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Post by Dale Latimer on Jan 24, 2015 14:08:35 GMT -5
On 1/25/75, Casey started laughing when he read a poem written to him by Alan O'Day, author of Helen Reddy's "Angie Baby", in which Alan referred to AT40's host as "the Caser". In a reverse jinx, Casey thanked Alan for the poem and spoke of future O'Day appearances on the countdown. Two and a half years later, the Caser announced Alan at #1 as a singer, with "Undercover Angel". ISTR at least one of the substitute hosts in the 70s called him Caser... Humble Harve. dL |
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Post by mkarns on Mar 15, 2015 8:53:42 GMT -5
Casey chuckled several times during the 3/19/77 story about ELO's difficulty with working with classical musicians, including the leadup to the story in which he ironically noted that the group's first US hit was "Roll Over Beethoven" (which also ironically fell a couple of notches short of making AT40.)
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Post by trekkielo on Mar 15, 2015 15:11:26 GMT -5
Casey chuckled several times during the 3/19/77 story about ELO's difficulty with working with classical musicians, including the leadup to the story in which he ironically noted that the group's first US hit was "Roll Over Beethoven" (which also ironically fell a couple of notches short of making AT40.) Yep, #42, you beat me to it as I'd forgotten all about this particular thread, LOL indeed, I was loving every minute of that story!  Comin' up, I have a hit by an English group whose leader says he hates working with the classical musicians who give the group their (giggle) distinctive hit sound, ironically their first hit was (laugh) Roll Over Beethoven, I got details comin' up, the hits from Coast-to-Coast, American Top 40, this is Casey Kasem on American Top 40 in Hollywood, and now, I have the current hit by that English group who several years ago became the first rock band to include symphony musicians in their regular lineup, but whose leader and chief songwriter Jeff Lynne says, he actually hates working with the classical musicians who give the group their sound, now the group is The Electric Light Orchestra, and here's the way Jeff Lynne explains their dilemma, when the band 1st got together they started out by hiring professional string players to help them achieve the new sound that they were trying to create, but Jeff says, those hired hands, all English union session players, were more concerned with their hourly wage than the music they were making, and he says it took 4 long years before they finally found 3 symphony musicians, who really fit in with the sound and the goals of ELO, well when they did, they made them permanent members of the group, but, ELO's problems weren't over, because when they went into the studio to record their Eldorado album which features a big lush orchestral sound, they had to go out and hire a 30-piece section of, that's right, you guessed it, professional union string players (laughs) and how did the session go, well here's the way Jeff Lynne describes it, he says, I never saw anything like it, it's terrible dealing with classical musicians, they only play by the hour, and on one track of Eldorado you can hear the double basses putting their basses away while we were still playing, because they were overtime (giggles) end of quote, well fortunately ELO is very happy with their own string players, cellists Hugh McDowell and Melvyn Gale, and violinist Mik Kaminski, and this week they move up 5 with their latest hit, here's The Electric Light Orchestra and, Do Ya... |
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Post by trekkielo on Mar 21, 2015 11:24:41 GMT -5
From March 22nd, 1975, this weekend, Casey Kasem laughs during the outro to "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" by Sugarloaf when he repeats their lyrics, I said, "You got my number?", He said, "Yeah, I got it when you walked in the door."! |
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Post by adam31 on May 2, 2015 19:05:00 GMT -5
On this weeks May 7, 1988 show, Casey is in top form. He does a Jimmy Stewart Impression on a story about the Deele, and tells a hilarious story about the Singing Dogs. How ABC let him get away is unfathomable.
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Post by BrettVW on May 2, 2015 21:16:09 GMT -5
On this weeks May 7, 1988 show, Casey is in top form. He does a Jimmy Stewart Impression on a story about the Deele, and tells a hilarious story about the Singing Dogs. How ABC let him get away is unfathomable. Commentary Casey at his finest. Still too bad it did continue on Casey's Top 40 |
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Post by mkarns on Jun 6, 2015 17:50:19 GMT -5
Casey audibly laughed in the 6/11/88 show after introducing "Pour Some Sugar On Me" by saying"We're gonna get loud, we're gonna get wild, we're gonna get...cavities!"
He also laughed during the story about Poison and their tips on "how to rock-and-rollify--and wreck--your hair".
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Post by Jessica on Jun 9, 2015 15:55:42 GMT -5
I noticed that in the 88 show. Gonna get cavities?? Who wrote that s*** for him? I don't think Pour Some Sugar On Me was about candy but maybe I just have a really dirty mind.
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Post by BrettVW on Jun 10, 2015 7:45:46 GMT -5
I like to think the tongue in cheek one liners that Commentary Casey of 1987-1988 were improv'd on the spot by Casey during the tracking.
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Post by adam31 on Jun 16, 2015 18:16:04 GMT -5
I like to think the tongue in cheek one liners that Commentary Casey of 1987-1988 were improv'd on the spot by Casey during the tracking. I'd like to think this is the case also- that all these quips were made up by Casey on the fly. If that is true, why not continue it on Casey's Top 40? It could also be the Casey had nothing to lose by sticking it to ABC and saying whatever he wanted. He could have not given a s*** about what the "suits" thought by this time. I really admire the man for making AT40 the best it could be right up til the end even though he didn't have to. |
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Post by BrettVW on Jun 19, 2015 10:29:46 GMT -5
There may be some merit to that. One of his finals shows started out with something along these lines: "These are the 40 hottest records of the week. How do I know? Billboard says so"
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Post by mrjukebox on Jun 21, 2015 15:20:26 GMT -5
Last week's countdown from 1984 & this week's countdown from 1974 featured Casey's impression of Humphrey Bogart which I thought was quite humorous.
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Post by mkarns on Jul 25, 2015 13:38:00 GMT -5
While only a few stations may be playing it, in the first hour of the 7/21/79 countdown I heard Casey laughing at least twice when telling the story of David Lee Roth's love for junk food ("I had one of those healthy salads and nearly passed out!" said Diamond Dave.)
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Post by purplerush on Aug 12, 2015 12:39:58 GMT -5
Casey didn't laugh but made me, with this clever intro on the 2/26/77 show.
The brief intro was how all of Barry Manilow's 7 singles hit the top 40, with 5 making the top 10, and 2 going to number one. "Could it be magic?" he asked..."No, Weekend In New England", he responded.
(Could it be magic being the title of one of Barry's previous 6 hits.)
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Post by mkarns on Aug 16, 2015 21:50:07 GMT -5
I think I heard Casey chuckling (I certainly laughed) in the 8/15/87 show when he recited some funny quotes from Yogi Berra, such as "Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore! It's too crowded!"
This story was told in conjunction with Starship's hit "It's Not Over (Til It's Over)", a title similar to a famous Yogi quote. I wonder if Casey recycled the story four years later, when Lenny Kravitz had a similarly titled hit.
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