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The Return of A to Z
« on: April 26, 2005, 08:27:50 PM »
Yes, per the KFOG email I got today, "A to Z" returns Thursday May 5th, which I assume means it's meant to be a 10 or 11 day affair.  (Hope it's not the springboard to a format change, as it was for the Bone!)
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2005, 09:37:15 AM »
Thought I'd jump-start this thread, since A to Z starts today after 10@10. Guess that means the "bonus track" goes on hiatus for a week or so? Even I intend to forgo CG, for the rest of today at least.
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2005, 09:48:16 AM »
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Hope it's not the springboard to a format change, as it was for the Bone!

LOL! Yeah, that was interesting (The Bone: You guys picked these... honest!).

I wonder how the new format change has affected Der Bone's ratings.

As for KFOG A-Z: I intend to only listen to the Ws to make sure they play "Wild Women of Wongo"...
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2005, 09:58:56 AM »
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Thought I'd jump-start this thread, since A to Z starts today after 10@10. Guess that means the "bonus track" goes on hiatus for a week or so? Even I intend to forgo CG, for the rest of today at least.


And I was just thinking that today would be a good day to check out CG, being as it's their election day and all. See if they send Tony packing for his silly allegiance to GW.
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Last Year's first 100 songs
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2005, 10:02:07 AM »
Let's see how much the duplicate/deviate from last year...

A -- BARENAKED LADIES
ABACAB -- GENESIS
ABOUT A GIRL (acoustic) -- NIRVANA
ABOUT MY IMAGINATION -- JACKSON BROWNE
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN -- ELVIS COSTELLO
ACROSS THE RIVER -- BRUCE HORNSBY
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE -- BEATLES
ADDICTED TO LOVE -- ROBERT PALMER
ADIA -- SARAH MCLACHLAN
ADOUMA -- SANTANA
AFTER MIDNIGHT -- ERIC CLAPTON
AGAINST THE WIND -- BOB SEGER
AIN'T IT HEAVY -- MELISSA ETHERIDGE
AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUSE PARTY -- J. GEILS BAND
AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG -- ROLLING STONES
AIRPLANE -- WIDESPREAD PANIC
AJA -- STEELY DAN
ALABAMA -- NEIL YOUNG
ALBATROSS -- FLEETWOOD MAC
ALISON -- ELVIS COSTELLO
ALIVE & KICKING -- SIMPLE MINDS
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER -- JIMI HENDRIX
ALL APOLOGIES -- NIRVANA
ALL DAY & ALL OF NIGHT -- KINKS
ALL FOR YOU -- SISTER HAZEL
ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO -- BYRDS
ALL I WANT -- TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
ALL I WANNA DO -- SHERYL CROW
ALL IN THE GROOVE -- BLUES TRAVELER
ALL MY FRIENDS -- COUNTING CROWS
ALL MY LOVING -- BEATLES
ALL RIGHT NOW -- FREE
ALL MY LOVE -- LED ZEPPELIN
ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE -- DON HENLEY
ALL THAT YOU DREAM -- LITTLE FEAT
ALL SHOOK UP -- ELVIS PRESLEY
ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID -- SIMPLE MINDS
ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS -- MOTT THE HOOPLE
ALL THE WAY TO RENO (YOU'RE GONNA BE A -- REM
ALL THINGS MUST PASS -- GEORGE HARRISON
ALL THE YOUNG DUDES -- MOTT THE HOOPLE
ALL THIS TIME -- STING
ALONE -- SUSAN TEDESCHI
ALREADY GONE -- EAGLES
ALMOST CUT MY HAIR -- CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG
ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW -- DEL AMITRI
ALWAYS WITH ME, ALWAYS WITH YOU -- JOE SATRIANI
AMBER -- 311
AMERICAN GIRL -- TOM PETTY
AMERICAN GIRLS -- COUNTING CROWS
AMERICAN WOMAN -- LENNY KRAVITZ
ANCHORAGE -- MICHELLE SHOCKED
AMSTERDAM -- GUSTER
AND IT STONED ME -- VAN MORRISON
AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING -- BEATLES
ANGEL -- JIMI HENDRIX
AND SHE WAS -- TALKING HEADS
AND WE DANCED -- HOOTERS
ANGEL -- SARAH MCLACHLAN
ANGEL OF HARLEM -- U2
ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY -- BONNIE RAITT
ANGELS WANNA WEAR MY RED SHOES -- ELVIS COSTELLO
ANGELYNE -- JAYHAWKS
ANGIE -- ROLLING STONES
ANGRY EYES -- KENNY LOGGINS/JIM MESSINA
ANGRY WORDS -- WILLIE PORTER
ANNIVERSARY SONG -- COWBOY JUNKIES
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST -- QUEEN
ANOTHER BRICK PART 2 -- PINK FLOYD
ANOTHER PARK, ANOTHER SUNDAY -- DOOBIE BROTHERS
ANSWERING BELL -- RYAN ADAMS
ANOTHER TRICKY DAY -- WHO
ANTS MARCHING -- DAVE MATTHEWS
ANYTHING BUT DOWN -- SHERYL CROW
AQUALUNG -- JETHRO TULL
ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY -- LENNY KRAVITZ
ARE YOU IN? -- INCUBUS
ASHES TO ASHES -- DAVID BOWIE
AS TEARS GO BY -- ROLLING STONES
ATHENA -- WHO
ATTICS OF MY LIFE -- GRATEFUL DEAD
AVALON -- ROXY MUSIC
AUTHORITY SONG -- JOHN MELLENCAMP
BABA O'RILEY -- WHO
BABE, I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU -- LED ZEPPELIN
BABY -- ROBERT BRADLEY
BABY DID A BAD,BAD THING -- CHRIS ISAAK
BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN -- BEATLES
BABYLON -- DAVID GRAY
BACK DOOR MAN -- DOORS
BACK IN THE U.S.S.R. -- BEATLES
BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG -- PRETENDERS
BACK ON TOP -- VAN MORRISON
BACKSTREETS -- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
BACKWATER -- MEAT PUPPETS
BAD -- U2
BAD CASE OF LOVE -- B.B. KING
BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU -- ROBERT PALMER
BADGE -- CREAM
BADFISH -- SUBLIME
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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2005, 10:02:58 AM »
Quote from: "urth"
Quote from: "RGMike"
Thought I'd jump-start this thread, since A to Z starts today after 10@10. Guess that means the "bonus track" goes on hiatus for a week or so? Even I intend to forgo CG, for the rest of today at least.


And I was just thinking that today would be a good day to check out CG, being as it's their election day and all. See if they send Tony packing for his silly allegiance to GW.


I forgot about that -- I'll check out the top-of-the-hour news for sure. Don't think they'll send Tony packing tho'... the Tories are in the odd position of trying to make Iraq an issue, even as they continue to be to the right of Blair on every other issue.
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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2005, 10:04:20 AM »
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As for KFOG A-Z: I intend to only listen to the Ws to make sure they play "Wild Women of Wongo"...


I wonder if the wild women of wongo do the wango tango?
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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2005, 10:05:12 AM »
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Thought I'd jump-start this thread, since A to Z starts today after 10@10. Guess that means the "bonus track" goes on hiatus for a week or so? Even I intend to forgo CG, for the rest of today at least.


And I was just thinking that today would be a good day to check out CG, being as it's their election day and all. See if they send Tony packing for his silly allegiance to GW.


I forgot about that -- I'll check out the top-of-the-hour news for sure. Don't think they'll send Tony packing tho'... the Tories are in the odd position of trying to make Iraq an issue, even as they continue to be to the right of Blair on every other issue.

I imagine y'all heard that the British Consulate here in NYC was attacked with a pair of grenades this morning?  Ah, articulate political statements ...   :x
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« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2005, 11:25:59 AM »
Didn't take long for the first alphabetical screw up.  2 songs in fact.

"A" followed by "A Change" & "A Life Of Illusion" instead of followed by "Abacab".

If this is really how they plan to do the list & not just a random mistake, it also means we won't be hearing several "A ..." songs from last year: "A Case Of You", "A Dream Away", "A Face In The Crowd" & "A Girl In Trouble"
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« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2005, 11:29:18 AM »
'A' with a space after it comes before 'ab'. At least when a computer sorts it.

As a professional records keeper, I wouldn't start a list with songs that are like "A Day in" or "A Life of". Those would be "Day In the Life, A" and "Life of Illusion, A".
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« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2005, 11:31:58 AM »
Quote from: "Beej"
'A' with a space after it comes before 'ab'. At least when a computer sorts it.

As a professional records keeper, I wouldn't start a list with songs that are like "A Day in" or "A Life of". Those would be "Day In the Life, A" and "Life of Illusion, A".


Exactly, and they didn't do it that way last year, "A Change" came in the C-H's.

This also begs the question if they intend to do all the "The ..." songs in the T-H's, which would be even more ridiculous.
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Re: Last Year's first 100 songs
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2005, 12:34:49 PM »
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Let's see how much the duplicate/deviate from last year...

A -- BARENAKED LADIES
ABACAB -- GENESIS
ABOUT A GIRL (acoustic) -- NIRVANA
ABOUT MY IMAGINATION -- JACKSON BROWNE
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN -- ELVIS COSTELLO
ACROSS THE RIVER -- BRUCE HORNSBY
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE -- BEATLES
ADDICTED TO LOVE -- ROBERT PALMER
ADIA -- SARAH MCLACHLAN
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well the Jackson Browne tune didn't make the cut, and neither did the Hornsby
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« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2005, 12:49:19 PM »
Let's see if "Ain't Nothin' But A House Party" makes the cut, for Rod's sake.
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« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2005, 12:53:24 PM »
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Let's see if "Ain't Nothin' But A House Party" makes the cut, for Rod's sake.


NOPE! they substituted "Ain't no Sunshine".  Unfair!
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This year's first 20 songs
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2005, 01:01:21 PM »
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well the Jackson Browne tune didn't make the cut, and neither did the Hornsby


Looks like a greatly truncated songlist so far.

"Airplane" by Widespread Panic is the 20th song so far by my count, and there have already been 9 songs from last year that didn't make the cut this year (and I'm allowing for their different filing system mentioned earlier).  Of those 20 only 2 are songs that didn't show up last year, "A Sort Of Homecoming" & "Ain't No Sunshine".

So plus 2, minus 9, net loss of 7.  If this trend continues 2005's A-Z will be about a third shorter than 2004's.
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