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Post by mkarns on Oct 10, 2016 22:46:42 GMT -5
When Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" debuted on 10/7/72, Casey called it "powerful" both before and after playing it.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 11, 2016 15:32:51 GMT -5
Maybe not applied to the entire song, but in his intro on the 1980 year-end countdown at #50 for Dan Fogelberg's "Longer", Casey says, "Featuring a lovely flugelhorn solo by Jerry Hey". (Which I agree.)
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Post by mkarns on Nov 6, 2016 9:17:43 GMT -5
On the 11/30/74 show, he sounded very enthusiastic about "Cat's In The Cradle" by Harry Chapin. When it debuted on 11/2/74, Casey introed CITC with "Harry Chapin writes a great lyric." (Wonder what he thought of the Ugly Kid Joe version that was a hit in 1993?) In that same show, Casey called Reunion's "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" "one of the best novelties of the year", in a year that probably had more than its share of novelty hits. |
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Post by davewollenberg on Nov 6, 2016 18:05:05 GMT -5
mkarns, Harry died in '81, so there's no way he could've heard Ugly Kid Joe's '93 cover.
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Post by mkarns on Nov 6, 2016 18:43:52 GMT -5
mkarns, Harry died in '81, so there's no way he could've heard Ugly Kid Joe's '93 cover. I know. By "he" I meant Casey, who probably still would have been impressed with the lyrics but maybe not the new presentation, if in fact he actually listened to it. |
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Post by mkarns on Dec 13, 2016 12:41:50 GMT -5
On 12/8/73 Casey said of War's "Me and Baby Brother" "Good dance number!" and Gladys Knight & the Pips' "I've Got to Use My Imaginaton" "Another great rhythm sound."
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Post by mkarns on Feb 3, 2017 23:05:22 GMT -5
More about the instrumental work than the song, but Casey said that Prince played "some terrific lead guitar" on "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man", in the 2/6/88 show.
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Post by mkarns on Mar 4, 2017 9:30:32 GMT -5
Casey called Sammi Smith's version of the Kris Kristofferson composition "Help Me Make It Through the Night" a "beautiful ballad" on 3/6/71. That same week, he said of Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" that it would be added to the repertoire of many singers around the world, a high compliment (this was one of several times Casey spoke well of Lightfoot's song.)
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Post by pb on Mar 23, 2017 18:33:07 GMT -5
On 3/16/74 he praised Harry Chapin's lyrics after playing "W.O.L.D." (which was at #40 and would get to #36 the next week before falling off the countdown).
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Post by mkarns on Mar 25, 2017 11:32:57 GMT -5
On this week's 1976 show, Casey said Junk Food was one of his favorite of the year. Premiere played the 3/20/76 show this week with Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie", which Casey prefaced by saying he liked it, not the only show where he said that. Kind of ironic that Casey should like a song about pigging out on junk food when he himself became an advocate of healthy diets, including vegetarian/veganism. Maybe sometimes he could relate to the song, about trying to maintain a healthy eating regimen and falling off that wagon?  |
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Post by pb on May 22, 2017 12:10:57 GMT -5
5/19/73 is notable for Casey mentioning that there are four debut songs, "and they're all good ones."
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Post by mkarns on Jun 16, 2017 22:33:20 GMT -5
On 6/19/82, Casey said of Ray Parker Jr's "The Other Woman", "I can't keep my feet still when I hear this song". Neither can I.
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Post by mkarns on Jun 23, 2017 16:48:51 GMT -5
On 6/14/75, Casey said that Roger Whittaker's "The Last Farewell" was "one of the most beautiful ballads to come out in some time".
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Post by mga707 on Jun 23, 2017 19:52:57 GMT -5
On 6/14/75, Casey said that Roger Whittaker's "The Last Farewell" was "one of the most beautiful ballads to come out in some time". It still is! |
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Post by pb on Jul 13, 2017 18:20:14 GMT -5
On 7/8/72 Casey said that many singers would be eager to find a song like "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast."
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