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Post by chrislc on Jan 29, 2024 15:38:41 GMT -5
Wow - Worst That Could Happen - and Atlantis. I'll bet listeners were fooled, thinking one was starting when it was the other one. They're pretty darn close. Actually Brooklyn Bridge had just fallen off (okay it was six weeks earlier cut me some slack here) but it was a recurrent. They had recurrents back then - I hope? Otherwise this thread is worthless. There was another example I noticed last year and now I can't put my finger on it, which is really informative and entertaining, right?  It'll come to me eventually, so watch this space. Any other examples you can think of? |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jan 29, 2024 16:00:46 GMT -5
I can think of a couple of examples from the 1970's--
Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes and Theme from SWAT by Rhythm Heritage have similar openings.
Also, December 1963 by the 4 Seasons and Walk This Way (Aerosmith) have a similar drum beat opening.
How about I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing (New Seekers/Hillside Singers). I would've been OK with AT40 only playing one song or the other on the countdown , in order to hear more 'oldies' (a common feature during the first few years of the show).
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 29, 2024 16:20:52 GMT -5
"If You Don't Know Me By Now" and "Take it to the Limit".
And for those of us that listen to newer music, "One More Chance" and "Foolish".
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Post by chrislc on Jan 29, 2024 18:22:26 GMT -5
"If You Don't Know Me By Now" and "Take it to the Limit". And for those of us that listen to newer music, "One More Chance" and "Foolish". I always thought that Harold Melvin/Eagles thing was a coincidence or a George Harrison-type subconscious lift  but then a few years ago I found out that it was an intentional homage. |
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Post by chrislc on Jan 29, 2024 18:30:33 GMT -5
A-ha I just remembered the other one - I had mentioned it in a thread. Same multiple weeks in Top 40. One week short of being in the Top Ten at the same time! Morning Side Of The Mountain and Black Water - just think of the supercool Doobies fans tricked into thinking that Black Water is starting and then it's Donny and Marie of all people! Someone should produce a mashup. Or Down By The Lazy Black Water River. Meanwhile... this same week in early 1975... www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6FIVEUld4U If this isn't 1970s TV in a nutshell I don't know what is. It has everything but Telly Savalas. And Sammy Maudlin. And circling back to the OP - the beginning sounds like Save It For A Rainy Day. Seriously though - those guys did have great harmonies. |
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It'll come to me eventually, so watch this space.
but then a few years ago I found out that it was an intentional homage.