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Post by matt on Nov 21, 2011 1:06:07 GMT -5
Interesting question, and I can think of two examples off the top of my head:
8/15/81 show - Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" - a version was played that included a drum beat throughout the first two verses and the first chorus that I don't remember hearing in the version that was played most commonly on the radio and was not played in the song's video.
9/25/93 show - Robyn S "Show Me Love" was some god-awful techno club remix that had no business being played as part of the AT40 countdown. The album cut with the hooky synthesizer riff throughout the song was the version that got the most heavy airplay, and was part of what made the song popular. Sounds like a few other people have identified songs where some club version was played during the Shadoe years...hmmm, an attempt by the ABC pukes to promote multiple remixes of a popular song?
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Nov 21, 2011 16:36:38 GMT -5
Interesting question, and I can think of two examples off the top of my head: 8/15/81 show - Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" - a version was played that included a drum beat throughout the first two verses and the first chorus that I don't remember hearing in the version that was played most commonly on the radio and was not played in the song's video. 9/25/93 show - Robyn S "Show Me Love" was some god-awful techno club remix that had no business being played as part of the AT40 countdown. The album cut with the hooky synthesizer riff throughout the song was the version that got the most heavy airplay, and was part of what made the song popular. Sounds like a few other people have identified songs where some club version was played during the Shadoe years...hmmm, an attempt by the ABC pukes to promote multiple remixes of a popular song? Yes that Robin S. song is another example. I agree AT40's version was bad. |
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Post by mstgator on Nov 21, 2011 19:35:03 GMT -5
How about the odd dance mix of "Do You Love Me" by The Contours that AT40 played several times?
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Post by PapaVanTwee on Nov 21, 2011 19:51:24 GMT -5
He played Nena's 99 Luftballons, didn't he? And I remember one time he did an English/German mix of it as well.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Nov 21, 2011 23:08:33 GMT -5
Yeah but The Contours version was a new remix released for that timeframe to make it sound more modern.
As for Nena, those were the 2 main versions of the song.
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Post by Josh Joel's Top 40 on Nov 22, 2011 1:25:02 GMT -5
Hey now, I enjoyed that "remix" by Robin S , thank you! Shoot! It was hard to find as matter of fact I prefer that "mix" big tyme!!!  |
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Post by Josh Joel's Top 40 on Nov 22, 2011 1:42:09 GMT -5
Madonna - Dress You Up (7" Promo Remix Edit) - played on all episodes with the exception of the year-end countdown.
Bobby Brown - Get Away ( M&M Mix Edit) - played on AT40 with Shadoe Stevens during its chart run
En Vogue - Free Your Mind - They played an R&B funked up remix of this song and I found it appalling because these women intended for this to be a song with a "rock edge".
Billy Joel - Keeping The Faith (Special Mix) - played as far as I can remember through its entire chart run.
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Post by tarobe on Nov 22, 2011 10:53:51 GMT -5
There are several reasons why various mixes/edits/versions of songs were played.
Time constraints: Songs were sometimes shortened to fit more songs in the air. Longer versions were played to fill time.
Content: On a few rare occasions, edits were made to remove or modify potentially offensive elements.
Necessity: Sometimes the AT40 staff only had a particular mix/edit/version in their archive, such as a promo copy which differed from the commercial release.
Variety: From time to time, the show would feature a different mix/edit/version such an album/12-inch/remix simply for a change of pace.
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Post by tarobe on Nov 22, 2011 10:59:06 GMT -5
A good example of this would be from late 1971 and early 1972. AT40's copy of Don McLean's "American Pie" was the mono promo which differed from the commercial release in length, mix and lead vocal. This was played on most shows, but on at least three shows the full album version was played and occasionally first side of the commercial single was also played.
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Post by bigal on Nov 22, 2011 12:08:46 GMT -5
Interesting question, and I can think of two examples off the top of my head: 8/15/81 show - Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" - a version was played that included a drum beat throughout the first two verses and the first chorus that I don't remember hearing in the version that was played most commonly on the radio and was not played in the song's video.\? That is the 45 and at the time, radio (top 40 station) mix. |
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 22, 2011 17:41:38 GMT -5
AT40 with Shadoe played a more "dance" version of En Vogue's "Free Your Mind" (rather than the album version), a different mix of Whitney Houston's "Queen of the Night" rather than the one on The Bodyguard soundtrack, and a different version of Eternal's "Stay" than was on the single. That's right. I forgot about that awful Whitney mix. Right around that time, AT40 was also playing a horrible version of "Because of Love" by Janet Jackson. |
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Post by mstgator on Nov 22, 2011 18:18:46 GMT -5
Yeah but The Contours version was a new remix released for that timeframe to make it sound more modern. True enough, it just seemed strange that they played it so much when it wasn't the actual hit version. |
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Post by mkarns on Nov 26, 2011 23:41:50 GMT -5
Listening to this week's Premiere 11/28/81 countdown, it seems that week Casey played a different version of Juice Newton's "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" than that which is most often heard. The version heard on this broadcast has steel guitar in place of woodwinds on the usually played version, and sounds a lot more country.
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 27, 2011 10:08:00 GMT -5
Casey played two different versions of "She Bop." Both the album version and the single version.
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Post by richm921 on Nov 27, 2011 21:58:45 GMT -5
Listening to this week's Premiere 11/28/81 countdown, it seems that week Casey played a different version of Juice Newton's "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" than that which is most often heard. The version heard on this broadcast has steel guitar in place of woodwinds on the usually played version, and sounds a lot more country. This is a very rare version and I was thrilled to hear it on this AT40. This was is original album version. When the single was released for pop radio, it was remixed. When it became a hit, the record label replaced the album version with the remixed single version on all future pressings of the album. These days the original version that Casey played is very hard to find. I believe it only appears on one CD and it's a foreign release. |
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