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Post by BrettVW on Nov 3, 2019 13:30:02 GMT -5
I think that they've been starting with the Christmas B shows too early, but they apparently have to if the idea is to get every one of them (the 1970s AT40 specials and 2000s AT10) a turn, though that means the earlier ones are perhaps unfairly overlooked as many affiliates that switch to all-holiday music don't do so until later. I liked it when the 1971 holiday special was first played in 2012 as the regular choice for all 70s affiliates the last week before Christmas, though they can't do that every year. Unfortunately they start them that early because that's when stations need them. Heck, some have already switched. I do wish the 1971 & 1973 shows would be saved for closer to Christmas when more stations would potentially air them and when I would want to hear them. Those generic AT10 shows could be used as filler now, and the good shows could be saved for December. |
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Post by jmack19 on Nov 3, 2019 16:57:06 GMT -5
For 11/13/76, I'll go with:
"Lonely Bull"
"It Keeps You Runnin'"
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"
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Post by tzmac on Nov 3, 2019 17:12:14 GMT -5
Anyone know of any stations who might play the 10.30.71 show tonight?
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Post by mga707 on Nov 3, 2019 17:15:26 GMT -5
Anyone know of any stations who might play the 10.30.71 show tonight? hoping that CKWW will run it. |
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Post by mrjukebox on Nov 3, 2019 18:03:54 GMT -5
Looking forward to next week's presentation from 11/13/76-That was my senior year in high school.
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Post by mga707 on Nov 3, 2019 19:10:51 GMT -5
Anyone know of any stations who might play the 10.30.71 show tonight? hoping that CKWW will run it. Nope. Nor any of the other 7PM ET starters. Looks like we're out of luck for '71, did just the one station run it? |
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Post by pb on Nov 3, 2019 20:37:32 GMT -5
hoping that CKWW will run it. Nope. Nor any of the other 7PM ET starters. Looks like we're out of luck for '71, did just the one station run it? I think three stations ran 1971 on Saturday, WQMV, 2NUR and WMGN. WMGN should repeat next Saturday morning. WQMV aired one extra ("96 Tears") but otherwise I don't think any of them played the extras. |
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Post by mkarns on Nov 4, 2019 0:04:02 GMT -5
Nope. Nor any of the other 7PM ET starters. Looks like we're out of luck for '71, did just the one station run it? I think three stations ran 1971 on Saturday, WQMV, 2NUR and WMGN. WMGN should repeat next Saturday morning. WQMV aired one extra ("96 Tears") but otherwise I don't think any of them played the extras. Though we did get a bit of "Your Move" in the 1987 show, when Casey led into "Love Will Find a Way" with a story about why Yes only had two top 40 hits (that and "Roundabout") in the 1970s even while their albums were popular--the songs were simply too long for pop radio and the band didn't like editing them. I did hear 10/30/71, without any optional extras, from 2NUR last night; I had been looking for it as we haven't gotten that year from Premiere or Sirius XM since August and it had a number of songs that we aren't getting in any countdown this year otherwise. |
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Post by kchkwong on Nov 4, 2019 0:45:50 GMT -5
Predictions for the optional extras:
Dazz - Brick
Enjoy Yourself - The Jacksons
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John
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Post by at40petebattistini on Nov 4, 2019 10:32:18 GMT -5
Optional extras for November 13, 1976…
*Lonely Bull – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
*Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word – Elton John
*It Keeps You Runnin’ – The Doobie Brothers
Optional extras for December 25, 1971…
*NewSongs’s The Christmas Shoes
*Martina McBride’s Do You Hear What I Hear?
*Band Aid 20’s Do They Know It’s Christmas 2004
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 4, 2019 11:12:24 GMT -5
^ Love that Doobies song; one of my faves by them. Deserved much better than its #37 peak. Very underrated, IMO.
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Post by mga707 on Nov 4, 2019 11:32:40 GMT -5
^ Love that Doobies song; one of my faves by them. Deserved much better than its #37 peak. Very underrated, IMO. It had been released as a single by Carly Simon in June of '76, her version just missed the 40, peaking at #46. |
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Post by matt on Nov 4, 2019 11:34:54 GMT -5
^ Love that Doobies song; one of my faves by them. Deserved much better than its #37 peak. Very underrated, IMO. It had been released as a single by Carly Simon in June of '76, her version just missed the 40, peaking at #46. Agree--great song. I had forgotten about it until Forrest Gump came out in '94, with "It Keeps You Runnin'" both on the soundtrack and in the movie where Forrest goes on his crazy long run across the USA. Been a fan of the song ever since. |
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Post by mga707 on Nov 4, 2019 21:42:50 GMT -5
Am looking forward to the upcoming 11/13/76 show for the simple reason that I have never heard it, not even when new. At the time I was listening to AT40 on an FM station out of Phoenix (120 or so miles away), KBBC. If I put my portable radio in a certain place and had the antenna just so, I could pick them up on Sunday mornings for the show. Heard the show the previous Sunday, when 'Rok'n Me' made it somewhat unexpected move to the #1 spot, and was interested to see if it would stay there another week. But no AT 40 that next Sunday morning--KBBC had dropped the show! Yes, I was ticked off. Never would nave guessed that ol' Rod the Mod would jump up from #8 to #1 for his seven (or eight, if one counts the 'dead week') stay at the top. Wouldn't know it for a few months until I finally found out that my University library had a 'Billboard' subscription.
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Post by mrjukebox on Nov 5, 2019 17:11:06 GMT -5
"Tonight's The Night" turned out to be Rod's biggest hit-By the way,the gal that speaks French towards the end of the song is actress Britt Ekland who was his main squeeze back then.
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