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Post by chrislc on May 2, 2023 17:43:52 GMT -5
Has an explanation been given as to why the #1 Song Montage started with Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and then periodically, seemingly randomly, dropped in the late 1974 #1 songs as the montage progressed?
It seems to me that this was worse than just starting with late 1974, but maybe there was a good reason for doing it this way?
I mean, Casey could have again mentioned how the chart year was defined, and then began a more literal chronological montage, and he even said it was a chronological montage going into it, which obviously it wasn't. Obvious to some listeners and maybe subliminally confusing to many other listeners who might have been thinking "hey this doesn't sound right".
Is it possible that AT40 produced a montage with just the 1975 #1s and then stuck in the late 1974 #1s as an afterthought?
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Post by vince on May 2, 2023 23:31:29 GMT -5
I took a listen to the 1975 montage. The songs are really in a random order. Maybe the engineer spliced them together in random rather than chronological order. Casey probably should have said in random order rather than chronological order. Other year's montages were in chronological order. The montages for 1974 and 1976 covered the #1 songs from January through November of their given year. The 1977 and 1978 montages covered the respective survey period.
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Post by dth1971 on May 3, 2023 6:40:24 GMT -5
I took a listen to the 1975 montage. The songs are really in a random order. Maybe the engineer spliced them together in random rather than chronological order. Casey probably should have said in random order rather than chronological order. Other year's montages were in chronological order. The montages for 1974 and 1976 covered the #1 songs from January through November of their given year. The 1977 and 1978 montages covered the respective survey period. For honorable mention: 10/26/1974's AT40 show featured a montage of the 1974 #1 songs leading up to 10/19/1974 |
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Post by chrislc on May 3, 2023 10:48:16 GMT -5
I took a listen to the 1975 montage. The songs are really in a random order. Maybe the engineer spliced them together in random rather than chronological order. Casey probably should have said in random order rather than chronological order. Other year's montages were in chronological order. The montages for 1974 and 1976 covered the #1 songs from January through November of their given year. The 1977 and 1978 montages covered the respective survey period. Are you sure they were random? I just heard it yesterday on the hideous iHeart Radio (yet the price is right so there's that). The first dozen from 1975 were chronological before I turned it off but they (originally at end of 1975 I believe) dropped in one or two late-1974 #1's here and there, maybe using them all up among those first few months of 1975 #1s. The only ones I don't remember hearing yesterday were Whatever Gets You Through The Night from 74 and Pick Up The Pieces from 75, but maybe I just blanked on them. I know they should have played Lennon because they played BTO. Maybe the rest of the 75 songs became random order after I turned it off, I don't know. Anyway - I think they should have just started with BTO with Casey reiterating how the chart year was defined. But hey it was the 1970s, Some Kind Of Wonderful was suddenly a megahit, and everyone was on drugs, so I guess all things considered it was good.  |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on May 3, 2023 12:17:28 GMT -5
Yes, I can confirm they weren't in order (I have the original). "Kung Fu Fighting", for example, was played after "Fire" (and the other February #1's).
Maybe this would be a Ken Martin fix in the coming years? (Some might argue for a re-tabulated top 100 that year also; we had a few ties, and the big error at #6.) I wouldn't so much expect that, but couldn't rule out a re-doing of the montage.
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Post by chrislc on May 3, 2023 15:28:07 GMT -5
Yes, I can confirm they weren't in order (I have the original). "Kung Fu Fighting", for example, was played after "Fire" (and the other February #1's). Maybe this would be a Ken Martin fix in the coming years? (Some might argue for a re-tabulated top 100 that year also; we had a few ties, and the big error at #6.) I wouldn't so much expect that, but couldn't rule out a re-doing of the montage. Right, that's what I was saying in Post #1. They dropped in the late 1974 #1s like Kung Fu Fighting here and there amidst the first three months of 1975 #1s, but I believe the 1975 #1s were played chronologically, so I don't think it was random other than the way they handled the 1974 #1 songs. But now it's clear that's not what you were saying. What a mess! Thanks a lot Casey! |
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