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Post by briguy52748 on Mar 30, 2010 18:59:36 GMT -5
Just like the Dunkin Donuts guy when he said, "Time to make the doughnuts!" ... it's time to make the predictions!" Predicitons for our July 4th special coming up in three months.
Realizing this is not a democratic process necessarily, I'm curious as to what you think might be the show aired over the July 4th weekend, 2010.
I'm not up on the 1980s shows that have aired, but I can eliminate three possibilities for 1970s shows (as they aired on past July 4ths):
• "Top Acts of the 1970s ... So Far (1974)," from July 6, 1974 and aired in 2007.
• "Top Disco Hits," the only four-hour "AT40: The 80s" show aired in the package. First aired July 7, 1979, we heard it again as the fireworks shot in the skies during an expensive gasoline summer in 2008.
• "Girls of Rock and Roll Special." A neat special from July 2, 1977, that we got to hear again last Independence Day weekend.
So taking those three shows out of the equation, what do you think Premiere should play?
Brian
P.S. — I predict "Top Acts of the 1970s ... So Far (1978)," the 1978 revision which has a lot more big stars that weren't even around just four years earlier.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 30, 2010 20:31:37 GMT -5
I predict that the very first "AT40" show will be featured over the July 4th weekend-As far as the 80's show is concerned,I'll predict "The AT40 Book Of Records" special which aired in July 1980.
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Post by Mike on Mar 31, 2010 1:33:22 GMT -5
For the 80s shows, the "Giants of Rock & Roll" special from 1986 aired in 2007, and the "Top 40 Newcomers of the 80s" from MAY 1988 aired in 2008. 2009 actually had a regular show, the July 19, 1986 show. So, knowing that they could just as easily just go with a regular show again this year...who knows.  |
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Mar 31, 2010 11:14:59 GMT -5
Another possibility would be the 1987 July 4th special-Top 40 hits of the 1980s so far. Missing hits from the second half of 1987, 1988 and 1989 could be used as optional extras to make up for their exclusion from the show. Examples:
Optional Extra #1: Alone by Heart (#2 for 1987)
Optional Extra #2: Faith by George Michael (#1 for 1988)
Optional Extra #3: Need You Tonight by INXS (#2 for 1988)
Optional Extra #4: Look Away by Chicago (#1 for 1989)
Other possible optional extras would be: Got My Mind Set On You-George Harrison (#3 for 1988) or "My Prerogative-Bobby Brown (#2 for 1989). #3 for 1987 was Shake You Down by Gregory Abbot but as it peaked before the Top 40 Hits of the 1980s So Far, it would have been included in the calculations but didn't make it.
One of the Casey's Top 40 specials celebrating the 1980s would be good also but I highly doubt that Premiere would want to use one of them because it would start a precident that they may not be ready to deal with yet, if ever.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 31, 2010 12:35:27 GMT -5
I think one way to go would be the 1978 Top Acts and 1987 Top Hits shows, as that would be thematically rather consistent, and both aired late enough in their respective decades to give a fairly accurate overall picture of 70s and 80s music.
Another good idea would be replaying the debut for the 70s broadcast, celebrating "40 years of AT40." I'm not sure what they'd do for the 80s then; the 1980 Book of Records (with some songs dating back to the 1940s) or the 1983 Top Hits shows would be interesting. Also, a suggestion was made on this site that in keeping with the 40th anniversary theme, a new retrospective special could be made and aired for both versions (but would this have to include an optional hour which could be skipped by AT40-70s affiliates?)
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Post by briguy52748 on Mar 31, 2010 14:30:45 GMT -5
Another possibility would be the 1987 July 4th special-Top 40 hits of the 1980s so far. Missing hits from the second half of 1987, 1988 and 1989 could be used as optional extras to make up for their exclusion from the show. Examples: Optional Extra #1: Alone by Heart (#2 for 1987) Optional Extra #2: Faith by George Michael (#1 for 1988) Optional Extra #3: Need You Tonight by INXS (#2 for 1988) Optional Extra #4: Look Away by Chicago (#1 for 1989) Other possible optional extras would be: Got My Mind Set On You-George Harrison (#3 for 1988) or "My Prerogative-Bobby Brown (#2 for 1989). #3 for 1987 was Shake You Down by Gregory Abbot but as it peaked before the Top 40 Hits of the 1980s So Far, it would have been included in the calculations but didn't make it. One of the Casey's Top 40 specials celebrating the 1980s would be good also but I highly doubt that Premiere would want to use one of them because it would start a precident that they may not be ready to deal with yet, if ever. Other possible extras: • 1987: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston (No. 5) or "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake (No. 7). I discounted Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (No. 4 for '87), since it peaked before the special's cut-off date and didn't crack the top 40. (Incidentally, only two songs from 1986-1987 — Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" and the Bangels' "Walk Like an Egyptian" — made this special countdown.) • 1988: "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley (No. 4) or "Sweet Child O'Mine" by the heavy metal bad boys, Guns 'n' Roses. Another great choice: "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys; even though its year-end peak was No. 42, it stands as an iconic hit of the late 1980s. • 1989: Oooh, several choices here — "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins (although it was on the 1990 year-end chart, this song raising awareness about the plight of homelessness did spend two of its four weeks at No. 1 in December 1989, right around Christmas). Also: "Every Rose Has its Thorn" by Poison (No. 3), "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul (No. 4), "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson (No. 5) or ... even though its year-end position was No. 18, the three-week No. 1 smash "Lost in Your Eyes" by the beautiful Debbie Gibson. They might also want to consider including one of the 1980s icons: Billy Joel, and his generational gap opus, "We Didn't Start the Fire" from December 1989. One other optional extra: Iconic of the 1980s, but never went No. 1 ... the hard-luck "Waiting For a Girl Like You" by Foreigner from the end of 1981. Ten weeks at No. 2 should rank it among the top hits of the decade. Brian |
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Post by briguy52748 on Mar 31, 2010 14:45:27 GMT -5
Actually, my pick for the July 4 "AT40: The 80s" special would have been the 1988 special "The Triathlon of Rock and Roll." Even though there are a number of medleys-only representing the artists, it's still a nice if not interesting overview of 1980s hits ... and a salute to long-running artists as well.
Extras here might include:
• "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys (from later in 1988). The Beach Boys had their top 10 hit in November 1988, after this special was aired.
• "One" by the Bee Gees, even though Barry Gibb appears solo earlier in the countdown. This was a No. 7 hit in late summer/early fall of 1989.
And a couple who had hits in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s (to go along with the theme of long-running artists)
• "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler, a No. 1 hit from June 1989. Bette was best known in the 1970s for her remake of the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (1973) and in the 1990s, she had the top 5 hit "From a Distance" (1991).
• "Angel" by Aerosmith, their No. 3 hit from 1988. Aerosmith's biggest hit of the 1970s was — and sound like a psycho when you sing the refrain — "Dream On" from 1976. In 1998, this hard rockin' band from Boston had their biggest hit ever: the 1998 No. 1 power ballad "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," covered on the country charts by Mark Chesnutt in 1999 (who had a No. 1 hit of his own with the song).
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As for the 1970s show, I think that airing the "Top Acts of the 1970s ... So Far" from 1978 would be an excellent pick.
Extras here — to cover artists who didn't quite make the cut for this second 1970s special — might include:
• "Bad Girls" or "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer, both from the summer of 1979. (Yep, she hadn't had her first No. 1 hit by June 1978, when this special was being produced. Her fortunes dramatically changed in the last 18 months of the decade, didn't they?)
• "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones, one of two No. 1 hits they had during the 1970s. They weren't among the top of the class in the 1970s? How incredibly ignorant was that, when they still released several best-selling albums and had some of the decade's best known hits.
• "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streissand, another honorable mention pick. She had four No. 1 hits during the decade — two from the two of the biggest motion pictures of the decade, and two in duets (one with Neil Diamond, one with Donna Summer). I chose the biggest hit of the bunch: the top hit of 1974.
Brian
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Post by freakyflybry on Mar 31, 2010 23:56:49 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind either the regular or a special for the 80's show. I can't see them doing the AT40 Book of Records (as there are too many pre-80's songs that not even AC stations play anymore) or the Beatles special (as that's too un-80's).
Another potential extra for the Triathlon of Rock & Roll, if they air it, could be "Let My Love Open The Door" by Pete Townshend, as The Who also had 60's and 70's hits, and that must've just missed the cut for the show.
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Post by Hervard on Apr 3, 2010 20:01:21 GMT -5
I am so hoping for the Top 40 Hits of the 80s - So Far. But the Triathalon of Rock And Roll sounds like it would be a good choice.
And I agree about the AT40 Book Of Records show - too many old songs on there, some dating back over 60 years. And I would imagine that the Beatles special is also out (though it would be ideal for oldies stations as a one-time broadcast).
Quite frankly, I'm surprised that they aired the Giants of Rock & Roll special, since there were so many pre-1980 hits on that one. Then again, that was when the show was still somewhat new.
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Post by upland1425 on Jun 6, 2010 10:21:15 GMT -5
I think that they are going to run the July 4, 1970 show. When I talked with a program director of certain AT40 affiliate station last year, I was advised that Premier, at that time, reserved the July 4, 1970 show as a potential candidiate for the 40th anniversary show.
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Post by Mike on Jun 7, 2010 17:49:55 GMT -5
This being the 40th anniversary could also lead to the Book of Records show for the 80s, since that would also be the 10th anniversary show, regardless of if there are so many not-80s songs in that show. The anniversary could also be Premiere's excuse to dust off that show - once, for the time-specific occasion - and then never have to do so again.
It's also a 1980 show, and by July 4 it'll be coming up to the point where it'll have been a while since the last '80 show. I kinda think it won't be '88 for that reason - I think we'll be getting '88 before the end of this month and then not again that quickly (though possibly still once more later in the month before its 5-month hiatus).
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Post by kahunaburger61 on Jun 7, 2010 20:40:22 GMT -5
AT40-The 70's has 2 b the very first countdown from 1970 with it being the 40th anniversary and all. The 80's countdown last year was a regular, everyday countdown from 1986 I believe. This year will be a regular, everyday countdown from 1985.
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Post by Mike on Jun 7, 2010 23:11:54 GMT -5
AT40-The 70's has 2 b the very first countdown from 1970 with it being the 40th anniversary and all. The 80's countdown last year was a regular, everyday countdown from 1986 I believe. This year will be a regular, everyday countdown from 1985. 15th anniversary? Interesting...except that the July 6, 1985 show was hosted by Charlie Van Dyke. |
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Post by rgmike on Jun 17, 2010 16:51:13 GMT -5
I think that they are going to run the July 4, 1970 show. When I talked with a program director of certain AT40 affiliate station last year, I was advised that Premier, at that time, reserved the July 4, 1970 show as a potential candidiate for the 40th anniversary show. I hope that's true. I remember that they re-ran that show for the 5th anniversary in 1975 -- AT40 was not carried in NYC (where I grew up) from the beginning, it was picked up in the spring of '71, so hearing the first 1970 show in '75 was a revelation to me. Casey's shtick had changed a bit over 5 years, going from a more rough, staccato delivery to his smoother, honeyed tones. BTW, my first post here -- longtime chart-geek and AT40 fan. |
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Post by jgve1952 on Jun 18, 2010 8:54:41 GMT -5
Welcome to the site rgmike. I think we all are chart geeks but I'm not apologizing for my enjoyment of this--could be a lot of worse things to do!!! Anyway, I agree about the 40th anniversary of the Top 40 (so with two 40s), I don't see how it wouldn't be any show but the 40th anniversary of the 1st show ever!!! But regardless, I'll still listen to whatever is chosen.
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