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Title: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 11, 2014, 08:30:01 PM
thread's up.

At least it's been 2 months since the last one. :)
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: dischead on September 11, 2014, 10:21:10 PM

King Crimson - Man with an Open Heart
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 12:23:11 AM
The formula is 2 '80's, 2 '70's, and 1 from '67-'69/'90-'03 every week. Look at the last few weeks. If there's a theme set, one of the '80's drops out.

This has already been deduced, but I'll point out again that pop/soft rock fills in the gap in years prior to the defining of KFOG's AAA format.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:01:02 AM
Middle of the Road is a 1984 song playing right before a 1984 10 at 10? Now that there is just wrong.

ETA: I guess the single was released in late '83.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:02:11 AM
Tina Turner, Better Be Good to Me is the TOTHK.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:02:40 AM
Tina Turner, "You Bettah Be Good to Me" TOTHK. BOS1 from me, something of an AL fave.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:07:59 AM
Ferraro accepts nomination --> Scandal, "The Wah-wee-uh". LN1 from me, tho' I suspect we probably haven't heard it in a while.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:08:16 AM
"Shootin' at the walls of heartache, bang bang
I am THE WARRIOR"

by Scandal, fronted by Patty Smyth (not Smith)
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:12:02 AM
Thompson Twins, You Take Me Up

These first 3 songs fall right in line with the recent 10 at 10 easy listenin' trend.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: CapnJack on September 12, 2014, 10:12:35 AM
Caught the end of Scandal featuring Patty Smyth "The Warrior"

Apple's Macintosh ---> Thompson Twins "You Take Me Up"
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:13:04 AM
Apple mac "1984" commercial --> Thompson Twins with a nice rarity "Take Me Up". BOS2FRA.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:15:58 AM
Sally Field "You like me!" --> Icicle Works, Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) — U.S. version
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:16:11 AM
You like her! Sally Field --> "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)"
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:19:41 AM
R.E.M., Harborcoat

Great song, brings back a lot of memories. We do seem to hear a track from Reckoning in every '84 set, though.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:19:49 AM
wow, another BOSFRA from REM: "Harborcoat"
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:23:38 AM
Smiths, "What Difference..." BOS4.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Davefish on September 12, 2014, 10:26:08 AM
Smiths, "What Difference..." BOS4.
Good energy from the Smiths. Not unlike "Harborcoat".
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:27:26 AM
The Bross, Bobby Jean
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:27:44 AM
Repo Man --> Brooooooooooce, "Bobby Jean" BOS5.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Davefish on September 12, 2014, 10:28:09 AM
Repo Man! Love that movie.

Now if she'd through in a Buckaroo Banzai clip, you'd really have something.
"No no, don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to."
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: CapnJack on September 12, 2014, 10:28:40 AM
The Bross, Bobby Jean

She's playing one of my requests?
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: radical347 on September 12, 2014, 10:29:05 AM
wow, another BOSFRA from REM: "Harborcoat"

I’ll BOS this, simply because it’s not part of their 25-year block of releasing the same song over and over again.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:31:00 AM
Cyndi Lauper, She Bop
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:31:21 AM
Ghostbusters --> "She Bop"!  BOS6. This is turning out rather nicely IMHO. Something of an intermittent "female empowerment" theme today.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:31:52 AM
The Bross, Bobby Jean

She's playing one of my requests?

Yes
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:35:10 AM
more Ghostbusters "He slimed me!" -- actual "Ghostbusters" theme, Ray Parker.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:36:14 AM
More Ghostbusters movie --> Ray Parker, Jr., Ghostbusters
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: urth on September 12, 2014, 10:37:00 AM
more Ghostbusters "He slimed me!" -- actual "Ghostbusters" theme, Ray Parker.

I want a new...oh wait...

Not a bad set so far, dug the Bobby Jean/She Bop duet the most.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:38:27 AM
more Ghostbusters "He slimed me!" -- actual "Ghostbusters" theme, Ray Parker.

I want a new...oh wait...

Not a bad set so far, dug the Bobby Jean/She Bop duet the most.

I like this song a lot better than Huey's.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Here'sToYa! on September 12, 2014, 10:38:57 AM
Killing Joke, Eighties
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: RGMike on September 12, 2014, 10:40:02 AM
still more Ghostbusters -- Killing Joke, "Eighties"
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: urth on September 12, 2014, 10:46:41 AM
See, she seems a lot more invested in this backsell: more oneliners, more giggles, and overall a better set. Not a coincidence.
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: Davefish on September 12, 2014, 10:58:14 AM
See, she seems a lot more invested in this backsell: more oneliners, more giggles, and overall a better set. Not a coincidence.
I don't get it. Is there a belief that she's only programming certain years? What did I miss?
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: CapnJack on September 12, 2014, 02:21:35 PM
9/12/14- Friday!!! The Playbook Opens to...1984!!

1. Tina Turner- Better Be Good to Me
(News: Geraldine Ferraro-1st female VP candidate)
2. Patty Smyth & Scandal- The Warrior
(AD: The all new Mac!)
3. Thompson Twins- You Take Me Up
(TV: Academy Awards-Sally Field gets Oscar for 84's Places in the Heart"You like me!")
4. Icicle Works- Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
5. REM- HarborcOat
(Ad: "Where's the beef?")
6. The Smiths- What Difference Does It Make
(Movie: Repo Man- "I blame society")
7. Bruce Springsteen- Bobby Jean (B.O.S!)
(Movie: Ghostbusters- "This chick is toast")
8. Cyndi Lauper- She Bop
(Movie: Ghostbusters- "He slimed me!")
9. Ray Parker Jr- Ghostbusters
(Movie: Ghostbusters "Real wrath of God stuff..")
10. Killing Jokes- Eighties
Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: urth on September 12, 2014, 03:29:58 PM
See, she seems a lot more invested in this backsell: more oneliners, more giggles, and overall a better set. Not a coincidence.
I don't get it. Is there a belief that she's only programming certain years? What did I miss?

My comment today was just a follow-on to this thread from the 2001 set a couple of days ago:


Tell me if you think I'm overstating, but I think this might be the worst 10 at 10 of all time. Other ones I remember getting very negative reviews are Renee's first outing, 1968, and a Giants Opening Day (or world series win?) set.
Well, I'm not particularly offended by this one, with at least three songs I've never heard before: Spoon, Enya and this Eyes Wide song. Some boring stuff, but not bad.

Is it me or does AL sound a little less engaged than usual during the backsell?

Agreed; I think it's because she was probably only given one or two songs to choose today, with veto power held over those.

Title: Re: 12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984
Post by: dischead on September 12, 2014, 10:14:55 PM
The formula is 2 '80's, 2 '70's, and 1 from '67-'69/'90-'03 every week. Look at the last few weeks. If there's a theme set, one of the '80's drops out.

This has already been deduced, but I'll point out again that pop/soft rock fills in the gap in years prior to the defining of KFOG's AAA format.

So... KFOG is changing its theme song from the Stray Cats' Rock This Town to the Sominex jingle?