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Post by LC on May 4, 2024 20:18:33 GMT -5
One of my faves from this week's show includes the line 'love at first sting'. It checks the box on 2 unusual things, one a lot more unusual than the other. It is the name of the Scorps album which has no title track. Have not checked all the lyrics for the other songs on the CD, but I will guess that is the only time that line is sung. Secondly, it is an instance when the phrase is a play on words for the group's name which sounds like something Casey would make a list for but I don't think he ever did even into the CT40 and second run AT40 days. Happens again later in the countdown except they edited out the verse that it happens in. "Miss Me Blind" has the line 'kissing to be clever' which is the title of the Culture Club album. No title track on that one either. Not on Casey's AT40 but Amy Grant's "Baby Baby" has the phrase "heart in motion" which is the name of the album that has no title track.
Wonder how many other instances like this occur.
That reminds me of a related category, albums whose title track did not appear on the album. I can think of two: Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy" didn't appear on that album but on the next, "Physical Graffiti." Big Country's "The Crossing" was released as a b-side track of one of that album's UK singles.
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Post by mga707 on May 4, 2024 21:50:58 GMT -5
Not on Casey's AT40 but Amy Grant's "Baby Baby" has the phrase "heart in motion" which is the name of the album that has no title track. Wonder how many other instances like this occur.
That reminds me of a related category, albums whose title track did not appear on the album. I can think of two: Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy" didn't appear on that album but on the next, "Physical Graffiti." Big Country's "The Crossing" was released as a b-side track of one of that album's UK singles. The Doors: There was no track titled "Waiting For the Sun" on that 1968 LP, but a song with that title was on 1970's "Morrison Hotel", two albums later.
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Post by listenerwants2know on May 5, 2024 1:28:14 GMT -5
Bryan Adams: "Reckless" The song didn´t make it onto the album “Reckless” in 1985, but was included as a bonus track on the 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition in 2014.
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Post by mkarns on May 5, 2024 9:24:09 GMT -5
One of my faves from this week's show includes the line 'love at first sting'. It checks the box on 2 unusual things, one a lot more unusual than the other. It is the name of the Scorps album which has no title track. Have not checked all the lyrics for the other songs on the CD, but I will guess that is the only time that line is sung. Secondly, it is an instance when the phrase is a play on words for the group's name which sounds like something Casey would make a list for but I don't think he ever did even into the CT40 and second run AT40 days. Happens again later in the countdown except they edited out the verse that it happens in. "Miss Me Blind" has the line 'kissing to be clever' which is the title of the Culture Club album. No title track on that one either. From the previous year, Def Leppard's "Pyromania" has no title track, but the title word appears in "Rock of Ages". (Oddly, DL's debut album, "On Through the Night", also has no title track, but a song with that title is included on their second album, "High 'n' Dry".) Another thing about "Rock You Like a Hurricane" is that it's one of two songs in this countdown where a word that starts with B and rhymes with "witch" is altered or muffled. ("White Horse" is the other.)
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Post by johnnywest on May 5, 2024 15:25:57 GMT -5
When introducing "They Don't Know," Casey pointed out that a trivia buff noticed that Tracey Ullman was the first solo artist whose last name began with "U." It's happened at least once more on AT40 with Carrie Underwood, and in Billboard with both Underwood and Keith Urban.
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Post by dth1971 on May 5, 2024 18:13:46 GMT -5
One of my faves from this week's show includes the line 'love at first sting'. It checks the box on 2 unusual things, one a lot more unusual than the other. It is the name of the Scorps album which has no title track. Have not checked all the lyrics for the other songs on the CD, but I will guess that is the only time that line is sung. Secondly, it is an instance when the phrase is a play on words for the group's name which sounds like something Casey would make a list for but I don't think he ever did even into the CT40 and second run AT40 days. Happens again later in the countdown except they edited out the verse that it happens in. "Miss Me Blind" has the line 'kissing to be clever' which is the title of the Culture Club album. No title track on that one either. The album Culture Club's "Miss Me Blind" was on - "Colour By Numbers" - didn't have a track with this album title for a song, but a song called "Colour By Numbers" was on the B side of the "Miss Me Blind" single.
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Post by burcjm on May 5, 2024 22:13:16 GMT -5
I will predict 5/21/88 for the weekend of May 18. We haven't heard from 1988 in a while and it last aired as a standalone in 2014.
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Post by Jessica on May 6, 2024 1:37:59 GMT -5
In the 1984 show, there was an LDD from “Terry” to “Reese”. It was actually kind of sweet. Reese saw beyond Terry’s scars but when Casey ended the letter with “His favourite singer was Barry Manilow” I don’t know why but I burst out laughing. Hope things worked out for Terry but that’s a good reason to run for the hills.
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Post by lasvegaskid on May 6, 2024 9:22:45 GMT -5
Weekend of 5/16... 5/21/88 www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/1988-0521.pdfLast played 2017 w/extras: Hour #1: "When The Children Cry" - White Lion Hour #2: "Chains Of Love" - Erasure Hour #3: "In Your Room" - The Bangles Hour #4: "Never Tear Us Apart" - INXS
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Post by mkarns on May 6, 2024 12:57:37 GMT -5
Finally another 1988 standalone, the first since January. We may end up with only three such shows this year, in January, May, and June or July. (Four are possible, but that would mean three 1988 standalones in no more than eleven weeks from mid-May to late July, which is a lot for any year--though then again it would balance out a four month gap.)
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Post by michaelcasselman on May 6, 2024 14:16:07 GMT -5
Finally another 1988 standalone, the first since January. We may end up with only three such shows this year, in January, May, and June or July. (Four are possible, but that would mean three 1988 standalones in no more than eleven weeks from mid-May to late July, which is a lot for any year--though then again it would balance out a four month gap.) I wouldn't mind hearing either 6/18/1988 or 7/16/1988. Neither have been an 'A' show in several years.
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Post by mct1 on May 6, 2024 20:15:07 GMT -5
One of my faves from this week's show includes the line 'love at first sting'....It is the name of the Scorps album which has no title track. Have not checked all the lyrics for the other songs on the CD, but I will guess that is the only time that line is sung...Happens again later in the countdown except they edited out the verse that it happens in. "Miss Me Blind" has the line 'kissing to be clever' which is the title of the Culture Club album. No title track on that one either. Not on Casey's AT40 but Amy Grant's "Baby Baby" has the phrase "heart in motion" which is the name of the album that has no title track. Wonder how many other instances like this occur.
From the previous year, Def Leppard's "Pyromania" has no title track, but the title word appears in "Rock of Ages". See this thread: at40fg.proboards.com/thread/3971/hits-containing-album-title-lyricsAnother non-Top 40 example from the '80s that I became aware of just a few years ago: Robert Cray's 1987 Top 40 hit "Smoking Gun" is from an album called Strong Persuader. There is no song on the album called "Strong Persuader", but the phrase appears in the lyrics of the album's second single, the non-Top 40 "Right Next Door (Because Of Me)".
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Post by mkarns on May 6, 2024 22:09:51 GMT -5
Finally another 1988 standalone, the first since January. We may end up with only three such shows this year, in January, May, and June or July. (Four are possible, but that would mean three 1988 standalones in no more than eleven weeks from mid-May to late July, which is a lot for any year--though then again it would balance out a four month gap.) I wouldn't mind hearing either 6/18/1988 or 7/16/1988. Neither have been an 'A' show in several years. 6/18/88 was last an A in 2016 and 7/16 in 2020 (the last July 1988 A/standalone to date, though 8/6 was played last year). Either or both could be replayed this year, though it's been even longer since 7/23/88 was last an A (2012).
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Post by seminolefan on May 9, 2024 10:30:56 GMT -5
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Post by jmack19 on May 9, 2024 17:22:44 GMT -5
Did WSMG ever play a show last night? I listened until 7:20 and they were still playing current hits. WSMG is back on air. Since there is no B show from the 80s this week, the station is likely to air last week's May 5, 1979 show. The current hits you heard last week was probably from Tunein.
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