10at10 Club
Main Discussion Area => Stream of Consciousness => Topic started by: RGMike on January 12, 2015, 07:50:43 AM
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Dunno how much action this thread will see, but here it is.
Heard the first 45 mins today, they started with "a" songs ("A Girl...", "A Long..." etc). In that first 45 mins, the oldest song I heard was Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble". I suspect this will be the rule throughout -- very little '60s or '70s.
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Dunno how much action this thread will see, but here it is.
Heard the first 45 mins today, they started with "a" songs ("A Girl...", "A Long..." etc). In that first 45 mins, the oldest song I heard was Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble". I suspect this will be the rule throughout -- very little '60s or '70s.
Already Gone! Love yer '70's!
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Dunno how much action this thread will see, but here it is.
Heard the first 45 mins today, they started with "a" songs ("A Girl...", "A Long..." etc). In that first 45 mins, the oldest song I heard was Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble". I suspect this will be the rule throughout -- very little '60s or '70s.
Already Gone! Love yer '70's!
"AG" is very much a consultant-approved oldie, so not a surprise. I heard it on The Bone over the weekend, in fact.
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Dunno how much action this thread will see, but here it is.
Heard the first 45 mins today, they started with "a" songs ("A Girl...", "A Long..." etc). In that first 45 mins, the oldest song I heard was Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble". I suspect this will be the rule throughout -- very little '60s or '70s.
Already Gone! Love yer '70's!
9:51 A.M.: American Girl and the 10@10 vigil continues.
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Dunno how much action this thread will see, but here it is.
Heard the first 45 mins today, they started with "a" songs ("A Girl...", "A Long..." etc). In that first 45 mins, the oldest song I heard was Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble". I suspect this will be the rule throughout -- very little '60s or '70s.
Already Gone! Love yer '70's!
9:51 A.M.: American Girl and the 10@10 vigil continues.
American Woman: If only '90's (Kravitz) were '60's (Jan. '70). Not that AW is The Guess Who's finest moment, but Kravitz's version is an F/F on the good/necessary covers scale.
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Dunno how much action this thread will see, but here it is.
Heard the first 45 mins today, they started with "a" songs ("A Girl...", "A Long..." etc). In that first 45 mins, the oldest song I heard was Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble". I suspect this will be the rule throughout -- very little '60s or '70s.
Already Gone! Love yer '70's!
9:51 A.M.: American Girl and the 10@10 vigil continues.
American Woman: If only '90's (Kravitz) were '60's (Jan. '70). Not that AW is The Guess Who's finest moment, but Kravitz's version is an F/F on the good/necessary covers scale.
Fully concur.
As mentioned on FB, I don't really mind the A to Z, as long as it's not done too often (once a year seems appropriate).
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Dunno how much action this thread will see, but here it is.
Heard the first 45 mins today, they started with "a" songs ("A Girl...", "A Long..." etc). In that first 45 mins, the oldest song I heard was Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble". I suspect this will be the rule throughout -- very little '60s or '70s.
Already Gone! Love yer '70's!
9:51 A.M.: American Girl and the 10@10 vigil continues.
American Woman: If only '90's (Kravitz) were '60's (Jan. '70). Not that AW is The Guess Who's finest moment, but Kravitz's version is an F/F on the good/necessary covers scale.
Fully concur.
As mentioned on FB, I don't really mind the A to Z, as long as it's not done too often (once a year seems appropriate).
I've always enjoyed it, esp when they've done a really long one (10-12 days worth); those "let's get it all done in exactly a week" ones, notsomuch. But with '60s and '70s cut way back, I'll be surprised if this goes more than 8 days.
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Dunno how much action this thread will see, but here it is.
Heard the first 45 mins today, they started with "a" songs ("A Girl...", "A Long..." etc). In that first 45 mins, the oldest song I heard was Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble". I suspect this will be the rule throughout -- very little '60s or '70s.
Already Gone! Love yer '70's!
9:51 A.M.: American Girl and the 10@10 vigil continues.
American Woman: If only '90's (Kravitz) were '60's (Jan. '70). Not that AW is The Guess Who's finest moment, but Kravitz's version is an F/F on the good/necessary covers scale.
Fully concur.
As mentioned on FB, I don't really mind the A to Z, as long as it's not done too often (once a year seems appropriate).
I've always enjoyed it, esp when they've done a really long one (10-12 days worth); those "let's get it all done in exactly a week" ones, notsomuch. But with '60s and '70s cut way back, I'll be surprised if this goes more than 8 days.
The worst is when it starts out as if it's going to be exhaustive, but then it appears somebody realizes how long it'll take, and it suddenly accelerates. If somehow they could stretch it out to the Super Bowl....
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Dunno how much action this thread will see, but here it is.
Heard the first 45 mins today, they started with "a" songs ("A Girl...", "A Long..." etc). In that first 45 mins, the oldest song I heard was Romeo Void "A Girl in Trouble". I suspect this will be the rule throughout -- very little '60s or '70s.
Already Gone! Love yer '70's!
9:51 A.M.: American Girl and the 10@10 vigil continues.
American Woman: If only '90's (Kravitz) were '60's (Jan. '70). Not that AW is The Guess Who's finest moment, but Kravitz's version is an F/F on the good/necessary covers scale.
Fully concur.
As mentioned on FB, I don't really mind the A to Z, as long as it's not done too often (once a year seems appropriate).
I've always enjoyed it, esp when they've done a really long one (10-12 days worth); those "let's get it all done in exactly a week" ones, notsomuch. But with '60s and '70s cut way back, I'll be surprised if this goes more than 8 days.
The worst is when it starts out as if it's going to be exhaustive, but then it appears somebody realizes how long it'll take, and it suddenly accelerates. If somehow they could stretch it out to the Super Bowl....
How do they pick the songs? It can't just be songs in the rotation right now, can it?
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I've heard the Hooters twice in an hour: All You Zombies plus And We Danced. Hopefully, they're done now.
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I've heard the Hooters twice in an hour: All You Zombies plus And We Danced. Hopefully, they're done now.
Will have to play it Day By Day.
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How do they pick the songs? It can't just be songs in the rotation right now, can it?
it's always been a combination of "Foghead Faves", songs that make them look cool for playing them, songs that hit the target demos, and (more recently) songs that usually appear only on 10@10. This morning I heard Duran2 "A View to a Kill", which I can't recall ever coming up outside of 10@10.
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How do they pick the songs? It can't just be songs in the rotation right now, can it?
it's always been a combination of "Foghead Faves", songs that make them look cool for playing them, songs that hit the target demos, and (more recently) songs that usually appear only on 10@10. This morning I heard Duran2 "A View to a Kill", which I can't recall ever coming up outside of 10@10.
I'm hearing plenty of '70's: Angie and (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes double shot, Another Brick in the Wall and Another One Bites the Dust double shot, Another Tricky Day. Any Way You Want It is on the way. Love My KFOG A-Z! (Some of these songs are '80 or '81, I know)
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How do they pick the songs? It can't just be songs in the rotation right now, can it?
it's always been a combination of "Foghead Faves", songs that make them look cool for playing them, songs that hit the target demos, and (more recently) songs that usually appear only on 10@10. This morning I heard Duran2 "A View to a Kill", which I can't recall ever coming up outside of 10@10.
I'm hearing plenty of '70's: Angie and (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes double shot, Another Brick in the Wall and Another One Bites the Dust double shot, Another Tricky Day. Any Way You Want It is on the way. Love My KFOG A-Z! (Some of these songs are '80 or '81, I know)
OK, I guess it was just a function of how the alphabet fell. I'm thinking of A-Z's past, where it seemed like every other song was a deep Steely Dan LP cut. Those days, I'd wager. are gone.
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How do they pick the songs? It can't just be songs in the rotation right now, can it?
it's always been a combination of "Foghead Faves", songs that make them look cool for playing them, songs that hit the target demos, and (more recently) songs that usually appear only on 10@10. This morning I heard Duran2 "A View to a Kill", which I can't recall ever coming up outside of 10@10.
I'm hearing plenty of '70's: Angie and (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes double shot, Another Brick in the Wall and Another One Bites the Dust double shot, Another Tricky Day. Any Way You Want It is on the way. Love My KFOG A-Z! (Some of these songs are '80 or '81, I know)
OK, I guess it was just a function of how the alphabet fell. I'm thinking of A-Z's past, where it seemed like every other song was a deep Steely Dan LP cut. Those days, I'd wager. are gone.
Oh, those '70's. Yeah, we're not gonna hear any of that. Speaking of gonna, Are You Gonna Be My Girl? Are You Gonna Go My Way? Love my '70's retro!
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1. They got to B awfully fast: 12:15.
2. Whoever's putting together this list really likes The Who: Another Tricky Day, Athena and Baba O'Riley to open the B's.
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IIRC, the last few have been 2012 (mid-year, beginning of DC’s “new” KFOG), 2009, and 2008 (each at the beginning of the year)...so we’re long overdue. 2012 was my favorite since DC threw in a bunch of songs that weren’t ones you usually hear anymore (i.e. New Radicals “Someday We’ll Know,” The Blessing “Delta Rain,” Eurogliders “Heaven”) & was new-wave heavy. 2008 was also good and pretty extensive. 2009 felt rushed.
So far, this one’s been kind of “meh” IMO, with the rarest tracks being moderately popular 10@10 tracks. We got through the As a little too quickly, too. Still, I welcome the return of A-Z. It will be nice to hear the most overplayed songs only a maximum of one time each for the next week or so.
My favorite A-Z I’ve listened to on any station was 91X in 2005, right after they were forced to defect from Clear Channel. They literally played hundreds of classic alternative hits...and it was the first time (and in some cases, the only time) I’ve heard many of them on the radio.
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Without checking, I’m guessing the following were NOT included in this year’s version of A to Z:
Armageddon It
Axel F
Alejandro
Am I The Same Girl?
Anchorage
Another Lover
After The Rain
Allentown
Aerials
Ain’t That A Shame (any version)
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right after they were forced to defect from Clear Channel.
that in of itself sounds like a Christmas present.
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Since we're getting new 10@10's this week, will the A to Z marathon take a five-hour break on Saturday morning for the 10@10 replay?
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Since we're getting new 10@10's this week, will the A to Z marathon take a five-hour break on Saturday morning for the 10@10 replay?
good question. It's going 6a-10p with a break for 10@10. Regular playlist on the o'nites. Not sure whether Dred's doing "Connected".
In the midst of mostly '80s/'90s/'00s, I was never so happy to hear the Dead this morning at 6:15. But not long after that, the segue from "Centerfield" to "Centerfold" was the twin-spin from hell.
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Here's the first song I don't ever remember hearing on KFOG including 10@10..."Codes and Keys" by Death Cab for Cutie.
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I called in an hour & a half ago to say that this was, iirc, the first A-Z that didn't go from JB's "Cold Sweat" into Nirvana's "Come As You Are".
Furthermore, nothing seems to have been made of it, but it was pretty nearly exactly 15 yrs ago that KFOG did this the 1st time.
The corollary of the above 2 statements is that I have a very clear memory of sitting at a certain desk at a certain job which puts it squarely in early 2000. I was calling in to Annalisa the very first time around to request something (that much I have forgotten), and when she asked me if I was enjoying the concept I said something about how cool it was to go from JB to Nirvana. And within like 90 seconds they went to commercial and played a promo for A-Z into which she had edited in my comment (!)
I called back right away to ask/congratulate her on how she got me into the clip that fast. And it played dozens more times over the following week or so.
Btw, I agree on how fast they went through the A section, but they seem to be playing a lot more attention to the C section.
(pun intended!)
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...and when I made that comment this morning they all agreed that that would have been a cool song to include & maybe they should do a 'make up set' of A-Z. To which I replied that DM more than once did in fact do a 10@10 of one song per letter of songs that got skipped, based entirely on Foghead suggestions. And they all seemed to think that was a good idea, so just maybe...?
Those of you active on FB should push this, methinks.
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...and when I made that comment this morning they all agreed that that would have been a cool song to include & maybe they should do a 'make up set' of A-Z. To which I replied that DM more than once did in fact do a 10@10 of one song per letter of songs that got skipped, based entirely on Foghead suggestions. And they all seemed to think that was a good idea, so just maybe...?
Those of you active on FB should push this, methinks.
it would not surprise me if that becomes our Theme Set of the Week (Friday, probably). But the exclusion of JB isn't a surprise either, as there seems to be a lot less '60s stuff except for Beatles, Stones and (I presume) a Hendrix cut or 2.
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...and (I presume) a Hendrix cut or 2.
Yes, they had a rather lengthy discussion, and played at least one Foghead call regarding, "All Along The Watchtower" yesterday morning.
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Godley & Creme “Cry” > Peter Murphy “Cuts You Up.” Nice.
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Furthermore, nothing seems to have been made of it, but it was pretty nearly exactly 15 yrs ago that KFOG did this the 1st time.
To quibble, I believe it's been 16 years (1999). I don't want to admit it either. I do believe they did it again in Y2K.
(I only know because I was listening to it with my then-gf, and I can be very precise about these things)
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AL just posted on FB that she was playing Falco's "Der Kommissar" -- can I assume they didn't also play the ATF version?
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earlier this evening: another "we only ever play this on 10@10" song, "Driver's Seat".
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Interesting: They were into the "F" section early today. Heard Bowie doing "Fame"... but not "Fashion."
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More welcome '70s Dead: "Friend of the Devil"
LOL: next week Rosalie will be conducting "The Dead-ucation of No-Name", teaching him all about the band, which he feels is a gap in his musical knowledge,
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Heard a ~8 minute remix of Billy Idol “Flesh For Fantasy” this morning. Nice.
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The "I Will..." section included a DCFC twin-spin ("I Will Follow You Into the Dark" and "I Will Posess your Heart") but NOT the Beatles' "I Will", which I know has appeared in past versions.
And since we were in the "I" section this morning I'll assume that A-to-Z will run into early next week, esp if there's a 10@10 marathon on Sat in addition to Acoustic Sunrise/Sunset.
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Here’s another one I’ve never heard on KFOG before (& that I’ve always requested on 10@10 to no avail) - Oingo Boingo “Just Another Day”.
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Here’s another one I’ve never heard on KFOG before (& that I’ve always requested on 10@10 to no avail) - Oingo Boingo “Just Another Day”.
But I'm guessing the Jon Secada song of the same name wasn't.
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NoName likes the Lemonheads better than S&G -- so we got both "Mrs Robinson"s
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NoName likes the Lemonheads better than S&G -- so we got both "Mrs Robinson"s
Methinks that was more filler than anything else. The S&G version ended at 9:58, and they really never start 10 at 10 early, do they?
...but then again they played both the original and the Mambo-fied version of "Clocks" on Tuesday (guilty pleasure, I like the latter better).
Who knows?
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NoName likes the Lemonheads better than S&G -- so we got both "Mrs Robinson"s
Methinks that was more filler than anything else. The S&G version ended at 9:58, and they really never start 10 at 10 early, do they?
...but then again they played both the original and the Mambo-fied version of "Clocks" on Tuesday (guilty pleasure, I like the latter better).
Who knows?
Yesterday I heard both the Goo Goo Dolls cover of Give a Little Bit and its Supertramp original version.
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Here’s another one I’ve never heard on KFOG before (& that I’ve always requested on 10@10 to no avail) - Oingo Boingo “Just Another Day”.
But I'm guessing the Jon Secada song of the same name wasn't.
You are correct. The only song I’ve heard so far that struck me as out of format (not that I would mind a couple more of them) was Dirty Vegas “Days Go By."
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NoName likes the Lemonheads better than S&G -- so we got both "Mrs Robinson"s
Methinks that was more filler than anything else. The S&G version ended at 9:58, and they really never start 10 at 10 early, do they?
...but then again they played both the original and the Mambo-fied version of "Clocks" on Tuesday (guilty pleasure, I like the latter better).
Who knows?
Yesterday I heard both the Goo Goo Dolls cover of Give a Little Bit and its Supertramp original version.
Also, they played James “Laid” and Matt Nathanson’s cover.
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NoName likes the Lemonheads better than S&G -- so we got both "Mrs Robinson"s
Methinks that was more filler than anything else. The S&G version ended at 9:58, and they really never start 10 at 10 early, do they?
...but then again they played both the original and the Mambo-fied version of "Clocks" on Tuesday (guilty pleasure, I like the latter better).
Who knows?
Yesterday I heard both the Goo Goo Dolls cover of Give a Little Bit and its Supertramp original version.
Also, they played James “Laid” and Matt Nathanson’s cover.
I'll take "Most Unnecessary Covers Ever" for $500, Alex!
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Was in the car, punched up KFOG and they were playing "Pink Cadillac". I said, "Pink Houses" is next. And it was! I'm a genius!
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The "Q" section consisted entirely of "Queer" by Garbage.
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Was in the car, punched up KFOG and they were playing "Pink Cadillac". I said, "Pink Houses" is next. And it was! I'm a genius!
My favorite A-to-Z moment was about ten years ago; they played White Bird -> White Rabbit -> White Room.
They certainly are zipping through the alphabet this time. I got in the car to run some errands
today and they were just starting the P's with the Stones' Paint It Black. Ninety minutes
later they were already up to Porcelain.
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The "Q" section consisted entirely of "Queer" by Garbage.
Q-songs from 10@10:
Quattro - Calexico
Queen Bitch - David Bowie
Queen Of Hearts - Dave Edmunds
Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton
Queer - Garbage
Queer Enough For You - Mukilteo Fairies
Question - Moody Blues
Questions 67 & 68 - Chicago Transit Authority
Quicksand - Martha & the Vandellas
Quicksilver Girl - Steve Miller Band
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Biggest oddity/rarity so far, for me anyway: Real Life, "Send Me an Angel", which is hardly what I'd call a "10@10 staple", like many other songs we've heard so far. I'd call it a "forgotten 45." Nice choice. Of course it was followed by Adele, but there you are.
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We're in the "Te" section ("Teen Angst", "Tennis Court" etc) so I guess Renee & Co will be playing the tail end of the Ws in the AM.
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Quattro - Calexico
Isn't it called "Song Of Quattro"? In either case, somehow I think it was missed. Which would be a shame because it was a pleasant discovery I made... from KFOG's own New Releases Thursday, when it was done 8-10 PM.
I'd originally thought the singer was Kenny Loggins.
MODIFY: A quick internet search says it is indeed simply "Quattro". That means for nearly 12 years I've been calling it wrong. Wonder why nobody's called me on it.
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We're in the "Te" section ("Teen Angst", "Tennis Court" etc) so I guess Renee & Co will be playing the tail end of the Ws in the AM.
I didn't take into consideration the fact that they would be doing the "The" songs as a group (instead of dropping the word as is often done). So we were still in the T's when I tuned in at 6. Interesting omission: we heard Hootie's "Time" and Green Day's "Time of Your Life" but not "Time the Avenger".
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Seems they are in suddenly in a big hurry to wrap today. As far as I can tell they only played 2 "When" songs and only a small number of what or what's songs.
I can imagine that the bypass of 2 or 3 songs on my mental list were worth the avoidance of 4 Non-Blondes it, but geez!!!
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Seems they are in suddenly in a big hurry to wrap today. As far as I can tell they only played 2 "When" songs and only a small number of what or what's songs.
I can imagine that the bypass of 2 or 3 songs on my mental list were worth the avoidance of 4 Non-Blondes it, but geez!!!
That was what I worried about in Reply #7.
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We're into the "You" songs (12 of those, so far). The "X" song was Blondie "X-Offender", of course.
There were 4 "When"s, BTW:
When You Were Young - The Killers
When the World Is Running Down - The Policemen (yes, Tune Genie still calls them that)
When Love Comes to Town - U2 & B.B. King
When I Come Around - Green Day
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And we closed it out with 3 Z's: Ziggy Stardust, Zombie, and Zooropa.
I found it all rather ho-hum, with the surprises being few and far-between. Hardly the "OMG I haven't heard this in ages!"-fest it was in years past.
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Seems they are in suddenly in a big hurry to wrap today. As far as I can tell they only played 2 "When" songs and only a small number of what or what's songs.
I can imagine that the bypass of 2 or 3 songs on my mental list were worth the avoidance of 4 Non-Blondes it, but geez!!!
I didn’t get that impression -- considering how quickly they went through this thing, I thought they spent a lot of time on the W’s. I missed that section, but looking at the playlist on Tunegenie, they played 7 What, 1 Whatever, and 3 What’s. (including the 4 Non-Blondes song)
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I found it all rather ho-hum, with the surprises being few and far-between. Hardly the "OMG I haven't heard this in ages!"-fest it was in years past.
Ditto. The best thing about it was hearing no repeats for a week. I did hear the second song that I found truly out of format night, “White Lines” from Grandmaster Flash/Mel.