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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 23 July 2009: 1981

« on: July 23, 2009, 10:24:45 AM »

Pre-1982 Dave sets had too many before-my-time-sounding songs to appreciate. However Annalisa's 1980 set last week was outstanding so I was hoping today's would pique my interest too. So far, not so.

Men at Work does get a HM though...as does the computer clip.

That Steve Winwood song falls into the category of "songs with a super-cool intro that end up boring the hell out of me after the first few seconds." (Along with Pearl Jam "Better Man," Mariah Scary "Fantasy," and a few others.)

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 20 July 2009: All Santana set

« on: July 19, 2009, 11:58:03 PM »

Quote from: lufaphs on July 17, 2009, 06:58:56 AM

Quote from: SFGuy on July 17, 2009, 03:00:51 AM
Quote from: lufaphs on July 16, 2009, 05:51:24 AM
Over/Under on "Smooth"? Honestly, I don't share the hate for it.

I thought Smooth was overplayed.

No doubt this song was overplayed, although it was much worse on Hot AC stations (25 weeks at #1 there, a record for any chart which I believe still stands). The question I have regarding it is whether people dislike it as a function of it being overplayed, or just don't care for the song to begin with.

For me, it's mostly that it was overplayed. While not horrible, I only thought it was mildly annoying the first time I heard it (which was on Open House Party, when John Garabedian introduced it as "new hot summer music" -- I thought that description didn't quite fit as he usually described new dance songs as that), but I would have been very willing & able to forget. Unfortunately the Hot AC stations made sure that didn't happen.

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 16 July 2009: a set o' mystery (sounds like... 1997!)

« on: July 16, 2009, 02:50:11 PM »

Quote from: RGMike on July 16, 2009, 12:37:17 PM

Quote from: radical347 on July 16, 2009, 12:15:03 PM
Yecch, this set reminded me of Dave-type 90s sets. No BOS's, but HM's to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and John Hiatt.

WOS to Squirrel Nut Zippers. I HATE that song! (Although, it wasn't nearly as bad as that Cherry Poppin' Daddies song that was released slightly later...)

wow -- interesting. We (as a group) tended to dislike Dave's '90s sets: too much KFOG playlist fodder and not enuf outside-the-box stuff. But this set was not that at all, to my ears. Nearly 2/3 of it was Live 105 songs that KFOG completely ignored in '97.

As I stated earlier, '97 is by far my favorite year of that decade; and Dave only did one or two 1997 sets (and he did, to his credit, play Hanson's "MMMMBop" in one of 'em). It's a rare '90s set that elicits multiple BOS's from me; hope AL can keep it up.

I think what made this one (and Dave's 90s sets) a snoozer for me wasn't necessarily that it had too much old KFOG playlist stuff but that it was full of Hot AC recurrents - Sarah McLachlan, Mighty Mighty Bosstones (great song, but still Hot AC these days), Blur, Fiona Apple, and the Foo Fighters. I hear those daily on Alice or Star. (Funny though, speaking of MMMBop I actually heard that today on Alice for the first time in years!) I actually like the old KFOG staples because I had not discovered Triple A radio in 97 and by the time I did most stations had stopped playing those -- for instance I had never heard Huffamoose or the Big Head Todd version of Boom Boom & only heard that Knopfler tune once.

There is quite a bit of overlap between recurrents that are played on Hot AC nowadays and songs that were hits on Alternative and AAA stations back then. Dave's 90s sets had too much AAA/Hot AC overlap (i.e. Wallflowers) whereas Annalisa's previous 90s sets played Alternative hits with little to no overlap. (99, 90, & 94 were great!) But today's set had quite a bit of Alt/Hot AC overlap so that explains why I found it boring as hell.

Plus, that Sarah McLachlan song is IMO one of her blandest and most overplayed, not to mention an even more lethargic TOTHC than 99.9 F was a few days ago -- I thought "Sweet Surrender" would have been much better.

But, despite my hate for "Hell," I have to give her credit for it because it did make me stop and go, "ah, I remember that one!"

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 16 July 2009: a set o' mystery (sounds like... 1997!)

« on: July 16, 2009, 12:15:03 PM »

Yecch, this set reminded me of Dave-type 90s sets.

No BOS's, but HM's to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and John Hiatt.

WOS to Squirrel Nut Zippers. I HATE that song!

(Although, it wasn't nearly as bad as that Cherry Poppin' Daddies song that was released slightly later...)

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 15 July 2009: 1985

« on: July 15, 2009, 10:51:51 PM »

Today's set had such a nice flow

It started off kind of blah IMO...then she played the ever-so-mainstream but still ever-so-good Don't You Forget About Me (BOS 1), and then when she played Siouxsie & the Banshees (BOS2) I just about fell out of my chair & again with Bronski Beat (BOS3). It also (as has been mentioned) had a nice 80s feel to it, complete with a peak slightly after the middle & then coming down nicely.

Smalltown Boy followed by Johnny Come Home was clever.

7/15/09 - Wednesday! Sounds like...1985!!!

   1. Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
(Live Aid)
   2. The Hooters - And We Danced
   3. Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line
(Movie: Breakfast Club trailer)
   4. Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
   5. Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down
(Moive: Pee Wee's Big Adventure)
   6. Duran Duran - A View to A Kill (BEST OF SET!!)
   7. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Cities in Dust
(Movie: Mask)
   8. Bronski Beat - Small Town Boy
   9. Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
10. UB40 with Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe

BONUS TRACK (Tina in Fremont): Tears for Fears -
   Head Over Heels

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 9 July 2009: 1992

« on: July 09, 2009, 10:46:06 AM »

Quote from: RGMike on July 09, 2009, 10:43:00 AM

Quote from: radical347 on July 09, 2009, 10:39:50 AM
Hmm...Morphine not bad, but I still like the Luka Bloom one better. I'll VHM Morphine tho.

Blah @ Neil Young. But, at least this is one of his less annoying ones.

betcha just LOVED that all-Neil set! BOS5 from me; one of his loveliest albums.

Lol. I remember that one. I hit the snooze, rolled over and went back to bed.

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 9 July 2009: 1992

« on: July 09, 2009, 10:39:50 AM »

Hmm...Morphine not bad, but I still like the Luka Bloom one better. I'll VHM Morphine tho.

Blah @ Neil Young. But, at least this is one of his less annoying ones.

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 9 July 2009: 1992

« on: July 09, 2009, 10:31:07 AM »

I'm going to be the voice of divergence about that Luka Bloom song. I have not heard it before either, but it was nice and relaxing and did elicit that fuzzy feeling inside, so BOS2 to that. (The first BOS being Bob Mould)

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 6 July 2009: 1980

« on: July 06, 2009, 11:29:37 AM »

I woke up to the alarm clock radio @ 10 and found out it was 1980 so I was planning on hitting the snooze and sleeping through it (because usually they don't get interesting to me until 1982) but the first song was good so I figured I'd hit the snooze after it, but the second song was good too...and it was one good track after another! Enough to keep me fighting to stay up in bed all hour so I could hear the next track.

BOS's to Martha and the Muffins, Marianne Faithful, The English Beat, Devo, Dire Straits, and OMD (I didn't realize "Enola Gay" was from as far back as 80!" And umm... VHM to everyone else.

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KFOG's 10@10 / Re: 2 July 2009: these united states...

« on: July 02, 2009, 10:41:41 AM »

LOL @ Miss South Carolina. I figure she wouldn't be able to resist.

BOS's to Texas and Massachusetts. For being a non-year set it's suprisingly not dry.

Who could be in store...Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen (or by Melissa Ferrick?)

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