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Post by lasvegaskid on Apr 28, 2023 13:05:09 GMT -5
Holy cow, someone check on 'Eileen who was massacred in the opening of this week's 1983 show!
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 28, 2023 13:23:16 GMT -5
I will never have a problem with recap songs being butchered. They will played again later in the show.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Apr 28, 2023 22:10:02 GMT -5
I will never have a problem with recap songs being butchered. They will be played again later in the show. Exactly. 🙂 For those wondering, Premiere butchered it. |
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 29, 2023 8:10:31 GMT -5
I will never have a problem with recap songs being butchered. They will be played again later in the show. Exactly. 🙂 For those wondering, Premiere butchered it. Premiere should make full top 3 recaps that started in Feb. 1979 shows when they have a full top 3 recap of all 3 songs scoped or something. |
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Post by michaelcasselman on Apr 29, 2023 9:57:56 GMT -5
Exactly. 🙂 For those wondering, Premiere butchered it. Premiere should make full top 3 recaps that started in Feb. 1979 shows when they have a full top 3 recap of all 3 songs scoped or something. Which would remove about 10 minutes per first hour of those shows. Not exactly a smart move at this time. Now, had there been the foresight in 1979 that these shows might ever be replayed, they could have made the recap simply with droppieces, which would have left room in the original shows for 2 or 3 more 'extras' throughout the countdown. |
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jun 10, 2023 20:32:54 GMT -5
Even though we were ^ 4hrs and no longer had #1s of the 60s/70s segment to eat up time, this week in 1982, the AT40 staff had butchering a Man On Their Mind.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 4, 2023 10:49:11 GMT -5
Foreigner should change the name of their tune to Hot Butchered after what was done to it this week in 1978.
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Post by jgve1952 on Aug 5, 2023 6:45:49 GMT -5
This time in 1978 was definitely overdue for a four hour show! Most songs were near or over four minutes, and in three hours, that would mean 13 songs plus Casey's narration as well as commercials would mean CUT CUT CUT!
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 5, 2023 12:05:04 GMT -5
The Butcher Shop special of the day might be a new record, twice in the same show! Elt's 'Jeannie was hacked up in the 8/16/80 top three recap. Someone on the staff must have been so proud of their work they aired the same sliced up version in the countdown.
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Post by LC on Aug 5, 2023 15:04:35 GMT -5
This time in 1978 was definitely overdue for a four hour show! Most songs were near or over four minutes, and in three hours, that would mean 13 songs plus Casey's narration as well as commercials would mean CUT CUT CUT! So much so that on this week's 8/5/78 show, A Taste of Honey's song might as well have been titled "Boogie Oogie." |
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Post by jgve1952 on Aug 5, 2023 16:06:30 GMT -5
Or just Boogie?
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Post by mkarns on Aug 5, 2023 16:16:12 GMT -5
I've often wondered why the Long Distance Dedications began specifically in August 1978. By that time AT40 had been approved for expansion to four hours (Billboard announced it in May), and they were looking for ways to fill the extra time, but couldn't the listener's story of Desiree and the associated Neil Diamond song have waited about six more weeks instead of necessitating even more editing?
Incidentally, maybe we'll hear 8/26/78 as a standalone this year? It hasn't been played by itself since 2011, and the last such 1978 show was in early June.
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 5, 2023 18:22:11 GMT -5
I've often wondered why the Long Distance Dedications began specifically in August 1978. By that time AT40 had been approved for expansion to four hours (Billboard announced it in May), and they were looking for ways to fill the extra time, but couldn't the listener's story of Desiree and the associated Neil Diamond song have waited about six more weeks instead of necessitating even more editing? Incidentally, maybe we'll hear 8/26/78 as a standalone this year? It hasn't been played by itself since 2011, and the last such 1978 show was in early June. Maybe next year in 2024 for 8/26/1978. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Aug 5, 2023 18:34:03 GMT -5
I've often wondered why the Long Distance Dedications began specifically in August 1978. By that time AT40 had been approved for expansion to four hours (Billboard announced it in May), and they were looking for ways to fill the extra time, but couldn't the listener's story of Desiree and the associated Neil Diamond song have waited about six more weeks instead of necessitating even more editing? Incidentally, maybe we'll hear 8/26/78 as a standalone this year? It hasn't been played by itself since 2011, and the last such 1978 show was in early June. Maybe next year in 2024 for 8/26/1978. 🤦♂️ |
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 6, 2023 8:30:29 GMT -5
The final original run Casey show of 8/6/1988 on AT40: The 80's is where you hear Denise Lopez's "Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right)" and Pat Benatar's "All Fired Up" each with a verse and chorus missing.
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