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Post by briguy52748 on May 29, 2014 16:00:56 GMT -5
I can't imagine that Premiere decides to air a show or not air a show based on an LDD. Sure, there has to be some criteria they have used in the past to choose which shows to schedule, but unless it is the rare case of an LDD that was truly unique (the one in which the LDD came from a girl in the former Soviet Union comes to mind--I think that one is on the 3/14/87 show?), LDDs have to be pretty low on the list of items on which the decision to air a show is based. And another question is: why would Premiere ever need to contact anyone associated with the LDDs? These are all from shows that aired over terrestrial radio in several hundred markets 25-35 years ago--there would be no legal requirement for Premiere to have to follow up with these people to see if it's OK to play them again today. That would be an impossible task, and if they had for some reason, been legally required to do so, my guess is that Premiere simply would have omitted the LDDs from the rebroadcast shows rather than deal with trying to get clearance or permission to play them (at least I know that if I were an decision-maker for the AT40 70's/80's series at Premiere, my take would be to scrap them--an added bonus would be that the need to edit down songs would be reduced). Matt, with all due respect, I think you've taken my comments about contacting the families of LDD writers out of context. As you read, I've already stated that it's next to impossible to do so anyway. I guess if it were up to me, the January 1986 "I'm Alive" LDD, I would have edited from the broadcast. I think the other was OK to keep in, but since there seemed to be a mystery as to why the man's crime was something he'd never forgive himself for, I'd have scrapped it. Yet, it remained. So be it. Brian
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Post by matt on May 29, 2014 16:42:05 GMT -5
I can't imagine that Premiere decides to air a show or not air a show based on an LDD. Sure, there has to be some criteria they have used in the past to choose which shows to schedule, but unless it is the rare case of an LDD that was truly unique (the one in which the LDD came from a girl in the former Soviet Union comes to mind--I think that one is on the 3/14/87 show?), LDDs have to be pretty low on the list of items on which the decision to air a show is based. And another question is: why would Premiere ever need to contact anyone associated with the LDDs? These are all from shows that aired over terrestrial radio in several hundred markets 25-35 years ago--there would be no legal requirement for Premiere to have to follow up with these people to see if it's OK to play them again today. That would be an impossible task, and if they had for some reason, been legally required to do so, my guess is that Premiere simply would have omitted the LDDs from the rebroadcast shows rather than deal with trying to get clearance or permission to play them (at least I know that if I were an decision-maker for the AT40 70's/80's series at Premiere, my take would be to scrap them--an added bonus would be that the need to edit down songs would be reduced). Matt, with all due respect, I think you've taken my comments about contacting the families of LDD writers out of context. As you read, I've already stated that it's next to impossible to do so anyway. I guess if it were up to me, the January 1986 "I'm Alive" LDD, I would have edited from the broadcast. I think the other was OK to keep in, but since there seemed to be a mystery as to why the man's crime was something he'd never forgive himself for, I'd have scrapped it. Yet, it remained. So be it. Brian Right--I meant no disagreements with your earlier posts. Was just expanding on the points made--from what I could tell, you appear to agree that vetting the subjects of the LDDs of years past would be a fruitless venture. My point was, that fortunately for Premiere (and for us as the listening audience), they aren't required to seek permission to play them, so it's not an issue.
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Post by briguy52748 on May 29, 2014 17:00:07 GMT -5
Matt, with all due respect, I think you've taken my comments about contacting the families of LDD writers out of context. As you read, I've already stated that it's next to impossible to do so anyway. I guess if it were up to me, the January 1986 "I'm Alive" LDD, I would have edited from the broadcast. I think the other was OK to keep in, but since there seemed to be a mystery as to why the man's crime was something he'd never forgive himself for, I'd have scrapped it. Yet, it remained. So be it. Brian Right--I meant no disagreements with your earlier posts. Was just expanding on the points made--from what I could tell, you appear to agree that vetting the subjects of the LDDs of years past would be a fruitless venture. My point was, that fortunately for Premiere (and for us as the listening audience), they aren't required to seek permission to play them, so it's not an issue. Cool! Brian
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2014 8:08:46 GMT -5
So, here I am now listening to the show from 4/28/84 and yet another inappropriate dedication. A brother dedicates Journey's "Faithfully" to his sister.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 23, 2014 17:42:18 GMT -5
Here's one I heard on the March 7, 1981 show played on the iHeartRadio channel today. A girl sent a LDD to a friend she's known since they were kids. The song: "Seasons in the Sun", which is a song about someone dying and saying goodbye for good. From what I could tell, that wasn't the case with the LDD sender.
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Post by freakyflybry on Jun 24, 2014 0:05:19 GMT -5
I'm sure there was a misunderstood LDD of John Waite's "Missing You" at some time, probably requested it because of the title but no regard to subject matter (I ain't missing you at all).
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Post by bandit73 on Jul 2, 2014 18:48:19 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure someone once dedicated "Welcome To Heartlight" by Kenny Loggins and mistakenly called it "Welcome To Hard Life."
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Jul 3, 2014 17:42:55 GMT -5
The January 24, 1987 episode had a LDD about a game of Scrabble and ending with the letter Q being the last tile. Much to no surprise, the song was "Word Up". Seriously, what is the meaning of a LDD about a game of Scrabble?
Also, on another 1987 episode, what about the LDD about the two girls whose Bon Jovi records got thrown out and requested a Bon Jovi song in return? Weren't those girls obsessed with Bon Jovi's music and after their records were thrown out, wasn't requesting a Bon Jovi song considered skirting around their problem? I wouldn't be surprised if they got grounded afterwards. But I bet those girls have grown out of their obsession over Bon Jovi by now and probably listen to music by Rihanna, Lady Gaga, etc. now.
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Post by skuncle on Jul 20, 2014 17:09:06 GMT -5
This afternoon I was listening to the May 22, 1982 show and the LDD was for the song "Waiting For A Girl Like You". In the guys letter he said how he'd always been shy around girls and felt awkward, but then he met up with a girl he knew but hadn't seen in years. That night she taught him he had nothing to be nervous about around girl. Reading between the lines it's kind of obvious what he was referring to. There is another show, I can't recall the year or the song requested, but some guy wrote that he wanted to dedicate a song to an old guy that he used to hang around all the time as a little kid. Although it was probably very innocent the letter comes off sounding very creepy.
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Post by ronnie21 on Jul 21, 2014 6:03:08 GMT -5
anne murrays you needed me , seemed to be the most worn out LDD
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 6:32:15 GMT -5
7/21/84
-Casey my friends and I have had a wonderful time together over the years and I'll never forget it. Would you please play "Seasons in the Sun" for us to remember?
-Casey my fiancée of 11 years and I are breaking it off. It will hurt forever. Please play "Almost Paradise" for him?
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Post by mkarns on Jul 24, 2014 14:28:49 GMT -5
7/21/84 -Casey my friends and I have had a wonderful time together over the years and I'll never forget it. Would you please play "Seasons in the Sun" for us to remember? -Casey my fiancée of 11 years and I are breaking it off. It will hurt forever. Please play "Almost Paradise" for him? These sound like the LDD equivalents of Bruce Springsteen's contemperaneous "Born In the USA": misunderstandings by people who apparently chose the songs based on the titles without actually listening to the lyrics.
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Post by cachiva on Aug 10, 2014 15:44:48 GMT -5
I have some fragmented memories of a few. A young boy who was teased by his classmates for having braces requests "Fire" since the taunting is like "going through fire.' I was all set to hear the Ohio Players, but up popped the Pointer Sisters instead!
Another one was from these two girls who had met a lifeguard over the summer in Germany (did a lot of these involve Germany, by the way), wo "made them feel, for the first time, like they were women." Not hard to figure out how he did that!
And one more was from a girl with a middle eastern sounding name, missing her boyfriend with an equally middle eastern name, and if you do t the math, it appears they were making love at age 15! It made me laugh to hear Casey read that one!
Sorry for the lack of real details...
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Post by mkarns on Dec 26, 2016 0:36:23 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure someone once dedicated "Welcome To Heartlight" by Kenny Loggins and mistakenly called it "Welcome To Hard Life." That occurred on 12/1/84. It was from a listener who appreciated being introduced to working hard on a farm, and requested what they thought was called "Welcome to Hard Life". Casey read the letter with its misheard title, and then played the song that the staff translated as the request. Another one we just heard this week (I pointed this out in the 80s thread), was on 12/27/86 regarding Human League's "Human". The song, a male/female duet about a mutually unfaithful relationship, was requested by a teenager who was frustrated about being grouded for flunking algebra class. She complained in the letter "But I'm only human!" which are the only applicable lyrics in the song.
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Post by Jessica on Dec 26, 2016 9:12:01 GMT -5
So, here I am now listening to the show from 4/28/84 and yet another inappropriate dedication. A brother dedicates Journey's "Faithfully" to his sister. Ok Ewww. Do these people not listen to the lyrics? Of course not. It's about life on the road and being away from your lover. Unless...I don't even want to think about it. Every Breath You Take is another song where the lyrics are completely misunderstood. Why is this hard for people? Every Breath isn't a love song, it's about obsession. The LDD that creeped me out was one in 1988, can't remember the date but the writer was obsessed with pop star Tiffany. Even waiting for her, with a rose, outside a radio station. I don't know it came off like the guy was a stalker, even if he didn't mean to come off that way. Just left a bad taste in my mouth. Of course he dedicated "Could've Been" to Tiffany herself. The LDD in the 1986 show that aired yesterday was bizarre, as mentioned above. What does the song "Human" have to do with not being good at Algebra? Again someone who never bothered to listen to the lyrics.
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