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Post by BrettVW on Mar 5, 2015 18:42:18 GMT -5
I agree with the extras - if there was a good reason for playing it (timely story, artist remembrance, anniversary of a chart feat, AT40 archives) then I loved to hear the songs. But I never cared for playing them and then having to edit countdown songs to fit them.
And I too have never been a fan of the dedications. I know they were a true Casey staple and what he was known for, but one thing I love about the 1970-1978 shows is that I don't have to listen to them! And in 2005 when they went from 3 to 1 LDD per week on AT20, I couldn't have been happier. They just would oftentimes bring down the show - especially in the 1989-2002-ish era when they were so robotic and were the same songs time and again.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 5, 2015 20:12:25 GMT -5
Taking a break from regular shows and listening to the show that Casey promoted on the 3/2/74 show that I heard the other day and that he will promote on the 3/9/74 show that is airing this weekend. The top 40 British hits of the rock era. You know this is the most male dominated show I have ever heard outside of a September 1972 show when Sister Rose (of the Cornelius Brothers and co.) was the only female voice heard. 2 songs by Petula Clark and the #5 song by Lulu are the only female voices on this show. Casey makes a pretty big mistake however. Says the Bee Gees got back together in 1971 after being apart for 2 years and their first single released at that point was the song he played, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart". But he is off by 1 song and a few months. They had to have gotten back together in 1970 because "Lonely Days" which charted late that year was their first release after their reunion.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 5, 2015 20:56:41 GMT -5
Taking a break from regular shows and listening to the show that Casey promoted on the 3/2/74 show that I heard the other day and that he will promote on the 3/9/74 show that is airing this weekend. The top 40 British hits of the rock era. You know this is the most male dominated show I have ever heard outside of a September 1972 show when Sister Rose (of the Cornelius Brothers and co.) was the only female voice heard. 2 songs by Petula Clark and the #5 song by Lulu are the only female voices on this show. Casey makes a pretty big mistake however. Says the Bee Gees got back together in 1971 after being apart for 2 years and their first single released at that point was the song he played, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart". But he is off by 1 song and a few months. They had to have gotten back together in 1970 because "Lonely Days" which charted late that year was their first release after their reunion. You are quite correct. And if they did actually spend much time apart it could not have been for more than a year during 1969-70 as they released an LP in early '69 ("Odessa"--I remember it because it had a red velvet cover!) and another LP in the spring of "70 ("Cucumber Castle"), followed a mere six months or so later by the LP that had "Lonely Days" ("Two Years On"). I guess it is possible that the first 1970 album could have been made up of 'from the vaults' tracks, but even if so it was still only about a year and a half between the other two albums.
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Post by pointpark04 on Mar 6, 2015 12:12:37 GMT -5
At number two on the CT40 from 3/4/89, which is "The Living Years" by M&TM. Was the full version of this song ever played on CT40? I have over half a dozen shows with this song on it and I don't think any of them have it being played in full.
Next up: The AT40 from the 2/25/2000 chart.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 6, 2015 20:59:19 GMT -5
How is it cut? The 45 was the full 5:30 version. I can't see how it could be edited except maybe dropping a chorus and doing an early fade.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 8, 2015 8:21:46 GMT -5
Basketball fans would love to hear the 3/8/97 CT40. I counted 4 references to basketball during the show. First was the song "Luscious Jackson" which is named after a NBA player from the 60s. Then the song "Say...If You Feel Alright" is from the CD 'NBA at 50'. Next is a song Casey said was being played in a lot of NBA arenas, "I Like It" by the Blackout All Stars, a bit of a basketball name for the group too. And then in a story about En Vogue and perfume, Casey mentions several stars who had their own perfume. One person he mentioned was Michael Jordan.
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Post by trekkielo on Mar 8, 2015 12:14:21 GMT -5
Basketball fans would love to hear the 3/8/97 CT40. I counted 4 references to basketball during the show. First was the song "Luscious Jackson" which is named after a NBA player from the 60s. Then the song "Say...If You Feel Alright" is from the CD 'NBA at 50'. Next is a song Casey said was being played in a lot of NBA arenas, "I Like It" by the Blackout All Stars, a bit of a basketball name for the group too. And then in a story about En Vogue and perfume, Casey mentions several stars who had their own perfume. One person he mentioned was Michael Jordan. Too bad Casey Kasem didn't mention "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project, which preceded 1982's Top 3 hit "Eye in the Sky" on its album, as the Chicago Bulls first used it while announcing their 1990s championship teams of Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Luc Longley, Ron Harper, Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson before games, especially from 1996-1998, then other professional/college teams would soon follow suit!
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Post by freakyflybry on Mar 8, 2015 13:34:17 GMT -5
AT40 from September 29, 2001, the week with the 9/11 LDD's.
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Post by pointpark04 on Mar 9, 2015 9:54:59 GMT -5
How is it cut? The 45 was the full 5:30 version. I can't see how it could be edited except maybe dropping a chorus and doing an early fade. I'm assuming you're referring to my prior comment on "The Living Years". The second verse is cut. Trust me. I know that song backwards and forwards.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 9, 2015 10:35:25 GMT -5
How is it cut? The 45 was the full 5:30 version. I can't see how it could be edited except maybe dropping a chorus and doing an early fade. I'm assuming you're referring to my prior comment on "The Living Years". The second verse is cut. Trust me. I know that song backwards and forwards. I remember hearing the 'radio edit' minus the second verse quite often back in '89. Always hear the full version on the radio nowadays.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 9, 2015 13:18:06 GMT -5
I had to cut it for a countdown, I cut the second chorus. The verses are too important to cut.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 9, 2015 16:17:16 GMT -5
I had to cut it for a countdown, I cut the second chorus. The verses are too important to cut. I agree, but that's how the label cut it. It's right up there with "Lyin' Eyes" and "The Heart of the Matter" (both Eagle-related, coincidentally), two other records in which the 'radio edits' chopped out lyrically important chunks of the songs.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 10, 2015 4:40:45 GMT -5
I've never seen a promo 45 so I don't know but my commercially issued copy is the whole unedited song...
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 10, 2015 8:30:59 GMT -5
'After 27 weeks at #1, Natasha Beddingfield falls to #3 with "Unwritten"'. That's the most important statement Casey has made in the AT10 show from this date in 2007. As far as I can tell, it is longest running #1 song in any countdown Casey ever did. And in the outro he says that she has the longest running #1 song in AC chart history.
Now I am going to have to find out just for kicks how many songs she blocked out of the #1 spot. That was the question of mine that Casey answered on AT40 in 1978. Different charts of course.
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Post by pointpark04 on Mar 10, 2015 8:32:01 GMT -5
And you're supposed to be the best music expert.
Anyway...right now it's 3/10/79, with a new feature at the top of the show: a recap of the prior week's top three songs. Later, it will be 3/13/93 with Casey.
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