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Post by mrjukebox on Dec 15, 2023 15:08:58 GMT -5
"It's My Party" by Lesley Gore was one of the "AT40 Archive" songs from this week's show 12/13/80-It went to # 1 in the spring of 1963-A few months later,Lesley released a sequel called "Judy's Turn To Cry" in which Judy got her comeuppance-It peaked at # 5.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 15, 2023 15:10:47 GMT -5
For those of you who always clamor to hear the shows as they were originally broadcast (as in no songs moved around or commercial breaks inserted or deleted; not as in non-remastered) I'm curious what you think about 12/13/80. There is a guy on Facebook (apologies if this is one of you) who has been saying all week that he would like to hear the show the way it was originally recorded, and played on at least one radio station, with the QL about posthumous #1 hits and the bouncy, upbeat intro to "Just Like Starting Over". Do you agree with him? Personally I would like to hear the re-recorded show but with the QL as an OE with Larry explaining what happened and one of the songs that formed the answer played. Yes, I am one of those that prefer to hear the original shows, but that one I do view in a different light due to the unique circumstances. I don't really see the re-recorded show as an "altered" show (that, I reserve for Premiere and their rearranging and editing of the shows). For me, I'd say put the QL in there somewhere, either in its original place in Hour 1, or as an OE, like you have suggested (which may be better). I'm not sure if any of the affiliates will air the original, original version of 12/13/1980. I'm not aware of that version airing since the series started; it's been the re-recorded version as far as I know. Got both years ending in "0" airing this weekend. đ
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Post by michaelcasselman on Dec 15, 2023 15:11:22 GMT -5
In addition to running the show as originally produced OR using the program update (shipped to stations separately on a 5th program LP), Watermark also suggested a third option. And that was to air the John Lennon segment without an introduction or outcue, with only the American Top 40/Hits from Coast-to-Coast jingles. No Casey. If interested, it was left up to stations to âlocalizeâ the John Lennon segment which was, by the way, conveniently produced containing only one song. I remember hearing it air without Casey on Chicagoâs WBBM-FM. At the time, without Casey saying anything about John Lennon, it was rather eerie. I either didn't know or forgot about 'Option 3'. That does sound eerie... perhaps one of the most somber options they could have offered, given the circumstances. ETA: The "a listener in Arizona wants to know..." teaser that was removed from the 12/13/1980 show after #39 lasts about 20 seconds, and the answer to the question after #38 lasts about 45 seconds. Conceivably, a newly constructed optional extra could be made with a Larry Morgan intro and narrative explaining the circumstances and thought-process behind why it was removed. I suppose, just to make sure it's padded-out as an optional extra you could include drop pieces for "Time In A Bottle", "Me And Bobby McGee", and "The Dock Of The Bay", but again that would deviate from the 'original listening experience'. Not likely to happen this go-around, but perhaps rebroadcasts in years to come will incorporate that QL as an OE as a curiosity.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 15, 2023 16:18:13 GMT -5
Nothing quite says 'Happy Holidays' like a seasonally-themed ad from a local septic tank pumping company! Thank you, WWIS, for your small town America quaintness.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 15, 2023 16:27:06 GMT -5
"It's My Party" by Lesley Gore was one of the "AT40 Archive" songs from this week's show 12/13/80-It went to # 1 in the spring of 1963-A few months later,Lesley released a sequel called "Judy's Turn To Cry" in which Judy got her comeuppance-It peaked at # 5. Followed by the #5 "She's a Fool" in fall '63, which pretty much continued the Johnny-Judy-Leslie story line minus the names. But then Lesley apparently tired of Johnny's possessiveness, releasing the proto-feminist anthem "You Don't Own Me" right about this time at the end of '63. It very nearly hit #1 in Feb.'64, kept at #2 after leaping from #13 to that spot by some long-forgotten English band. Man, that Judy was one serious b#$%h! And Johnny had some anger management issues...
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Post by mrjukebox on Dec 15, 2023 16:44:51 GMT -5
The Johnny Judy Leslie story would have made a good Lifetime movie LOL.
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Post by mrjukebox on Dec 15, 2023 17:49:02 GMT -5
Hi,mga707,I think you meant to say proto-feminist anthem when you were talking about "You Don't Own Me"-You wrote "proto-feminint".
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Post by caseyfan100 on Dec 15, 2023 17:52:37 GMT -5
Nothing quite says 'Happy Holidays' like a seasonally-themed ad from a local septic tank pumping company! Thank you, WWIS, for your small town America quaintness. It reminded me of the old Red Green show from Canada that aired on PBS stations. One of the characters in the show was Winston Rothschild III,he was the owner of Rothschild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 15, 2023 20:44:09 GMT -5
Hi,mga707,I think you meant to say proto-feminist anthem when you were talking about "You Don't Own Me"-You wrote "proto-feminint". Yep, that typo slipped by me. Fixed. Thanks!
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Post by dth1971 on Dec 16, 2023 8:37:40 GMT -5
Were there any affiliates that broadcast the 'original' version of that show back in 1980? I wonder what the circumstances were if that was the case... There's nothing really remarkable about the show *besides* the fact that they reconfigured that first hour with the QL and re-recording the #4 segment. I could see re-using the QL segment as an OE segment. Depending on how long that portion ran, Larry Morgan may need to significantly pad-out the segment with an explanation to take it to about 3 minutes. But, was that question asked in any other shows? Is it a significant enough of a point of trivia to go to the effort to 'salvage' the segment for an OE? Aside from being a bit more upbeat, there's nothing extraordinary about Casey's original intro to '(Just Like) Starting Over'. I really don't see a large audience for 'what if Casey sounded a bit bouncier before introducing a song from a guy who just died'... which is what it really boils down to. An apparently forgotten fact regarding the December 13, 1980 program⌠In addition to running the show as originally produced OR using the program update (shipped to stations separately on a 5th program LP), Watermark also suggested a third option. And that was to air the John Lennon segment without an introduction or outcue, with only the American Top 40/Hits from Coast-to-Coast jingles. No Casey. If interested, it was left up to stations to âlocalizeâ the John Lennon segment which was, by the way, conveniently produced containing only one song. I remember hearing it air without Casey on Chicagoâs WBBM-FM. At the time, without Casey saying anything about John Lennon, it was rather eerie. And to my knowledge, WGCL Cleveland played the first 12/13/1980 AT40 version with the posthumous hits QL and no Casey tribute to Lennon in it.
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Post by mjl677 on Dec 16, 2023 19:02:08 GMT -5
Maybe I missed the post. My apologies if I did, but do we know what next weeks show will be?
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Post by JMW on Dec 16, 2023 20:58:18 GMT -5
Maybe I missed the post. My apologies if I did, but do we know what next weeks show will be? It's unknown as of now. This is what it says on KOLA's AT40 page for that weekend:
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Post by kani on Dec 16, 2023 23:24:52 GMT -5
WCRZ doesn't seem to be airing opt xtras this time.
Miss Sun song by Boz Scaggs, also sung background singers of Toto.
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Post by Jessica on Dec 17, 2023 0:55:42 GMT -5
That John Lennon tribute always makes me cry, no matter how many times I hear it. You can just hear Caseyâs voice shaking. When he said âhusband to Yoko, father to Sean (he left out his other son Julian)â and âAnd Sean, when youâre old enough to begin wondering why people love The Beatles and your father so much, theyâll be millions of us around to explain it youâ. He wouldâve been 83 this year. I canât believe he was only 40, 3 years younger than I am now, when he was murdered .
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Post by jmack19 on Dec 17, 2023 1:37:14 GMT -5
I'll go with December 20, 1986 for next weekend. 1986 is due. WFMX aired 12/13/86 as its random show last Sunday morning before airing 1982 Sunday night. Sometimes their random shows are a good indicator of upcoming shows.
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