2 April 2014: It's 1992!

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Talking Heads, Lifetime Piling Up

ETA: This apparently is their last release, polished up for a compilation after they broke up.

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There's your Don Pardo sounder --> Clip from The Player (Robert Altman's comeback film starring Tim Robbins) --> The Lemonheads, Mrs. Robinson

[RGMike]

back from fire drill; don't feel like I missed anything earth-shattering.  The Lemonheads tune is in frequent KFOG rotay, so uber-LN to that one

[RGMike]

I'd've *loved* hearing all of that Boyz2Men tune. Srsly.

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Bonus partial track: Boyz II Men, It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (for Foghead Meredith)

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I'd've *loved* hearing all of that Boyz2Men tune. Srsly.

I would have liked End of the Road even better.

[RGMike]

Another AL perk: she actually ID's the clips in her backannounce. What a concept!

[RGMike]

I'd've *loved* hearing all of that Boyz2Men tune. Srsly.

I would have liked End of the Road even better.

I have often requested "Motownphilly" in '91 sets. And will again.

[Big Fingers McGee]

I'd've *loved* hearing all of that Boyz2Men tune. Srsly.

I would have liked End of the Road even better.

I have often requested "Motownphilly" in '91 sets. And will again.

I would tolerate "Motownphilly" or "I'll Make Love To You", but overall I'd have to say that Boyz II Men would qualify as a guilty displeasure.

Overall, not a very impressive set, I'm afraid to say. The handful of rarities don't make up for the slate of Katrinas. Probably averages out to about a D+ on the "necessary" scale.

EDIT: Let me change that after hearing the replay. More of a 'B+'. Yes, there were some FFs in there, but they were good ones (Peter Gabriel, Thomas Dolby, I don't even mind "Dyslexic Heart" all that much). Arrested Development, somewhat ironically, was the only Top 40 hit in the bunch. The L7 and REM are certainly rarities, and good ones at that, whereas the Soul Asylum, while not necessarily memorable, was NTM.

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I'd've *loved* hearing all of that Boyz2Men tune. Srsly.

I would have liked End of the Road even better.

I have often requested "Motownphilly" in '91 sets. And will again.

"Yo these four new jacks is real
Smooth on the harmony tip"

Fogheads apparently ditched R&B and soul in the '70's, much to your displeasure in sets from subsequent years, I'm well aware.

[Tinka Cat]

I'd've *loved* hearing all of that Boyz2Men tune. Srsly.

I would have liked End of the Road even better.

I have often requested "Motownphilly" in '91 sets. And will again.

"Yo these four new jacks is real
Smooth on the harmony tip"

Fogheads apparently ditched R&B and soul in the '70's, much to your displeasure in sets from subsequent years, I'm well aware.

saw BIIM at the Alameda County Fair one year and I became a fan!

didn't listen, but I would've preferred The Lemonheads' It's a Shame About Ray much more than Mrs Robinson.

[RGMike]

Fogheads apparently ditched R&B and soul in the '70's, much to your displeasure in sets from subsequent years, I'm well aware.

that is the rule across the board on 10@10s, including the otherwise adventurous The Peak. It's OK to play R&B and cheezy pop from the '70s and maybe into the early '80s but somehow it's assumed (because of research? because of a few loud complainers?) that your average Triple-A listener hates anything non-rock from about 1985 on.  KFOG is actually better at slipping in soul and even rap in '90s sets than anyone else (guess it's considered part of the tradition started by Dave); it appears to be verboten on The Peak.

[Big Fingers McGee]

It's OK to play R&B and cheezy pop from the '70s and maybe into the early '80s but somehow it's assumed (because of research? because of a few loud complainers?) that your average Triple-A listener hates anything non-rock from about 1985 on. 

I don't know anybody like that 

[ggould]

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 1992

1) Arrested Development - Tennessee
     (News: Clinton Didn't Inhale)
2) R.E.M. - Try Not to Breathe
     (Movie: Wayne's World)
3) Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart
4) Peter Gabriel - Kiss That Frog
5) Keith Richards - Wicked As It Seems
     (News: Royal Split-Prince Charles Divorce)
6) Thomas Dolby - I Love You, Goodbye
     (TV: Barney-"I Love You, You Love Me")
7) L7 - Pretend We're Dead
     (Movie: Scent of a Woman)
8 ) Soul Asylum - Keep It Up
9) Talking Heads - Lifetime Piling Up
     (Movie: The Player-"Mrs. Robinson II")
10) Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson

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It's OK to play R&B and cheezy pop from the '70s and maybe into the early '80s but somehow it's assumed (because of research? because of a few loud complainers?) that your average Triple-A listener hates anything non-rock from about 1985 on. 

I don't know anybody like that 

Maybe radio programmers and dj's obey the programming distinctions that ossified around then by reflex. Heck, the listeners probably do, too. It's a shame that shows like the 10@10's can't break through that more than they do, but maybe that's a pipe dream for idealists who just can't hack the way the "real" world works (like many, many parallels in politics, to name but one example).

Also, to add to your analogy, the average Triple-A listener hates anything "too" rock from about 1985 on, which explains the absence of almost all hard rock and its variants from those 10@10's.

Just stay in the middle of the road, baby, and avoid the ditch.