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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2535 on: August 30, 2010, 09:00:34 AM »
This week's tips...

AT40: the '70s goes to 1970 for the 3rd time in 3 months! Sept 5th 1970:

http://www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/09-05-70.pdf

and Casey's '80s hits Sept 1st 1984:

http://www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/09-01-84.pdf


 
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2536 on: September 04, 2010, 01:58:39 AM »
The really nerdy AT 40 site http://at40fg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=classic&action=display&thread=219&page=215 said next week's 80's show is September 14, 1985 (they said it's the "Dead Dog Dedication" one).

ETA: Nothing listed on their 70's thread about next week.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2537 on: September 04, 2010, 04:16:51 AM »
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2538 on: September 04, 2010, 10:50:57 AM »
OK, the pre-10cc Hotlegs' "Neanderthal Man" is pretty awful, much as I love what they morphed into. Casey called that "reggae" -- ROTFL!

BOS1 Melanie's lovely "Peace Will Come".  Since we just did 1970 a month ago, not a lot here we haven't heard before, but VHMs Michael Nesmith's "Joanne", the Spinners' immortal "It's a Shame" and Elvis' forgotten "I've Lost You".
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2539 on: September 04, 2010, 11:08:25 AM »
BOS2 to Ernie, revealing he's a rice-queen chubby-chaser. But that was before he met Bert, obviously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh85R-S-dh8

BOSes 3, 4, 5 & 6 to four faves in a row: the post-Diana Supes' underrated "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" (recently given a a mini-revival by the gay marriage issue); TJ's sexy/sweaty cover of "I (Who Have Nothing)"; Anne Murray's still-lovely 2-minute-marvel "Snowbird"; and Dawn's superb Drifters hommage "Candida".

Hey Neil D -- ya got TWO hits in the countdown. Why so solitary, man?

and how odd to hear Babs' painfully old-timey "Second-Hand Rose" as an oldie/extra -- later in 1970 she'd release her first LP of tunes by songwriters her own age, including the fab "Stoney End".
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2540 on: September 04, 2010, 12:06:20 PM »
VHM Bobby Sherman & "Julie"; uber-BOS7 Ree-Ree's fantabulous "Don't Play That Song", one of my 3 or 4 favorite 45s of hers.

OMG! Casey plays Ray Stevens' "Mr Businessman" as an oldie/extra. Gawd I love this song.

WOS Clarence Carter's saccharine "Patches".

OOOPS: five mins after Casey played Diana's "Ain't No Mountain" at #2, our Canadian friends at CKRU play... Diana's "Ain't No Mountain". Short version both times.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2541 on: September 05, 2010, 08:28:01 AM »
Dang KFRC is playing last week's replay of 8/26/72, a nice chart, but I wanted to tape the 9/5/70 show!  Are they asleep at the wheel or just lazy??

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2542 on: September 05, 2010, 10:28:48 AM »
Dang KFRC is playing last week's replay of 8/26/72, a nice chart, but I wanted to tape the 9/5/70 show!  Are they asleep at the wheel or just lazy??

I've emailed them yet again but I've never gotten a reply before so not holding my breath.

I'm passing on the '84 chart today; not terribly interesting stuff there.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2543 on: September 06, 2010, 11:13:05 AM »
OK, the pre-10cc Hotlegs' "Neanderthal Man" is pretty awful, much as I love what they morphed into. Casey called that "reggae" -- ROTFL!

Didn't have time to post comments on this set this weekend, but I'm mostly in agreement with what you said.  I'd never heard of the Elvis song, but I really dug it.  Can someone recommend an Elvis comp that covers his '70s material while ignoring everything pre-'68?  (This is blasphemy to most, I know, but hey.)

As for the Hotlegs - one of the worst songs ever, in my book (I'm overdue in updating my worst-songs-ever list).  But what would you call that rhythm?  Not reggae, true, but it's syncopated - or maybe just sloppy.  How on earth did that chart?

And as for 1984, just one comment: How on earth did Glenn Frey's "Sexy Girl" chart?  ICKIEST SONG EVER.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2544 on: September 06, 2010, 05:18:05 PM »
According to AT40 Fun and Games site, this week's shows are:

AT40 the 70's: September 8, 1973  http://www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/09-08-73.pdf
AT40 the 80's: September 14, 1985 (aka the Dog Dedication show) http://www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/09-14-85.pdf

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2545 on: September 06, 2010, 07:03:25 PM »
According to AT40 Fun and Games site, this week's shows are:

AT40 the 70's: September 8, 1973 


Yay! we finally get to hear the great "Stoned Out of My Mind" by the Chi-Lites. One of my all-time faves.  But other than that, there's not much on this chart that we didn't hear in the '73 show a few weeks ago.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2546 on: September 10, 2010, 06:05:32 PM »
Bad news for Casey-on-KFRC fans: 1550 is carrying Raiders games, and that means Casey's pre-empted whenever there's a 10am Sunday game (2-hour pre-game show starts at 8).  First example is this Sunday.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2547 on: September 11, 2010, 10:12:37 AM »
early VHM: Edgar Winter's "Free Ride" -- I'd forgotten this actually made it into the Top 40.  And speaking of forgotten, Barry White's "I've Got So Much To Give".
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2548 on: September 11, 2010, 10:27:23 AM »
early VHM: Edgar Winter's "Free Ride" -- I'd forgotten this actually made it into the Top 40.  And speaking of forgotten, Barry White's "I've Got So Much To Give".

Not forgotten by me - it's one of my very favorites of his.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2549 on: September 11, 2010, 10:31:12 AM »
Meant to ask when it appeared a few weeks ago: What prompted the "Monster Mash" resurgence ... in late summer?
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