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Post by skuncle on May 12, 2012 11:01:42 GMT -5
The top 3 recap is back!!
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Post by mkarns on May 12, 2012 21:12:17 GMT -5
The top 3 recap is back!! That did indeed return (grouped together as a nearly 11-minute block) but still missing was the story about disco saving New York (whatever that meant), which some stations which didn't like that music deleted at the time. As per the original cue sheet, it was then located between #25 and #24, and was not in the SXM broadcast.
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Post by dukelightning on May 12, 2012 21:19:13 GMT -5
The story about disco saving New York referred to the depressing financial state that New York was in during the mid to late 70s. It was nearing bankruptcy. But then disco saved the city because it brought people in to the more than 1000 discos that had opened up by 1979.
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Post by skuncle on May 12, 2012 22:04:24 GMT -5
The show was almost exactly three hours so I'm guessing that's why the disco story was cut. It may have only added a minute or two, but if given the choice between cutting the recap or the story it looks like they went with the story. No big loss really although it does leave the show incomplete.
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Post by edisonlite on May 15, 2012 9:34:03 GMT -5
Any word on the airdate of this coming weekend's countdown?
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on May 15, 2012 10:05:38 GMT -5
Just checked SXM's 70s web and Facebook page, also xmfan.com--nothing listed as far as this week's AT40. I did see a possible hint on the Facebook page--they were talking about streaking as a fad, which would point to 1974. But to find out for sure, you'd need to email one of the djs there or listen to 70s on 7 at night--JJ is better about announcing the upcoming show date than Magic Matt, who doesn't seem to care at all.
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Post by mkarns on May 15, 2012 10:52:01 GMT -5
Just checked SXM's 70s web and Facebook page, also xmfan.com--nothing listed as far as this week's AT40. I did see a possible hint on the Facebook page--they were talking about streaking as a fad, which would point to 1974. But to find out for sure, you'd need to email one of the djs there or listen to 70s on 7 at night--JJ is better about announcing the upcoming show date than Magic Matt, who doesn't seem to care at all. If they played 1974 this week, then Ray Stevens' "The Streak" would be #1. But I wouldn't read too much into that, at least out of hope they don't. SXM just played 1974 three weeks ago this weekend, and in February and March as well, plus just last week Premiere did the same. By contrast, 1973 hasn't been played by SXM since January, and that was the only time they've done that year since last June (yes, 11 months ago.)
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on May 15, 2012 13:04:18 GMT -5
In that case, maybe we could email them and pester them to broadcast a 1973 show this weekend.
I wonder how far back Premiere and SXM plan what AT40 shows they will broadcast in the future? I do remember that at the very first, they based their broadcasts on the shows that Shannon had remastered for them and that there were some weird choices but since then, they've been better about ensuring that each year (except for one or two--usually because they were overbroadcast previously) gets regular rotation.
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Post by Big Red Machine on May 15, 2012 17:25:53 GMT -5
JJ said it pretty fast, but I think he said that it will be 5/19/73.
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Post by matt on May 16, 2012 11:08:13 GMT -5
Well, Lionel Richie has the #1 song for the 1984 show, but looks like a #1 double dip weekend for Stevie Wonder. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is #1 on 5/19/73 and "Sir Duke" is the #1 for 5/21/77...
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Post by Mike on May 17, 2012 12:33:16 GMT -5
Speaking of Donna, with today's tragic news, any chance SXM changes the year as a tribute? Maybe to another May 1979 show where she was kicking a** on the charts. It'd be worth waiting a couple weeks at least - why settle for less when they can put on a show where she tops the charts? (June 2 at the earliest)
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Post by edisonlite on May 17, 2012 12:38:02 GMT -5
That IS very sad to learn of Donna's death today. (She died of lung cancer). I checked online and an article says "Donna believed she contracted lung cancer by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New York City." I'm guessing she's not a smoker since her voice didn't get rough and coarse like smoker Dionne Warwick's voice has become. Guess we'll never know if Donna's theory is correct, but it's sad to think there still may be more casualties (and more to come) from 9/11 after all these years.
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on May 17, 2012 12:57:49 GMT -5
Another good show to play would be June 30, 1979--that's when the top 5 were all women and Donna had two of those songs in the top 3. A poor choice would be to play the Top 40 Disco special of July 7, 1979 since Donna stated that she did NOT want to be known as the Queen of Disco.
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Post by matt on May 17, 2012 13:11:40 GMT -5
That IS very sad to learn of Donna's death today. (She died of lung cancer). I checked online and an article says "Donna believed she contracted lung cancer by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New York City." I'm guessing she's not a smoker since her voice didn't get rough and coarse like smoker Dionne Warwick's voice has become. Guess we'll never know if Donna's theory is correct, but it's sad to think there still may be more casualties (and more to come) from 9/11 after all these years. I saw that quote on TMZ's website. Of course, that is only a theory--there is no way to know if her case was related to 9/11 in any way. Could have had nothing to do with it. Nevertheless, a sad day in music (we've had a few too many of those lately). Donna always seemed to me to be one of the "good guys/gals" in the business. R.I.P.
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Post by dukelightning on May 17, 2012 13:44:27 GMT -5
That IS very sad to learn of Donna's death today. (She died of lung cancer). I checked online and an article says "Donna believed she contracted lung cancer by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New York City." I'm guessing she's not a smoker since her voice didn't get rough and coarse like smoker Dionne Warwick's voice has become. Guess we'll never know if Donna's theory is correct, but it's sad to think there still may be more casualties (and more to come) from 9/11 after all these years. Now I am wondering if there have already been deaths of this nature that are attributable to 9/11.
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