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Post by jimjterrell4210 on May 20, 2023 0:59:45 GMT -5
...there was a number one jingle that played before #1, which I don't think they've ever used before. Does this mean there is no talk-break/intro before the number-one single at all for the first time on the VJ Big 40? |
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Post by laura on May 25, 2023 21:01:17 GMT -5
Since they've featured each year twice now, I'm hoping they kind of mix things up a little this time out. If 1980 is next, then it'll be yet another Premiere copy. Then also 6/14/86 and 6/23/84 were done just last year. Also if 1980 is next, it would include four songs that have never been counted down on there before, which goes to show how much they've neglected that period.
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Post by mkarns on May 25, 2023 21:13:21 GMT -5
Since they've featured each year twice now, I'm hoping they kind of mix things up a little this time out. If 1980 is next, then it'll be yet another Premiere copy. Then also 6/14/86 and 6/23/84 were done just last year. Also if 1980 is next, it would include four songs that have never been counted down on there before, which goes to show how much they've neglected that period. I think those four neglected songs would be "New Romance" (Spider), "Love Stinks" (J. Geils Band), "I Don't Want To Walk Without You" (Barry Manilow), and "We Were Meant To Be Lovers" (Photoglo), though Love Stinks at least probably gets played outside of the countdown (and certainly on some of the classic rock channels on there, as it does terrestrially.) By contrast, they've several times played the one countdown with "Clones" by Alice Cooper, which AT40 never aired as they did a special that week (it has been and probably will be a Premiere optional extra.) |
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Post by Mike on May 25, 2023 23:46:11 GMT -5
Since they've featured each year twice now, I'm hoping they kind of mix things up a little this time out. If 1980 is next, then it'll be yet another Premiere copy. While true, this would also fall into one of two four-week "blackout" periods in 1980 that Big 40 hasn't featured a single week of (5/17-6/14, and 8/2-23). That is to say: To hell with even thinking about what Premiere's doing, Big 40 needs to do 80 within the next few weeks, and that is simply all there is to it. Also, by doing either 6/7 or 6/14, it positions 80 well to then do an August week that isn't 8/30. (The only other year with two four-week "blackout" periods is 1988, with 1/16-2/6 and 6/11-7/2 not yet done - though, 5/28 will be done this year, so that at least narrows down the latter a bit from otherwise being a period where 5-out-of-6 weeks were untouched.) Having said all this: After 1980, the time would be right to change up the order - and in any case, we're all but guaranteed to get a repeat for one of the first three weeks of June, no matter what they do. Here's why (using Friday dates): June 2: The only other "not yet done" year for this week would be 1985, which was just done last week. June 9: "Not yet done" years would be 1980, 1987 (6/13), 1985, and 1988. So really, either 80 or 87 would be the likely choices. June 16: 80, 87, 88. If 80 and 87 go the first two weeks then it would leave this week empty. 1986 can wait until June 23, at least, with 1984 to then follow right after. In fact, here would be an ideal slate for June: 6/7/80, 6/13/87, 6/19/82, 6/21/86, 6/30/84. 82 would be the repeat, but 6/19 hasn't been done since 2015 - which is better than 6/5 or 6/12 (done the past two years) or 6/26 (done twice already). |
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Post by jblues on May 26, 2023 13:50:55 GMT -5
Gee...I wonder why?  At least AT40 will play the actual Alison Moyet "Invisible" unlike on here. Listening to Casey on WWIS, now. Yep, correct Invisible already played and I am sure the correct Walking on Sunshine will play as well...  'I was working part time at a 5 and dime, my boss was Mr. Magoo' is playing now. |
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Post by laura on May 26, 2023 23:08:58 GMT -5
Next week it'll be all about 1980!
It might not have been a Memorial Day special, but they did have several holiday-themed bumpers in place of the usual ones.
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Post by mkarns on May 26, 2023 23:26:43 GMT -5
Next week it'll be all about 1980! It might not have been a Memorial Day special, but they did have several holiday-themed bumpers in place of the usual ones. The same year as Premiere, but maybe not the same week. They might do 5/31/80, but we get 6/7 from Casey. At least I don't think this is a rerun, and we probably won't get 7/5/80 yet again. This would set up 1980 to reappear in August with another week unplayed by the VJ's. |
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Post by Mike on May 27, 2023 3:22:01 GMT -5
The same year as Premiere, but maybe not the same week. They might do 5/31/80, but we get 6/7 from Casey. At least I don't think this is a rerun, and we probably won't get 7/5/80 yet again. While true, this would also fall into one of two four-week "blackout" periods in 1980 that Big 40 hasn't featured a single week of (5/17-6/14, and 8/2-23) Either way: Not a rerun. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 2, 2023 22:45:34 GMT -5
Next week's Copycat Casey... 1986
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Post by laura on Jun 2, 2023 22:50:19 GMT -5
Great, and since they never duplicate chart dates from the previous week, we're stuck with 6/14/86 again.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 2, 2023 22:55:13 GMT -5
At least unlike this week's show, 1986 won't duplicate Casey, especially if it's 6/14/86 which was a guest hosted AT40. I was just hoping it wouldn't be 1982 next week.
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Post by Mike on Jun 2, 2023 23:50:44 GMT -5
Great, and since they never duplicate chart dates from the previous week, we're stuck with 6/14/86 again. PLOT TWIST: This being the year they break that habit. (Who says I can't jump into the game of wild guesses that shouldn't happen that end up happening just because someone said something?) In any event, I was pulling for 87 for next week instead of 86. 86 makes 87 the week after that much less likely, and it can't be ruled out that we're simply going to proceed with the same mostly-rigid pattern.  That's...actually a rather mixed bag, as in plotting out the years in order until we'd get back to 1980 again, exactly half of the next 8 weeks would land on new charts (1984, 1989, 1983, and 1985*). It's the potential for more than that that just gets blown past that bugs me. That, and it'd mean that 3 of the next 4 weeks after 86 will be repeats. *1985 would come up either as the last week of July or first week of August, depending on if they feel like putting it before or after 1988 - but in terms of "new chart" status, it would make no difference, as either way 85 will be new and 88 will not. |
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Post by Michael1973 on Jun 4, 2023 10:40:10 GMT -5
*1985 would come up either as the last week of July or first week of August, depending on if they feel like putting it before or after 1988 - but in terms of "new chart" status, it would make no difference, as either way 85 will be new and 88 will not. If they remain with the current pattern through the summer, we will get 8/6/88 for the fourth time. What's interesting about that is, even though that chart is ten weeks after 5/28/88, the May chart never aired before this year. In other words, none of the three occurrences of 8/6 aired exactly ten weeks after a previous 1988 offering. In other news, the 90s countdown gives us another five-time repeat this week, with 6/6/92, aired most recently a year ago. At least they played the right version of I Will Remember You this time. |
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Post by Mike on Jun 4, 2023 11:09:01 GMT -5
I didn't lock in the order of those two years because, so far this year we've gotten 88 and then 85, followed by 85 and then 88. Making this next time they both come up the "rubber match" as to which one comes first, so to speak.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 4, 2023 18:10:24 GMT -5
*1985 would come up either as the last week of July or first week of August, depending on if they feel like putting it before or after 1988 - but in terms of "new chart" status, it would make no difference, as either way 85 will be new and 88 will not. If they remain with the current pattern through the summer, we will get 8/6/88 for the fourth time. What's interesting about that is, even though that chart is ten weeks after 5/28/88, the May chart never aired before this year. In other words, none of the three occurrences of 8/6 aired exactly ten weeks after a previous 1988 offering. In other news, the 90s countdown gives us another five-time repeat this week, with 6/6/92, aired most recently a year ago. At least they played the right version of I Will Remember You this time. I’d almost be willing to bet that Premiere plays Casey’s AT40 from 8/6/88 this year. The last three times it was an A or standalone were 2008, 2013, and 2018. Notice a pattern here? |
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