21 May 2010: shameless self-promotion (the pre-Kaboom set)

[RGMike]

Feh.

sorry, no interest in this... I'm heading back to Radio de Sebb. 

[radical347]

I wasn't planning on being interested in this either...but 3 songs so far and 2 BOS's. (Joe Satriani/Peter Gabriel.) A few rain-related songs so far.  Sounds like it'll be listenable.

[Tinka Cat]

Feh.

sorry, no interest in this... I'm heading back to Radio de Sebb. 

me either, but I heard The Who's 5:15, automatic BOS and good place to leave and go to The Sound.

[urth]

File under "Good set for a day I have something else to do at 10am." Which I did.

[urth]

5/21/10- Friday-Songs that have gone Boom in the night
               (Foghead Favorites from our Kaboom fireworks soundtracks)

1.  Joe Satriani- Flying In A Blue Dream
 2.  The Who- Love, Reign O'er Me
 3.  Peter Gabriel- Red Rain
 4.  U2- City Of Blinding Lights
 5.  Prince- Let's Go Crazy
 6.  The Knack- My Sharona
 7.  REM w/Kate Pierson- Shiny Happy People
 8.  Buster Poindexter- Hot Hot Hot
 9.  Sting- Fields Of Gold
10. Tony Bennett- I Left My Heart In San Francisco (B.O.S!!)
Today's went to 11 w/Joey Ramone's version of What A Wonderful World

Three songs in there I'm sorry I missed: Tony, Joey, and Buster.

[RGMike]

Marathon pre-empted today for a live-with-AL rev-up-for-Kaboom show. Sheesh.   

[Tinka Cat]

Marathon pre-empted today for a live-with-AL rev-up-for-Kaboom show. Sheesh.   

is that what's going on?   I was confused.  but that explains the Jack Johnson > Los Lonely Boyz

FAIL

[RGMike]

Marathon pre-empted today for a live-with-AL rev-up-for-Kaboom show. Sheesh.   

is that what's going on?   I was confused.  but that explains the Jack Johnson > Los Lonely Boyz

FAIL

They did play yesterday's set in the 7am hour -- I caught the last few songs when I woke up shortly before 8.  Next thing I know I'm hearing AL's voice and it's not another 10@10. It's been a few years since they did a KaBOOM set on 10@10, Dave had abandoned those a while ago. But I can't remember a Saturday morning "KaBOOM is tonite! YAY!" show, like, ever. Ticket sales must've *really* been below expectations.

But hearing "Hot Hot Hot" reminded me: that has to be one of the most-played singles to not make the Top 40. I recall it getting a TON of airplay in late '87/early '88.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Marathon pre-empted today for a live-with-AL rev-up-for-Kaboom show. Sheesh.   

Yep, I found myself listening to the Giants extended pregame show instead.

Maybe I should look around, but I'm very curious about how this year's event went.

[Gazoo]

But hearing "Hot Hot Hot" reminded me: that has to be one of the most-played singles to not make the Top 40. I recall it getting a TON of airplay in late '87/early '88.

It's between "Hot ^ 3" and "What I Like About You" for that crown.

[Big Fingers McGee]

But hearing "Hot Hot Hot" reminded me: that has to be one of the most-played singles to not make the Top 40. I recall it getting a TON of airplay in late '87/early '88.

It's between "Hot ^ 3" and "What I Like About You" for that crown.

Another two: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" and Sarah McLachlan's "Possession".

I'm, of course, only counting singles that would have been Top 40-eligible in their time.

[urth]

But hearing "Hot Hot Hot" reminded me: that has to be one of the most-played singles to not make the Top 40. I recall it getting a TON of airplay in late '87/early '88.

It's between "Hot ^ 3" and "What I Like About You" for that crown.

WILAY didn't make the Top 40? That astounds me. I remember hearing it pretty much hourly back in the heyday of the Rock of the 80s format.

[RGMike]

But hearing "Hot Hot Hot" reminded me: that has to be one of the most-played singles to not make the Top 40. I recall it getting a TON of airplay in late '87/early '88.

It's between "Hot ^ 3" and "What I Like About You" for that crown.

WILAY didn't make the Top 40? That astounds me. I remember hearing it pretty much hourly back in the heyday of the Rock of the 80s format.

it's one of those classic near-misses: got to #49. HUGE on the "cool" AOR stations in NYC ("Rock of the '80s" -- KROQ and the like -- didn't really exist yet in early 1980) but Top 40 was becoming more adult-contempo by the day, and MTV was a year-and-a-half away. Talk about bad timing.