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Post by johnnywest on Aug 15, 2016 8:02:15 GMT -5
Well, Casey and his bimbo murdering wife are in Ghostbusters so it all works out. I don't remember if Casey ever mentioned that Jean was in "Ghostbusters" during AT40's run, but he did on AT10 during one of Halloween spotlights (and once he mentioned Merrill Shindler being on "Eddie & The Cruisers 2").
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Post by briguy52748 on Aug 15, 2016 8:14:43 GMT -5
OK, so as I just mentioned, no one was going to get all four this week, because the odd one out was a #1 on another Billboard chart. But it wasn't there this particular week. No, this song was #1 on the Disco (now Dance) chart a full month later, on 9/20/80. Why they're only bothering to dust it off now...I'd love to know. This week's extras are: "Love Sensation" - Loleatta Holloway* "Xanadu" - Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra "Never Knew Love Like This Before" - Stephanie Mills "Another One Bites The Dust" - Queen First, I still maintain that the original clue about no one getting all four this week still lent itself to obscure songs in general (as in, more than one). Had it been more specific, I'd have gone for three songs that actually made the top 40. But a DANCE song that nobody does hear? I mean, even my Mickey Gilley pick for " True Love Ways -- if only on classic country radio -- gets some airplay. I don't think I've ever heard "Love Sensation" anywhere. I'd love to know what Larry Morgan's stretch story behind this song will be, other than simply topping the disco chart. Brian
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Post by matt on Aug 15, 2016 10:33:50 GMT -5
OK, so as I just mentioned, no one was going to get all four this week, because the odd one out was a #1 on another Billboard chart. But it wasn't there this particular week. No, this song was #1 on the Disco (now Dance) chart a full month later, on 9/20/80. Why they're only bothering to dust it off now...I'd love to know. This week's extras are: "Love Sensation" - Loleatta Holloway* "Xanadu" - Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra "Never Knew Love Like This Before" - Stephanie Mills "Another One Bites The Dust" - Queen First, I still maintain that the original clue about no one getting all four this week still lent itself to obscure songs in general (as in, more than one). Had it been more specific, I'd have gone for three songs that actually made the top 40. But a DANCE song that nobody does hear? I mean, even my Mickey Gilley pick for "True Love Ways" -- if only on classic country radio -- gets some airplay. I don't think I've ever heard "Love Sensation" anywhere. I'd love to know what Larry Morgan's stretch story behind this song will be, other than simply topping the disco chart. Brian I'm thinking that Mike's take about "Love Sensation" having been sampled in a song that topped the Hot 100 in 1991 is probably the main reason this song was chosen. The difference between that and the Mickey Gilley cut that you mentioned, is that "True Love Ways" has absolutely zero relevance to anything AT40 wise. Almost nobody today that isn't a big country music fan would know that song ever existed...and I'm no expert here, but I'm guessing middle aged country music fans are not the audience to which Premiere is marketing the AT40 Classics.
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Post by briguy52748 on Aug 15, 2016 11:20:20 GMT -5
First, I still maintain that the original clue about no one getting all four this week still lent itself to obscure songs in general (as in, more than one). Had it been more specific, I'd have gone for three songs that actually made the top 40. But a DANCE song that nobody does hear? I mean, even my Mickey Gilley pick for "True Love Ways" -- if only on classic country radio -- gets some airplay. I don't think I've ever heard "Love Sensation" anywhere. I'd love to know what Larry Morgan's stretch story behind this song will be, other than simply topping the disco chart. Brian I'm thinking that Mike's take about "Love Sensation" having been sampled in a song that topped the Hot 100 in 1991 is probably the main reason this song was chosen. The difference between that and the Mickey Gilley cut that you mentioned, is that "True Love Ways" has absolutely zero relevance to anything AT40 wise. Almost nobody today that isn't a big country music fan would know that song ever existed...and I'm no expert here, but I'm guessing middle aged country music fans are not the audience to which Premiere is marketing the AT40 Classics. Only song I can think of that "Love Sensation" was sampled in was probably "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, per the Wikipedia article. Ah, let's just dump "True Love Ways" (BTW, cover of a Buddy Holly song). It didn't get picked ... no biggie for me. Let's wait 'til next week to see what shows are on tap and try again. And with that, I'll do something I rarely do -- predict next week's show ... and I'll say it's going to be Aug. 30, 1986. Brian
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Post by mkarns on Aug 15, 2016 11:47:39 GMT -5
I'm thinking that Mike's take about "Love Sensation" having been sampled in a song that topped the Hot 100 in 1991 is probably the main reason this song was chosen. The difference between that and the Mickey Gilley cut that you mentioned, is that "True Love Ways" has absolutely zero relevance to anything AT40 wise. Almost nobody today that isn't a big country music fan would know that song ever existed...and I'm no expert here, but I'm guessing middle aged country music fans are not the audience to which Premiere is marketing the AT40 Classics. Only song I can think of that "Love Sensation" was sampled in was probably "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, per the Wikipedia article. Ah, let's just dump "True Love Ways" (BTW, cover of a Buddy Holly song). It didn't get picked ... no biggie for me. Let's wait 'til next week to see what shows are on tap and try again. And with that, I'll do something I rarely do -- predict next week's show ... and I'll say it's going to be Aug. 30, 1986. Brian There are a bunch of songs, actually, that sample "Love Sensation", according to Wikipedia (one, "Ride On Time" by Black Box, was #1 in the UK in 1989.) "Good Vibrations" (#1 on the Hot 100 in October 1991) is the best known to US audiences, though I still would never have expected Premiere to use it as an optional extra in a 1980 show as while it was #1 dance/disco, it didn't hit the pop or even soul chart. (Maybe if Premiere replayed 1990s AT40/CT40s I could see it being used as an extra in a 1991 show due to its "Good Vibrations" association.) For next week, 8/30/86 could be used but is kind of a borderline option, as it was aired in 2013. I think it's more likely that they wait until Labour Day weekend, for 9/6/86 to make its Premiere debut.
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Post by matt on Aug 15, 2016 14:15:42 GMT -5
Only song I can think of that "Love Sensation" was sampled in was probably "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, per the Wikipedia article. Ah, let's just dump "True Love Ways" (BTW, cover of a Buddy Holly song). It didn't get picked ... no biggie for me. Let's wait 'til next week to see what shows are on tap and try again. And with that, I'll do something I rarely do -- predict next week's show ... and I'll say it's going to be Aug. 30, 1986. Brian There are a bunch of songs, actually, that sample "Love Sensation", according to Wikipedia (one, "Ride On Time" by Black Box, was #1 in the UK in 1989.) "Good Vibrations" (#1 on the Hot 100 in October 1991) is the best known to US audiences, though I still would never have expected Premiere to use it as an optional extra in a 1980 show as while it was #1 dance/disco, it didn't hit the pop or even soul chart. (Maybe if Premiere replayed 1990s AT40/CT40s I could see it being used as an extra in a 1991 show due to its "Good Vibrations" association.) For next week, 8/30/86 could be used but is kind of a borderline option, as it was aired in 2013. I think it's more likely that they wait until Labour Day weekend, for 9/6/86 to make its Premiere debut. Right, and don't get me wrong, "Love Sensation" is indeed a major curveball pick, and a song that could never have been expected to be chosen as an extra in any AT40 80's show. I was speculating as to why it may have been chosen instead of an obscure country crossover song that did hit the Hot 100. As for next week's show, I am in agreement with mkarns - the next 1986 show that has the best odds of being aired would appear to be 9/6/86...however, I disagree with mkarns as to which weekend that show will be played. Next week's show will be a little more of a crapshoot.
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Post by adam31 on Aug 15, 2016 14:56:08 GMT -5
I thought the name of this thread was "AT40: The 80s ... This Week's Show" and not "Siskel & Ebert At The Movies"... . I could listen to Ray Parker Jr's "Ghostbusters" in rotation on 80s stations... and not just on Halloween. There are some people who like going off on tangents regarding politics, movies, baseball, football on this particular board...*shakes my head*, when there is a board called "General Discussion". I just listened to the 8/20/94 edition of AT40, and Shadoe did a flashback to this week's 8/23/80 show. CORRECTION: The previous week's 8/16/80 show. "Love Sensation" must be the wildest curveball extra yet thrown by Premiere, like what the *thingy*...
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Post by Mike on Aug 15, 2016 16:46:49 GMT -5
There are some people who like going off on tangents regarding politics, movies, baseball, football on this particular board...*shakes my head*, when there is a board called "General Discussion". Not true, actually...there's General Music Discussion, but there is no general-purpose forum for discussion what-the-heck-ever here. I just listened to the 8/20/94 edition of AT40, and Shadoe did a flashback to this week's 8/23/80 show. CORRECTION: The previous week's 8/16/80 show. Not true, actually. I think you've got your shows mixed up in more ways than one.
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Post by Mike on Aug 15, 2016 16:58:12 GMT -5
and I guess all 3 AT40 1960's Archive segments - even Lawrence Welk's "Calcutta" - stay in this 8/23/1980 AT40: The 80's broadcast. Yes. Reminder: No News is good news on this score. That is to say, if I don't mention the Archives at all, they're probably staying put.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Aug 15, 2016 19:16:11 GMT -5
I just visited their site, and they currently don't even have this weekend's show posted. There's some ad in the spot where the show(s) is/are listed. Shouldn't that normally be a sign of something more worrisome like the show getting pulled altogether there? I suspect that isn't the case, otherwise we'd probably be talking about that specifically. Still... Not sure what's going on over there. Still no upcoming show postings - there's an ad for their mobile app currently where the shows used to be posted. Will be interesting to monitor over the next few weeks - they've gone from one extreme to the other. I suspect they'll play 1985 next weekend.
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Post by adam31 on Aug 15, 2016 19:43:35 GMT -5
There are some people who like going off on tangents regarding politics, movies, baseball, football on this particular board...*shakes my head*, when there is a board called "General Discussion". Not true, actually...there's General Music Discussion, but there is no general-purpose forum for discussion what-the-heck-ever here. I just listened to the 8/20/94 edition of AT40, and Shadoe did a flashback to this week's 8/23/80 show. CORRECTION: The previous week's 8/16/80 show. Not true, actually. I think you've got your shows mixed up in more ways than one. You're right on both counts. I also did listen to 8/12/89 this week and that had the flashback to 8/16/80. I was looking at the cue sheet for 8/23/80 when you posted it would be aired and thought hey LW Top 3 sound really familiar.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 19:45:43 GMT -5
Shouldn't that normally be a sign of something more worrisome like the show getting pulled altogether there? I suspect that isn't the case, otherwise we'd probably be talking about that specifically. Still... Not sure what's going on over there. Still no upcoming show postings - there's an ad for their mobile app currently where the shows used to be posted. Will be interesting to monitor over the next few weeks - they've gone from one extreme to the other. I suspect they'll play 1985 next weekend. Has this station above changed jingle packages or anything? I know that may seem like an odd question but in my experience of listening, if they have that's a sign the station is going a new direction in terms of how their format will play. And many times the show is axed. Seems like it is either a situation like this that seems innocent or after the Christmas format the show gets dropped.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Aug 15, 2016 19:50:22 GMT -5
I'm not sure, since I don't listen to it enough. The Casey Kasem page is still up and everything, it's just not listing shows. Not sure what to make of it. trekkielo - your thoughts?
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Post by 80sat40fan on Aug 15, 2016 19:54:14 GMT -5
^^ Given that there is no General Discussion or "Off Topic" type of thread, would we want to have a General Discussion/Off Topic thread? Given that some people have been members here for 10 or more years, and there's so little talk outside of the shows and music... maybe we need a place to unwind and chat about other stuff like politics, movies and sports? Or are we so into Casey here that an Off Topic thread wouldn't be useful?
I like the idea of the 70s and 80s threads staying about the shows, but it might be interesting to see what else we enjoy outside of AT40 in another thread.
Thoughts?
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Post by briguy52748 on Aug 15, 2016 22:07:33 GMT -5
^^ Given that there is no General Discussion or "Off Topic" type of thread, would we want to have a General Discussion/Off Topic thread? Given that some people have been members here for 10 or more years, and there's so little talk outside of the shows and music... maybe we need a place to unwind and chat about other stuff like politics, movies and sports? Or are we so into Casey here that an Off Topic thread wouldn't be useful? I like the idea of the 70s and 80s threads staying about the shows, but it might be interesting to see what else we enjoy outside of AT40 in another thread. Thoughts? Absolutely no politics! No way! There are two things never to discuss: Religion and politics. With the political climate being more volitale than ever, I see nothing good from that. Brian
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