12 Sept 2014: it's... 1984

[RGMike]

still more Ghostbusters -- Killing Joke, "Eighties"

[urth]

See, she seems a lot more invested in this backsell: more oneliners, more giggles, and overall a better set. Not a coincidence.

[Davefish]

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?

[CapnJack]

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

[urth]

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.

[dischead]

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?