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Post by chrislc on May 5, 2021 16:25:32 GMT -5
Not bad taste but it was strange - the one from the two who had worked for a "lunatic" boss asking to dedicate You May Be Right to him. It wasn't an inappropriate choice of songs or anything, it just seemed like kind of a strange story. But of course there were dozens of those through the years.
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Post by mkarns on Aug 8, 2021 18:58:21 GMT -5
I found it kind of funny to hear the LDD from an Argentinian music teacher on August 8, 1987 requesting “Every Breath You Take” because she had taught it to her students—never mind the jealousy and stalker-ishness of the lyrics.
Of course that lyrical nature didn’t stop the song from being a year end #1 hit or receiving incessant recurrent play to this day, so it’s not a particularly glaring example of misunderstanding.
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 8, 2021 19:44:48 GMT -5
I found it kind of funny to hear the LDD from an Argentinian music teacher on August 8, 1987 requesting “Every Breath You Take” because she had taught it to her students—never mind the jealousy and stalker-ishness of the lyrics. Of course that lyrical nature didn’t stop the song from being a year end #1 hit or receiving incessant recurrent play to this day, so it’s not a particularly glaring example of misunderstanding. And Casey said the Argentina language translation of "And the countdown continues" as he closed that LDD.
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Post by JMW on Oct 24, 2021 20:41:57 GMT -5
Here's an example of where the dedication wasn't in bad taste, but the jingle was: The first LDD on the 4/25/1987 show was one from a woman who dedicated Greatest Love of All to women who have been in abusive relationships. The jingle that played afterwards? "The hits from coast to coast". (I recall hearing at least one or two other shows had did the same thing with LDD's about abuse.) Quoting this because this occurred on the 10/20/1984 show with the LDD about child abuse.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 24, 2021 21:23:16 GMT -5
And Casey said the Argentina language translation of "And the countdown continues" as he closed that LDD. ...that 'Argentine language' is perhaps better-known as 'Spanish' ('Espanol')...
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Post by Mike on Oct 25, 2021 5:15:07 GMT -5
A repeat offender in Casey's second AT40 run: Green Day's "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)" - often requested as just "Time of Your Life". The song has Billie Joe Armstrong expressing his anger at his then-girlfriend leaving him to move to Ecuador. But multiple times, it'd be requested for a nostalgic song to remember fond memories.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 25, 2021 8:26:32 GMT -5
A repeat offender in Casey's second AT40 run: Green Day's "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)" - often requested as just "Time of Your Life". The song has Billie Joe Armstrong expressing his anger at his then-girlfriend leaving him to move to Ecuador. But multiple times, it'd be requested for a nostalgic song to remember fond memories. That also happened when the final episode of "Seinfeld" aired in 1998, just after the song was released. They played the song during the clip show that preceded the finale.
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Post by michaelcasselman on Dec 15, 2021 9:15:30 GMT -5
Not so much in bad taste, but I always get a chuckle out of the 'I'm Coming Out' request from the 12/12/1981 show. Makes you wonder whatever happened to "the Marvelous Marlowe" after he got out...
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Post by matt on Dec 16, 2021 14:00:00 GMT -5
A repeat offender in Casey's second AT40 run: Green Day's "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)" - often requested as just "Time of Your Life". The song has Billie Joe Armstrong expressing his anger at his then-girlfriend leaving him to move to Ecuador. But multiple times, it'd be requested for a nostalgic song to remember fond memories. That also happened when the final episode of "Seinfeld" aired in 1998, just after the song was released. They played the song during the clip show that preceded the finale. Similar to Barry Manilow's "Looks Like We Made It" -- the song's actual meaning is different from what the title implies, and some of the requestors didn't seem to listen to the lyrics and catch onto the meaning. Of course, if you know the full title of the Green Day song, it isn't too hard to figure out that it wasn't really about fond memories.
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Post by Mike on Dec 16, 2021 14:24:38 GMT -5
Of course, if you know the full title of the Green Day song, it isn't too hard to figure out that it wasn't really about fond memories. Perhaps fittingly, among the few times I've heard dedications for the Green Day song, Casey would only give its main title ("Time of Your Life"), not including the sub.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Dec 17, 2021 8:32:44 GMT -5
I remember a December 1987 show where a fan wanted to see the singer Tiffany in person, but never got the chance. The song he dedicated was Bette Midler's "The Rose". Could this fan of Tiffany have been a stalker and obsessive fan?
That LDD was played, oddly enough, just after the debut of Tiffany's "Could've Been".
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Post by mkarns on Dec 26, 2021 19:32:26 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. I just heard this one again: the 12/27/86 show in which Holly Smith of Harrison, Arkansas was grounded for flunking algebra and requested "I'm Only Human" (her words) by Human League--a song about infidelity and romantic relationship mistakes. That said, during the next several years I could definitely have identified with her since I struggled with algebra and similar math classes and was put on restriction for subpar (though not failing) grades, though if I'd written to Casey or Shadoe for a LDD/R&D related to that situation I wouldn't have requested that song. Incidentally, Holly noted that her boyfriend was disappointed that she would be grounded over her 16th birthday, which makes one wonder what he had in mind for it....
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Post by Mike on Dec 26, 2021 22:51:40 GMT -5
She was a 16-year-old requesting, as she put it, "I'm Only Human". Does anyone really think she was giving that very much thought?
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Post by chrislc on Dec 29, 2021 15:17:45 GMT -5
OMG I just today heard the 02/27/1988 Rocky the Cat LDD. It wasn’t bad taste or meaning lost but it was SO sad. I wonder how many people have heard this LDD since it immediately followed Dock of the Bay by Michael Bolton. Lots of lost listeners due to that monstrosity which was in terrible taste.
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Post by JMW on Sept 23, 2022 18:05:56 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). This is an old post, but I found (at least) one show where this happened: the 2/1/1986 show had a LDD where a girl dedicated it to her drug-addicted friend who was sent to rehab. The other two songs from the 80s with that title would have been much more appropriate.
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