10at10 Club
Main Discussion Area => Stream of Consciousness => Topic started by: RGMike on January 14, 2008, 08:19:51 AM
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I noted that we had a separate thread for this last year, so here's one for the 2008 edition. I was in transit at 7am so I missed the kickoff.
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Per their respective "just played" features, KFOG began with "A" by the BNLs, but 'BCO started with "Accidentally In Love" by Countiing WhiteDreads (bypassing the likes of "Abacab"). Gee, can you guess whose A-to-Z will last longer?
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Dave has been teasing a "Major, MEGA" song-beginning-with-A for the past 20 mins. No clue.
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Dave has been teasing a "Major, MEGA" song-beginning-with-A for the past 20 mins. No clue.
I tuned into KFOG around 7:50 (as I do most mornings) and heard Accidents Will Happen followed by Across the Universe (not the Wildlife version, iirc). From there it was Addicted to Love and I forget what they played after that.
And Dave was doing his best to piss off the advertisers by mumbling his way thru the Sleeptrain ad, projecting only words starting with A.
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Dave has been teasing a "Major, MEGA" song-beginning-with-A for the past 20 mins. No clue.
Holy flaming Mother Mother of God!!! They're playing "Alice's Restaurant"!
ETA: I don't really need to hear this today -- 3 times on Thanksgiving is plenty. I've got a 10:00 meeting, so i'll miss 10@10. catch ya later, kids!
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Dave has been teasing a "Major, MEGA" song-beginning-with-A for the past 20 mins. No clue.
Holy flaming Mother Mother of God!!! They're playing "Alice's Restaurant"!
ETA: I don't really need to hear this today -- 3 times on Thanksgiving is plenty. I've got a 10:00 meeting, so i'll miss 10@10. catch ya later, kids!
JEEEE-ZUS H. KEEEEE-RIST! First time I've heard this song on any day besides Thanksgiving in years.
Sorry you'll miss the set--Dave had promised '71, so hoping that holds true.
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Dave has been teasing a "Major, MEGA" song-beginning-with-A for the past 20 mins. No clue.
Holy flaming Mother Mother of God!!! They're playing "Alice's Restaurant"!
ETA: I don't really need to hear this today -- 3 times on Thanksgiving is plenty. I've got a 10:00 meeting, so i'll miss 10@10. catch ya later, kids!
JEEEE-ZUS H. KEEEEE-RIST! First time I've heard this song on any day besides Thanksgiving in years.
Sorry you'll miss the set--Dave had promised '71, so hoping that holds true.
That's right -- I forgot about '71. I'll hear it tonite. Here's hoping the Carpenters song is something other than "Goodbye to Love" ("Hurting Each Other" or "Superstar" would be nice).
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Dave has been teasing a "Major, MEGA" song-beginning-with-A for the past 20 mins. No clue.
Holy flaming Mother Mother of God!!! They're playing "Alice's Restaurant"!
ETA: I don't really need to hear this today -- 3 times on Thanksgiving is plenty. I've got a 10:00 meeting, so i'll miss 10@10. catch ya later, kids!
JEEEE-ZUS H. KEEEEE-RIST! First time I've heard this song on any day besides Thanksgiving in years.
Sorry you'll miss the set--Dave had promised '71, so hoping that holds true.
That's right -- I forgot about '71. I'll hear it tonite. Here's hoping the Carpenters song is something other than "Goodbye to Love" ("Hurting Each Other" or "Superstar" would be nice).
Actually the only Carpenters song we've heard in '71 (per the DB) is Bless the Beasts and the Children. Goodbye to Love is '72. But it's all moot 'cause Dave didn't play them at all today. Bummer.
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A-to-Z has the "Blues".
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Out of the blues, KBCO now revives Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You."
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Out of the blues, KBCO now revives Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You."
So far it seems like both A-Zs are nearly in sync--BCO is running just a little bit ahead (but then they're an hour ahead of us in the first place, so maybe not).
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Out of the blues, KBCO now revives Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You."
So far it seems like both A-Zs are nearly in sync--BCO is running just a little bit ahead (but then they're an hour ahead of us in the first place, so maybe not).
Anyone actively listening to both? Curious about overlap %. KBCO's now up to Bob Weir's "Bombs Away," which sounds like a cousin to Boz Scaggs' mid 70s.
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KFOG just went into Bodhissatva, which BCO played a little while ago. I would expect Bohemian Rhapsody soon.
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Out of the blues, KBCO now revives Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You."
And now KFOG is playing it.
ETA: ...straight into Bohemian Rhapsody, which one assumes will be the last song before 10@10.
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Out of the blues, KBCO now revives Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You."
And now KFOG is playing it.
ETA: ...straight into Bohemian Rhapsody, which one assumes will be the last song before 10@10.
And what a treat that was -- it NEVER comes up in reg rotation, tho' they did play it for a while when it was a hit.
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Out of the blues, KBCO now revives Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You."
And now KFOG is playing it.
ETA: ...straight into Bohemian Rhapsody, which one assumes will be the last song before 10@10.
And what a treat that was -- it NEVER comes up in reg rotation, tho' they did play it for a while when it was a hit.
But will KFOG mirror KBCO's playing "Boris the Spider"?
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Out of the blues, KBCO now revives Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You."
And now KFOG is playing it.
ETA: ...straight into Bohemian Rhapsody, which one assumes will be the last song before 10@10.
And what a treat that was -- it NEVER comes up in reg rotation, tho' they did play it for a while when it was a hit.
But will KFOG mirror KBCO's playing "Boris the Spider"?
we'll have to wait until after 10@10 to find out...
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KFOG copies KBCO with Stevie, Boogie On Reggae Woman, then substitutes the John Lee Hooker "Boom Boom" for the JLH w/Big Head Todd version that 'BCO used. And now "Boom Like that" from Knopfler, which 'BCO skipped.
and -- sadly -- no "Boris the Spider". And "Born at the Right Time" leads off the "Born" contingent.
I'm guessing KFOG won't do "Boulder Skies" by PPL ;)
and with that I'm off to CG to catch up with Greg''s Friday show, missed because of their player malfunction.
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The recent set on KFOG has been really nice: Tull's Bouree into Wilco's Box Full of Letters, into the Dead's catchiest song ever, Box of Rain.
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Somehow between yesterday and today, KFOG has overtaken and passed the 'BCO A-Z. Yesterday songs we heard on BCO before 10am (local) were heard on KFOG after 10@10. Today, songs I heard on KFOG while making my breakfast 90 minutes ago (Come to Jesus, Come to My Window, Come Together) are just now being played on BCO.
Btw, I heard Annalisa make specific mention yesterday that their A-Z would last two weeks. Which is about as long as they usually do. Although the first couple of letters sure seem to be taking longer than I remember.
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Somehow between yesterday and today, KFOG has overtaken and passed the 'BCO A-Z. Yesterday songs we heard on BCO before 10am (local) were heard on KFOG after 10@10. Today, songs I heard on KFOG while making my breakfast 90 minutes ago (Come to Jesus, Come to My Window, Come Together) are just now being played on BCO.
Btw, I heard Annalisa make specific mention yesterday that their A-Z would last two weeks. Which is about as long as they usually do. Although the first couple of letters sure seem to be taking longer than I remember.
That's interesting, considering that KFOG stops for 2 45-minute "10@10 Breaks" each day (not to mention the Sat marathon and Acoustic Sunrise/set), while 'BCO does not. KFOG has done shorter versions of A-to-Z (10 days and even 7 days) but they clearly want this one to be one of the better ones. We'll see where the 2 stations are in relation to each other on Mon morning.
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Heard a little Knopfler Communique this morning. Forgot how fab that is.
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"Ah wuz proceeding in a southerly direction, milord, when I heard a sort of... boojie-woojie music, emanating from the middle of KFOG's A-to-Z!" Mr Baldry makes a rare non-10@10 appearance.
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This morning there was an extended debate about whether the Fleetwood Mac song called Dreams should precede or follow the Cranberries song of the same name. (They had just played the FM song and were about to play the C'berries.) They called in Alphabetization Czar Rosalie, who said that if they had been different versions of the same song, they should be played chronologically, but because they were different songs, they should be played alpha by artist. Meaning they'd flubbed by playing the Mac version first.
And now I get to work an hour later, and BCO is playing the same sequence. Except they played the Cranberries first. Preceded by the Bodeans song of the same name. Point, KBCO.
(Rosalie also mentioned that they had planted a "shill" in the A-Z list, a song intentionally played out of order, just for the enjoyment of anal-retentive fogheads (like us) who delight in finding such things. But the Cranberries-F'Mac juxtaposition wasn't it.
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This morning there was an extended debate about whether the Fleetwood Mac song called Dreams should precede or follow the Cranberries song of the same name. (They had just played the FM song and were about to play the C'berries.) They called in Alphabetization Czar Rosalie, who said that if they had been different versions of the same song, they should be played chronologically, but because they were different songs, they should be played alpha by artist. Meaning they'd flubbed by playing the Mac version first.
And now I get to work an hour later, and BCO is playing the same sequence. Except they played the Cranberries first. Preceded by the Bodeans song of the same name. Point, KBCO.
(Rosalie also mentioned that they had planted a "shill" in the A-Z list, a song intentionally played out of order, just for the enjoyment of anal-retentive fogheads (like us) who delight in finding such things. But the Cranberries-F'Mac juxtaposition wasn't it.
so, how to explain "Doctor Robert" preceding "Doctor, My Eyes"? is it the comma?
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This morning there was an extended debate about whether the Fleetwood Mac song called Dreams should precede or follow the Cranberries song of the same name. (They had just played the FM song and were about to play the C'berries.) They called in Alphabetization Czar Rosalie, who said that if they had been different versions of the same song, they should be played chronologically, but because they were different songs, they should be played alpha by artist. Meaning they'd flubbed by playing the Mac version first.
And now I get to work an hour later, and BCO is playing the same sequence. Except they played the Cranberries first. Preceded by the Bodeans song of the same name. Point, KBCO.
(Rosalie also mentioned that they had planted a "shill" in the A-Z list, a song intentionally played out of order, just for the enjoyment of anal-retentive fogheads (like us) who delight in finding such things. But the Cranberries-F'Mac juxtaposition wasn't it.
so, how to explain "Doctor Robert" preceding "Doctor, My Eyes"? is it the comma?
I wouldn't think so, but if they're taking the "nothing comes before something" rule literally that may be how that happened. Personally I would discount any punctuation marks and place Doctor, My Eyes before Doctor Robert. Gaz, have you an opinion on this?
(Meanwhile, KFOG has plunged headlong into the E's. Just heard Edge of Seventeen, now Eight Days a Week. Wish they'd post the list of songs played.)
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Somehow between yesterday and today, KFOG has overtaken and passed the 'BCO A-Z. Yesterday songs we heard on BCO before 10am (local) were heard on KFOG after 10@10. Today, songs I heard on KFOG while making my breakfast 90 minutes ago (Come to Jesus, Come to My Window, Come Together) are just now being played on BCO.
Btw, I heard Annalisa make specific mention yesterday that their A-Z would last two weeks. Which is about as long as they usually do. Although the first couple of letters sure seem to be taking longer than I remember.
That's interesting, considering that KFOG stops for 2 45-minute "10@10 Breaks" each day (not to mention the Sat marathon and Acoustic Sunrise/set), while 'BCO does not. KFOG has done shorter versions of A-to-Z (10 days and even 7 days) but they clearly want this one to be one of the better ones. We'll see where the 2 stations are in relation to each other on Mon morning.
I am still thinking they are taking a lot longer to move thru the alphabet than they have in past A-Zs. I'll have to look back at last year's A-Z thread, but sure seems like they'll be pushing it to get thru this by next Sunday.
One other thought: last year, didn't they suspend A-Z over the weekend? (I know, it seems as I'm spending far too much time thinking about this...)
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(Meanwhile, KFOG has plunged headlong into the E's. Just heard Edge of Seventeen, now Eight Days a Week. Wish they'd post the list of songs played.)
actually they do: click the "just played" feature and you get a list from the past hour with a doo-hickey (that's the tech term, isn't?) that you can use to search further.
I don't recall them suspending A-to-Z on the weekends in the past. But between the Marathon, Acoustic Sunrise, Live from the Archives, Sun Nite Jam and House o'Blues... there's not much airtime left over.
ETA: 'BCO just went from "Election Day" (L Lovett) to "Eminence Front", skipping "Electric Ave", 'Electrical Storm" and "Elevation" which KFOG just played.
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ETA: 'BCO just went from "Election Day" (L Lovett) to "Eminence Front", skipping "Electric Ave", 'Electrical Storm" and "Elevation" which KFOG just played.
Well, it appears the E's won't be with us much longer. Annalisa just played Estimated Prophet, and is promising a Santana song next (Europa?), so once we get thru all the Everys it should be on to the land of F.
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Just switched to KFOG in time for Bruce's version of "The Fever". Apparently preceded by Belly's "Shaking the Tree" -- has that EVER been played in regular rotation? Doubtful.
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KFOG's running a liner that says A-to-Z is "never imitated". Er, guys, there's this station in Boulder...
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KFOG's running a liner that says A-to-Z is "never imitated". Er, guys, there's this station in Boulder...
but who's zoomin' who?
;D
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KFOG has again gotten ahead in the alphabet race. They're on Golden (Slumbers, Years, etc.) while BCO is playing Girl songs. Wonder if they'll play Girl From the North Country?
ETA: Not even! Instead we get Jack Johnson singing about how he wants to lay some girl (down). It even rhymes 'pasta' with 'rasta'--feh!!!
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Just heard a semi-forgotten rarity from recent years--Paul Pena's Gonna Move. Like lots of songs, it got lots of play when it finally got released a few years back, not a peep since. Great tune.
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I'm not very good at this game. I incorrectly predicted "Life's What You Make It" after "Life on a Chain" and "Light Up" (Styx) after "Light My Fire." Ah well.
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I'm not very good at this game. I incorrectly predicted "Life's What You Make It" after "Life on a Chain" and "Light Up" (Styx) after "Light My Fire." Ah well.
watch those apostrophes, dude -- some copy editor you are. ;)
The Styx tune might show up when the Bone does A-to-Z...
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I'm not very good at this game. I incorrectly predicted "Life's What You Make It" after "Life on a Chain" and "Light Up" (Styx) after "Light My Fire." Ah well.
watch those apostrophes, dude -- some copy editor you are. ;)
What'd I flub?
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I'm not very good at this game. I incorrectly predicted "Life's What You Make It" after "Life on a Chain" and "Light Up" (Styx) after "Light My Fire." Ah well.
watch those apostrophes, dude -- some copy editor you are. ;)
What'd I flub?
"Life's" after "Life on" ... I dunno, I'm not sure what rules KFOG is using.
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I'm not sure what rules KFOG is using.
KFOG is not particularly following any rules. I listened a lot while bedridden and among many other things:
"Canary In A Coalmine" and "Candle In The Wind" followed the last "Can't..." songs, which is to say correctly filing an apostrophe before a letter.
But then "D'yer Mak'r" came right before "Dyslexic Heart", instead off kicking of the D section (Renee caught this, btw).
And on Saturday the I section was a complete mess, even though Alphabetization Czar Rosalie was manning the Booth. She went from the last "I..." song (iirc - "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You") to an "I'd..." song, then to the "If..." songs, then "I.G.Y." then into the "I'll..." songs.
On Sunday they played "Joker" in front of "Join Together" and then the first 3 songs in the L section were "La Bamba", then "La Grange", then "L.A. Woman".
So you tell me, what kind of system is that?
P.s. Mike, in your earlier post I think you meant "Feed the Tree", not "Shaking the Tree".
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"Loan Me a Dime" and "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" in the same day... pretty unlikely you'd get those in the same month in regular rotation...
Nice, though.
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I'm not very good at this game. I incorrectly predicted "Life's What You Make It" after "Life on a Chain" and "Light Up" (Styx) after "Light My Fire." Ah well.
watch those apostrophes, dude -- some copy editor you are. ;)
What'd I flub?
"Life's" after "Life on" ... I dunno, I'm not sure what rules KFOG is using.
Gaz was correct in his usage. Life's = contraction of Life is. The apostrophe is standing in for the missing letters.
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Somehow between yesterday and today, KFOG has overtaken and passed the 'BCO A-Z. Yesterday songs we heard on BCO before 10am (local) were heard on KFOG after 10@10. Today, songs I heard on KFOG while making my breakfast 90 minutes ago (Come to Jesus, Come to My Window, Come Together) are just now being played on BCO.
Btw, I heard Annalisa make specific mention yesterday that their A-Z would last two weeks. Which is about as long as they usually do. Although the first couple of letters sure seem to be taking longer than I remember.
That's interesting, considering that KFOG stops for 2 45-minute "10@10 Breaks" each day (not to mention the Sat marathon and Acoustic Sunrise/set), while 'BCO does not. KFOG has done shorter versions of A-to-Z (10 days and even 7 days) but they clearly want this one to be one of the better ones. We'll see where the 2 stations are in relation to each other on Mon morning.
However they're managing it, the two stations' A-Zs are more or less keeping pace. BCO is ahead again, but only a bit. They're playing Feist's One-Two-Three-Four while KFOG just went into the O's--Aztec Camera's Oblivious at the moment. I'm going to guess they'll wrap up sometime over the weekend, but if the R-S-T section runs really long it could be later.
ETA: Attention Geoff (and any other Big Mac fans): The full 9-minute version of Oh Well coming up in the next set (3:35 Tuesday afternoon).
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Attention Geoff (and any other Big Mac fans): The full 9-minute version of Oh Well coming up in the next set (3:35 Tuesday afternoon).
TANC indeed! I just got into my car after leaving school, turned on the key, and there it was, Oh Well, Pt. 2. Heard it a million times, but something about it always gets to me. It had a beautiful deep sadness to it.
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I'm not sure what rules KFOG is using.
KFOG is not particularly following any rules. I listened a lot while bedridden and among many other things:
"Canary In A Coalmine" and "Candle In The Wind" followed the last "Can't..." songs, which is to say correctly filing an apostrophe before a letter.
But then "D'yer Mak'r" came right before "Dyslexic Heart", instead off kicking of the D section (Renee caught this, btw).
And on Saturday the I section was a complete mess, even though Alphabetization Czar Rosalie was manning the Booth. She went from the last "I..." song (iirc - "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You") to an "I'd..." song, then to the "If..." songs, then "I.G.Y." then into the "I'll..." songs.
On Sunday they played "Joker" in front of "Join Together" and then the first 3 songs in the L section were "La Bamba", then "La Grange", then "L.A. Woman".
So you tell me, what kind of system is that?
P.s. Mike, in your earlier post I think you meant "Feed the Tree", not "Shaking the Tree".
They're still being maddeningly inconsistent. They just played P.S. I Love You after Prove It All Night and before Psycho Killer, rather than at the beginning of the P's.
But they and BCO are almost exactly in sync again. BCO just played Presence of the Lord and now are playing Pressure Drop.
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They're still being maddeningly inconsistent. They just played P.S. I Love You after Prove It All Night and before Psycho Killer, rather than at the beginning of the P's.
But they and BCO are almost exactly in sync again. BCO just played Presence of the Lord and now are playing Pressure Drop.
I'd love to know how many songs, total, each station will have played when A-to-Z is over -- I'm intrigued by the fact that they are nearly in synch, even tho' 'BCO suspends 10@10 and KFOG does not. Somebody's total will be significantly bigger, no?
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They're still being maddeningly inconsistent. They just played P.S. I Love You after Prove It All Night and before Psycho Killer, rather than at the beginning of the P's.
But they and BCO are almost exactly in sync again. BCO just played Presence of the Lord and now are playing Pressure Drop.
I'd love to know how many songs, total, each station will have played when A-to-Z is over -- I'm intrigued by the fact that they are nearly in synch, even tho' 'BCO suspends 10@10 and KFOG does not. Somebody's total will be significantly bigger, no?
When is BCO suspending their A-Z? I haven't been listening that closely to theirs, so I'm not sure. KFOG's isn't continuing during the overnight--I think it knocks off when the evening 10@10 replay starts, and picks up again about 6am. And it did continue thru the weekend--I assumed the BCO one did as well, since they're still in lockstep.
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They're still being maddeningly inconsistent. They just played P.S. I Love You after Prove It All Night and before Psycho Killer, rather than at the beginning of the P's.
Right before that they played "Pride and Joy" in front of "Pride (In the Name of Love)".
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When is BCO suspending their A-Z? I haven't been listening that closely to theirs, so I'm not sure. KFOG's isn't continuing during the overnight--I think it knocks off when the evening 10@10 replay starts, and picks up again about 6am. And it did continue thru the weekend--I assumed the BCO one did as well, since they're still in lockstep.
No idea when KBCO suspends theirs, but you're right that KFOG suspends there's from 10p to 6a. I rather doubt that KBCO has a much programming on the weekends to suspend A-Z for, so they probably wind up playing a few hours worth of extra songs.
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Mark, hope you're still tuned in to KFOG. They jumped to the Q's after today's set, so we're hearing the Moodie's sublime Question right now (my fave song of theirs, if I had to pick).
I imagine they'll be jumping to R shortly, and will spend the rest of the day (and then some, perhaps) getting thru that.
Wow, Steve Miller Band's Quicksilver Girl. This may be the first time KFOG's EVER played this.
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Mark, hope you're still tuned in to KFOG. They jumped to the Q's after today's set, so we're hearing the Moodie's sublime Question right now (my fave song of theirs, if I had to pick).
I imagine they'll be jumping to R shortly, and will spend the rest of the day (and then some, perhaps) getting thru that.
Wow, Steve Miller Band's Quicksilver Girl. This may be the first time KFOG's EVER played this.
This is odd: KFOG didn't play (according to the "just played" list) Knopfler's "Punish the Monkey", despite its being in current rotay. 'BCO did play it, however.
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And now we're hearing Rain on the Scarecrow for the second time in two hours.
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Mark, hope you're still tuned in to KFOG. They jumped to the Q's after today's set, so we're hearing the Moodie's sublime Question right now (my fave song of theirs, if I had to pick).
I imagine they'll be jumping to R shortly, and will spend the rest of the day (and then some, perhaps) getting thru that.
Wow, Steve Miller Band's Quicksilver Girl. This may be the first time KFOG's EVER played this.
Yeah I enjoyed hearing both of those, and I think Quicksilver girl made it in at least one prior A-Z.
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Was really hoping for Rip This Joint, and instead Annalisa went straight from Rikki Don't Lose That Number to Ripple. Both great, but sheesh.
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Was really hoping for Rip This Joint, and instead Annalisa went straight from Rikki Don't Lose That Number to Ripple. Both great, but sheesh.
I would have rather gotten:
"Rings" (Cymarron)
"Rip and Destroy" (Evil KISS)
"Rip Her to Shreds" (Blondie)
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Was really hoping for Rip This Joint, and instead Annalisa went straight from Rikki Don't Lose That Number to Ripple. Both great, but sheesh.
but she did play "Rat In Mi Kitchen" earlier, so I still love her.
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A to Z plods on. They're finishing up the S's (just heard Sunny Afternoon and Sunny Came Home, so they must be getting close), but I'm starting to wonder if, with all the weekend programming disruptions, they'll be done before Monday.
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A to Z plods on. They're finishing up the S's (just heard Sunny Afternoon and Sunny Came Home, so they must be getting close), but I'm starting to wonder if, with all the weekend programming disruptions, they'll be done before Monday.
Lots of T's and W's, and a decent amount of Y's; X's and Z's notsomuch. (Will we get "X Offender" or "Xanadu" this year?) KBCO is into the "Take" songs as we speak.
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A to Z plods on. They're finishing up the S's (just heard Sunny Afternoon and Sunny Came Home, so they must be getting close), but I'm starting to wonder if, with all the weekend programming disruptions, they'll be done before Monday.
Lots of T's and W's, and a decent amount of Y's; X's and Z's notsomuch. (Will we get "X Offender" or "Xanadu" this year?) KBCO is into the "Take" songs as we speak.
Damn--they're in the middle of all the "sweet" songs and Big Rick sez there's a classic stones song coming up--so I get all excited thinking we're gonna hear Sweet Virginia. Nope. Forgot all about Sympathy for the Devil (which may well be the last S song). Guess scraping the shit right off your shoes was just a little to much to hope for.
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At 5:24pm EST: the sole "X" entry in KBCO's A-Z is Ziggy Marley's "X Marks the Spot," new to me and far inferior to both "X-Offender" and "Xanadu."
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At 5:24pm EST: the sole "X" entry in KBCO's A-Z is Ziggy Marley's "X Marks the Spot," new to me and far inferior to both "X-Offender" and "Xanadu."
A quick check of the "Just played" list shows they played a fair amount of W songs, but kinda wimped out on the V's--exactly four songs: Veronica, Vertigo, Voices Carry, and Voices Inside My Head. Surely they could have come up with more than that.
But if they're in the Y section right now, it seems almost assured they'll be done sometime today--early tomorrow morning at the outside.
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At 5:24pm EST: the sole "X" entry in KBCO's A-Z is Ziggy Marley's "X Marks the Spot," new to me and far inferior to both "X-Offender" and "Xanadu."
A quick check of the "Just played" list shows they played a fair amount of W songs, but kinda wimped out on the V's--exactly four songs: Veronica, Vertigo, Voices Carry, and Voices Inside My Head. Surely they could have come up with more than that.
But if they're in the Y section right now, it seems almost assured they'll be done sometime today--early tomorrow morning at the outside.
I was listening Saturday when they jumped from "Touch of Grey" to "Train in Vain" (skipping the likes of "Town without Pity" and "Tracks of My Tears") and then to "Trip Thru Your Wire" (ignoring "Tramp", "Trampled Under Foot" and "Travelin' Band"). Well, whatever.
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FYI, The Drive is starting *their* version of A-to-Z on Monday; they'll pre-empt 10@10 for the duration. Their website says it'll last a week, so nowhere near the depth of KFOG or KBCO.
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FYI, The Drive is starting *their* version of A-to-Z on Monday; they'll pre-empt 10@10 for the duration. Their website says it'll last a week, so nowhere near the depth of KFOG or KBCO.
And so The Drive is in the "All" column:
"All My Lovin'"
"All Night Long"
"All Right Now"
"All She Wants To Do Is Dance"
"All Shook Up"
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FYI, The Drive is starting *their* version of A-to-Z on Monday; they'll pre-empt 10@10 for the duration. Their website says it'll last a week, so nowhere near the depth of KFOG or KBCO.
And so The Drive is in the "All" column:
"All My Lovin'"
"All Night Long"
"All Right Now"
"All She Wants To Do Is Dance"
"All Shook Up"
Yay! I was hoping for "All Together Now" and here it is.
ETA: into "All You Need is Love" for a Fab Four Twin-Spin.
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FYI, The Drive is starting *their* version of A-to-Z on Monday; they'll pre-empt 10@10 for the duration. Their website says it'll last a week, so nowhere near the depth of KFOG or KBCO.
And so The Drive is in the "All" column:
"All My Lovin'"
"All Night Long"
"All Right Now"
"All She Wants To Do Is Dance"
"All Shook Up"
Yay! I was hoping for "All Together Now" and here it is.
"All" Beatles, "all" the time. (Though the Elvis was a surprise.)
[I put the above line in the wrong place, whoops!
Biggest surprise in the "A"s: Boston's lambasted "Amanda."
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FYI, The Drive is starting *their* version of A-to-Z on Monday; they'll pre-empt 10@10 for the duration. Their website says it'll last a week, so nowhere near the depth of KFOG or KBCO.
And so The Drive is in the "All" column:
"All My Lovin'"
"All Night Long"
"All Right Now"
"All She Wants To Do Is Dance"
"All Shook Up"
"All" Beatles, "all" the time. (Though the Elvis was a surprise.)
Yay! I was hoping for "All Together Now" and here it is.
But -- AAAAAAAAACK! -- here's Boston's "Amanda". Rancid cheeze for breakfast
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More "bang" for yer buck:
"Bang a Gong", T.Rex
"Bang on the Drum", Todd
followed by "Bare Trees", appropriate for a day when it was 10 degrees in Chiacgo & NY.
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one of the nicest surprises yet in anybody's A-to-Z: Gordon Lightfoot's lovely "Beautiful".
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Haven't listened to the Drive's A-Z until now, but enjoyed spending the last hour in the Don't songs. Started with BJ "Don't Ask Me Why" and continued through yay the Beatles "Don't Let Me Down", to be followed I'm sure by Mike's favorite Elton wisecrack.
copy editor's note: they completely ignored/removed the parentheses from "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
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Haven't listened to the Drive's A-Z until now, but enjoyed spending the last hour in the Don't songs. Started with BJ "Don't Ask Me Why" and continued through yay the Beatles "Don't Let Me Down", to be followed I'm sure by Mike's favorite Elton wisecrack.
copy editor's note: they completely ignored/removed the parentheses from "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
I never knew there WERE parentheses in that title!
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From the ridiculous to the sublime: The Drive's A-to-Z just segged from EJ's "Island Girl" to George's "Isn't It A Pity".
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From the ridiculous to the sublime: The Drive's A-to-Z just segged from EJ's "Island Girl" to George's "Isn't It A Pity".
and a couple songs later, George returns to help Ringo on "It Don't come Easy".
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It Won't Be Long, yeah, 'til we get to Itchykoo Park.
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FYI, The Drive is starting *their* version of A-to-Z on Monday; they'll pre-empt 10@10 for the duration. Their website says it'll last a week, so nowhere near the depth of KFOG or KBCO.
I don't know how they're planning to finish within the week; they're only in the M's now ("Marrakech Express," "Mary Jane's Last Dance" just now).
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FYI, The Drive is starting *their* version of A-to-Z on Monday; they'll pre-empt 10@10 for the duration. Their website says it'll last a week, so nowhere near the depth of KFOG or KBCO.
I don't know how they're planning to finish within the week; they're only in the M's now ("Marrakech Express," "Mary Jane's Last Dance" just now).
Hmmm... promote it as lasting a week, and then when it runs over it makes you look "outta control" -- genius!
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FYI, The Drive is starting *their* version of A-to-Z on Monday; they'll pre-empt 10@10 for the duration. Their website says it'll last a week, so nowhere near the depth of KFOG or KBCO.
I don't know how they're planning to finish within the week; they're only in the M's now ("Marrakech Express," "Mary Jane's Last Dance" just now).
Hmmm... promote it as lasting a week, and then when it runs over it makes you look "outta control" -- genius!
Exactamundo.
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So did anyone catch how the Drive's ended? I'm always curious as to how stations represent the Xs and Zs in these kinds of gimmicks.
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Re-upping this thread as KFOG kicks it off again next Monday. I guess the Morning Show crew don't get MLK day off, and I wonder if they will even stop to do 10@10 during the A-Z.
Gonna miss today's classic with an offsite 10:00 mtg.
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Re-upping this thread as KFOG kicks it off again next Monday. I guess the Morning Show crew don't get MLK day off, and I wonder if they will even stop to do 10@10 during the A-Z.
Good point -- could be a good excuse to not play "classics" for a week or 2, then time it so the "last Z song" gets played right before Dave's triumphant return with new shows! (Well, we can dream anyway.) As someone else posted, it woulda been nice to get an Inauguration Day set from Dave. Speaking of, Rockin' Jim, the KPOO Monday nite Oldies guy, will be doing a show of songs about change (or with "change" in the title) next Mon nite (8:30- Midnite). His occasional theme shows are pretty wonderful; he does a baseball songs show every spring.
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Meant to post this yesterday. When Benson was on doing his New Releases Thursday thing, Webster of course also brought up A-Z, and Benson made a point of saying that it was going to run in only one week - recalling an anecdote of Rosalie not geting it wrapped up on weekends past - and sounding downright stern about it.
Since Webster wasn't even here last year, Peter was explaining to him that half the fun is guessing which song comes next, and I was tempted to call in an bitch that if they really only go 5-6 days I'm going to be spending just as much time wondering why the hell they didn't play the song they just passed over.
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....I'm going to be spending just as much time wondering why the hell they didn't play the song they just passed over.
ok, I've got one. this morning at 8:15 or so, I turned on KFOG and heard
Alive And Kicking by Simple Minds
... then they played:
All Around The World by Oasis
Where's All Along The Watchtower? Come on! Hendrix, Dylan, Dave Mason, your hippie uncle's version?
You disappoint, KFOG.
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....I'm going to be spending just as much time wondering why the hell they didn't play the song they just passed over.
ok, I've got one. this morning at 8:15 or so, I turned on KFOG and heard
Alive And Kicking by Simple Minds
... then they played:
All Around The World by Oasis
Where's All Along The Watchtower? Come on! Hendrix, Dylan, Dave Mason, your hippie uncle's version?
You disappoint, KFOG.
I was just about to post the same thing! I tuned in in the car and heard U2 "All Because Of You."
I thought, "damn, just missed Hendrix. Might even have been a twin-spin." Got to my desk & checked the Just Played feature (which I will say is way cooler than what KFOG had previously), and see that it's not even on the list.
In fact neither is "All Around The World". According to this they went from "Alive & Kicking" into "All At Once" by the Fray. So maybe the Just Played feature isn't as cool as I thought.
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All the songs are really bad right now (sorry couldn't resist), as in U2's Bad. Let's see if they play Bad Case of loving You, Bad Company, Bad Moon Rising, Bad to the Bone, and whatever else.
ETA: so far the Bad songs have been U2, B.B. King "Bad Case of Love, Robert Palmer, REM "Bad Day" and closes out with CCR. I guess I won't complain about trading the REM & BB King for the Bad Co. & Handsome George.
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Where's All Along The Watchtower? Come on! Hendrix, Dylan, Dave Mason, your hippie uncle's version?
and yet, they played Hendrix' Angel, which was a real treat to hear.
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(SPOILER ALERT!)
Got the KFOG E-mail today and they reveal that U2's "Zooropa" will be the last song. Thanks, guys -- now I don't have to listen! ::)
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Webster goes off of A - Z just after playing the opening of the innaugaral event to play "Obama Song" by Michael Franti (sp?) and Spearhead.
barack obama
yes we can
ETA: this is it -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd9xU8cw1JE
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Webster goes off of A - Z just after playing the opening of the innaugaral event to play "Obama Song" by Michael Franti (sp?) and Spearhead.
barack obama
yes we can
TANC: they just did the "change" songs!
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I just heard one of the signature song arcs of the whole concept: "Cold Shot" - "Cold Sweat, Pt I" - "Come As You Are".
I recall this every year because it must have been 9 yrs ago* that they did this for the first time, and I called Annalisa to request something (that I've long since forgotten). She asked me why I liked A-Z so much and I commented about going from James Brown into Nirvana. And then within less than 20 min they aired a self-promotion bit with Fogheads gushing about A-Z, and it included my comment. And they played that repeatedly over the course of the event, and even the next year, when this group was active. Some of you old timers may recall this.
I bring this up also to note that every year they have hit this stretch during Annalisa's shift on Day 2, so I think they haven't really truncated it that much, despite what Benson seemed to imply last week.
*for some reason this conversation is etched in my memory. It was the first time I called KFOG & I remember I was sitting at my desk at Kaplan, where I only worked for a year, so it must have been early 2000. By June I was working at eFORCE, and not long after brought Gaz in for some part-time work, which was when he introduced me to the 10@10 Club.
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...so I think they haven't really truncated it that much, despite what Benson seemed to imply last week...
Well I have to take that back. They are really skating through, all the way up to the "I Love ___" songs by 11 on Wednesday.
ETA: and the only "I Love __" song they played was Joan Jett, followed by "I Need A Miracle". Pretty sure in years past they have played at least a few of the following in between those two:
I Love You Like A Ball And Chain
I Love You, Goodbye
I Love You, Suzanne
I Melt With You
I Missed Again
I Must've Got Lost
I Need A Lover
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AAAACK!
If they are gonna play "I Want You To Want Me", they had to play Chris Isaak's worthless cover?
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AAAACK!
If they are gonna play "I Want You To Want Me", they had to play Chris Isaak's worthless cover?
yikes -- truncated AND dumbed-down! Sounds like they'll be finished on Sunday afternoon.
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I tuned in last nite at 9:30 and discovered that they apparently stopped A-Z at 8:00 for "Live From the Archives" and decided that, rather than come back to it for an hour they'd just wait until this morning. Can't recall that happening before. So -- of course -- they played a F.Mac song at 9:35. Bet Big Rick's phone was ringing off the hook.
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I think I just heard Shray on the air talking about his travel experience in Angkor Wat..!
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I think I just heard Shray on the air talking about his travel experience in Angkor Wat..!
Yep, that was me.
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I also note that we got only one version of "Little Wing" (Jimi's) rather than the multiple versions they've played in years past.
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Bowie's original version of The Man Who Sold The World is playing now--a song I can honestly say I've NEVER heard on KFOG in this rendition, on 10@10 or elsewhere. If they do play it, it's always the Nirvana version. (Darryl, can you confirm or disprove this?) Maybe about time the Fogheads heard it.
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I also note that we got only one version of "Little Wing" (Jimi's) rather than the multiple versions they've played in years past.
So far the only twin spin I have heard was both the Halen & Aztec Camera versions of "Jump". And I've been listening pretty regularly.
Bowie's original version of The Man Who Sold The World is playing now--a song I can honestly say I've NEVER heard on KFOG in this rendition, on 10@10 or elsewhere. If they do play it, it's always the Nirvana version. (Darryl, can you confirm or disprove this?) Maybe about time the Fogheads heard it.
That would definitely be the biggest surprise during the time I've been listening, pushing Dylan's "It Ain't Me, Babe" into the runner-up spot.
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Bowie's original version of The Man Who Sold The World is playing now--a song I can honestly say I've NEVER heard on KFOG in this rendition, on 10@10 or elsewhere. If they do play it, it's always the Nirvana version. (Darryl, can you confirm or disprove this?) Maybe about time the Fogheads heard it.
now, if they'd played Lulu's version...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCQ1Xrq7J0
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Jeezus, we started with "Little Wing" at 6am and at 9:20pm we're in the R's with "Revolution"! Granted, there aren't many Q's, but still. This'll be over by tomorrow nite at this rate. Shortest. A-to-Z. EVAH!
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I listened for a little while the other day, and there were so many gaps, it wasn't even fun to try to guess what was coming next.
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I listened for a little while the other day, and there were so many gaps, it wasn't even fun to try to guess what was coming next.
indeed, I was tempted to call this morning and ask why even bother to do such a truncated version?
Ah, now the "San Francisco" songs begin, with Jason Mraz Brett Dennen (c'mon, who can tell 'em apart?).
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of all the songs that coulda been passed over, they include Sublime's "Santeria" (which they ignored when it was current). I'd like to pop a cap in somebody.
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of all the songs that coulda been passed over...
...I dunno, after the saturation from Toyota, you'd think "Saved By Zero" would be an even better one to skip.
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I listened for a little while the other day, and there were so many gaps, it wasn't even fun to try to guess what was coming next.
despite my gripes it's still better than your usual 9-5 radio fair, but speaking of gaps...
...in years past the stretch where the N's give way to the O's was Chock Full o' Beatles (Not A Second Time, Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, Ob-la-di Ob-la-da, Octopus's Garden, Oh Darling). But this year the only one they played was Ob-la-di, and this was after they played roughly 7 Beatles tunes before noon on Monday.
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I listened for a little while the other day, and there were so many gaps, it wasn't even fun to try to guess what was coming next.
despite my gripes it's still better than your usual 9-5 radio fair, but speaking of gaps...
...in years past the stretch where the N's give way to the O's was Chock Full o' Beatles (Not A Second Time, Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, Ob-la-di Ob-la-da, Octopus's Garden, Oh Darling). But this year the only one they played was Ob-la-di, and this was after they played roughly 7 Beatles tunes before noon on Monday.
Could be that's why they omitted so much of that string. That's a whole lotta any artist in a 5 or 6 hour stretch, even the Beatles.
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Just heard "Sunset Grill" around 7:15, so I guess this thing will go on thru Saturday at least, there's (I assume) a decent amount of T's and W's.
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UPDATE: they just closed out the U's at around 5:30 with a double dose of "Use Me" (Bill Withers followed by, er, Hootie). Not many V's, I'm guessing, so the question is can they wrap this up before 10pm? W and Y are the big factor, since they'll get away with one each of X ("Xanadu"? "X Offender"?) and Z (the previously revealed "Zooropa").
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Looks like they've timed it to end this afternoon after all: we're in the "Where" songs at 12:30. So exactly a week -- still, a far cry from the 2-weeks-plus we've had on occasion.
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You really got 2 versions of "You Really Got Me" (Kinks & VH). And you also got one final chance to win F.Mac tix when they played "You Make Lovin' Fun".
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Copy editors and alphabetization geeks: should the "You're" songs come after the "Young" songs (as KFOG is doing), rather than right after the "You" songs (as they are listed in the index to Joel Whitburn's Pop Singles books)?
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Webster's been on duty this afternoon, so it's appropriate that he cops some Z's -- he's gotta be back in less than 12 hours.
"Zephyr Song", "Ziggy Stardust" and "Zooropa" close it out.
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Copy editors and alphabetization geeks: should the "You're" songs come after the "Young" songs (as KFOG is doing), rather than right after the "You" songs (as they are listed in the index to Joel Whitburn's Pop Singles books)?
I believe in ignoring nonalphanumeric characters when alphabetizing, so I'd go after "Young."
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Copy editors and alphabetization geeks: should the "You're" songs come after the "Young" songs (as KFOG is doing), rather than right after the "You" songs (as they are listed in the index to Joel Whitburn's Pop Singles books)?
I believe in ignoring nonalphanumeric characters when alphabetizing, so I'd go after "Young."
The phone book agrees with you, (O'Shea comes after Ortiz), but Access & Excel don't (the sort feature puts you're before your). So no surprise that I stick with the latter.
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Just when you thought you were out... they pull you back in! The Drive begins their version of A-to-Z tomorrow, meaning 10@10 goes on hiatus for the duration. Seems like they just did A-Z recently, no?
ETA: Nope, according to this thread they did it last Feb.
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The Drive is into the "After" songs. (Figures as soon as I tune in I get Crapton!)
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Would you believe they played Phil Collins' "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" at the top of the hour?
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Would you believe they played Phil Collins' "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" at the top of the hour?
Yikes -- but at least that's one Mani-like that Barry M actually covered on his Greatest Songs of the '80s remakes CD.
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Update: the Drive is into the S's... Bob promises some "Sex" this hour.
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Update: the Drive is into the S's... Bob promises some "Sex" this hour.
and indeed we get Ian Dury! But that's it -- no "Sex & Candy" (thank Jeebus) or "Sex (I'm a...)" by Berlin
But how did we get from "Sex" to "Sargeant Pepper" -- oh, the abbreviation? "Sgt"?
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Just flicked the Drive on in time to hear Bowie/Metheny, "This Is Not America."
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Just flicked the Drive on in time to hear Bowie/Metheny, "This Is Not America."
I'm guessing at least one more day of no 10@10 -- looks like theirs will last longer than KFOG's did.
ETA: oddly, there's no reference on their website to A-to-Z, and their "just played" feature is disabled, so thre's no list of what they've played since last week.
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Just flicked the Drive on in time to hear Bowie/Metheny, "This Is Not America."
I'm guessing at least one more day of no 10@10 -- looks like theirs will last longer than KFOG's did.
ETA: oddly, there's no reference on their website to A-to-Z, and their "just played" feature is disabled, so thre's no list of what they've played since last week.
Just tuned in, and they should be wrapping up any minute now - JT's "You've Got a Friend" at 11am ET.
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Just flicked the Drive on in time to hear Bowie/Metheny, "This Is Not America."
I'm guessing at least one more day of no 10@10 -- looks like theirs will last longer than KFOG's did.
ETA: oddly, there's no reference on their website to A-to-Z, and their "just played" feature is disabled, so thre's no list of what they've played since last week.
Just tuned in, and they should be wrapping up any minute now - JT's "You've Got a Friend" at 11am ET.
Conculded at 11:15 with "Ziggy Stardust."
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Just flicked the Drive on in time to hear Bowie/Metheny, "This Is Not America."
I'm guessing at least one more day of no 10@10 -- looks like theirs will last longer than KFOG's did.
ETA: oddly, there's no reference on their website to A-to-Z, and their "just played" feature is disabled, so thre's no list of what they've played since last week.
Just tuned in, and they should be wrapping up any minute now - JT's "You've Got a Friend" at 11am ET.
Conculded at 11:15 with "Ziggy Stardust."
Just late enough to nix 10@10 for today.