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Post by collegepartyboy on Mar 18, 2014 13:32:53 GMT -5
Alan calls the band Firefall, Fireball! What a putz! The production is awful. They tell the same stories about each artist, every single time. Like listening to my Grandpa repeat himself
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Post by mkarns on Mar 18, 2014 15:27:20 GMT -5
No need to listen to Copycat Casey this week; likely same chart as Premiere. And another reason why you shouldn't listen to Casey lite either - folks at the XMFan Forums are getting frustrated at the VJs and the PD on the 80s channel for the lack of variety. Yeah, I think songs from 1980/1981 (pre-MTV) and 1988/1989 should be in the regular playlist. Actually it's probably a reason in favor of listening to this countdown: to hear songs that you rarely if ever hear in their regular rotation or on most oldies/classic hits stations. |
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Post by Ponderous Man on Mar 22, 2014 11:08:52 GMT -5
No need to listen to Copycat Casey this week; likely same chart as Premiere. Wait a minute! You're telling people not to listen to this countdown, yet you're going to listen to it anyway. Hypocrite! |
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Post by Ponderous Man on Mar 22, 2014 11:13:23 GMT -5
And another reason why you shouldn't listen to Casey lite either - folks at the XMFan Forums are getting frustrated at the VJs and the PD on the 80s channel for the lack of variety. Yeah, I think songs from 1980/1981 (pre-MTV) and 1988/1989 should be in the regular playlist. Of course Mellongraig will be checking out this station to see if any songs will be added to...oh wait a minute. Mellongraig admitted that he doesn't have SiriusXM. WHY ARE YOU STILL ON THIS THREAD WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE SATELLITE RADIO!!!!! |
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Post by mellongraig on Mar 22, 2014 20:00:23 GMT -5
And another reason why you shouldn't listen to Casey lite either - folks at the XMFan Forums are getting frustrated at the VJs and the PD on the 80s channel for the lack of variety. Yeah, I think songs from 1980/1981 (pre-MTV) and 1988/1989 should be in the regular playlist. Of course Mellongraig will be checking out this station to see if any songs will be added to...oh wait a minute. Mellongraig admitted that he doesn't have SiriusXM. WHY ARE YOU STILL ON THIS THREAD WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE SATELLITE RADIO!!!!! Hey, the XM fans are the ones critizing, not me. And second, do you have to write all caps when I'm still on this thread? Give me a break... |
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Post by mellongraig on Apr 4, 2014 20:24:54 GMT -5
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Post by Ponderous Man on Apr 5, 2014 13:36:36 GMT -5
Wait a minute! You're telling people not to listen to this countdown, yet you're going to listen to it anyway. Hypocrite! Geesh, Only listened long enough to find out the year of the next show. In that case, I apologize to you then. I was just reminded about when you told us about a SiriusXM preview weekend or something like that & then you mentioned how the programming was really bad. If you were just listening to this to know what year next week's countdown is from, I'm fine with that. Once again, I am sorry. |
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Post by Ponderous Man on Apr 5, 2014 13:45:11 GMT -5
Of course Mellongraig will be checking out this station to see if any songs will be added to...oh wait a minute. Mellongraig admitted that he doesn't have SiriusXM. WHY ARE YOU STILL ON THIS THREAD WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE SATELLITE RADIO!!!!! Hey, the XM fans are the ones critizing, not me. And second, do you have to write all caps when I'm still on this thread? Give me a break... I know that it's those fans that are criticizing. It's just that you are telling people not to listen to this show, yet you admitted here that you don't have SiriusXM. The only reason I don't usually post on this thread is that I don't wanna pay an arm & an leg for satellite radio. Unfortunately, you haven't gotten the hint yet. |
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Post by mkarns on Apr 11, 2014 23:10:20 GMT -5
This week's show was April 9, 1983. Next week will probably be April 16, 1988--which won't duplicate any Casey countdown as AT40 was guest hosted that week.
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Post by mkarns on Apr 18, 2014 22:36:19 GMT -5
That's an awful lot of 1985, more than that is really representative. They play a lot of 1982 and 1983; last week's 1983 B40 show had as many songs in the regular rotation as any. Generally I think they focus on the time from about mid-1982 to mid-1987; the first and last quarters of the decade get short shrift.
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Post by Michael1973 on Apr 26, 2014 13:52:52 GMT -5
Last week on the Big 40...
#21: Pet Shop Boys -- Always On My Mind
This week on the Big 40...
#21: Willie Nelson -- Always On My Mind
What are the odds?
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Post by Mike on Apr 26, 2014 14:36:07 GMT -5
Last week on the Big 40... #21: Pet Shop Boys -- Always On My Mind This week on the Big 40... #21: Willie Nelson -- Always On My Mind What are the odds? Ha! We just had the back-to-back happen a couple weeks ago on Premiere. Who knew XM would actually manage to one-up them on that score?  |
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Post by adam31 on Apr 26, 2014 18:15:12 GMT -5
In that case, I apologize to you then. I was just reminded about when you told us about a SiriusXM preview weekend or something like that & then you mentioned how the programming was really bad. If you were just listening to this to know what year next week's countdown is from, I'm fine with that. Once again, I am sorry. The programming does stink. There are some decent channels on XM but those do not include the 70s/80s channels. I don't know what licensing rights cost for the 80s AT40s, but I'd rather pay for that than the 4 clowns. And now that the 70s doesn't even give the year of AT40 in advance anymore, they can get rid of Tragic Matt & company too as far as I am concerned. I noticed the Big 40 is using Billboard's chart, do you think they are paying rights fees? If so, why waste money and just go with Premiere's AT40 the 80s? |
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Post by skuncle on Apr 26, 2014 20:03:49 GMT -5
The programming does stink. There are some decent channels on XM but those do not include the 70s/80s channels. I don't know what licensing rights cost for the 80s AT40s, but I'd rather pay for that than the 4 clowns. And now that the 70s doesn't even give the year of AT40 in advance anymore, they can get rid of Tragic Matt & company too as far as I am concerned. I noticed the Big 40 is using Billboard's chart, do you think they are paying rights fees? If so, why waste money and just go with Premiere's AT40 the 80s? They don't have pay any fees because it's just a list. They used to use the Cashbox charts but switched awhile back. Prior to the merge they had a 1970's countdown hosted by Dave Heffel who is on the 60's channel now. For the 80's channel they did the MTV VJ countdown. Basically they compromised and put Casey on the 70's and kept the MTV countdown for the 80's. |
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Post by pgfromwp on Apr 27, 2014 8:54:45 GMT -5
Next week's Copycat Casey...1980! Should get to hear "Cars" by Gary Numan, which receives little recurrent airplay but was replayed to death during a week in early May 1980 while I was vacationing in Florida. |
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