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Jul 29, 2014 8:49:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 8:49:58 GMT -5
I had always wondered if the rough time I was going through that year clouded my opinion of the songs, charts, and shows of that era. Here I am listening to the last show in July of that year and 7 months in I think it's clear I just hate it in general. Once R&R changed their chart methodology it sucked big time. Songs spend a week on, fall off, come back, fall off a week or two later again. The music isn't all that wonderful either.
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Jul 29, 2014 10:53:33 GMT -5
Post by mkarns on Jul 29, 2014 10:53:33 GMT -5
Maybe so. I remember that period more favorably on a personal level, and I also enjoy the music more than you apparently do. However, the new, slower moving chart methodology probably did take some getting used to, for the countdown staff as well as the listeners ("How many more things can we say about Ace of Base and 'The Sign'?", they must have thought.)
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Jul 29, 2014 11:38:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 11:38:27 GMT -5
I can hear them now: I saw a sign that said "wash your hands before returning to work." Think we can fit that in to a story somehow?
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1994
Jul 29, 2014 12:05:09 GMT -5
Post by mkarns on Jul 29, 2014 12:05:09 GMT -5
I can hear them now: I saw a sign that said "wash your hands before returning to work." Think we can fit that in to a story somehow? Somebody do some research about the origin of the stop sign! And by late July "Don't Turn Around" is still #1, so we have to do more Ace of Base stories. Can someone prepare some stories about the aces of stealing bases? (Seriously, Casey did like to talk baseball, which he once wanted to play professionally.)
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Jul 29, 2014 12:06:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 12:06:31 GMT -5
Well he could have ranted in August when they went on their infamous strike! I was sooooooooo po'd at that!
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Nov 11, 2015 0:22:52 GMT -5
Post by The Max on Nov 11, 2015 0:22:52 GMT -5
1994 is the year I treasure most for the countdown and the charts. lol.
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Nov 18, 2015 13:55:35 GMT -5
Post by johnnywest on Nov 18, 2015 13:55:35 GMT -5
I really enjoy Casey's Top 40 from 1994 as well. The only bad thing is how they didn't explain the chart change the week it happened. It wasn't handled well at all.
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Nov 18, 2015 14:56:02 GMT -5
Post by palmer7 on Nov 18, 2015 14:56:02 GMT -5
Well, that's because explaining chart methodology can take up time. Did Casey ever offer a primer on chart methodology during either CT40 or AT40?
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Feb 21, 2016 12:00:45 GMT -5
Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Feb 21, 2016 12:00:45 GMT -5
1994, as well as the latter half of the 1990s, was a rough period for me also. Could be because a lot of the stuff I really enjoyed during the 80s andcearly 90s became obsolete, thus causing a rough period, and behavioral issues across the board. It made my taste for new music from that period less enjoyable, And virtually all of the retro stuff (save for The Price is Right) I enjoyed were obsolete by 1995. I even remember during that period, I had a desire to go to bed as early as 7:00 p.m. That's not the case anymore.
Thankfully, the 21st century made up for a rough 1990s. My life had started to be more enjoyable again by 2002 - thanks to the Internet, Game Show Network, AT40 rebroadcasts, and Saturday morning cartoon shows i enjoyed in the 80s that would eventually resurface on YouTube. Plus I have a full-time job during the weekdays, though with oil revenues these days and my union collective agreement soon expiring, there's no certainty where my job will be come the spring. But if I get a layoff notice, then c'est La vie and life must go on.
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Feb 21, 2016 16:06:53 GMT -5
Post by Hervard on Feb 21, 2016 16:06:53 GMT -5
Well, that's because explaining chart methodology can take up time. Did Casey ever offer a primer on chart methodology during either CT40 or AT40? I do recall on the AC version of AT10, when they went with a different chart than R&R in early 2003, he did explain the change. I seem to recall he mentioned a similar change another time a few years after that. I don't think he ever did that during the Westwood One years. Perhaps the folks at WW1 were against that.
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Feb 21, 2016 23:42:32 GMT -5
Post by palmer7 on Feb 21, 2016 23:42:32 GMT -5
Maybe the folks at ABC were against that, too. Don't want to reveal all your secrets right away.
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