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Post by johnnywest on Oct 6, 2023 18:15:00 GMT -5
And it was brought up a few years ago that Premiere took out the F-word in one of Stevie Wonder’s songs. What is this world coming to?
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Post by mga707 on Oct 6, 2023 18:17:20 GMT -5
And it was brought up a few years ago that Premiere took out the F-word in one of Stevie Wonder’s songs. What is this world coming to? Huh? What song? The only AT40 song I can think of with THAT word in it is "Who Are You?", on which it has always been edited out.
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Post by papathree on Oct 6, 2023 19:15:02 GMT -5
Okay, thank you. Fair enough. Although "messing" with the flow of the first hour of 4-hour shows is a relatively new occurrence. The first hour used to play happily along, moving seamlessly from "Casey's Coast to Coast" to "American Top 40" and on into the next song. In this 10/13/79 show someone deliberately cut some of those split logos out of the first hour. Also, in this show someone edited the teaser for (and the story about) James Brown's "Please, Please, Please" to remove Casey's commentary that referred to the song peaking at #95 on the pop chart, and replaced those pieces with Casey uttering words to the effect of "never reached the Hot 100." What is that all about? Are these changes different from the 2016/2019 Premiere airings, or are you comparing it to the original broadcast? (I've only heard the 2000's SXM broadcast, so I have no frame of reference) I was comparing this most recent airing (which was edited as I described) to the original from 10/13/79, AND I was comparing ANY edits to the first hour of any 4-hour show to the UNEDITED first hour of 4-hour shows which Premiere and SXM have aired before. Those are the ones where the first hour was played straight through with no cuts from the content, or national commercials played. As I said, you'd hear the split logos in their entirety but with no gap in between, then the next song, extra, listener question, or whatever, would play. In this most recent airing of a 4-hour `70s show, that was NOT the case.
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Post by jmack19 on Oct 6, 2023 21:47:13 GMT -5
Despite WPNC airing high school football at 1:30 Saturday, there is still plenty of stations airing the 4-hour show from October 13, 1979. Some possibilities:
Saturday WPAC - 6AM WWSF - 7AM KOKZ – 9AM WQOK – NOON WSQL – 4PM
Sunday WBOW - 6AM WQOK – 9AM WTOJ - 9AM WRTH - 10AM KDRI - NOON WPAC - 4PM WGHR - 7PM WQOK – 11PM
Monday WWSF - 7PM
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Post by jmack19 on Oct 6, 2023 23:13:56 GMT -5
Some possible stations that could air October 9, 1971 this weekend:
Saturday WXXM - 9AM WQMV - 2PM
Sunday WRTH - 7AM KXGL - 10AM WVWP - 3PM WSMG - 7PM
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Post by cursereversed on Oct 7, 2023 1:48:12 GMT -5
And it was brought up a few years ago that Premiere took out the F-word in one of Stevie Wonder’s songs. What is this world coming to? Huh? What song? The only AT40 song I can think of with THAT word in it is "Who Are You?", on which it has always been edited out. Living For The City maybe? Not part of the lyrics per se but the background of the cop harassing the "suspect".
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 7, 2023 8:04:50 GMT -5
WXXM Rewind 92.1 FM is now airing this Saturday morning the AT40: The 70's B show of 10/9/1971 (with mono2stereo conversion by Ken Martin).
Later this afternoon I can catch the A show of 10/13/1979 for AT40: The 70's via WVLI Kankakee.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 7, 2023 8:05:39 GMT -5
Huh? What song? The only AT40 song I can think of with THAT word in it is "Who Are You?", on which it has always been edited out. Living For The City maybe? Not part of the lyrics per se but the background of the cop harassing the "suspect". I don't think Stevie Wonder ever said swear words in all his songs.
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Post by kenmartin on Oct 7, 2023 9:01:55 GMT -5
Huh? What song? The only AT40 song I can think of with THAT word in it is "Who Are You?", on which it has always been edited out. Living For The City maybe? Not part of the lyrics per se but the background of the cop harassing the "suspect". Some Program Directors believe that at the 3:20 mark in Stevie Wonder's song "Living For the City," he sings "the fkin' crowded city." However, the lyrics on Google indicate that the words are "The funky, cryin' city." There's also evidence from a live performance on YouTube where he repeats the same line without censorship. To comply with the Program Director's demands, Premiere will edit songs like this to avoid questionable swear words, which is why songs like "Bad Blood," "Life in the Fast Lane," "Tumblin' Dice," and more receive edits. Personally, I may not agree with this policy, especially regarding the word 'bch,' but I don't have the authority to change it.
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Post by kenmartin on Oct 7, 2023 9:04:57 GMT -5
Oh, BTW, the 1979 countdown on Sunday morning also has a Supersized version airing on WTOJ. It's only 11:03 more, but all of it will be there in it's unedited glory!
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Post by LC on Oct 7, 2023 9:56:29 GMT -5
Hour 2 of 10/13/79 features a couple of the saddest songs of the 70s, KC's "Please Don't Go" and John Denver's "I'm Sorry."
"Tito, hand me a tissue."
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Post by kani on Oct 7, 2023 11:03:45 GMT -5
WPNC now airing Oct 13, 1979, all 4 hours! Mary McGregor - Good Friend, soundtrack of Meatballs Abba - Gimme gimme, top in diff countries
interesting listen question: longest weeks LP: Johnny Mathis from 1958, stayed there for 9 1/2 years!
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Post by rgmike on Oct 7, 2023 11:04:07 GMT -5
WQOK just starting the full 4 hours of 1979.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 7, 2023 11:22:40 GMT -5
Huh? What song? The only AT40 song I can think of with THAT word in it is "Who Are You?", on which it has always been edited out. Living For The City maybe? Not part of the lyrics per se but the background of the cop harassing the "suspect". That was a different 'bad word'. The infamous one that starts with 'n'. It's on the longer "Inner Visions" LP version of the song, which was NEVER played on AT40. And as you mention, it was part of the spoken word 'vignette' at the end of the song. That same word is in Dylan's "Hurricane", but not in the edited 45 version that AT40 played during the few weeks the song charted in early '76.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 7, 2023 11:33:10 GMT -5
Living For The City maybe? Not part of the lyrics per se but the background of the cop harassing the "suspect". Some Program Directors believe that at the 3:20 mark in Stevie Wonder's song "Living For the City," he sings "the fkin' crowded city." However, the lyrics on Google indicate that the words are "The funky, cryin' city." There's also evidence from a live performance on YouTube where he repeats the same line without censorship. To comply with the Program Director's demands, Premiere will edit songs like this to avoid questionable swear words, which is why songs like "Bad Blood," "Life in the Fast Lane," "Tumblin' Dice," and more receive edits. Personally, I may not agree with this policy, especially regarding the word 'bch,' but I don't have the authority to change it. That Premiere policy is so stupid. "Bad Blood" gets the 'b word' removed, but not "The B---- Is Back" or "Ain't Love a B----", where it is so much more prominent (right there in the titles!) Just curious, what in the heck is the 'questionable' word in "Tumblin' Dice"? The only one I can think of is 'rape'. And if that's the word, how about "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"? Same word, repeated several times. Haven't noticed the word edited out in either song on the Premiere shows, maybe I'm just not paying close attention. And speaking of the Stones, what about the line heard as "Start Me Up" is starting to fade out, referring to a 'dead man'? Seem to recall Casey/AT40 normally fading the 45 before that line, or Casey talking over it.
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