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Post by kenmartin on Sept 7, 2015 17:03:54 GMT -5
Ken, do you determine that by geographical area? I'm in SoCal but not LA. About an hour east. Do I count as LA because of my proximity to it? Probably, yes. It's just a statistic generated by our steaming host.
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Post by spock on Sept 7, 2015 17:03:42 GMT -5
Sept 7, 2015 14:35:00 GMT -7 spock said: I see that Bobby McFarrin's Don't Worry Be Happy was an extra on the very last Casey Show, I guess we'll see if the editing can make that work! If you're referring to this: www.oldradioshows.com/at40/080688.htmlYeah, why on earth does Walt have that listed as such? It was not an extra. yeah, that's where I saw that. There's other song title errors too... for instance "Foolish Heart" for Debbie Gibson
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 7, 2015 17:09:55 GMT -5
So Ken does not have rights to Caseys Top 40 making 1989 not possible to do at this point. He probably could have done a few of the #1 songs from the fall of 88 and 89 as he did those last few songs. But not all of them.
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Sept 7, 2015 17:49:03 GMT -5
If my office would allow streaming, I would've been on the last 3 days. Unfortunately I couldn't listen to 99% of it. What I heard was great though! Love the 1988 part I heard. Listening to the #1's on WTOJ? Here the top 10 cities listening on Sunday 9/6/15: 10 Hartford 9 Providence 8 New York, NY 7 Burlington, NY 6 Chicago 5 South Bend 4 Huntsville 3 Los Angeles 2 Washington, DC 1 San Francisco Listening outside the US? Here are the top 10 international cities. Who knew Casey was this huge in Japan! 10 Kasumicho 9 Arima 8 Collaroy 7 Isshiki 6 Kawagoe 5 Koganei 4 Reykjavik 3 Kashiwa 2 Taipei 1 Tokyo
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Post by mjl677 on Sept 7, 2015 17:52:52 GMT -5
In this show, was Casey's sign off the same as the one that was used in the 8/6/88 show? I know the first part was edited, but I was just curious that's all.
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Post by kenmartin on Sept 7, 2015 17:59:08 GMT -5
In this show, was Casey's sign off the same as the one that was used in the 8/6/88 show? I know the first part was edited, but I was just curious that's all. Yes, the bulk of his sign off came from his final classic era AT40.
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Post by interstate19 on Sept 7, 2015 19:35:56 GMT -5
Ken, I've never said this before, though I've thought it many times. Thank you so much for the amazing work you do on these shows. The whole #1s series is simply amazing and should rival those classic historical series that we all heard growing up. They are that well crafted. Having said that, the best part of listening to the final installment this afternoon wasn't the entirely the songs, but the anticipation of hearing how Casey's words would be stitched together. It was like an encore at a concert. At the end I was hoping for one more song. After all, part 3 did run long. Thank you from a big fan. I think I speak for many when I say I'd love to be a fly on the wall when you work on something like this.
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Post by mjl677 on Sept 7, 2015 19:50:16 GMT -5
I have to totally agree with Interstate19's post. That was really well-done. If someone didn't know better, they sounded real and if it was an actual countdown Casey did in the late 80s. And to think Casey wasn't even the host when the last few songs went to #1! I would've been fooled for sure.lol. I think this show will have lots of success once it's been cleared by Premiere to air on the local affiliates. Great job again and raising a toast of red, red wine..Cheers!
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Post by kenmartin on Sept 7, 2015 19:53:29 GMT -5
Ken, I've never said this before, though I've thought it many times. Thank you so much for the amazing work you do on these shows. The whole #1s series is simply amazing and should rival those classic historical series that we all heard growing up. They are that well crafted. Having said that, the best part of listening to the final installment this afternoon wasn't the entirely the songs, but the anticipation of hearing how Casey's words would be stitched together. It was like an encore at a concert. At the end I was hoping for one more song. After all, part 3 did run long. Thank you from a big fan. I think I speak for many when I say I'd love to be a fly on the wall when you work on something like this. Wow. Thank you! You're very kind. I've received a lot of messages from people saying how much they enjoyed the show. If my work brings a smile to just one person, then it was worth the effort.
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Post by SFGuy on Sept 8, 2015 1:48:18 GMT -5
Listening to the #1's on WTOJ? Here the top 10 cities listening on Sunday 9/6/15: 10 Hartford 9 Providence 8 New York, NY 7 Burlington, NY 6 Chicago 5 South Bend 4 Huntsville 3 Los Angeles 2 Washington, DC 1 San Francisco Listening outside the US? Here are the top 10 international cities. Who knew Casey was this huge in Japan! 10 Kasumicho 9 Arima 8 Collaroy 7 Isshiki 6 Kawagoe 5 Koganei 4 Reykjavik 3 Kashiwa 2 Taipei 1 Tokyo Wow. My city is number one. We don't have an AT 40 classic station here (which actually might help with the streaming part) but we do have a current AT40 affiliate.
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 8, 2015 7:53:52 GMT -5
Ken, I've never said this before, though I've thought it many times. Thank you so much for the amazing work you do on these shows. The whole #1s series is simply amazing and should rival those classic historical series that we all heard growing up. They are that well crafted. Having said that, the best part of listening to the final installment this afternoon wasn't the entirely the songs, but the anticipation of hearing how Casey's words would be stitched together. It was like an encore at a concert. At the end I was hoping for one more song. After all, part 3 did run long. Thank you from a big fan. I think I speak for many when I say I'd love to be a fly on the wall when you work on something like this. When you refer to the classic historical series that we all heard growing up, are you referring to the special where they played every Hot 100 #1 song from maybe 1964 to the present? I remember hearing that special a few times in the 70s maybe into the 80s. Of course, Ken's production beats that by a mile. He could almost do the rest of the #1 songs in the 80s; but it would be difficult for artists such as Paula Abdul or Michael Damian who never made AT40 in 1970-88. Since Casey obviously never mentioned their last names at any point. Guess Ken could just omit their names though and do a short intro to their song. BTW, Casey mentioned that John O'Banion was from Kokomo, Indiana when he had a hit in 1981. So that takes care of the Beach Boys song.
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Post by briguy52748 on Sept 8, 2015 9:04:54 GMT -5
I've always said that political correctness will be the ruination of this country and our world!
Also, I hate words being hijacked from what they originally meant like...
gay=happy, not homosexual Think of the lyric in the Gilbert O'Sullivan song "Alone Again (Naturally)" -- "To think that only yesterday/I was cheerful, bright and gay." I recall the poem we had to memorize and -- through handwriting exercises -- copied in a first-grade class: "The little clown is happy and gay/He prances around in a merry way." Or something like that; I can't remember, it was 1978 when we did the exercise. (Although I do remember my teacher getting upset with me when I made a comment about "gay" having the derogatory meaning. I must have been in the room one Sunday evening when my Dad had "60 Minutes" on and they were doing a feature story on same-sex rights or something. Might have even been the story on the California referendum where the petitioner wanted to ban GLBT teachers from the classroom, I can't remember, although since that was November 1978 and I was in first grade at the time, it makes sense.) And once in awhile, if you come across it on YouTube or Game Show Network or Buzzr, there have been game shows like "Wheel of Fortune" or "Press Your Luck" where contestants have the name Gay. Point is, it's amazing how the word "gay" has been hijacked. "I'm feeling rather gay today!" Meaning, "I'm happy today. How are you?" f*g=cigarette or a f*gged out soda, not homosexual Did they bleep/mute the lyric when Charlie Daniels' " In America" played last on AT40? I think at least once they just left out the (second) verse, in which said word was part of the lyric (along with "pinko" and "commie") completely. Meaning you'd have to obtain the original copies of AT40 (or American Country Countdown) from the summer of 1980 to hear the unedited versions. Brian
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Post by jmack19 on Sept 8, 2015 9:26:33 GMT -5
Do you think since the 1980 show got shafted this weekend that next week's 84' show will be shafted as well? Will not have to wait until late Sunday night this time for a "B" show as KOLA is airing 1984 this weekend (Saturday 8 am). www.kolafm.com/casey-kasem/
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Post by carlihna on Sept 8, 2015 10:17:40 GMT -5
Loved the Triathlon. I had never heard that one before. With the classic AT40s on the air all over the country radio is good again. Can't believe all the great songs that hit the air this weekend! Thank you for this past weekend's marathon, Mike! The Triathlon was an interesting show. Interesting as in cool, but also as in head-scratching. It could have been a killer program, but they made so many disappointing decisions---chiefly, showcasing the artists' most recent (at the time), invariably utterly inferior hits at the expense of their great / best tracks. But fun nonetheless. And the lengthy (a half-hour?!) montage at the end of the Number Ones From '78-'79 show: amazing, and priceless!
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Post by interstate19 on Sept 8, 2015 10:19:23 GMT -5
I've always said that political correctness will be the ruination of this country and our world!
Also, I hate words being hijacked from what they originally meant like...
gay=happy, not homosexual Think of the lyric in the Gilbert O'Sullivan song "Alone Again (Naturally)" -- "To think that only yesterday/I was cheerful, bright and gay." I recall the poem we had to memorize and -- through handwriting exercises -- copied in a first-grade class: "The little clown is happy and gay/He prances around in a merry way." Or something like that; I can't remember, it was 1978 when we did the exercise. (Although I do remember my teacher getting upset with me when I made a comment about "gay" having the derogatory meaning. I must have been in the room one Sunday evening when my Dad had "60 Minutes" on and they were doing a feature story on same-sex rights or something. Might have even been the story on the California referendum where the petitioner wanted to ban GLBT teachers from the classroom, I can't remember, although since that was November 1978 and I was in first grade at the time, it makes sense.) And once in awhile, if you come across it on YouTube or Game Show Network or Buzzr, there have been game shows like "Wheel of Fortune" or "Press Your Luck" where contestants have the name Gay. Point is, it's amazing how the word "gay" has been hijacked. "I'm feeling rather gay today!" Meaning, "I'm happy today. How are you?" f*g=cigarette or a f*gged out soda, not homosexual Did they bleep/mute the lyric when Charlie Daniels' " In America" played last on AT40? I think at least once they just left out the (second) verse, in which said word was part of the lyric (along with "pinko" and "commie") completely. Meaning you'd have to obtain the original copies of AT40 (or American Country Countdown) from the summer of 1980 to hear the unedited versions. Brian You forgot the Flintstones theme. "we'll have a gay ol' time!"
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