KFOG, But Not 10@10

[Here'sToYa!]

The Dead live. And on DC's watch no less. He and Renee played a request for Estimated Prophet as their last song tonight.

[ggould]

The Dead live. And on DC's watch no less. He and Renee played a request for Estimated Prophet as their last song tonight.

Heaven forbid!  And a song in 7/4 no less!

[RGMike]

it's another Request-O-Rama-O-Rama on the Morning Show (Oscar/movie trivia); got off to an inauspicious start when Irish Greg screwed up the first question: "Kristin Wiig is nominated for Best Screenplay this year... who is the ONLY OTHER SNL CAST MEMBER to be Oscar-nommed?" Greg, who got the answer from some crappy website,  said it was Joan Cusack, but the first caller said (correctly) that Bill Murray's been nominated. Ooops.

OMFG -- per the Oscars' announcer, NINE former SNL cast memberes have been nominated over the years. 

[RGMike]

A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?

[Big Fingers McGee]

A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?

While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.

[RGMike]

A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?

While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.

oh my yes.  I remember emailing KFOG's then-PD (forget his name) to ask why they needed to play every Hootie clone that came down the pike (Sis Hazel was one; Matchbox 20 also started out as one, before Rob T discovered his inner Cher; there were others).  I got a snotty reply telling me I was being... too snotty.

They've followed that promo with stuff even older than "All For You" on occasion.

"Today's KFOG -- we don't play 'Sweet Home Alabama' any more!"

[Big Fingers McGee]

A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?

While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.

oh my yes.  I remember emailing KFOG's then-PD (forget his name) to ask why they needed to play every Hootie clone that came down the pike (Sis Hazel was one; Matchbox 20 also started out as one, before Rob T discovered his inner Cher; there were others).  I got a snotty reply telling me I was being... too snotty.

They've followed that promo with stuff even older than "All For You" on occasion.

"Today's KFOG -- we don't play 'Sweet Home Alabama' any more!"

"Today's KFOG: For those of you who missed 1997's Alice"

[radical347]

A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?

While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.

I remember thinking "Champagne High" was pretty awesome.  "Happy" wasn't horrible either.

[Big Fingers McGee]

A minor point, perhaps, but when they play that "Today's KFOG -- it sounds like THIS!" sounder... shouldn't they follow it with something from, er, TODAY? And not a 15-year-old Sister Hazel song?

While I understand what the promo is getting at, Sister Hazel, at least "All For You", shouldn't be played at all. Damn did 1997 have some really awful stuff.

I remember thinking "Champagne High" was pretty awesome.  "Happy" wasn't horrible either.

Their second biggest hit, "Change Your Mind" was vastly superior as well. But "All For You" has long been a station-changer.

[radical347]

On the topic of washed-up 90s bands...now playing: "Sympathy" by Goo Goo Dolls.  I don't think I've heard this one since it was current.

I just checked their CHR history.  This one didn't make it:
http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/googoodolls.html

But that's an odd distribution.  13 total top 50's, with three #1's yet no other Top 10's.  Then six top 50's that didn't make it above #40.

[Big Fingers McGee]

On the topic of washed-up 90s bands...now playing: "Sympathy" by Goo Goo Dolls.  I don't think I've heard this one since it was current.

I just checked their CHR history.  This one didn't make it:
http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/googoodolls.html

But that's an odd distribution.  13 total top 50's, with three #1's yet no other Top 10's.  Then six top 50's that didn't make it above #40.

That guy is slower to update his website than Bud Selig's study of where to move the Oakland A's.

[radical347]

On the topic of washed-up 90s bands...now playing: "Sympathy" by Goo Goo Dolls.  I don't think I've heard this one since it was current.

I just checked their CHR history.  This one didn't make it:
http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/googoodolls.html

But that's an odd distribution.  13 total top 50's, with three #1's yet no other Top 10's.  Then six top 50's that didn't make it above #40.

That guy is slower to update his website than Bud Selig's study of where to move the Oakland A's.

Nah, he keeps it pretty current for most songs (despite the front page saying the last "update" was in 06.)  He just doesn't usually add them until they've fallen off.

[Big Fingers McGee]

On the topic of washed-up 90s bands...now playing: "Sympathy" by Goo Goo Dolls.  I don't think I've heard this one since it was current.

I just checked their CHR history.  This one didn't make it:
http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/googoodolls.html

But that's an odd distribution.  13 total top 50's, with three #1's yet no other Top 10's.  Then six top 50's that didn't make it above #40.

That guy is slower to update his website than Bud Selig's study of where to move the Oakland A's.

Nah, he keeps it pretty current for most songs (despite the front page saying the last "update" was in 06.)  He just doesn't usually add them until they've fallen off.

I've been backlogging earlier hits to re-create earlier charts. He's been stuck on Sting's "Russians" for about a month now. It's also kind of frustrating to see all the duplications - i.e. two songs being #27 for the same week, links going to the wrong song, etc.

I guess it's all about priorities!

[RGMike]

I don't remember who (or in which thread) said that Luke Crampton is 27 but I'm guessing they were kidding -- all the Googling I did shows him to be a guy who's been around the music biz for decades. Did I miss a smiley face on that post?

[radical347]

I don't remember who (or in which thread) said that Luke Crampton is 27 but I'm guessing they were kidding -- all the Googling I did shows him to be a guy who's been around the music biz for decades. Did I miss a smiley face on that post?

That was me.      I heard him say he was 27 on air, though it's quite possible that he was being facetious & I didn't realize.