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Post by mrjukebox on Feb 5, 2013 23:50:35 GMT -5
Two omissions:"Seasons In The Sun"-Terry Jacks-This was the only top forty hit for this Canadian based singer-songwriter. Smokey Robinson was the artist who recorded "Baby Come Close".
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Post by pgfromwp on Feb 6, 2013 9:36:11 GMT -5
Hervard,glad you brought up 2/9/74 as that is the one I'll be critiquing this week-Also,Premiere has never aired this one before which is awesome: #6-"Let Me Be There"-Olivia Newton-John-One of her best songs. #5-"Until You Come Back To Me"-Aretha Franklin-Outstanding song. Imho, both are outstanding songs.
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Post by Hervard on Feb 6, 2013 9:43:08 GMT -5
mrjukebox, I have to agree with you regarding your comment about "Seasons In The Sun". I just thank God that I wasn't a big radio listener back then (barely two years of age) so I didn't have to hear that song being played ad nauseum. And I also agree about "Run Joey Run". Both songs always get a "No. Just no." on my critiques.
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Post by dukelightning on Feb 6, 2013 11:17:07 GMT -5
^ I'm going to split the difference between the last 2 posts and say Terry Jacks is good and David Geddes is not. BTW, Terry should have gotten his then recently divorced wife Susan to sing that song to make it more appealing to the No Just No crowd. She has the better singing voice. Interesting that the last 2 songs to top both the country and pop charts are mentioned by mrjukebox. "The Most Beautiful Girl" is the last such song to do that and "Harper Valley PTA" was the last one before that five years earlier.
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Post by mkarns on Feb 6, 2013 11:25:56 GMT -5
^ I'm going to split the difference between the last 2 posts and say Terry Jacks is good and David Geddes is not. BTW, Terry should have gotten his then recently divorced wife Susan to sing that song to make it more appealing to the No Just No crowd. She has the better singing voice. Interesting that the last 2 songs to top both the country and pop charts are mentioned by mrjukebox. "The Most Beautiful Girl" is the last such song to do that and "Harper Valley PTA" was the last one before that five years earlier. I agree with dukedeb on this. "Seasons..." is decent though not great, and I generally think highly of Jacques Brel compositions. "Run Joey Run" on the other hand is awful, though I think there are plenty of more recent hits that are at least as bad, and probably worse. Regarding Hervard's comment, I was "barely two years of age" in fall 1977, when "You Light Up My Life" was everywhere. Not a bad (or particularly good) song IMO, but I can easily see how sick I would have gotten of it had I been of prime radio listening age at the time.
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Post by Ponderous Man on Feb 8, 2013 8:24:13 GMT -5
The sad thing is, it was one of my favorite songs back in the day. But one night, I was at a dance in middle school, and I had been talking with a girl that I liked and had actually danced with her a few times. We had arranged to dance with one another the next slow song. I had to run to the bathroom real quick, and when I got back, I saw her talking to a boy she had recently broken up with. Right then, "Careless Whisper" started and they began dancing together. When I caught her eye, she mouthed, "Sorry." Ever since then, I've hated this song with a passion. Luckily, this was when the song was done on the charts, so I didn't hear it as much. Ouch! That hurts, man! For someone who has been rejected by girls plenty (& by plenty, I mean at least 10 million) of times, I know how you feel. Maybe that boy told the girl about how much you hated disco music back in the day. Hey, it could've happened, people!
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Post by Hervard on Feb 8, 2013 8:42:18 GMT -5
The sad thing is, it was one of my favorite songs back in the day. But one night, I was at a dance in middle school, and I had been talking with a girl that I liked and had actually danced with her a few times. We had arranged to dance with one another the next slow song. I had to run to the bathroom real quick, and when I got back, I saw her talking to a boy she had recently broken up with. Right then, "Careless Whisper" started and they began dancing together. When I caught her eye, she mouthed, "Sorry." Ever since then, I've hated this song with a passion. Luckily, this was when the song was done on the charts, so I didn't hear it as much. Ouch! That hurts, man! For someone who has been rejected by girls plenty (& by plenty, I mean at least 10 million) of times, I know how you feel. Maybe that boy told the girl about how much you hated disco music back in the day. Hey, it could've happened, people! Actually, she probably didn't know that. Girls that age are wishy-washy like that - one minute, they are ga-ga over you and the next, it's like you don't even exist. It actually got worse. The following Monday, when I saw her at her locker, just to show that there were no hard feelings, I said hi to her. She said, "Get the f--- away from me, little shrimp!" I'm thinking that maybe her boyfriend, who hated me for some reason (I don't recall ever doing anything to him), brainwashed her into thinking the same way. The girl did get her come-uppance immediately. One of the teachers - possibly the strictest one in the entire school - heard her dropping the f-bomb and she got paddled for it.
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Post by mkarns on Feb 8, 2013 11:27:12 GMT -5
Ouch! That hurts, man! For someone who has been rejected by girls plenty (& by plenty, I mean at least 10 million) of times, I know how you feel. Maybe that boy told the girl about how much you hated disco music back in the day. Hey, it could've happened, people! Actually, she probably didn't know that. Girls that age are wishy-washy like that - one minute, they are ga-ga over you and the next, it's like you don't even exist. It actually got worse. The following Monday, when I saw her at her locker, just to show that there were no hard feelings, I said hi to her. She said, "Get the f--- away from me, little shrimp!" I'm thinking that maybe her boyfriend, who hated me for some reason (I don't recall ever doing anything th him), brainwashed her into thinking the same way. The girl did get her come-uppance immediately. One of the teachers - possibly the strictest one in the entire school - heard her dropping the f-bomb and she got paddled for it. I have similar bad memories of middle school at times. Particularly 7th grade (1987-88); I'm sort of glad Premiere scheduled a February 1988 AT40 for a weekend when I'll be busy, as I don't mind skipping a show from a period which was basically the nadir of my (pre)adolescence. (Still want to hear the 70s show, though.)
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Post by Hervard on Feb 9, 2013 10:12:37 GMT -5
I have similar bad memories of middle school at times. Particularly 7th grade. That was the very grade I was when said incident happened. One of many things that made seventh grade suck. (At least eighth grade was better).
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Post by Josh Joel's Top 40 on Feb 9, 2013 14:26:14 GMT -5
1988 - was my 8th grade year (really should've been 9th, but anyways). Y'know during my junior high school moments there were some bitter and sweet ones. When I look back and listen to my favourite records I usually smile. Besides music was my safe haven from all of the growing pains I've encountered.
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Post by Hervard on Feb 9, 2013 19:59:55 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - February 9, 2013
This week's presentation - February 13, 1988
40: ROCKET 2 U - THE JETS (debut) - Good song, though I generally preferred their slower songs. 39: CRAZY - ICEHOUSE (24) - Great song! Not sure if I prefer this or "Electric Blue", which happens to be one of this week's Optional Extras. 38: HONESTLY - STRYPER (28) - Great song! I wonder how many people thought this was the new song by Styx when they first heard it on the radio. 37: (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY - MICHAEL BOLTON (debut) - Great song! I prefer this over the original by Otis Redding (which is also a great song). 36: THE MAN IN THE MIRROR - MICHAEL JACKSON (debut) - Good song, with a good message. Still, I prefer many others over this. 35: HYSTERIA - DEF LEPPARD (debut) - Good song, but not quite my favorite from them. 34: I WANT HER - KEITH SWEAT (38) - This was OK, but I wasn't generally a big fan of his. 33: OUT OF THE BLUE - DEBBIE GIBSON (39) - Great song, though I much preferred her next song, which became her first #1. 32: 853-5937 - SQUEEZE (33) - It's okies, but I preferred the other phone # song from the 1980s. 31: BE STILL MY BEATING HEART - STING (34) - Good song - one that has pretty much fallen into obscurity. 30: BECAUSE OF YOU - THE COVER GIRLS (35) - Great song! Definitely one of their best! OPTIONAL EXTRA: SPOTLIGHT - MADONNA - Good to hear this one again, as I don't believe I've heard it since it briefly charted on the R&R chart, only getting as high as #31. 29: CANDLE IN THE WIND - ELTON JOHN (22) - Good song, but I much preferred the original version from Goodbye Yellowbrick Road. 28: TELL IT TO MY HEART - TAYLOR DAYNE (17) - Great song! Possibly my favorite of her upbeat songs. 27: LOVE OVERBOARD - GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (31) - Great song! It showed that she still had it in the late-80s! 26: ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS - RICHARD MARX (32) - Good song, but I generally preferred his songs from Repeat Offender. 25: GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU - GEORGE HARRISON (18) - I loved this song when it first came out, but it was so overplayed and I'm still kinda burned out on it. I preferred his other two 80s hits, both looking back on his Beatles days. 24: THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL - MICHAEL JACKSON (12) - Here, it's sort of the opposite - I hated this song when it was charting, but now, I like it. EXTRA: CUPID – SAM COOKE - I was asleep during this part of the show - was this one played? 23: JUST LIKE PARADISE - DAVID LEE ROTH (29) - Good song, but I preferred his 1985 hits. 22: I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN - PRINCE (10) - Great song! Too bad this one doesn't receive much in the way of recurrent airplay. 21: PUSH IT - SALT-N-PEPA (25) - Good song, but I preferred many of their 90s hits. 20: POP GOES THE WORLD - MEN WITHOUT HATS (21) - Great song! Possibly my favorite of their two Top 40 hits. 19: I FOUND SOMEONE - CHER (26) - This wasn't bad, but definitely not her best. 18: I GET WEAK - BELINDA CARLISLE (27) - Great song! One of my favorite of her solo hits. 17: PUMP UP THE VOLUME - M/A/R/R/S (20) - I'm surprised that this one didn't at least hit the Top Ten, since the stations I listened to played this one a lot. In fact, it was #1 for six weeks on Chicago's WYTZ. 16: CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU - GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (23) - Good song, but, as we all know, I preferred their previous Top 40 hit (which, sadly, only got as high as #36). 15: I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE - NATALIE COLE (13) - Great song! Casey mentioned that Natalie herself thought she did better with slow songs (or something like that), and I feel the same way. 14: EVERYWHERE - FLEETWOOD MAC (14) - Good song. My second favorite from Tango In The Night, behind "Seven Wonders". 13: TUNNEL OF LOVE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (9) - Great song! I had forgotten that this song managed to hit the Top Ten. 12: FATHER FIGURE - GEORGE MICHAEL (19) - Great song, although I hated it at the time. I guess it's one of those songs that gets better with age. 11: NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP - RICK ASTLEY (16) - Ah, the prerequisite 1988 Rickroll! It's a good one, but I prefer several others by him. 10: SHE'S LIKE THE WIND - PATRICK SWAYZE (FEATURING WENDY FRASER) (15) - Great song! Oddly enough, I still have yet to see the movie Dirty Dancing. 9: DON'T SHED A TEAR - PAUL CARRACK (9) - Good song. Oddly enough, the station I was listening to, KCPE, played this song as a time filler before Hour 3 started. 8: SAY YOU WILL - FOREIGNER (8) - It's okies, but far from being their best. LDD: SHINE A LITTLE LOVE - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Great song, and fitting for the dedication. 7: HAZY SHADE OF WINTER - THE BANGLES (2) - See my comment for #8. 6: NEED YOU TONIGHT - INXS (3) - Meh, not a huge fan. 5: WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS - THE PET SHOP BOYS & DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (7) - Nor am I a fan of this song - definitely one of my least favorite songs from both artists involved. 4: HUNGRY EYES (FROM "DIRTY DANCING") - ERIC CARMEN (6) - Yikes - three in a row that I don't like? This isn't good. Anyway, I preferred the two songs Casey played drop pieces of before this one (as part of the story about Eric (unintentionally) stealing the melodies from songs by Rachmaninoff) - both from 1976. 3: I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN - ROGER (5) - EEK!! Not four in a row! Anyway, I think we all know my opinion on this one! OPTIONAL EXTRA: ELECTRIC BLUE - ICEHOUSE - As stated before, I like this and their other Top 40 hit about the same. 2: SEASONS CHANGE - EXPOSE (4) - Whew! At least this breaks the streak of bad songs. This is a good one, though not quite their best. 1: COULD'VE BEEN – TIFFANY (1) - Great song! This was my favorite song in the world back in mid-November, 1987, when B96 in Chicago gave this one early action. And, to this day, I still love it.
Predictions for next week: My primary prediction for next week's show is February 19, 1983, since that show contains a tribute to Karen Carpenter, who died 30 years ago this month. My back-up prediction is February 15, 1986. If they plan to give each year a turn for the first few months of the year without repeating a year, a repeat is inevitable, since February 16, 1980 and February 14, 1987 have both already been done. And, since those were more recent than the 1983 and 1986 shows, that's why those years were my predictions.
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Post by mellongraig on Feb 9, 2013 21:11:10 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - February 9, 2013 This week's presentation - February 13, 2013 AT40 on a Wednesday? That confuses me...
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Post by marv101 on Feb 10, 2013 0:06:23 GMT -5
Casey never used the word 'stealing' in describing how Eric Carmen came to utilize music from his favorite classical composer, and neither should anyone else.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Feb 10, 2013 6:31:04 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - February 9, 2013 This week's presentation - February 13, 2013 40: ROCKET 2 U - THE JETS 1: COULD'VE BEEN – TIFFANY (1) -. Wow, the charts are getting better these days!
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Feb 10, 2013 6:33:56 GMT -5
***5: WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS - THE PET SHOP BOYS & DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (7) - Nor am I a fan of this song - definitely one of my least favorite songs from both artists involved.
GASP! This song is one of the 80s best duets!
(Though I do love West End Girls, this song proves fun to use as a ringtone for all of my bosses! Dirty Work by Steely Dan is a close second)
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