AT10 Themes You Wish They'd Done

[Jeffster]

Should've done one where they alternated between f--ing uptempo records and g--d**n death dedications! ;D

[robert]

Well, I think it was not always easy to find 10 songs for the particular spotlight theme and those had to be in heavy rotation on the AC stations to be accepted by the production for the Spotlight. I don't remember if there was Songs about heaven or with heaven in their title theme.

I can think of:

Bryan Adams - Heaven
Los Lonely Boys - Heaven
Deon Estus w/ George Michael - Heaven Help Me
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Kenny Loggins - I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man)
Nu Flavor - Heaven
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven

plus some older from the 1970´s:

Stevie Wonder - Heaven Help Us All
Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
Bonnie Pointer - Heaven Must Have Sent You
The Spinners - Heaven On Earth (So Fine)

and then few more probably not very much suitable for the AC format:
Warrant - Heaven
Live - Heaven
Loverboy - Heaven In Your Eyes
The Cure - Just Like Heaven

and these were bigger hits in UK and Europe than in the States:
Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven
Kiss - Heaven's On Fire

[robert]

Also, would there be enough songs over the years that became triple crown winners including hitting number one on the AC chart?
I guess Vanessa Williams had one, at least.

[robert]

One more 'heaven' song - Gloria Estefan' "Heaven's What I Feel"

[robert]

Don't remember if they did songs about fire, but here's how it could sound like:
James Taylor - Fire And Rain
Donny Osmond - My Love Is A Fire
Bob Seger - Fire And Lake
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
Pointer Sisters - Fire
Bryan Adams - Hearts On Fire
REO Speedwagon - Keep The Fire Burning
Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire

of course there are more suchlike:
Ohio Players - Fire
Pat Benatar - Fire And Ice

and some others like:
Fastball - Fire Escape
Katy Perry - Fireworks
Kiss - Heaven's On Fire

[robert]

Songs about wind:

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against The Wind
PM Dawn - The Ways Of The Wind
Kansas - Dust In The Wind
Chicago - Chasin' The Wind
Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind
Paula Abdul - Blowing Kisses In The Wind
Scorpions - Wind Of Change
Patrick Swayze feat. Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind
Vanessa Williams - Colors Of The Wind
Elton John - Candle In The Wind

plus not that suitable:
Neneh Cherry - Kisses On The Wind
Poison - Ride The Wind

[robert]

And this might sound interestingly as well - THE SONGS THAT ARE OFTEN MISINTERPRETED:

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - American Storm
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
Michael Bolton - Said I Loved You... But I Lied
Eve 6 - Here's To The night
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Phil Collins - Take Me Home
Duran Duran - Rio
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
Pink Floyd - Money
The Commodores - Easy

[palmer7]

And since we've got the Summer Olympics coming up: SONGS FROM THE OLYMPICS


"One Moment In Time" by Whitney Houston (1988)
"Reach" by Gloria Estefan (1996)
"A Chance for Heaven" by Christopher Cross (swimming theme from 1984 Summer Olympics)
"Courtship" by Bob James (basketball theme from 1984 Summer Olympics)
"Dare to Dream" by Olivia Newton-John and John Farnham (2000)
"The Power of the Dream" by Celine Dion (1996)
"Change" by Taylor Swift (2008)
"Wish You Were Here" by Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford, and David Arnold (2012)
"Bang the Drum" by Bryan Adams & Nelly Furtado (2010)

[robert]

Dec 30, 2015 18:12:24 GMT -5 robert said:

Also, would there be enough songs over the years that became triple crown winners including hitting number one on the AC chart?
I guess Vanessa Williams had one, at least.

Well, there was a triple crown winner spotlight on October 23, 2004, including hits like Come Back To Me, Every Breath You Take and Downtown Train

[dth1971]

What might have been an AT10 theme spotlight: SONGS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY JIM STEINMAN:
"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" - Meat Loaf
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" - Air Supply
"Read 'Em and Weep" - Barry Manilow
"I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" - Meat Loaf
"Left in the Dark" - Barbra Streisand
"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" - Celine Dion

[robert]

Did he write also "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" or he was just singing it back in 1982?

[saltrek]

Steinman wrote "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through", but Rory Dodd is the one who sang it.

[briguy52748]

Summer Songs seems to be a popular theme. We'd get a rare look back at prior to AT40's first program, as the most popular songs seem to be either from the Beach Boys or "Summer In the City" by the Lovin' Sthingyful.

I also like the idea of Top Teen Idols, with every decade of the AT40 era -- 1970s through the then-present (2000s) represented.

I'd go for the Longest-Running Acts, similar to the "Trifecta of Rock and Roll" that AT40 did back in 1988, only we'd get a few that had four decades (for the 1990s, the first three were Cher, Linda Ronstadt and Joe Cocker) and then one that had five decades of hits (Santana, 1960s through the 2000s at least). Elton John might make five or six decades.

Geez, so many.

Brian

[Deleted]

That third one to me was an awful special. I listened to it a few years ago and the qualifications not being equal throughout the decades made me feel when it was over I essentially listened to 4 hours to come out with....nothing.

[johnnywest]

Jan 28, 2016 15:27:19 GMT -5 robert said:

Dec 30, 2015 18:12:24 GMT -5 robert said:

Also, would there be enough songs over the years that became triple crown winners including hitting number one on the AC chart?
I guess Vanessa Williams had one, at least.

Well, there was a triple crown winner spotlight on October 23, 2004, including hits like Come Back To Me, Every Breath You Take and Downtown Train

And it was done again around 2006. It was one of the rare times when Casey would actually say the words hot AC.