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Post by mitchm on Sept 7, 2015 10:58:27 GMT -5
Today is WODC in Ohio day for me. I am just finishing listening to the Triathlon of Rock and Roll (I missed listening to that when it was run July 4th weekend), and then I will listen to the Top 80's Artists (through 1983).
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Post by darnall42 on Sept 7, 2015 13:36:42 GMT -5
Listening to the #1s of the 80s on WTOJ ,great stuff from ken martin compiling these shows
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Post by adam31 on Sept 7, 2015 18:50:29 GMT -5
Today is WODC in Ohio day for me. I am just finishing listening to the Triathlon of Rock and Roll (I missed listening to that when it was run July 4th weekend), and then I will listen to the Top 80's Artists (through 1983). I am listening to WODC tonight with the #1s of the 70s Part 6 (Aug78-Dec79). I was just a kid back then but enjoying late 70s and disco as much as anything else I ever heard. The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Chic, Taste of Honey, Andy Gibb, etc all bring back great memories of being a kid for me. I was as much in love with Donna Summer or Olivia Newton John as any kid could possibly be! Disco is just so upbeat and happy, it makes me smile (or cry good tears to You Don't Bring Me Flowers) to be completely honest! Seems I can always find something new in these songs as my adult perception of what they mean is so different than how I heard them as a 7 or 8 year old. I had never heard this special before now and am thoroughly enjoying it. Of course, Casey Kasem just makes it about perfect. Hope to get the chance to hear what Ken Martin did for the 80s at some point.
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Post by pointpark04 on Sept 8, 2015 14:09:49 GMT -5
Ooh! It's 9/7/85 right now, and the resumption of the "AT40 Hall of Fame" segment, this time honoring Ray Charles. For how many weeks this lasts, I'll find out soon enough, as I am listening to every 1985 show this year in celebration of the 30-year(!!!) anniversary of that year.
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Post by pointpark04 on Sept 9, 2015 10:56:14 GMT -5
Winding my way through a generally enjoyable show from September 1972. I'm fortunate to have collected enough shows that I can listen to one from my birth month for each year of my life between the years of 1970 and 2001. Well, kinda - my only countdown between August and September 1991 fell on the 8/31 chart date, so technically, it's not from my birth month. Close enough for me.
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 10, 2015 12:03:35 GMT -5
On the 9/5/92 CT40, Marc Elliott answers a question about the first heavy metal song to hit #1 and says it is "We're an American Band". Not sure I buy that. A Wikipedia search reveals that song as being in the hard rock genre. Nothing else in the 70s including thier other #1 "The Locomotion" is in consideration for that feat. In the 80s, the fist candidate might be Van Halen's "Jump". I don't buy that either and Wikipedia lists that as pop rock, synthesizer rock and arena rock. The next candidate is the one I choose and that is "You Give Love a Bad Name". Wikipedia lists that as hard rock and glam metal. So unless I am overlooking something, according to Wikipedia anyway, that is the first #1 song with metal listed in its genre listing. That's my first #1 heavy metal song.
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Post by Mike on Sept 10, 2015 22:09:25 GMT -5
On the 9/5/92 CT40, Marc Elliott answers a question about the first heavy metal song to hit #1 and says it is "We're an American Band". Not sure I buy that. A Wikipedia search reveals that song as being in the hard rock genre. Nothing else in the 70s including thier other #1 "The Locomotion" is in consideration for that feat. In the 80s, the fist candidate might be Van Halen's "Jump". I don't buy that either and Wikipedia lists that as pop rock, synthesizer rock and arena rock. The next candidate is the one I choose and that is "You Give Love a Bad Name". Wikipedia lists that as hard rock and glam metal. So unless I am overlooking something, according to Wikipedia anyway, that is the first #1 song with metal listed in its genre listing. That's my first #1 heavy metal song. I'd take the Wiki classifications with a grain of salt, only because when songs can be close to multiple genre types like this, their classifications will be arbitrary. Plus, they're also subject to people's interpretation, and odds are it's not the same person classifying them either.
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 13, 2015 10:22:30 GMT -5
^I based most of what I wrote on my own personal opinion of what constitutes a heavy metal song. Almost went with "Sweet Child of Mine" as the first one as a matter of fact.
Anyway, now it is the AT40 show from 9/6/80. Gordon Elliott's Australian accent makes for some interesting pronunciations. Debut sounds like deboo. Ambrosia sounds like (am-bro-s-i-a). And Benny Mardones is from Savage, (mary-land) according to Gordon.
BTW, what happened with the Commodores on their 1980 Heroes Lp? It is the only one of the last 7 albums involving Lionel Richie in the group that did not produce a top 6 hit? And they did not even come close. (One of those top 6 hits was the second LDD..."Still")
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Post by freakyflybry on Sept 13, 2015 10:37:49 GMT -5
^I based most of what I wrote on my own personal opinion of what constitutes a heavy metal song. Almost went with "Sweet Child of Mine" as the first one as a matter of fact. I would've said "Here I Go Again" as that hit #1 before "Sweet Child O' Mine".
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 13, 2015 10:44:52 GMT -5
Maybe but I definitely would have given to David Coverdale and co. if the first single from Whitesnake had hit the top. "In the Still of the Night". Now THAT is heavy metal.
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Post by blackbowl68 on Sept 13, 2015 12:14:48 GMT -5
BTW, what happened with the Commodores on their 1980 Heroes Lp? It is the only one of the last 7 albums involving Lionel Richie in the group that did not produce a top 6 hit? And they did not even come close. (One of those top 6 hits was the second LDD..."Still") Because the group's two #1 pop singles were slow ballads, many listeners tend to forget the Commodores are really a funk band. The fans they acquired through that success were taken aback by the slight disco sound heard on "Old Fashioned Love." The title track IMHO was a better song but sounded like the type of record pop radio was trying to avoid promoting at the time. And with the third single being a church song, there goes an album down the drain.
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Post by interstate19 on Sept 13, 2015 19:53:24 GMT -5
^I based most of what I wrote on my own personal opinion of what constitutes a heavy metal song. Almost went with "Sweet Child of Mine" as the first one as a matter of fact. Anyway, now it is the AT40 show from 9/6/80. Gordon Elliott's Australian accent makes for some interesting pronunciations. Debut sounds like deboo. Ambrosia sounds like (am-bro-s-i-a). And Benny Mardones is from Savage, (mary-land) according to Gordon. BTW, what happened with the Commodores on their 1980 Heroes Lp? It is the only one of the last 7 albums involving Lionel Richie in the group that did not produce a top 6 hit? And they did not even come close. (One of those top 6 hits was the second LDD..."Still") Oh man I'd love to hear this show! I have a weakness for guest hosted shows in general, but to hear one with an accent might rival hearing Keri Tombazian, who did a fantastic job when she guest hosted.
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Post by dukelightning on Sept 14, 2015 11:49:17 GMT -5
Back to Casey and his most famous show for today's date. Yes, the Dead Dog Dedication show. That comes in the third hour. First hour had a couple of noteworthy items. Casey said that "I'm Goin Down" debuted making Born in the USA the second album to have more than 5 top 40 hits. Said Thriller was the first and then listed all the albums with 5 top 40 hits, all of which were in the 1983-85 time frame. One such album mentioned was An Innoncent Man. But Billy Joel got 6 top 40 hits off of that Lp. Must have missed "Keeping the Faith" which was released 6 months after the previous single. This was never corrected either btw. So Billy had the second such album and Bruce has the third Lp to produce more than 5 top 40 hits. Then later in that first hour, he answered a question about the biggest hit of the 70s. He rattled off the top 5 and it did match the top 5 from the top 50 of the 70s special. Wondered if they might have revised that as dubious as those tabulations were although not so much in the top 5.
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Post by pointpark04 on Sept 14, 2015 11:54:46 GMT -5
^^Just about to begin listening to that show from 9/14/85 myself, duke.
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Post by laura on Sept 14, 2015 12:01:30 GMT -5
Actually Casey did correct himself in the next show (9/21) concerning An Innocent Man. It was while he intro'd "You're Only Human."
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