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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2012, 10:21:52 AM »
REM's "Stand" is pretty LN-ish but VHM anyway.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2012, 10:23:48 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 02, 2012, 10:21:52 AM
REM's "Stand" is pretty LN-ish but VHM anyway.
It's pretty Katrinoid. Even "Orange Crush" would be an improvement. "Stand" was never really meant to be taken seriously, was it?
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #17 on: October 02, 2012, 10:24:52 AM »
Of course "Stand" beats the hell out of, ummm, Live?
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #18 on: October 02, 2012, 10:25:04 AM »
WOS Cheap Trick -- thought this was a Diane Warren abomination. It's not, but it might as well be.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #19 on: October 02, 2012, 10:27:40 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 02, 2012, 10:25:04 AM
WOS Cheap Trick -- Diane Warren is the antichrist.
Right. This song reminds me of when KFOG starting playing Whitesnake and Warrant. I won My Three Songs way back then and had to go into KFOG to pick up my prize. I wrote a note and left if for them to the effect of "Whitesnake? WTF?" Somehow they got past that, eventually. Maybe the DC era will pass too.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #20 on: October 02, 2012, 10:29:52 AM »
Pedigree commercial: also new to 10@10, methinks.

BOS3 PSBs, always fab.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #21 on: October 02, 2012, 10:31:15 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 02, 2012, 10:29:52 AM
Pedigree commercial: also new to 10@10, methinks.

BOS3 PSBs, always fab.
Cool, Pet Shop Boys do Willie Nelson. Wild stuff. NTM.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2012, 10:33:24 AM »
uber-LN4: Tracy in her car.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2012, 10:34:30 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 02, 2012, 10:33:24 AM
uber-LN4: Tracy in her car.
Hitting about .200 this time...
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2012, 10:38:34 AM »
Robert Cray: kinda meh.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2012, 10:41:26 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 02, 2012, 10:38:34 AM
Robert Cray: kinda meh.
Yah, all of his stuff is like that. At least this isn't one of the most played tunes.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2012, 10:42:11 AM »
uber-LN5: "Roll With It". Sheesh.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1982?
« Reply #27 on: October 02, 2012, 10:46:00 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 02, 2012, 09:59:51 AM
Quote from: radical347 on October 02, 2012, 09:43:14 AM
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on October 02, 2012, 09:35:29 AM
I think you all are being just a bit harsh.  Everyone went in with a negative attitude.  As bad as the people that are giving AL a bad time for not being Greg Kihn.  Just chill for a while.  You have plenty of time to rail on her in a week or two.

I'm no Renee fan, but I gotta agree with this.  I realize that as a public figure you're supposed to be able to take criticism, but some of the comments directed at her, although funny, weren't exactly constructive.

No. Sorry. It's not like DC called her at 6am yesterday and said "you gotta throw together a 10@10 for today"  She had 2 weeks, and it was very bare-bones and uninteresting. Everything about it said she's not too interested in being creative or working very hard on it. And granted, we've been spoiled by DM and AL's great work, but still. Would I have cut, say, Dred more slack? probably, because RR has a history of being snippy on FB. Do I want her to improve? yes, because otherwise I'll stop listening.  I see a strong possibility that "bare-bones" is what DC wants (because that way anyone can do it, and when RR is on vacay someone else can fill in rather than running "classics") and if she's just doing what she's told then that's depressing too.

Yeah, perhaps we were a bit harsh on her, but as has been pointed out:

1.   DC/RR knew of this change for at least two weeks. Given that:
               a.   A jingle which sounded like it took more than five minutes to produce should have been developed.
               b.   Research should have been done in order to guarantee that no more than two of the songs would be 103.7 regulars.
               c.   RR should have at least feigned enthusiasm. This is a show that many would love to do.

2.   Her response was:
               a.   Defensive as opposed to trying to learn what the passionate listeners cared about.
                b.   Effectively taking a crap on the methodologies AL’s listeners (both G-Snipes and others) were extremely enthusiastic about.

If it had just been #1, I think we’d have much less of an issue about this. It seems this 1988 set is marginally better – did she sound like she was alive this time?
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #28 on: October 02, 2012, 10:46:10 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on October 02, 2012, 10:42:11 AM
uber-LN5: "Roll With It". Sheesh.
I loved this song when it came out. I thought, wow, that's like the rebirth of the Spencer Davis Group. I"d been unimpressed by Arc of a Diver, etc. But that was then, and now we've heard it 10,000 times.
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Re: 2 October 2012: It's.... 1988
« Reply #29 on: October 02, 2012, 10:46:55 AM »
Quote from: Davefish on October 02, 2012, 10:46:10 AM
Quote from: RGMike on October 02, 2012, 10:42:11 AM
uber-LN5: "Roll With It". Sheesh.
I loved this song when it came out. I thought, wow, that's like the rebirth of the Spencer Davis Group. I"d been unimpressed by Arc of a Diver, etc. But that was then, and now we've heard it 10,000 times.

Sort of the walking definition of an LN.
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