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Post by mstgator on Jul 10, 2014 21:59:15 GMT -5
And #38 on Hot 100 Airplay (which AT40 was using at the time)
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Post by mstgator on Jul 7, 2014 18:43:52 GMT -5
Hmmmm...,missed this episode of "The Letter People" when I was a kid apparently. Miss E got stoned and stood on her head the entire episode, saying nothing but "uh". Not surprisingly, that show was taken out of the rotation after just one airing.
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Post by mstgator on Jul 6, 2014 11:08:07 GMT -5
Is it association of 'real-ters' or 'tors'. I always thought 'ters' was most proper. Think of it: It's not 'Popeye, the sail-OR', it's sail-ER'. So, I always considered 'Real-ter', the only pronunciation of it. This from someone who routinely butchers the English language when he posts. And FYI, it is in fact Popeye the Sailor Man. True, but I think his point is that the "o" in the second syllable of "sailor" is usually pronounced as if it were spelled "sailer". (And this will be my only post on the subject; I haven't used the word "schwa" since about fourth grade and intend to keep it that way...oops, too late).
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Post by mstgator on Jul 6, 2014 9:36:41 GMT -5
Prince, "Cream" - Did not chart R&B, #1 pop Prince, "Delirious" - #18 R&B, #8 pop Prince, "Little Red Corvette" - #15 R&B, #6 pop A number of Prince's singles in the 1983-85 period charted higher pop than R&B, although the difference wasn't usually all that large. The pendulum then swung back the other way, probably a matter of his popularity declining less on the R&B side than on the pop side as he fell from his very high peak (as opposed to his popularity among R&B audiences increasing in real terms). "Cream" really sticks out, as by then most of his singles were charting higher R&B. I'm not even sure "Cream" was even promoted to R&B radio. Note that the album's lead single "Gett Off" was a Top 10 R&B hit but only hit the pop chart on the strength of sales. "Insatiable" appears to have been the intended follow up to "Gett Off" at R&B, as it hit #3 there as "Diamonds and Pearls" was hitting big at pop (before "crossing over" to R&B as well). Prince had successfully used this separate releases for separate formats strategy before, with "I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man" vs "Hot Thing" in 1987 and "The Arms of Orion" vs "Scandalous!" in 1989.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 29, 2014 18:41:15 GMT -5
I'm an authority on this time period, and Mike is 100% correct. All format airplay came in spurts (addition of Modern Rock and AC / Hot AC / Rhythmic happened in Spring 1993) The HUGE change - incorporating all R&B, Country, all Rock, Christian and Latin happened in Dec 1998. My understanding is that Rhythmic airplay was actually always a part of the Hot 100 even prior to 1993, since it was merely considered a subset (along with Mainstream) of the Top 40 stations that made up the Hot 100 panel. I do remember when Modern Rock and AC were added to the panel in 1993 though.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 29, 2014 18:30:46 GMT -5
I was about to say that Gordon Elliott is Australian, but (like Olivia Newton-John and the Bee Gees) he was actually born in the UK.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 24, 2014 19:40:31 GMT -5
Kool and the Gang (Robert "Kool" Bell was a bassist; they had their biggest success with James Taylor on lead, although Bell contributed vocals on their pre-JT funk hits when they didn't really have a lead singer)
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Post by mstgator on Jun 23, 2014 17:32:54 GMT -5
From what little I've heard I think what was about Casey is fine. They don't seem to go overboard which is what he would have wanted. On the other hand, the indepth interview with the non musical Jenner sisters (including inane questions about seating arrangements at the Kanye West-Kim Krapdashian wedding) is a prime example of AT40 trying too hard to wedge in junk better left on E! (Rant over.)
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Post by mstgator on Jun 22, 2014 14:17:01 GMT -5
Welcome to the board, The Max (you're well known to those of us who've passed through R&R/Pulse over the past decade and a half). Thanks! I remember you too. You used to be an admin at Pulse. Where'd you go? Here! No, seriously, I was going through a lot in my life back then and had to wean myself away from the internet (and Pulse was taking up a lot of my free time). I do lurk around there every now and then, glad to see it's still going strong. I don't think there are any general "welcome" threads, but there are a few in the vein of "when did you first hear AT40" where you can tell everyone about yourself. You'll fit in pretty quickly!
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Post by mstgator on Jun 22, 2014 14:09:06 GMT -5
I pretty certain "Like A G6" by Far*East Movement didn't make either year-end chart, despite its high peak, but I was relieved since I didn't care for that song. That song always made me hungry. "Like a cheese stick..."
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Post by mstgator on Jun 21, 2014 21:08:23 GMT -5
Apologies for bumping up an old topic (I'm new at posting here. If this is frowned upon, let me know and I'll read and enjoy old threads instead) but I wrote them in a book from 1995 until 2002. I still have them too. I had a particular format for writing them down and used several different colour pens, and a pencil for the songs/artists. Welcome to the board, The Max (you're well known to those of us who've passed through R&R/Pulse over the past decade and a half).
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Post by mstgator on Jun 21, 2014 20:55:22 GMT -5
Does anyone have the cue sheet from 3-17-90? Regular show, or the Movie songs special that was also scheduled for that weekend? (I don't have cue sheets for either, but in case anybody does...)
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Post by mstgator on Jun 15, 2014 19:06:04 GMT -5
That's nit-picking to the absolute maximum, which is completely unnecessary. I mean it'd be one thing if the band name was officially "The (whatever)" - which, there are a few bands like that I do believe. Manhattan Transfer, however, are not one of them. I'm sorry that I was being such a nit-picker. Now I feel really embarrassed for starting the whole thing. Nah, I'm sorry for picking on you. I'm a bit touchy today (for obvious reasons) and I should have left you alone. Truce.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 15, 2014 16:35:53 GMT -5
I noticed a mistake when Casey was introducing #34 which was Boy From New York City. He said Manhattan Transfer when it should've been The Manhattan Transfer.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 8, 2014 19:29:39 GMT -5
Redbone and Mac Davis (both in 1974) were also mentioned above. And also add, "Angel In Your Arms". You know, for all the times we have mentioned this subject, for whatever reason, "Angel In Your Arms" never resonated with me being one of those songs as well. Possibly because our brains are programmed with the AT40 yearend rankings, where "Angel In Your Arms" ended up a little bit lower than its weekly peak. It did fit the bill on Billboard's yearend tally though.
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