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Post by countdownmike on Aug 6, 2013 12:55:14 GMT -5
cachiva, you mentioned the very 1970 R&B nuggests I like. Especially "The Sly, The Slick & The Wicked." With that song I remember our two local pop stations covering it. It was quite a surprise because of the raw soul sound. When I first heard it on our R&B station, I thought that's where it would stay. I haven't had the chance to hear a 1970 show on SiriusXM or Premiere this year yet. With reference to the show you mentioned, it sounds like the one I heard on SiriusXM last year...if Casey talks about James Brown's mansion ahead of playing his hit. I remember "Ohio" following it.
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Post by mkarns on Aug 6, 2013 13:36:58 GMT -5
cachiva, you mentioned the very 1970 R&B nuggests I like. Especially "The Sly, The Slick & The Wicked." With that song I remember our two local pop stations covering it. It was quite a surprise because of the raw soul sound. When I first heard it on our R&B station, I thought that's where it would stay. I haven't had the chance to hear a 1970 show on SiriusXM or Premiere this year yet. With reference to the show you mentioned, it sounds like the one I heard on SiriusXM last year...if Casey talks about James Brown's mansion ahead of playing his hit. I remember "Ohio" following it. That wasn't the one played by SXM last weekend, which used the 8/1/70 chart; the following week's chart had JB and "Ohio" back to back. This was the second 1970 show run by SXM this year (none yet from Premiere); on July 4 they did a one-time special airing of the debut, using a badly edited version that had two of the countdown hits as well as all the extras edited out.
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Post by cachiva on Aug 6, 2013 16:56:03 GMT -5
Hi countdownmike! Are you the countdownmike with all of the YouTube videos where you introduce lost hits from Top 40s' past? Those are awesome!
"cachiva, you mentioned the very 1970 R&B nuggests I like. Especially "The Sly, The Slick & The Wicked." With that song I remember our two local pop stations covering it. It was quite a surprise because of the raw soul sound. When I first heard it on our R&B station, I thought that's where it would stay."
When I first heard it, I thought it was just a demo version! But I really love the sound. You can hear it every now on then on the SiriusXM channel "Soul Town", along with "Court of Love" and "Fish AIn't Bitin'"!!!
"I haven't had the chance to hear a 1970 show on SiriusXM or Premiere this year yet."
Well, despite the carping here, they remain a treat! I hope that you find a way to indulge in a big scoop of radio's past.
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Post by cachiva on Aug 6, 2013 17:04:55 GMT -5
"I actually kind of like "Tell It All Brother", it's not as good as "Just Dropped In" but then it's a completely different song/style."
Based on your recommendation, drunk uncle, I listened to it again, and also did a Google search. I was right. I can now confirm that it sucks.
"As for "The Wonder Of You", Elvis got the "King Of Rock & Roll" title based solely on his 1950's output. The '60's turned him into a completely non-relevant act musically speaking. The majority of what he did in the '60's was soundtrack garbage with third and fourth rate material. His 1969 album "Elvis In Memphis" is (in my opinion) the best thing he ever did, but by that point he was way out of touch musically. He made a great album in Memphis, but how could he really compete with the Beatles, The Doors, Led Zeppelin etc? By the 1970's he was really more of a AC artist. He was mostly in Vegas and his recorded material is very hit and miss. He was having more hits on the country charts by the 70s than he was on the pop charts."
Thank you for that background info, skuncle. Interesting switch to the passive voice for your second sentence! These old AT40 shows are such a revelation to me, as an adult. Besides the fact that no Elvis was on top 40 radio in Boston, there was no current James Brown being played. And these national shows are anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks behind my memories of when songs were hits during my teenage years in New England. I guess they wanted to be the first to add new songs to their playlists!
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Post by skuncle on Aug 6, 2013 18:10:01 GMT -5
This was the second 1970 show run by SXM this year (none yet from Premiere); on July 4 they did a one-time special airing of the debut, using a badly edited version that had two of the countdown hits as well as all the extras edited out. What were the two countdown songs edited out of this recent show?
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Post by mkarns on Aug 7, 2013 11:19:39 GMT -5
What were the two countdown songs edited out of this recent show? "Love Land" by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (at #18) and "A Song of Joy" by Miguel Rios (#15) were deleted from last month's SXM replay of AT40's first show. Both songs were in last weekend's show, from three weeks later.
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Post by skuncle on Aug 7, 2013 16:02:07 GMT -5
Oh I thought you were saying sings were edited out of this recent show. I got it now.
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Post by reachinforthestars on Aug 7, 2013 23:36:56 GMT -5
I actually kind of like "Tell It All Brother", it's not as good as "Just Dropped In" but then it's a completely different song/style. I have a hard time choosing one over the other because, as you mention, they are so different. But I agree that "Tell It All Brother" is a solid recording. It's a song that struck a nerve during a turbulent time in history. I learned to appreciate it more over time as I was too young to understand it then. But it was the follow-up single ("Heed The Call") that really grabbed my attention in 1970 and it continues to be my favorite song by the group.
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Post by edisonlite on Aug 8, 2013 12:33:54 GMT -5
That rocks! Gotta be 8/11/79... Isnt it just as likely to be aug 4 1979? It seems they usually go backwards, in this case will they go back 6 days or Ahead one day?
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Post by edisonlite on Aug 8, 2013 12:34:58 GMT -5
Also what Are all the times sxm airs the show?
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Post by mkarns on Aug 8, 2013 12:47:04 GMT -5
That rocks! Gotta be 8/11/79... Isnt it just as likely to be aug 4 1979? It seems they usually go backwards, in this case will they go back 6 days or Ahead one day? The last couple of times they did 1979 they went ahead one day, so I'm guessing that will happen again, though 8/4/79 is possible. I'm hoping for 8/11 as Premiere played the other one last year. Whichever one they play, it will be 12 noon Saturday, 9 AM Sunday, and midnight Monday (Sunday night into Monday morning) Eastern time.
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Post by mellongraig on Aug 8, 2013 15:26:56 GMT -5
I really enjoyed this week's show from 1970. Casey said that "Ball of Confusion" was the Temptations' 4th protest song in a row. Did he really consider "Psychedelic Shack" and "I Can't Get Next to You" protest songs?
He also said that "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain was in its 16th week on the charts. But on the July 4 show, just a month earlier, he predicted that the song was "gonna be a biggie!", as if it was relatively new. So my question is, does Casey mean that "weeks on the chart" means weeks on the Hot 100, and not weeks in the Top 40?
Loved hearing the long version of "Are You Ready", and hope to never hear "Tell it All Brother" ever again.
Listening to something as crappy as Elvis' "The Wonder of You", it is hard to believe he is called The King of rock'n'roll. There is nothing rock about this song at all. Or roll. And it's only 1970! I grew up in Boston in the 1970's, and never heard even one Elvis song on the radio after "Burning Love." These old AT40 shows reveal that he charted regularly right up until his passing, but all of those tunes were ignored by radio where I lived.
And Casey also brought up Mark Lindsay's car again! He did get to use his ROCK DJ voice on the intro of "25 or 6 to 4", but didn't get to use his WHISPERING voice until all the way at #1, with "Close to You."
Before reading some of the lyrics to "I Just Can't Help Believing", Casey explains that some songs have such great lyrics that they can be read as poetry. And he proceeds to recite 2 verses of the song! Was this the first time he did this (reading the lyrics), as it was one of his trademarks? Nice to hear him explain why he does it!
So much variety in the songs, and it is the only way to hear soul classics like "The Sly, the Slick and the Wicked", "Check Out Your Mind", "Loveland", and "Westbound #9" on 70s'n'7. And that is sad. Good to hear that somebody can listen to a 1970 show without falling asleep. I agree with that statement. It's too bad SXM can be great on weekends, but not so good on weekdays. Except for the Jukebox of Dyno-Mite...
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Post by countdownmike on Aug 8, 2013 22:51:01 GMT -5
I'm not the countdownmike with the YouTube videos, but I'd like to check those out. I'm glad I didn't hear that 1970 show with "Love Land" taken out. That was kind of my "mystery" song that year. I first heard it in December 1969 on our R&B station and liked it, but they rarely played it. I'm thinking they were just playing it as an LP cut from "In The Jungle, Babe"---their current album then. Then in the spring I started hearing it again on the station, then early summer our two pop stations were all over it. It seemed the song was around forever. Then in July 1970 the album "Express Yourself" came out (while "Love Land" was still on the radio and charts). Apparently the first pressings did not include "Love Land" and shouldn't have. It was on the previous LP. But I remember my sister getting angry---she expected "Love Land" to be on "Express Yourself" because she had just become familiar with it and didn't know about their previous LP. Lo and behold, later in July we saw the LP in a record store with a line under the title "Includes the hit song Love Land." So my sister wasn't the only one who cried out. As a result, that song was an event for me in 1970 because of that. Glad she held out for the new pressing. She found out "Love Land" wasn't on "Express Yourself" at first by picking up the album and reading the song list. Smart move! The other part of the mystery, the lead singer on the song is their drummer, James Gadsen. Also, when "Love Land" appeared on "In The Jungle, Babe" the band was called "The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band." For the single "Love Land" and then the follow up LP they had changed their name to "Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band." Did I tell you I was intrigued by this song? It actually appears under two different band names (first as an album cut from "Jungle" and then as a single).
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Post by reachinforthestars on Aug 9, 2013 3:18:43 GMT -5
I have also been intrigued with this song ever since I saw James Gadson perform what sounded like a revised version called "Got To Find My Baby" on Soul Train a couple years later. There is so much more to the story of "Love Land". www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJXmkL-HnOY
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Post by cachiva on Aug 9, 2013 21:58:07 GMT -5
Great stuff guys! Keep the comments coming,I love all of the gaps in Top 40's history that you are able to fill.
Marvelous!
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