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Post by bestmusicexpert on Sept 23, 2015 15:32:27 GMT -5
Right but any Sax on Urgent WAS Walker. Unlike Beat It.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Sept 23, 2015 15:35:07 GMT -5
And I maintain that they should have me wrote it and host it. God knows I do a great job solo on the one I do now with minimal to no screw ups.
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Post by purplerush on Sept 23, 2015 18:10:08 GMT -5
Right but any Sax on Urgent WAS Walker. Unlike Beat It. Not according to the original "4" liner notes, they say "Mark Rivera saxophone on Urgent (except solo). Jr. Walker saxophone solo on Urgent." So the only saxophone by Walker was the solo. Like EVH on Beat It.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Sept 23, 2015 22:08:53 GMT -5
I didn't remember much of any other Sax in the song. Plus the solo was fragments of a few takes made into a solo.
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Post by purplerush on Sept 24, 2015 7:58:26 GMT -5
It's basic one or two note underlying supporting music. I did not know about the composition of the solo. Interesting info there.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Sept 25, 2015 10:55:10 GMT -5
Certainly this is overthinking it. What else would they be referring to but the notable solos to even mention their involvement to begin with?
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Post by Michael1973 on Oct 16, 2015 10:43:01 GMT -5
I forgot to post this at the time, but in the 1986 countdown aired two weeks ago, Martha Quinn stated that '86 was the year that Vanna White debuted on Wheel of Fortune. Uh, no. That was 1982.
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 19, 2015 11:55:19 GMT -5
This past weekend, they did 10/19/85. Leading into "Freedom" by Wham!, they said it was "their next single" following "Careless Whisper." Nope. The next release was, in fact, "Everything She Wants." Then came "Freedom."
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Post by mellongraig on Nov 1, 2015 20:52:44 GMT -5
Here we go again, with errors:
1/2 hour or so in, Alan Hunter said Give Me The Night was Benson's breakthrough album. Seriously? He already had the #1, 3x platinum Breezin' plus others that reached the top 10. Turned out to be his last mega hit record with regards to this song.
Another error referred to Hall & Oates, saying that their song (You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling) was the first to chart higher than #20 since Rich Girl. Uh, no - Wait For Me did it earlier that year.
While the other error was not limited within the countdown, they said that in a few minutes would be the "final" airing chart survey from 1983. Uh, no...
No wonder why these VJs don't have too much sympathy for the pre-MTV era today.
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Post by Michael1973 on Nov 6, 2015 11:43:35 GMT -5
While the other error was not limited within the countdown, they said that in a few minutes would be the "final" airing chart survey from 1983. Uh, no... I heard this one too. Ironically, I failed to notice that he gave the wrong year, but instead noticed that at the time he said this there were actually 3 more airings scheduled.
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Post by mellongraig on Nov 7, 2015 18:42:45 GMT -5
Another error:
Casey lite said the first single from Glen Frey's solo album was peaking this week. Turned out to be the second - The One That You Love. The first was I Found Somebody.
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 9, 2015 15:59:48 GMT -5
Here we go again, with errors: 1/2 hour or so in, Alan Hunter said Give Me The Night was Benson's breakthrough album. Seriously? He already had the #1, 3x platinum Breezin' plus others that reached the top 10. Turned out to be his last mega hit record with regards to this song. Another error referred to Hall & Oates, saying that their song (You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling) was the first to chart higher than #20 since Rich Girl. Uh, no - Wait For Me did it earlier that year. While the other error was not limited within the countdown, they said that in a few minutes would be the "final" airing chart survey from 1983. Uh, no... No wonder why these VJs don't have too much sympathy for the pre-MTV era today. Going back and listening on-demand today. They led into Supertramp's "Dreamer" by mentioning that the original studio version failed and that the hit version was off their live album, Paris. Which is true. (Actually, after a little digging, I found that it was the B-side of "Bloody Well Right" in '75, then was released as a single in its own right in '77, after "Give a Little Bit" was a hit.) Then, after all that, the original was played. Not complaining, just observing.
By the way, it seems they're making fewer errors in the last couple of months. I won't take any credit for that...
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 21, 2015 14:14:45 GMT -5
This weekend, it's 11/17/84. Leading into Wham!'s first top-40 hit, the famous story was told of how the title came about. One problem: They said that Andrew's note showed the extra "go," and failed to mention the real mistake, which was an extra "up." If anyone has Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number One Hits, you can go back and check it out. He does a better job of explaining it.
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Post by mellongraig on Nov 23, 2015 19:55:12 GMT -5
Here we go again - more errors that just won't go away:
Casey lite said Strut was Sheena Easton's 6th top tenner. Nope, counting the duet with Kenny Rogers it was her 5th. Also, they once again said "final" airing of the countdown, a repeated error they don't want to correct.
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 29, 2015 10:02:12 GMT -5
They keep getting Stevie Woods' name wrong every year when "Steal the Night" comes up on the countdown. They insist on calling him Steve. www.45cat.com/record/46016
Barbra Streisand's "Comin' in and out of Your Life" took until July of '82 to make the top ten? What?
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