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Post by Hervard on Sept 6, 2019 9:06:05 GMT -5
1981 paired with 1983?? Has that ever happened before?
I guess the four standalone years are used as "B" options with shows from either end of the 1980s. Generally, though, 85-86 are paired with early 1980s and 83-84 with late 1980s, but not always.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 6, 2019 11:16:18 GMT -5
1981 paired with 1983?? Has that ever happened before? I guess the four standalone years are used as "B" options with shows from either end of the 1980s. Generally, though, 85-86 are paired with early 1980s and 83-84 with late 1980s, but not always. No, this appears to be a first. Until now 1981 A's have been paired with regular B's from 1985-88. However, the top 40 music of 1981 and 1983 is sufficiently different that this seems reasonable. Of those possible B years, we just had or are about to have A's from 1985 and 1987, and 1988 is of course out by now. That leaves 1986, which since it wasn't chosen maybe we can assume it's going to be played by itself soon? Same for 1984.
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Post by matt on Sept 6, 2019 13:57:02 GMT -5
1981 paired with 1983?? Has that ever happened before? I guess the four standalone years are used as "B" options with shows from either end of the 1980s. Generally, though, 85-86 are paired with early 1980s and 83-84 with late 1980s, but not always. No, this appears to be a first. Until now 1981 A's have been paired with regular B's from 1985-88. However, the top 40 music of 1981 and 1983 is sufficiently different that this seems reasonable. Of those possible B years, we just had or are about to have A's from 1985 and 1987, and 1988 is of course out by now. That leaves 1986, which since it wasn't chosen maybe we can assume it's going to be played by itself soon? Same for 1984. Would love it if we got 9/29/84 followed by 10/4/86 in the coming weeks. I think there's a good possibility we hear 9/20/86 a week from this weekend though. BTW, we did have a few pairings of 1982 with 1984, and 1981 was paired with 1984 once or twice (the most recent being 10/3/81 with 10/6/84 in 2018), and even a few 1985 shows that were paired with 1984 (still can't figure out the logic there) before '85 went stand alone. But yeah, this appears to be the first ever 1981/1983 pairing.
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Post by mellongraig on Sept 6, 2019 17:54:01 GMT -5
No, this appears to be a first. Until now 1981 A's have been paired with regular B's from 1985-88. However, the top 40 music of 1981 and 1983 is sufficiently different that this seems reasonable. Of those possible B years, we just had or are about to have A's from 1985 and 1987, and 1988 is of course out by now. That leaves 1986, which since it wasn't chosen maybe we can assume it's going to be played by itself soon? Same for 1984. Would love it if we got 9/29/84 followed by 10/4/86 in the coming weeks. I think there's a good possibility we hear 9/20/86 a week from this weekend though. BTW, we did have a few pairings of 1982 with 1984, and 1981 was paired with 1984 once or twice (the most recent being 10/3/81 with 10/6/84 in 2018), and even a few 1985 shows that were paired with 1984 (still can't figure out the logic there) before '85 went stand alone. But yeah, this appears to be the first ever 1981/1983 pairing. Who knows, maybe eventually we'll have a pairing of 1980/1983 down the road. I could see that happening later this year or next year.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 6, 2019 18:16:11 GMT -5
Would love it if we got 9/29/84 followed by 10/4/86 in the coming weeks. I think there's a good possibility we hear 9/20/86 a week from this weekend though. BTW, we did have a few pairings of 1982 with 1984, and 1981 was paired with 1984 once or twice (the most recent being 10/3/81 with 10/6/84 in 2018), and even a few 1985 shows that were paired with 1984 (still can't figure out the logic there) before '85 went stand alone. But yeah, this appears to be the first ever 1981/1983 pairing. Who knows, maybe eventually we'll have a pairing of 1980/1983 down the road. I could see that happening later this year or next year. That actually did happen in April 2016, with a 1980 A and a 1983 B. Actually, even pairing a show from 1980 with one from the latter half of 1982 would make some sense musically, as there's enough musical difference between them (similar to 1981 and 1983) to offer a clear choice, but Premiere of course doesn't couple shows from either end of the decade (no combination of 1980/81/82 or 1987/88).
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Post by mga707 on Sept 7, 2019 9:12:47 GMT -5
WPNC playing last week's 1984 show.
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Post by jmack19 on Sept 7, 2019 16:11:47 GMT -5
WGHN must've aired it earlier than 5 central on Saturday. They're running regular music, now.e Looks like WGHN began last week's 1987 show at 1 central today. Michigan State must have a night game.
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Post by mkarns on Sept 8, 2019 21:12:29 GMT -5
Two things about the 9/7/85 Long Distance Dedications: we get another of the infrequent uses of a song that was never a (pop) top 40 hit, with Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You". (Whitney Houston's rendition of that song was of course used constantly in the 1990s and 2000s.)
And was putting a LDD from an unnamed (by his request) writer about having considered suicide (song: Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)" right after an uptempo record (Phil Collins' "Don't Lose My Number") really a good idea? This obviously wasn't the only example of a questionable dedication placement duting this period, as we all know what happened the following week...
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Post by matt on Sept 9, 2019 13:23:45 GMT -5
Two things about the 9/7/85 Long Distance Dedications: we get another of the infrequent uses of a song that was never a (pop) top 40 hit, with Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You". (Whitney Houston's rendition of that song was of course used constantly in the 1990s and 2000s.) And was putting a LDD from an unnamed (by his request) writer about having considered suicide (song: Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)" right after an uptempo record (Phil Collins' "Don't Lose My Number") really a good idea? This obviously wasn't the only example of a questionable dedication placement duting this period, as we all know what happened the following week... You wonder if it was ones like the Gilbert O'Sullivan LDD that contributed to the build up of Casey's tirade the following show. Perhaps he had voiced his opinion on the matter, perhaps including this LDD, in the weeks/months leading up to this show, and the staff wasn't hearing him.
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Post by mike1985 on Sept 9, 2019 17:37:08 GMT -5
I wondered why they didn't just play it after Billy Joels song, "Your only Human". Why did they put an uptempo song in between a suicide song and a LDD on suicide.
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Post by mga707 on Sept 9, 2019 18:14:12 GMT -5
I wondered why they didn't just play it after Billy Joels song, "Your only Human". Why did they put an uptempo song in between a suicide song and a LDD on suicide. Two 'suicide songs' in a row? I'm getting depressed...
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Post by jmack19 on Sept 9, 2019 21:51:37 GMT -5
So we must be getting 9/19/81 in the next couple of weeks. These optionals were used for it before (2011 by itself, and 2015 as a B): "Theme From 'Hill Street Blues'" - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" - Billy Joel "Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Go's "At This Moment" - Billy Vera & The Beaters The other possibility for the 'B' (and a strong one at that) is 9/10/83. Previous OE's for that one (aired previously in 2017, 2012 and 2007): Premiere optional extras: Hour #1: "Suddenly Last Summer" - The Motels (#44) Hour #2: "Foolin'" - Def Leppard (#67) Hour #3: "If Anyone Falls" - Stevie Nicks (#61; highest debut) Hour #4: "Heart And Soul" - Huey Lewis & The News (#83; debuted) Optional extras of the 1981 & 1983 shows stay the same.
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Post by jmack19 on Sept 9, 2019 23:25:35 GMT -5
WPNC playing last week's 1984 show. WPNC playing last weekend's 1985 show.
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Post by burcjm on Sept 10, 2019 14:07:59 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:
9/27/86
Pretty sure this is one of few shows that work without straying more than 7 days from the calendar date. 9/22/84 is a possibility but I'm sure 1984 waits another week. 9/20/86 also works but the following week's show last aired in 2014 (instead of 2015 which is the case for 9/20/86). A stray of 6 days from the calendar date is not unprecedented and has occurred quite a bit lately.
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Post by matt on Sept 11, 2019 11:56:10 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show: 1st Guess - 9/20/86 2nd Guess - 9/22/84 I'll agree with burcjm on the year, but I'll guess it ends up being 9/20/86 next week. 9/27/86 wouldn't be totally out of the question (though there's been just one instance of the show date differing by more than five days from the current date in 2019 -- that was last month's 8/16/80 airing the weekend of August 10th). A few other possibilities, but fingers crossed that 1984 waits until the last week of August. Otherwise I might begin to wonder if Premiere didn't delete all copies of 9/29/84.
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