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Post by 40fan on Jul 16, 2011 8:38:24 GMT -5
Casey talking about Lennon working on a new album; that's an eyebrow raiser! What I'd always heard about "Double Fantasy" was that Lennon began writing for it in the Summer of 1980; a year after this countdown. Here's Wikipedia's account: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_FantasyAlso, having never had the "John Lennon Anthology", it was interesting to read about the involvement of Cheap Trick's Rick & Bun. The story about Henrietta, Oklahoma got me thinking about the film "Footloose". But that plot was based on events in Elmore City, Oklahoma; which also had a dancing ban! |
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Post by dukelightning on Jul 16, 2011 9:19:04 GMT -5
Casey talking about Lennon working on a new album; that's an eyebrow raiser! What I'd always heard about "Double Fantasy" was that Lennon began writing for it in the Summer of 1980; a year after this countdown. Here's Wikipedia's account: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_FantasyAlso, having never had the "John Lennon Anthology", it was interesting to read about the involvement of Cheap Trick's Rick & Bun. The story about Henrietta, Oklahoma got me thinking about the film "Footloose". But that plot was based on events in Elmore City, Oklahoma; which also had a dancing ban! I think Casey was just expecting John to record his next album. I don't think it happened in the fall of 79 as he thought it would. I have heard that it was Paul's recording of Coming Up in 1980 that inspired John to record Double Fantasy. Also interesting in that story is that George Harrison and Eric Clapton were together. Eric was marrying George's ex-wife and it came after an affair between the 2 which inspired the song Layla several years earlier. George did not speak to Eric for years after that escapade. I guess 7 or 8 years was enough to let bygones be bygones. |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jul 16, 2011 9:26:12 GMT -5
I heard alot of things that made him want to record again, everything from Yoko saying to, to Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen, to Coming Up by Wings to one or two other things. Maybe a combinaion of them?
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Post by dukelightning on Jul 16, 2011 9:37:03 GMT -5
CLTCL by Queen....you gotta love that bme!!
Hey does anyone know if Clapton's Wonderful Tonight was dedicated to his then wife-to-be in 1978. Sure sounds like it. I am assuming she was divorced from George by then in which case it didn't piss George off.
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Post by tarobe on Jul 16, 2011 12:59:31 GMT -5
In 1979, rumors began circulating that John Lennon was working on a new album. Lennon had publicly announced his retirement from the music business two years earlier. Everybody I knew said, "No way, he'll never put out another album." But I believed he would. In the spring of 1980 the rumor surfaced again. Once again, everybody said "John Lennon is washed up. He'll never make a record again." But I believed we'd see another one, maybe soon. The rumors died down. Throughout the summer there was nothing. Then in October, lo and behold, a NEW John Lennon song appeared. I was somewhat disappointed (a 50ish sounding doowop song), but NOT surprised.
Then six weeks later...
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Post by vto66 on Jul 16, 2011 16:47:19 GMT -5
Nice to hear the 45 version of DAYS GONE DOWN, which a much better end to the song then the now more familar LP version! I agree with you there. "Days" should have been at least as big a hit as "Baker Street." |
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Post by MrGeno502 on Jul 16, 2011 19:32:42 GMT -5
I visited NYC in September of 1979 when I was 16 and went to the Dakota to try and meet John Lennon. He wasn't there and the doorman told me that he and Yoko were in Japan and had been for most of the year. So he was probably in Japan when Eric Clapton got married.
I also remember that John took out a full page ad in the New York Times in 1979 explaining what he was up to at the time. I bought that paper just for that ad and still have it somewhere!
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Post by Michael on Jul 16, 2011 20:22:30 GMT -5
Any Oklahomans out there? Not only does OK have a town back then that did not allow public dancing but in Pete's book, there is a piece on a station in Tulsa that did not play My Ding-a-ling when it was #1. What's in the water down there....lol Is it same town that was based on Footloose? |
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Post by dukelightning on Jul 16, 2011 20:25:48 GMT -5
No that was Elmore City.
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Post by Michael on Jul 16, 2011 20:46:35 GMT -5
I guess their was more than one Oklahoma city that banned dancing. Anyway I guess Chuck Berry isn't popular with city officials. Because recently here in St. Louis a local congress women wanted to try and stop a statue of Chuck Berry from being put up in the city. The statue went up anyway. |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jul 16, 2011 21:36:59 GMT -5
Dukedeb, Wonderful Tonight was written for her. Isn't that dandy, That broad's had THREE songs written for her. (Layla, Something & Wonderful Tonight)
I remember mentioning that on my 60's show when I had to play Jennifer Juniper by Donovan. Thats about Patty Boyd's sister...
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Post by pandy on Jul 16, 2011 22:24:00 GMT -5
7/24/1971 show starts it's 7 week run of Tom Clay's "What the World Needs Now is Love (Abraham, Martin and John). The fine folks from Premiere maybe avoiding of running these shows due to the content. SXM maybe a different nature because I did hear the song in it's regular programing. In the show Casey explains that he was 'dethroned' by Tom Clay when he in the Detroit market.
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Post by tarobe on Jul 16, 2011 22:43:46 GMT -5
I visited NYC in September of 1979 when I was 16 and went to the Dakota to try and meet John Lennon. He wasn't there and the doorman told me that he and Yoko were in Japan and had been for most of the year. So he was probably in Japan when Eric Clapton got married. I also remember that John took out a full page ad in the New York Times in 1979 explaining what he was up to at the time. I bought that paper just for that ad and still have it somewhere! I was 16 in 1979 as well. I used to have Lennon's address. I was going to write him a a letter, but kept putting it off and never did. Then he was killed, and I used to beat myself up for not writing him. A few years ago I read something to the effect that if I had have written a letter, I would have gotten a form letter from his office that said something like "John and Yoko are too busy to reply." So I guess I didn't miss anything after all. |
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Post by mkarns on Jul 17, 2011 0:24:31 GMT -5
7/24/1971 show starts it's 7 week run of Tom Clay's "What the World Needs Now is Love (Abraham, Martin and John). The fine folks from Premiere maybe avoiding of running these shows due to the content. SXM maybe a different nature because I did hear the song in it's regular programing. In the show Casey explains that he was 'dethroned' by Tom Clay when he in the Detroit market. Premiere has played AT40s with the Tom Clay record before. I don't think they'd deliberately avoid it; it is somewhat dated, but not offensive or particularly controversial. In any event, we haven't heard 1971 in a while, so we may well hear it soon. Also, as someone mentioned, July 1973 has never been played by Premiere, and of course 1970 is back in the mix. Time for a string of early 70s shows? |
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Jul 17, 2011 7:56:53 GMT -5
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