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Post by mkarns on May 10, 2016 16:14:09 GMT -5
Of course, Premiere's optional extras often don't even give us the full single versions. On the 80s shows they often sound like they would have sounded on AT40 if it were still 3 hours by then.
I enjoy guessing the extras (particularly when given clever clues), but while I prefer to hear them, usually the songs can be heard elsewhere, often on the regular rotation of any "classic hits" station or any other that plays a lot of older ("gold"?) stuff. The only optional extras I really look forward to hearing are those that are rather obscure, often not big hits originally, or occasionally a Premiere-created medley or something else distinctive.
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Post by tonymanero1003 on May 10, 2016 23:48:08 GMT -5
I listened back to both and the KABQ airing was definitely sped up. That included Larry Morgan's intro and everything else in the program (except maybe local commercials?). Even during one of the commercial breaks, they had an iheart Toby Keith retrospective/bio thing, and all those songs sounded slightly sped up too. btw, KABQ played the first three extras but not the last one "Shining Star" I hope that the people at KABQ read this thread because I am OFFICIALLY RULING THEM OUT as a go to station because I DESPISE MUSIC THAT IS SPED UP! The crazy thing is they didn't speed it up to fit in more commercials because they were playing other music on some of the breaks. Makes no sense to me.... Reading this thread...and I must say that I'm glad you've found us. Just to clarify...we are running the A show on Sat mornings from 6-10am and the B show on Sun from Noon-4pm (all times MST). If there is no B show for the week, then it will repeat last week's show. As for us "pitching" (or speeding up the show), to the best of my knowledge we aren't. I will have to check the settings in NexGen to double check. While we do have the capability, we tend not to do it with the shows because Casey wouldn't sound good! -tony
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Post by tonymanero1003 on May 10, 2016 23:52:48 GMT -5
KABQ has gone off the tracks it seems. They played the first hour of the show, hit one of the Premier extras B52's Rock Lobster . Now they have played two songs that are later 80's fare. wait... they just came back with the show. I guess they play some other stuff mixed in with the show Probably because they are short on advertisers. Within the last couple of years, they've been classic country, then overplayed 60s, 70s, and 80s oldies, then a couple weeks ago switched to all 80s focused heavily on the sweet spot of 83-86. We (KABQ-FM Albuquerque) do have to use non-AT40 fill songs in some hours because of the exact reason lasvegaskid mentions. Especially on Saturday morning's "A" show. We also do tend to play the OE for each hours, except if we are running full stopsets (a rarity right now), and then the OE song ends up getting dropped.
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Post by retroguy on May 11, 2016 10:36:05 GMT -5
I hope that the people at KABQ read this thread because I am OFFICIALLY RULING THEM OUT as a go to station because I DESPISE MUSIC THAT IS SPED UP! The crazy thing is they didn't speed it up to fit in more commercials because they were playing other music on some of the breaks. Makes no sense to me.... Reading this thread...and I must say that I'm glad you've found us. Just to clarify...we are running the A show on Sat mornings from 6-10am and the B show on Sun from Noon-4pm (all times MST). If there is no B show for the week, then it will repeat last week's show. As for us "pitching" (or speeding up the show), to the best of my knowledge we aren't. I will have to check the settings in NexGen to double check. While we do have the capability, we tend not to do it with the shows because Casey wouldn't sound good! -tony I am glad to see you engaging and caring. I will keep listening and hopefully the show won't be sped up even minutely. Thanks!
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Post by matt on May 11, 2016 15:55:44 GMT -5
Paul.. If an original extra from a 70s show gets bounced to optional extra status, then I appreciate hearing it played as an optional extra. Otherwise, I am perfectly fine hearing none of the Premiere extras if they were not part of the original show. Having said that... when some here have been guessing optional extras for 7 1/2 years (I have for 4)... it gives us something to do here that provides a little entertainment. If we enjoy predicting who will be drafted first in the NFL draft, or who will become the Republican or Democratic nominee for president... then predicting the optional extras is our way of having fun here. The few times I have gone 3 for 3 or 4 for 4... it's a cool feeling. Going 0 for 3 or 0 for 4...eh, not so much! I don't care about the guessing aspect. It doesn't interest me but knock yourself out. I am referring to people who then sit and gripe about them being edited or station x didn't play any this week or skipped one or played one from last week. When it becomes such a crutch it is used as a main point of contention to complain about the show each week then the person or people need to quit listening to them. This is what it has become for some people. Want to guess? Be my guest. Want to constantly complain AND OFFER NOTHING ELSE BUT? Something else entirely. Exactly--guessing keeps things interesting, but why complain or get worked up about extras? There are some very good stations on the web that play every extra every week pretty much without fail, so if you need them that badly, just tune into one of those stations. I agree that it's unfortunate when stations skip extras that were originals that Premiere pulls out of the show, but it's been really rare for me not to find some way to hear those. I'll admit I enjoy most of the extras, just because they are typically songs that were of that time period, so they add some extra "flavor" to the show. If they are songs that I really like, then that's a bonus. However, not the end of the world if one gets missed here or there, or if Premiere decides to edit an OE song here or there (heck aren't we used to that from songs in the countdown getting edited?).
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Post by matt on May 11, 2016 16:07:42 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:
1st Guess - 5/21/83 2nd Guess - 5/24/86
Knock me over with a feather if it's not 1983 next week...
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Post by adam31 on May 12, 2016 11:37:31 GMT -5
Probably because they are short on advertisers. Within the last couple of years, they've been classic country, then overplayed 60s, 70s, and 80s oldies, then a couple weeks ago switched to all 80s focused heavily on the sweet spot of 83-86. We (KABQ-FM Albuquerque) do have to use non-AT40 fill songs in some hours because of the exact reason lasvegaskid mentions. Especially on Saturday morning's "A" show. We also do tend to play the OE for each hours, except if we are running full stopsets (a rarity right now), and then the OE song ends up getting dropped. Would it be possible to drop the late 80s extras instead of the optional extras that come with the show when you have extra inventory? As a listener, I would appreciate the optional extras only to be dropped as the last resort.
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Post by countdownmike on May 12, 2016 19:44:05 GMT -5
I can't find any feathers to knock matt over with, regarding 1983, and I usually have plenty. Must be a sign!
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Post by spock on May 13, 2016 11:34:54 GMT -5
I hope that the people at KABQ read this thread because I am OFFICIALLY RULING THEM OUT as a go to station because I DESPISE MUSIC THAT IS SPED UP! The crazy thing is they didn't speed it up to fit in more commercials because they were playing other music on some of the breaks. Makes no sense to me.... Reading this thread...and I must say that I'm glad you've found us. Just to clarify...we are running the A show on Sat mornings from 6-10am and the B show on Sun from Noon-4pm (all times MST). If there is no B show for the week, then it will repeat last week's show. As for us "pitching" (or speeding up the show), to the best of my knowledge we aren't. I will have to check the settings in NexGen to double check. While we do have the capability, we tend not to do it with the shows because Casey wouldn't sound good! -tony hi Tony, thanks for posting here and welcome to the board!
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Post by artsmusic on May 13, 2016 12:47:54 GMT -5
Freddie Bell show ended super early 12:44!! Casey starting right now!!!
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Post by at40nut on May 13, 2016 12:50:09 GMT -5
I would like to know which station(s) are airing the 5-14-88 show this weekend? The only one I know of is KOLA. What year is the flux compassider set for On The Bus for Sunday Morning?
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Post by spock on May 13, 2016 12:53:30 GMT -5
Freddie Bell show ended super early 12:44!! Casey starting right now!!! yeah, I just noticed that too!
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Post by jmorgan on May 13, 2016 12:53:50 GMT -5
WMGN is also airing 1988 Sunday afternoon.
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Post by berewyn on May 13, 2016 15:56:22 GMT -5
You can really feel the presence of the Beatles throughout the 5/16/81 show, in several different ways:
1) John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels" is at #11; 2) George Harrison's "All Those Years Ago" is an optional extra; 3) "Yesterday" by the Beatles is an archived #1; 4) Elton John's remake of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a countdown extra; and 5) The Stars on 45 medley of mostly Beatles tunes is at #14.
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Post by briguy52748 on May 13, 2016 16:39:07 GMT -5
I hope that the people at KABQ read this thread because I am OFFICIALLY RULING THEM OUT as a go to station because I DESPISE MUSIC THAT IS SPED UP! The crazy thing is they didn't speed it up to fit in more commercials because they were playing other music on some of the breaks. Makes no sense to me.... Reading this thread...and I must say that I'm glad you've found us. Just to clarify...we are running the A show on Sat mornings from 6-10am and the B show on Sun from Noon-4pm (all times MST). If there is no B show for the week, then it will repeat last week's show. As for us "pitching" (or speeding up the show), to the best of my knowledge we aren't. I will have to check the settings in NexGen to double check. While we do have the capability, we tend not to do it with the shows because Casey wouldn't sound good! -tony Regarding "sped up" music: * Yeah, I notice this sometimes in hearing the old AT40 shows ... sometimes, it will sound just slightly sped up, or slightly slower than what is supposed to be "normal." * This was particularly evident on WLLR (the Quad-Cities heritage country station) for a lot of years, especially with new or currently charting songs. For instance, the song may sound one key higher than if played at the "normal" speed. Perhaps this was to give listeners a "different" sound than the rival stations which play only at the normal speed. (In addition to other tricks, such as playing album-cut versions of songs whereas the rival sticks with the single/radio edit.) They did this all the time in the 1980s and early 1990s, got away from it for a while and then in the last year or two the songs are "sped up" once again. (Incidentally, the only time when songs weren't sped up was when they played "American Country Countdown" or any other of the weekend shows.) * You also sometimes hear "sped up" songs on the old jukeboxes. I think to answer the question at hand, I think it's just to give a different sound. Maybe a subliminal trick or something to entice listeners? I dunno. Brian
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