen got the same treatment with his first Top 40 hit in 1975 "Born to Run", another classic.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 20, 2019 11:56:02 GMT -5
Hard to believe that Billy Joel's "Piano Man" peaked at #25 on this show and was only in Top 40 for 4 weeks. I think it's one of the iconic songs of the 70's and arguably one of Billy's best songs. Bruce Springsteen got the same treatment with his first Top 40 hit in 1975 "Born to Run", another classic. Also, the 45 edit, which I believe AT40 played every week it was on the 40, is rarely heard today. One almost always hears the full LP version, with the complete 'cast of characters' at the lounge.
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Post by mkarns on Apr 20, 2019 12:02:40 GMT -5
Hard to believe that Billy Joel's "Piano Man" peaked at #25 on this show and was only in Top 40 for 4 weeks. I think it's one of the iconic songs of the 70's and arguably one of Billy's best songs. Bruce Springsteen got the same treatment with his first Top 40 hit in 1975 "Born to Run", another classic. Also, the 45 edit, which I believe AT40 played every week it was on the 40, is rarely heard today. One almost always hears the full LP version, with the complete 'cast of characters' at the lounge. As with many other songs that tell stories or paint detailed vignettes of life, you do have to hear the full version to get the full picture. Billy's apparent detailed storytelling ability led Casey to compare him to Harry Chapin in this show, which Billy may not have been entirely pleased by if he knew of it, as he wanted to be known for producing more rock-oriented material.
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Post by rgmike on Apr 20, 2019 12:09:59 GMT -5
Also, the 45 edit, which I believe AT40 played every week it was on the 40, is rarely heard today. One almost always hears the full LP version, with the complete 'cast of characters' at the lounge. As with many other songs that tell stories or paint detailed vignettes of life, you do have to hear the full version to get the full picture. Billy's apparent detailed storytelling ability led Casey to compare him to Harry Chapin in this show, which Billy may not have been entirely pleased by if he knew of it, as he wanted to be known for producing more rock-oriented material. Billy always saw himself as a rocker (as opposed to a popster) and became increasingly frustrated as the '70s wore on -- he was especially annoyed at the rapturous reception Springsteen got in '75, while Billy had to wait until '77 for his big breakthrough.
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 20, 2019 16:02:51 GMT -5
The following week (4/27/74),the full-length Version of "Piano Man" was played on "AT40".
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Post by pizzzzza on Apr 21, 2019 9:12:33 GMT -5
Hard to believe that Billy Joel's "Piano Man" peaked at #25 on this show and was only in Top 40 for 4 weeks. I think it's one of the iconic songs of the 70's and arguably one of Billy's best songs. Bruce Springsteen got the same treatment with his first Top 40 hit in 1975 "Born to Run", another classic. I can only speak from personal experience, but "Piano Man" got little airplay on the airwaves where I lived - so I'm not all that surprised that it didn't go too high on the charts. ON the other hand, I never heard "The Payback" by James Brown on the radio, which was a shame looking back - it has a great guitar hook - and I really like to listen to it nowadays.
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