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Post by brownjb81 on May 21, 2013 15:31:40 GMT -5
In Pete Battistini's book "American Top 40 The 80's", Casey did his review on the 5 Casey's. Meaning he was talking about his voices. As I have been listening to classic American Top 40 shows every weekend, whether on Sirius XM, CKWW, and of course, my collection of shows, I too have also noticed the differences in his voice over the years. My favorite Casey voices are:
The first Casey (1970-1972). Whether I listen to AT40 shows from 1970 to the early part of 1971, he sounded like he was a wild and crazy DJ and during 1971-1972, he sounded like he was going through puberty.
The fourth Casey (1979-1980). He sounded like he was the man in charge. Letting us know that he was running the show. He said that he was shocked that his voice had high energy.
The 2000's Casey (2000-2009) As he was reached his 70's, he sounded like a guy who was a much matue Casey, the grandfather type. His voice really became raspy during the 2000's.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on May 22, 2013 16:30:08 GMT -5
I liked Casey's voice during the period from 1980 until Shadoe took over in 1988, and even his early CT40 days. That's the Casey that I was most familiar with.
I agree that since his comeback to AT40 and his spinoffs, he didn't sound the same anymore. When I listened to his final AT20 broadcast, his voice sounded as if his health may have been in decline, but that could be because I rarely listened to AT20 and I stopped listening to Casey (and AT40) regularly after Ryan Seacrest took over AT40 in January 2004. I rarely listened to AT20 unless I was in the car, because there was hardly any pop material on AT20 until I was surprised to hear Rihanna's "S.O.S." on AT20 on July 8, 2006 (though it didn't last long on AT20). Most of the stuff heard on AT20 was rock, soft rock, and adult pop. Maybe Rihanna's song in July 2006 was considered adult pop because it sampled an 80s song by Soft Cell, perhaps?
July 2009 was probably the time that AT20 ended its run, and OZ FM in Newfoundland jumped the shark by changing to an all-rock format instead of playing a variety of different genres (though they never did play country music). OZ FM got bad reviews in the many months since, lost more viewers, and as a result, they switched to an all-21st century music format since the beginning of 2012. It's like they may as well get back AT40 with Ryan Seacrest, but that's now CKIX-FM's 'show. If the rumor of Rick Dees' show ending its run comes true, then CKIX-FM will have to find something to replace it. Maybe they could pick up the rights to AT40: The 80's, perhaps? Or retro rebroadcasts of Rick Dees' show? Wishful thinking for now.
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Post by brownjb81 on May 22, 2013 23:16:35 GMT -5
I also liked Casey's voice during the 80's period too, which Casey called it "The fifth Casey". He said that he felt a bit scripted and professional, sort of plastic-y, (whatever that means) where his voice was a little bit raw. He said that the fifth Casey is the one that is imitated the most. Whenever I listen to those 80's AT40 shows, it sounded like he is talking right in your ear.
It is true that during his second stint as host of AT40, his voice didn't sound the same as it was when he was younger. He was getting up there in age, maybe that's why his voice sounded different. When he hosted American Top 10, his voice was definitely raspy but I still enjoyed listening to him nonetheless.
AT20 and AT10 did end their runs in July 2009 when Casey retired. I haven't heard anything about Casey's health being in decline since he hasn't done any interviews since he retired from radio except for appearing on his daughter Kerry's podcast in late 2009.
As I have been listening to all of the AT40 shows from my collection for many years now, I have become very fascinated with the different sounds of Casey's voice. I wondered how his voice sounded in real life during the 70's and 80's, as his voice sounded a bit different on AT40 every couple of years.
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