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Post by mkarns on Aug 9, 2016 9:53:49 GMT -5
I thought it was strange when I initially heard the show when it originally aired in 1987, as I thought it was a little out of character for him. But now I think it's funny. I really enjoyed Casey during this era. Anytime I need a good laugh, I just listen to one of the Casey's Top 40 promos for the 1990 year-end countdown - the one where he talks like a rapper. Casey Kasem also talks like a rapper on the American Top 40 1986 Year-End Countdown at #89 right before "Walk This Way" by Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith, classic! And then there was the 10/3/87 show, in which he tried to explain then-current hip-hop lingo, and sounded as you'd expect a 55 year old white guy to. Whether intentionally or not, it was quite funny. As for the Motley Crue introduction, I don't think Nikki Sixx ("Frankie") could have minded too much, as years later Kerri Kasem co-hosted his "Sixx Sense" show. Casey even appeared on it once in 2010, after his retirement from countdowns.
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Post by JMW on Aug 9, 2016 9:56:52 GMT -5
Oh my god just reading that was terrible. Not looking forward to hearing it in 5 months. I have a feeling we'll all be hearing it in five months
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 10:18:53 GMT -5
Whoops, sorry, @paul...LOL. I forgot that show is coming up for you! Oh I don't expect anyone to hold back on my account. A.) I listen chronologically and B.) they are 30 years old. Not exactly spoiling anything "new." What? No one can talk about anything from 86/87 because I'm listening to them that way? No. It's all good.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Aug 9, 2016 10:43:19 GMT -5
Oh my god just reading that was terrible. Not looking forward to hearing it in 5 months. I have a feeling we'll all be hearing it in five months Very possible - if Premiere features 1986 this year, it'll be 30 years old, and next year, if 1982 is featured, it'll be 35 years old. Those are the only two year-enders from the 1980s yet to be featured in this series (in their entirety).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 11:36:17 GMT -5
I remember the top 50 of 82 was aired in 2009, and the last half of 86 was actually a FB show in 2001/2002.
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Post by matt on Aug 9, 2016 11:56:55 GMT -5
Casey Kasem also talks like a rapper on the American Top 40 1986 Year-End Countdown at #89 right before "Walk This Way" by Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith, classic! And then there was the 10/3/87 show, in which he tried to explain then-current hip-hop lingo, and sounded as you'd expect a 55 year old white guy to. Whether intentionally or not, it was quite funny. I remember hearing that one when it aired back in '87, and actually thought Casey did a nice job with that piece--delivered it in enough of a light hearted manner that it didn't sound awkward. Of course, Casey's 87/88 persona was one of the best of his run.
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Post by Hervard on Aug 9, 2016 15:30:59 GMT -5
I remember the top 50 of 82 was aired in 2009, and the last half of 86 was actually a FB show in 2001/2002. The last half of 86 was also on the AT40: The 80s series, in 2009 as well, the week before the Top 50 of 1982.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 16:21:15 GMT -5
I remember the top 50 of 82 was aired in 2009, and the last half of 86 was actually a FB show in 2001/2002. The last half of 86 was also on the AT40: The 80s series, in 2009 as well, the week before the Top 50 of 1982. I only have the 82 show from that year. I think the station I recorded from switched to all Christmas for Christmas and perhaps that aired the week of Christmas?
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Post by Hervard on Aug 9, 2016 17:19:45 GMT -5
It aired the week of December 19-20, 2009.
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Post by matt on Aug 10, 2016 11:51:55 GMT -5
Prediction for next week's show:
1st Guess - 8/23/80 2nd Guess - 8/15/81
Unless Premiere does something crazy, it almost has to be 1980 for next weekend. The other possibility would be another 1983 show, but I'm thinking '83 for the last weekend in August at the moment...
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Post by Mike on Aug 10, 2016 15:09:56 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2016 15:55:48 GMT -5
Oh good lord that first page!!! And for news of interest, page 23.
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Post by caseyfan100 on Aug 10, 2016 19:11:11 GMT -5
Hits 100 Aruba is repeating the 1987 show from last weekend. They started at 8 eastern time which is an hour earlier than they have been running it.
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Post by matt on Aug 11, 2016 11:08:23 GMT -5
I don't necessarily want to butt into the conversation or escalate things. But when most people and companies refer to "the '80s" they are mainly referring to 83-87 with a few earlier and later songs sprinkled in. if you look at a chart from 1980 or 1988 , there are quite a few songs that don't fit into the narrow playlist or style. Also, stations assume most listeners are casual listeners and wouldn't remember a show that may have been played 3 years earlier. "Only a Lonely Heart Sees" doesn't really scream '80s as much as "Let's Go Crazy" or "Material Girl" does. You are dead on. Obviously I get to listen to KABQ quite a bit outside AT40 and for commercial 80s, they have a decent variety. But I've never heard Kenny Rogers or Air Supply. They will throw in bone like Slow Hand or Jesse's Girl once in a while, but it is like the 80s didn't start until Thriller. Interestingly enough, it's like the 80s ended with Bad. I don't recall if I have heard anything from that release, except maybe MITM. But Summer 87-on is as sparse as the early 80s. It's like Richard Marx and NKOTB are the late 80s version of Kenny and AS. Agree with you both. The thing I can never quite wrap my arms around is how several of the good songs from 80-81 and 88-89 have been so forgotten or ignored. I realize that everyone has their own opinion and our musical tastes are all going to vary to some degree, but I do feel like there are some songs from those bookend years that should be given as much attention these days as the mid-80s catalog gets. Sure, several of the yacht rock and urban cowboy/country crossovers of 80-81 and some of the rap and hair metal from 88-89 haven't held up well over time, but it feels like there are a number of straight ahead pop songs that should stand up as well as the 82-87 catalog. And I for one, do agree that years like 1981 and '89 are two of the weaker years for 1980s music when you look at them overall from beginning to end, but there were some great songs from those years that I liked at the time and ones that I'd never heard much if at all before the AT40 - the 80s series and now think are good songs. Is it because of the songs that were chosen for many of the early compilation CDs of 80s music and thus maintained a familiarity that the more lost hits haven't? Is it because the 82-87 years fit the typical "hindsight" view of 80s style and flavor, i.e. new wave, early MTV, etc.? Is it just easier from a programming standpoint to focus on that mid-80s time period since there are several more "can't miss" songs to play?
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Post by dougbroda on Aug 11, 2016 12:14:13 GMT -5
Oh good lord that first page!!! And for news of interest, page 23. Not just the first page -- there's about 50 pages of Julio in the middle!
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