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Post by jgve1952 on Jul 4, 2021 9:01:39 GMT -5
I have been listening on and off to the Top 70 of each year of the 70's, and wow so many songs I have never heard before in the lower positions! I scanned the 1971 list prior to listening and was shocked to not locate It's Too Late. 1979 now featured, has played 5 songs that I never heard before today!
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Post by mkarns on Jul 4, 2021 12:58:14 GMT -5
I have been listening on and off to the Top 70 of each year of the 70's, and wow so many songs I have never heard before in the lower positions! I scanned the 1971 list prior to listening and was shocked to not locate It's Too Late. 1979 now featured, has played 5 songs that I never heard before today! Well, if true, there goes any credibility it might have, even for a listener voted show. When a still well remembered #1 hit, from one of the bestselling albums ever by a still well-known artist, doesn’t place at all then IMO it’s not worth taking seriously except maybe as a window into the preferences and biases of those who voted. (I did not participate.) Though one thing it may have going for it is digging up some unfamiliar tunes; if listeners really want to hear those then maybe they’ll broaden the playlists.
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Post by cachiva on Jul 4, 2021 13:39:43 GMT -5
I have been listening on and off to the Top 70 of each year of the 70's, and wow so many songs I have never heard before in the lower positions! I know! It's great! For all the complaining we hear about their limited, repetitive playlist, it is wonderful to hear so many lost songs. Maybe a few will seep into their regular programming! 1979 now featured, has played 5 songs that I never heard before today! Same here. I heard Carly Simon's "Vengeance," which I haven't heard in eons. So I looked it up, and it peaked on the Hot 100 at #49! So it sure seems like some listeners somewhere must have voted for it. I can't imagine SiriusXM just pulling it out of thin air. Marvelous!
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Post by Michael1973 on Jul 4, 2021 21:42:18 GMT -5
Well, if true, there goes any credibility it might have, even for a listener voted show. When a still well remembered #1 hit, from one of the bestselling albums ever by a still well-known artist, doesn’t place at all then IMO it’s not worth taking seriously except maybe as a window into the preferences and biases of those who voted. I seem to recall that these countdowns are based on pre-determined lists provided by SiriusXM, so if a song isn't on the list then nobody can vote for it. I'm not sure if this current top 700 is the one I'm thinking of, but at least one of their vote-in charts only included Billboard top 10 hits. That being said, I totally agree with you about credibility. They're telling you it's listeners favorite songs of the 70s, but really it's "favorite songs from a list we provided."
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Post by slf on Jul 5, 2021 20:01:03 GMT -5
I have been listening on and off to the Top 70 of each year of the 70's, and wow so many songs I have never heard before in the lower positions! I scanned the 1971 list prior to listening and was shocked to not locate It's Too Late. 1979 now featured, has played 5 songs that I never heard before today! Well, if true, there goes any credibility it might have, even for a listener voted show. When a still well remembered #1 hit, from one of the bestselling albums ever by a still well-known artist, doesn’t place at all then IMO it’s not worth taking seriously except maybe as a window into the preferences and biases of those who voted. (I did not participate.) Though one thing it may have going for it is digging up some unfamiliar tunes; if listeners really want to hear those then maybe they’ll broaden the playlists. Yeah, I noticed the absence of "It's Too Late" as well as "Rainy Days And Mondays". Both songs peaked in June of '71, so their absence is pretty pathetic. The only explanation I can think of is that maybe only songs that entered the Top 40 in the summer months were included in the list of songs to choose from. The two aforementioned songs debuted in the Top 40 in May. That's still no excuse.
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Post by cachiva on Jul 6, 2021 3:03:40 GMT -5
Happy to report that they just played "It's Too Late," so your vision of what 1971 should be has been restored. I thought it was great having so much variety, and did not miss hearing the songs you mentioned, as they've been played on 70s on 7 so often that there isn't any tread left on the tire. Maybe others share this view. As noted above, they played Carly Simon's "Vengeance" which peaked at #49, so the notion of a list of songs that only entered the top 40 in the summer months is nonsense. What is more likely is that plenty of people are as sick of those 2 songs as I am, and skipped over them assuming that there were plenty of others would vote them in. But they didn't. Happens all the time.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 6, 2021 11:44:12 GMT -5
I seem to recall that these countdowns are based on pre-determined lists provided by SiriusXM, so if a song isn't on the list then nobody can vote for it. I'm not sure if this current top 700 is the one I'm thinking of, but at least one of their vote-in charts only included Billboard top 10 hits. That being said, I totally agree with you about credibility. They're telling you it's listeners favorite songs of the 70s, but really it's "favorite songs from a list we provided." SiriusXM has posted lists of songs for people to vote on before so that's probably what was done here. I listened to various portions of some of these countdowns over the weekend. While I like the idea of featuring these tunes, it was hard for me to listen to the first portions of some years' lists. While I enjoyed some tunes like "Hold On" by Sons Of Champlin, hearing multiple non Top 40 tunes in a row got a little tiring at times. When the average listener was hoping to crank their favorite 70s tunes for a barbecue or party, having to hear "Young Blood" by Rickie Lee Jones and other lesser known tunes back to back may have caused a few people to change the channel. I am not saying this was a bad idea but maybe featuring summer hits of the 70s on a non-holiday summer weekend and mixing up the tunes (not in a countdown order, perhaps?) may have been a better route to go. I wonder why they went back to regular programming on July 5 since that was considered the legal holiday this year?
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Post by cachiva on Jul 7, 2021 3:07:38 GMT -5
"SiriusXM has posted lists of songs for people to vote on before so that's probably what was done here."I don't think so. During the 1973 countdown, they played "Soul Makossa," by AFRIQUE!Not the version that made the Top Forty, by Manu Dibango, but the cover version by a studio creation that peaked at #47. The SiriusXM DJ even called the song, "Soul Makusa!" I don't believe for a second that if they were working from a list that they would have included the karaoke version, instead of the legitimate hit by the original artist. "When the average listener was hoping to crank their favorite 70s tunes for a barbecue or party..."
"I wonder why they went back to regular programming on July 5 since that was considered the legal holiday this year?"You are beyond belief. First you bash them for playing rarely- heard tunes on the holiday weekend, then you bash them for playing the old familiar hits on the actual holiday. Unbelievable!
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jul 7, 2021 6:53:39 GMT -5
You are beyond belief. First you bash them for playing rarely-heard tunes on the holiday weekend, then you bash them for playing the old familiar hits on the actual holiday. Unbelievable! I thought I would have gotten called out for suggesting that the summer hits of the 70s programming be done in a non-countdown format on a discussion board where posters love countdowns . I didn't bash them for playing rarely heard tunes... I said there were a few times where it got a little tiring hearing multiple non Top 40 hits back to back. I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out that holiday programming didn't go through the entire holiday. I would have pointed that out if this happened on Memorial Day or Labor Day. Even if I didn't love the programming they offered, why stop it before the holiday weekend is over? Simply pointing that out is not bashing them. I have enjoyed many of the themes featured on SiriusXM 70s on 7 weekend programming, such as featuring all women or all men for a weekend, or the first half of the decade or the last half for a weekend. The concept of a summer hits weekend was a very good one... I simply suggested maybe mixing up well-known hits with the lesser known songs might have kept me listening for a longer time.
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Post by mkarns on Jul 8, 2021 20:01:35 GMT -5
This week's random show: March 13, 1976.
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 8, 2021 20:09:49 GMT -5
3/13/76 has also been featured numerous times on I-Heart Radio's "AT40 Channel".
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 9, 2021 17:56:01 GMT -5
This weekend...1972
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Post by mkarns on Jul 9, 2021 18:27:31 GMT -5
Oh whee, the same year as Premiere. Though probably not the same show--SXM should do July 8, 1972.
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Post by matt on Jul 9, 2021 23:09:39 GMT -5
Oh whee, the same year as Premiere. Though probably not the same show--SXM should do July 8, 1972. Which further adds to the strangeness of Premiere picking 7/15/72 for this weekend...
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Post by skuncle on Jul 10, 2021 5:57:51 GMT -5
July 10-11, 2021: Now let’s go back to this week in 1972 - Gloria Gaynor, July 8, 1972
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