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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2005 14:32:14 GMT -5
I agree, I liked Casey's much better too. But we are fromt he old school, AT40 needs to be geared by its very nature towards the younger crowd and that is why Seacrest was the perfect host for the new show.
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Post by at40fan1 on Jan 27, 2005 16:43:24 GMT -5
Does anybody have Casey's Top 40 on CD or cassette? i know it ran from 1989-1997.
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Post by Jeffster on Jan 27, 2005 20:23:26 GMT -5
Does anybody have Casey's Top 40 on CD or cassette? i know it ran from 1989-1997. Actually it was 89-98, he did the first couple months of 98, not to nitpick or anything.  But yes, I have quite a few CT40 shows as do some of the other members here. We really should start the trading post up again, but I know that it may not be possible due to legal reasons. Feel free to email me at jeffrageous at yahoo.com for a list of what I have.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2005 21:06:16 GMT -5
now for legal reasons Jeff you mean just email you for a hypothetical list of hypothetical shows to just marvel at your hypothetical collection and just wish there was some way we could get some of those to have some in a hypothetical collection of our own....right?!
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Jan 28, 2005 10:40:04 GMT -5
I agree, I liked Casey's much better too. But we are fromt he old school, AT40 needs to be geared by its very nature towards the younger crowd and that is why Seacrest was the perfect host for the new show. One AT40 listener I spoke with after the changeover in hosts last year said to me, "They just dragged AT40 kicking and screaming into the 21st Century." I was at first insulted by this, but when I think about it, in a way this person was right. Casey's style is somewhat different from what CHR radio has become. That's not a statement against Casey nor is it one against CHR radio...just a statement of fact. I'm just glad that we still get to hear Casey on AT10/AT20...he's still the best at what he does. Like I quoted in another thread..."There's only one person who can count 'em down like Casey Kasem. Casey Kasem." I wish Casey much continued success with AT20/AT10. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2005 14:49:52 GMT -5
very good way to put it. and agreed.
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Jan 28, 2005 17:06:15 GMT -5
very good way to put it. and agreed. Let me say, however, that even though I listen to and enjoy AT40 circa 2005, I'm happier listening to the old Casey top 40 shows (ie, AT40 and CT40). |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2005 17:08:06 GMT -5
so am I, I am not into this newer hip hoppy music.
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Post by Jeffster on Jan 28, 2005 17:52:54 GMT -5
now for legal reasons Jeff you mean just email you for a hypothetical list of hypothetical shows to just marvel at your hypothetical collection and just wish there was some way we could get some of those to have some in a hypothetical collection of our own....right?! Yes, exactly. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2005 22:55:30 GMT -5
I figured so.... ;D
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Post by Scott Lakefield on Jan 28, 2005 23:42:14 GMT -5
so am I, I am not into this newer hip hoppy music. Why do I have a vision of a bunch of rabbits with headphones right now? ;D Seriously, I have no issues with today's music...I just think Casey does a better job than Ryan...but I do enjoy listening to Ryan as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2005 7:57:37 GMT -5
I didnt say I have a problem with Ryan, Ryan does a great job. But like you, I prefer Casey. However, I am not in tune with sonhgs that have the following artist tag at the end...
Ja Rule featuring The Black Eyed Peas, Loon, 50 Cent, Uncle Lars, Aunt Jemimah, Nelly, Murphy Lee, Cousin Latrelle w/Missy Elliott.
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Post by Radioman on Jan 29, 2005 10:34:04 GMT -5
It sounds like you just dont like AT40 now because Casey Kasem is no longer hosting the show. I would explain it that way: If you put some brown water into an empty Coke bottle, do you have that famous soft drink anyway ?? Of course not and that's that big mistake what CLear Channel made with the so called "Handover" to Seacrest. That show will never be "AT40" again, no matter what it might be called. If you and I are talking about "AT40", we think of Casey ( and eventually Shadoe Stevens ). That's all. So eventually Casey made a mistake himself, by selling the brand name "AT40" to Clear Channel. Seacrest is just a temporary phenomenon, a product of today's youth culture, not really a radio talent. As fast as his star rised due to that whole "American Idol" think, as fast his star will fall within a few years. I will bet with everyone out here: If he's still healthy and well, Casey will be doing radio even then, when almost nobody is remembering who Seacrest is and where he's come from. Bet !! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2005 14:32:54 GMT -5
You are forgetting one small problem to your equation, other than on a countdown show; Rick Dees wasn't known to anyone outside of 1 #1 in the 70's(which doesnt really count, because popularity on that is more fleeting tham a TV show), how else did he make his living and stay a current player in the music world? Hosting a morning radio show in LA, the same as Ryan is doing.
Now, to answer you when you say "AT40", no I will not "assume" you are referring to Casey Kasem, it is the same show, same legacy, same geneology; it doesn't MATTER whether you like it now or not. The CBS Evening News with Walter Chronkite didn't up and dissappear just because a new host took it over and it changed some. Nor did it change when they finally added orchestra music(until the late 80's CBS swore they would NEVER have an orchatrated theme to the show), it was moving into the current day standards.
Your coke anology does not hold up because the product in the container is not the same at all, had "AT40" all of a sudden become a countdown of the AC chart overnight, you would have a point, but it is the same musical product brought up to date into the current style of todays programming. Other than a dislike of Ryan Seacrest which you obviously have, there is no othger major difference. Would you have a problem if the modern day feel to the show was happening with Casey as host? No, probably not. Did you have a problem with the AT40 legitimacy when the show updated it's format under Shadoe?Again, probably not as is evident by you apparently giving Shadoe a pass.
Again, you are free to have your opinion of Ryan or the show itself and are free not to like it. But there is a difference between not liking it and thinking it has no place in the history of AT40.
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Post by Radioman on Jan 29, 2005 15:13:57 GMT -5
Somebody mentioned it above here - so let me explain it this way:
What do we remember when it comes to Shadoe Stevens ? And what does the "ordinary" Radio Listener remember on Shadoe Stevens ? NOTHING. GONE. NEVER EXISTANT. 6 and half years of missing history when it comes on AT40.
Somebody called them the "lost years" of AT40, because Casey continued with his show under a different name and network, but was recognized by the audience as AT40 ( because it was hosted by Casey ).
It's not a question of like or dislike on Seacrest.
It's a question of talent and personal brand of the host.
In a time when pure music is on the rise and hosts are out of trend, you have to have another profile than Seacrest to be remembered in - let's say about 10 years.
When I listen on today's "AT40" and don't look at the display of my computer, I don't know if there is Seacrest, Hollywood Hamilton or any other stylish and trendy guy on some local "CHR" radio station.
Even Dees has his own style to be remembered.
But you can print my prediction on AT40 and Seacrest and put it out in about 5 years. Then we'll see .....
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