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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 17, 2023 13:58:12 GMT -5
Ugh.. We all are entitled to our opinions but except for a few early 1980 shows, the playlist for March 1982 is one of my least favorites of the whole decade. Many songs on there did not carry over their popularity very well. I was only 5 years old then, which probably is the reason I don’t care for the chart, but I’m only familiar with maybe half the songs. At least in most of 1980 and 1981, the songs were played on the radio more as the decade went on. Wow--have to grant mj1677cone thing: The first quarter of this show (40-31) is certainly a treasure trove of 'lost 45s'. Which to me is a plus. #s 40 and 39 I do not recall at all, and of the others only "'65 Love Affair" and "867-5309/Jenny" were what could be called big pop hits, with "Jukebox Hero" joining them due to its status as a Classic Rock staple even though it petered out at #26 on the Hot 100. Of the two I did not recall at all, the Prism song sounds like about a half-dozen other similar songs, and all through "Just Can't Win 'em All" I was singing "Ride Like the Wind". I'm sure Mr. Yacht Rock himself noticed the similarity. Even though '65 was Davis' highest charter, it's super obscure today. When oldies radio plays Paul, they Go Crazy or once in a while have a Cool Night.
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 17, 2023 16:19:10 GMT -5
"Take Off" by Bob & Doug Mc Kenzie is one of the featured songs on this week's A show presentation from 3/20/82-The featured vocalist was Geddy Lee from Rush-I wonder if Geddy appeared on "SCTV" to perform that song with Bob & Doug.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 17, 2023 16:31:46 GMT -5
"Take Off" by Bob & Doug Mc Kenzie is one of the featured songs on this week's A show presentation from 3/20/82-The featured vocalist was Geddy Lee from Rush-I wonder if Geddy appeared on "SCTV" to perform that song with Bob & Doug. He did not. Avid 'SCTV' fan here. Would've been neat to see him on "Great White North". And Rush could've been Gil Fisher's (John Candy's) guests on "The Fishin' Musician", or appeared with Mel Slate (Eugene Levy) on "Mel's Rock Pile".
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Post by jmack19 on Mar 17, 2023 17:46:51 GMT -5
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Post by rgmike on Mar 17, 2023 19:42:22 GMT -5
Even though '65 was Davis' highest charter, it's super obscure today. When oldies radio plays Paul, they Go Crazy or once in a while have a Cool Night. I think that's because, despite its title, '65 Love Affair sounds more like '50s nostalgia than '60s. (In fact, I thought I read somewhere that the orig title was '55 Love Affair but that Clive Davis insisted it be changed.)
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Post by chrislc on Mar 17, 2023 20:21:55 GMT -5
Even though '65 was Davis' highest charter, it's super obscure today. When oldies radio plays Paul, they Go Crazy or once in a while have a Cool Night. I think that's because, despite its title, '65 Love Affair sounds more like '50s nostalgia than '60s. (In fact, I thought I read somewhere that the orig title was '55 Love Affair but that Clive Davis insisted it be changed.) That's interesting and if true a good call by Clive. There were far more 30-35 year olds than 40-45 year olds listening to Top 40 in 1982. Even Happy Days was out of the 1950s by then.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 17, 2023 20:45:32 GMT -5
I think that's because, despite its title, '65 Love Affair sounds more like '50s nostalgia than '60s. (In fact, I thought I read somewhere that the orig title was '55 Love Affair but that Clive Davis insisted it be changed.) That's interesting and if true a good call by Clive. There were far more 30-35 year olds than 40-45 year olds listening to Top 40 in 1982. Even Happy Days was out of the 1950s by then. Agree. Country music could still trade in '50s nostalgia in the '80s--think Ronnie Milsap's 1985 #1 Country hit "Lost In the '50s Tonight", which also got to #8 on the AC chart but missed the Hot 100 altogether. It was one of the biggest country his of the year, and one of only two to spend 2 weeks at #1 in a 'revolving door' country chart era. To quote 'Lois Griffin': "Kids, these '50s diners were all the rage back in the '80s"--from the episode where Peter is obsessed by "Surfin' Bird", which was 'too new' for the jukebox in said '50s diner, being from 1963-64.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 17, 2023 20:51:23 GMT -5
'65 was one of many bizarre 1982 charters; 6-6-9-18-70.
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Post by LC on Mar 18, 2023 9:10:41 GMT -5
"Take Off" by Bob & Doug Mc Kenzie is one of the featured songs on this week's A show presentation from 3/20/82-The featured vocalist was Geddy Lee from Rush-I wonder if Geddy appeared on "SCTV" to perform that song with Bob & Doug. Ironic that this is the highest-charting song featuring Geddy Lee on vocals....
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Post by JMW on Mar 18, 2023 12:11:18 GMT -5
KZOY is playing 3/20/1982 when they usually play the "B" shows on Saturdays.
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Post by jblues on Mar 18, 2023 12:17:43 GMT -5
KZOY is playing 3/20/1982 when they usually play the "B" shows on Saturdays. I just noticed that as well!! For that matter, KPRW - Lakes 99.5 - Perham MN 99.5 FM hasnt aired an 80s show the last few weeks...
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Post by JMW on Mar 18, 2023 12:25:16 GMT -5
KZOY is playing 3/20/1982 when they usually play the "B" shows on Saturdays. I just noticed that as well!! Hopefully they've switched the airings and that we'll hear it tomorrow.
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Post by JMW on Mar 18, 2023 13:21:11 GMT -5
Unless if Premiere decides to change the setup of A/B shows midway through the year, which would be unusual... The only change I could see happening is making 1982 shows standalone. I'm probably jumping the gun here, but what if this has actually happened? So far, two stations that are known to play "B" shows have not aired 1985: KZOY is airing 1982 and KPRW is airing regular programming, which is something they do on weeks when there isn't a "B" show.
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Post by JMW on Mar 18, 2023 13:30:25 GMT -5
The only change I could see happening is making 1982 shows standalone. I'm probably jumping the gun here, but what if this has actually happened? So far, two stations that are known to play "B" shows have not aired 1985: KZOY is airing 1982 and KPRW is airing regular programming, which is something they do on weeks when there isn't a "B" show. ETA: Never mind: just saw this...
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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 18, 2023 14:49:31 GMT -5
On this weekend's A show presentation from 3/20/82,Casey mentioned there were four songs that reached the top forty where a phone number became the title:"Beechwood 4-5789" by the Marvelettes,"634-5789" by Wilson Pickett,"5705" by City Boy & "834-5789" by Tommy Tutone-In early 1988,a fifth phone number titled song made the countdown:"853-5937" by Squeeze-It peaked at #32.
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