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Post by chrislc on Apr 17, 2011 18:49:07 GMT -5
I believe these 11 songs from the 80 played by Premiere this weekend are probably the ones that are still played on radio stations with some regularity. Which of these (or the other 69) do you believe will still be played regularly in 10 years? 20 years? Any of them?
29: OYE COMO VA - SANTANA
24: TEMPTATION EYES - GRASS ROOTS
18: WHAT IS LIFE - GEORGE HARRISON
13: WILD WORLD - CAT STEVENS
3: JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME) - TEMPTATIONS
2: WHAT'S GOIN' ON - MARVIN GAYE
1: JOY TO THE WORLD - THREE DOG NIGHT
29: BRASS IN POCKET – THE PRETENDERS
15: CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - QUEEN
12: YOU MAY BE RIGHT – BILLY JOEL
9: WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU – THE SPINNERS
I believe The Spinners might have the last survivor of these - as always the one with the fewest negative responses even if there are few positives.
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Post by franky on Apr 17, 2011 18:54:36 GMT -5
How about "Call Me" by Blondie. I still hear that a lot on many radio stations. Even karaoke video games have this. I know because my 10 year-old nephew sings it...lol.
Also "Another Brick in The Wall" is still popular. "The Wall" still sells a lot of copies.
Also "Cars" and "Funky Town" are still very popular songs. I guess it all depends on what type of stations you listen to.
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 17, 2011 18:57:39 GMT -5
Why do I get the feeling there is going to be a lot of disagreement on this thread because of people being in different parts of the country for one reason. From 1971, I would add Another Day and Me and Bobby Magee. From 1980, I would add Another Brick in the Wall before I would add anything and then I would add Call Me and Off the Wall. Another Brick is in a class by itself because Pink Floyd has a huge following and that is by far their biggest hit.
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Post by reachinforthestars on Apr 17, 2011 22:23:39 GMT -5
Why do I get the feeling there is going to be a lot of disagreement on this thread because of people being in different parts of the country for one reason. My sentiments exactly when I read the original post. But more common songs I would add that I still hear are: Me And Bobby McGee Another Day I Am I Said If Proud Mary The survivor would go to more than one song: Temptations (Motown is eternal) Marvin Gaye (see above) |
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Post by freakyflybry on Apr 17, 2011 22:50:36 GMT -5
I'd also say "Eighteen" by Alice Cooper still gets airplay, as does "She's A Lady" by Tom Jones.
Similarly, I'd say despite its low peak, "Any Way You Want It" by Journey still gets airplay, as well as "I Can't Tell You Why" by the Eagles and "Fire Lake" by Bob Seger.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 17, 2011 23:11:54 GMT -5
Does anyone have an opinion about which song will be the last one still to be played regularly?
And how about this? What hit from the 1950s do you think was the last one to be played a thousand times in one week on the radio? All US radio stations, and not counting Christmas songs.
Or are there any still being played that often today?
And from the 1960s? Any today? If so, which ones? Which one from the 1960s is played most often today? And is it the same one that will still be played the most in 10 years?
I'd bet that Oh Pretty Woman is played more often today than You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
Which songs have and will have the most staying power?
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Post by rgmike on Apr 18, 2011 11:29:48 GMT -5
Well, when you say "radio stations" what format are you thinking of? Classic Rock? Classic Hits? Oldies? goodness, all of these are staples of one or more formats:
Joy to the World
What's Going on
Just My Imagination
What is Life
Oye Como Va
Call Me
Another Brick (maybe one of the most-played Classic Rock tracks ever)
Cars
I will grant you, tho', that both charts this week had LOTS of "forgotten 45s". The '80s list in particular was from a time when the A/C-ization of Top 40 radio was beginning and so outside of Lite-FM you don't hear alot of Christopher Cross or Air Supply (thank goodness).
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Post by chrislc on Apr 18, 2011 15:43:24 GMT -5
Well, when you say "radio stations" what format are you thinking of? Classic Rock? Classic Hits? Oldies? goodness, all of these are staples of one or more formats: Joy to the World What's Going on Just My Imagination What is Life Oye Como Va Call Me Another Brick (maybe one of the most-played Classic Rock tracks ever) Cars I will grant you, tho', that both charts this week had LOTS of "forgotten 45s". The '80s list in particular was from a time when the A/C-ization of Top 40 radio was beginning and so outside of Lite-FM you don't hear alot of Christopher Cross or Air Supply (thank goodness). That's what I'm trying to get at. At some point, American radio stations overall stopped playing Ride Like The Wind and Lost In Love with enough frequency so that it would have been a surprise to hear them on the radio. Probably for those two songs sometime in the early 1990s. Only A Lonely Heart Sees reached that point at - oh - let's say mid 1980. At some point, this will happen to all 80 of the songs played this past weekend. Maybe Pink Floyd will continue to appeal strongly enough to a certain format and demographic so that it will be the the 80th song - the Lone Survivor. Or maybe it will be Marvin Gaye - or one of the others. My question is - in 10 or 20 years - which song will be the one that has the most airplays - overall? And will it be a different song than the one getting the most airplays today? And if not on over-the-air stations, then on internet or satellite, or whatever method people are then using to hear songs that someone else is selecting for them. What song from the 1940s gets the most airplay today? (non-Christmas) In The Mood? Moonlight Serenade? Or the 1930s? Let's Dance? Frenesi? Before we know it, Call Me and Another Brick In The Wall, etc., will be just like those songs - just as obscure to a growing number of people. But - one of them will be LESS obscure than any of it's peers. |
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 18, 2011 18:52:28 GMT -5
Some deep thinking there chrisic. I can't come up with any answers for you because 1) I don't listen to stations that play the 30s, 40s or 50s or even 60s. 2) when the 70s and 80s become too much in the past, it is too much a crapshoot as to what things will be like in 10,20 years. But it is a subject worth doing research on. There must be some data out there somewhere as to the most played songs from each decade currently. SXM must have that data....not that they would divulge it....since they have a channel for each decade.
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Post by pizzzzza on Apr 18, 2011 19:14:59 GMT -5
I've had this discussion with friends over the years to some extent.
One thing we did agree on was that "oldies stations", as we know them now - are mostly songs from Top 40 radio of the 60-90s...
But in 20-30 years, we felt that the "oldies stations" would be songs NOT from Top 40 radio, but ADULT CONTEMPORARY stations of TODAY.....since there IS NO Top 40 radio TODAY anymore................sad.
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Post by artsmusic on Apr 18, 2011 20:38:20 GMT -5
My vote is Just My Imagination, it's more a wedding/eternal song, still SO heavily played 40 years later.
Funny that I would disagree with most of the other posted choices, as Chicago radio rarely plays If (Everything I Own), Off The Wall (Billie Jean), Fire Lake (Old Time Rock 'n' Roll)or Eighteen (School's Out) especially compared to these other choices from those acts.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 19, 2011 5:17:23 GMT -5
My vote is Just My Imagination, it's more a wedding/eternal song, still SO heavily played 40 years later. Funny that I would disagree with most of the other posted choices, as Chicago radio rarely plays If (Everything I Own), Off The Wall (Billie Jean), Fire Lake (Old Time Rock 'n' Roll)or Eighteen (School's Out) especially compared to these other choices from those acts. Thanks, that's what I was hoping for, a title and a reason. I think it's interesting seeing the differing opinions about this question. |
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