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Post by doomsdaymachine on Dec 21, 2011 17:50:44 GMT -5
After about a year of lurking, I finally registered last night, and look forward to discussing classic AT40 (and related subjects) with y'all. I just hope you don't find me too "ponderous, man, f***in' ponderous!"  |
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Post by atfanmpls on Dec 22, 2011 0:14:27 GMT -5
Welcome! What part of the country are you in? Any feelings on "extras"? I have posted several times that I would MUCH rather hear the show as it aired....
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Post by at40petebattistini on Dec 23, 2011 7:24:29 GMT -5
doomsdaymachine,
Your avatar suggests you're a James Brown fan. Any particular favorites by him? He was all over AT40 in the early 70s.
Looking forward to your contributions to this site...welcome!
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Dec 23, 2011 22:39:24 GMT -5
doomsdaymachine, Your avatar suggests you're a James Brown fan. Any particular favorites by him? He was all over AT40 in the early 70s. James Brown is my all-time favorite musical artist! For 15 years, I hosted a Classic Soul show on college radio. JB was one of the four artists who I made it a point to play on every show (along with Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin). For a general idea of my musical tastes, check out the list I made last year of my 100 favorite artists: rateyourmusic.com/list/goldwax317/my_top_100_artistsIn listening to the AT40 shows of the early '70s, I've noticed that both JB and Elvis had a lot of stuff that peaked in the 20s and 30s. I wonder why that was? |
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Post by lonelysummer on Dec 23, 2011 22:48:56 GMT -5
James was one of the greats, I had the honor of seeing him in concert just once, in 1983, but I will never forget it. Wish I had been able to see Elvis - mom, dad and my uncle saw him in '57.
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Post by blackbowl68 on Dec 25, 2011 12:30:17 GMT -5
this is more for dommsdaymachine: WBLS in NYC did something Christmas Eve that might have interested you. They did a megamix of several of James Brown's hits in hip hop mixshow form for almost an hour.
Since he passed away on Christmas Day, I wonder if any other stations will do any tributes to him after they put away the holiday music.
Regarding his charting singles of the early 1970s, James was sort-of censored by a wide margin of top 40 stations since he came out with "Say It Loud, I'm Black & Proud." Despite strong sales, many of them didn't want to promote music by a pro-black artist. This same concept affected the chart performance of early R&B records in 1950s and many hip hop records in 1990s.
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