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Post by mkarns on Aug 26, 2013 21:16:17 GMT -5
Wait a minute! Wasn't the rerecorded "Into The Night" the version that was charting in 1989? Nope, the original hit recording for Polydor was the version that charted in 1989. The re-recording for Curb Records didn't chart at all. Speaking of re-recordings, this week's 1981 show included a redo of Greg Kihn's "The Breakup Song". Its arrangement and performance don't differ from the original, but it's not the 1981 hit recording. |
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Post by JMW on Nov 2, 2013 14:17:14 GMT -5
Are these errors really worth OMGing over?
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Post by skuncle on Nov 2, 2013 15:42:19 GMT -5
Sometimes they are worth the OMG. They often play the non hit versions, Ronnie Milsap's live Smokey Mountain Rain instead of the hit studio version (the live version wasn't ever a single) or the 1999 remix of We All Sleep Alone by Cher instead of the 1987 recording. They are supposed to be recreating the chart of the given year, playing versions that weren't from that year is just sloppy.
Another error I noticed this week, it happens a lot though, is during the talk up of the song, the song is being played at the same sound level as the talk up. Makes it heard to hear, should lower the song until the intro is done.
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Post by Michael1973 on Nov 8, 2013 12:13:34 GMT -5
I don't like alternate versions of songs either -- the original, popular versions should not be that hard to find. I'm not sure whether I'm more annoyed by that, or by the glaringly incorrect "facts" given out by the VJs or a regular basis.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Nov 9, 2013 14:48:12 GMT -5
When I originally did my Bee Gees Top 50, I missed that I had the re-record of a Kenny Rogers song within the 50 (This Woman) When I was alerted to it, I fixed it.
When I was doing my 60's shows I made DARN SURE I got the original versions, not the crappy re-records.
Its not hard to do if you give a crap...
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Post by mkarns on Nov 11, 2013 17:03:50 GMT -5
This week's 1989 show included a reference to "Technotronic featuring Kelly" when in fact it was Felly. Not that it's all that important, as Felly didn't actually sing anything but just lip synced in the video--not the only act in this countdown to have that issue.
And while this technically isn't an error, getting to the issue of different versions, the version they played of Babyface's "It's No Crime" is at least a remix, not the one radio then played. It also ran too long IMO (almost 7 minutes.) The sound quality of Dino's "Sunshine" didn't sound right; it seemed somewhat muffled.
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Post by Michael1973 on Nov 15, 2013 9:48:36 GMT -5
This week's 1989 show included a reference to "Technotronic featuring Kelly" when in fact it was Felly. Not that it's all that important, as Felly didn't actually sing anything but just lip synced in the video--not the only act in this countdown to have that issue. And while this technically isn't an error, getting to the issue of different versions, the version they played of Babyface's "It's No Crime" is at least a remix, not the one radio then played. It also ran too long IMO (almost 7 minutes.) The sound quality of Dino's "Sunshine" didn't sound right; it seemed somewhat muffled. Those are the versions they always play of those 2 songs. They also play a heavily butchered version of Sowing The Seeds of Love. |
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Post by mkarns on Nov 21, 2013 15:19:01 GMT -5
Alan Hunter, in last week's show, counting down the 11/16/85 chart: "The only instrumental in the countdown this week" after playing David Foster's "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire".
Ummm, the "Miami Vice" theme, anyone? Especially as this was one of the rather few times in the 1980s with more than one instrumental in the countdown.
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Post by woolebull on Nov 21, 2013 15:23:58 GMT -5
Alan Hunter, in last week's show, counting down the 11/16/85 chart: "The only instrumental in the countdown this week" after playing David Foster's "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire". Ummm, the "Miami Vice" theme, anyone? Especially as this was one of the rather few times in the 1980s with more than one instrumental in the countdown. Was there any other times there were two instrumentals in the 80's. I'm pretty sure that this was the last time there were two instrumentals in the Top 40 at the same time until 1996, but I'm not sure if there were two instrumentals in the Hot 100 at the same time before this in the 1980's. |
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Post by giannirubino on Nov 22, 2013 6:54:58 GMT -5
3 April 1982
#6, up from #8, 17th week on the Hot 100
VANGELIS • Chariots Of Fire
#37, up from #41, 9th week on the Hot 100
MIKE POST • Theme From "Magnum, P.I."
#39, up from #43, 8th week on the Hot 100
MECO • Pop Goes The Movies
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Post by michaelcasselman on Nov 30, 2013 21:06:00 GMT -5
I'm not usually one to quibble about "OMG errors", but this weeks show from late 1983, Martha intro's "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie as being from movie "White Nights".... which is a whole two tears off from when "Say You Say Me" (which was from "White Nights") hit the charts that same time of year in 1985.
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Post by Michael1973 on Dec 13, 2013 14:00:02 GMT -5
On last week's Big 40, Nina Blackwood gave the lead singer for Swing Out Sister's name as "Colleen Dewhurst."
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 13, 2013 23:41:33 GMT -5
OMG, Casey lite just said H&O had "eight" #1s. The guys actually had six pop chart toppers or 9 overall (1 Dance and 2 AC)!!
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Post by skuncle on Jan 4, 2014 14:22:32 GMT -5
Minor quibble from this weeks show, before playing Pat Benatar's "Invincible" they said what a horrible movie it came from but the song was a hit from Pat sixth album "Seven The Hard Way". This was actually her seventh album (thus the title). They didn't count her Live album, which she did when she titled this album. She was pretty fed up with the label by this point.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 15, 2014 12:33:42 GMT -5
Casey lite just said Donnie Iris peaked at #9. Like A Rock did that on the Rock chart, but not the pop Hot 100 that is used for the countdown.
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