Something to ponder

[Dave Allen]

Yesterday while doing some work around the house (OK while the wife was doing work around the house..I had my ass parked on the couch, drinking beer) we had the XM 80's channel on. As I have mentioned before on the 70's and 80's channels on Sundays they replay Casey Kasem's AT Top 40 shows. Yesterday's show was from April of '87. I forgot what top 40 radio used to be like. You had everything from new wave to pop to rock to ballads, etc, all on one chart. Although a great deal of music sucked in my opinion, I would have felt comfortable keeping the radio on in an office setting or whatever. There was very little if anything that I would consider "threatning". Do you guys think we will ever see a return there again?


And to keep Zak interested......boobies boobies boobies

[Zak Tyler]

so, you're wife was vaccuuming someones office in the nude again? or did i get the message confused again?

[Dr. Whiplash]

1987, eh? You whippersnappers! The top 40 in '87 led me to look up the top hits of '77, when the Doctor was a young man. When you get old and decrepit it's fun to look back...

01. Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) » Rod Stewart
02. I Just Want To Be Your Everything » Andy Gibb
03. Best Of My Love » Emotions
04. Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" » Barbra Streisand
05. Angel In Your Arms » Hot
06. I Like Dreamin' » Kenny Nolan
07. Don't Leave Me This Way » Thelma Houston
08. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher » Rita Coolidge
09. Undercover Angel » Alan O'Day
10. Torn Between Two Lovers » Mary MacGregor
11. I'm Your Boogie Man » K.C. & The Sunshine Band
12. Dancing Queen » Abba
13. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing » Leo Sayer
14. Margaritaville » Jimmy Buffett
15. Telephone Line » Electric Light Orchestra
16. Whatcha Gonna Do? » Pablo Cruise
17. Do You Wanna Make Love » Peter McCann
18. Sir Duke » Stevie Wonder
19. Hotel California » Eagles
20. Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1 » Marvin Gaye
21. Theme From "Rocky" (Gonna Fly Now) » Bill Conti
22. Southern Nights » Glen Campbell
23. Rich Girl » Daryl Hall & John Oates
24. When I Need You » Leo Sayer
25. Hot Line » Sylvers
26. Car Wash » Rose Royce
27. You Don't Have To Be A Star » Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
28. Fly Like An Eagle » Steve Miller Band
29. Don't Give Up On Us » David Soul
30. On And On » Stephen Bishop
31. Feels Like The First Time » Foreigner
32. Couldn't Get It Right » Climax Blues Band
33. Easy » Commodores
34. Right Time Of The Night » Jennifer Warnes
35. I've Got Love On My Mind » Natalie Cole
36. Blinded By The Light » Manfred Mann's. Earth Band
37. Looks Like We Made It » Barry Manilow
38. So In To You » Atlanta Rhythm Section
39. Dreams » Fleetwood Mac
40. Enjoy Yourself » Jacksons
41. Dazz » Brick
42. I'm In You » Peter Frampton
43. Lucille » Kenny Rogers
44. The Things We Do For Love » 10cc
45. Da Doo Ron Ron » Shaun Cassidy
46. Handy Man » James Taylor
47. Just A Song Before I Go » Crosby, Stills & Nash
48. You And Me » Alice Cooper
49. Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin') » Johnny Rivers
50. Lonely Boy » Andrew Gold
51. I Wish » Stevie Wonder
52. Don't Stop » Fleetwood Mac
53. Barracuda » Heart
54. Strawberry Letter 23 » Brothers Johnson
55. Night Moves » Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
56. You're My World » Helen Reddy
57. Heard It In A Love Song » Marshall Tucker Band
58. Carry On Wayward Son » Kansas
59. New Kid In Town » Eagles
60. My Heart Belongs To Me » Barbra Streisand
61. After The Lovin' » Engelbert Humperdinck
62. Jet Airliner » Steve Miller Band
63. Stand Tall » Burton Cummings
64. Way Down » Elvis Presley
65. Weekend In New England » Barry Manilow
66. It Was Almost Like A Song » Ronnie Milsap
67. Smoke From A Distant Fire » Sanford Townsend Band
68. Cold As Ice » Foreigner
69. Ariel » Dean Friedman
70. Lost Without Your Love » Bread
71. Star Wars Theme-Cantina Band » Meco
72. Float On » Floaters
73. Jeans On » David Dundas
74. Lido Shuffle » Boz Scaggs
75. Keep It Comin' Love » K.C. & The Sunshine Band
76. You Made Me Believe In Magic » Bay City Rollers
77. Livin' Thing » Electric Light Orchestra
78. Give A Little Bit » Supertramp
79. That's Rock 'N' Roll » Shaun Cassidy
80. Love So Right » Bee Gees
81. The Rubberband Man » Spinners
82. I Never Cry » Alice Cooper
83. Nobody Does It Better » Carly Simon
84. High School Dance » Sylvers
85. Love's Grown Deep » Kenny Nolan
86. Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) » Joe Tex
87. I Wanna Get Next To You » Rose Royce
88. Somebody To Love » Queen
89. Muskrat Love » Captain & Tennille
90. Walk This Way » Aerosmith
91. Whispering-Cherchez La Femme-C'est Si Bon » Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
92. Year Of The Cat » Al Stewart
93. Boogie Nights » Heatwave
94. Go Your Own Way » Fleetwood Mac
95. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word » Elton John
96. Don't Worry Baby » B.J. Thomas
97. Knowing Me, Knowing You » Abba
98. How Much Love » Leo Sayer
99. Star Wars (Main Title) » London Symphony Orchestra
100. Devil's Gun » C.J. & Co.

Whew. There's some stinkers in there (none of which aired on WATH-FM, WCJO, WAMX, WVAH or WCOL!)
'Scuse me. I'ts time for a hit of Metamucil...

[Zak Tyler]

they actually had 1977 on the week before 1987.... heard it in the promo's while listening to BPM....

[Arp2]

I never noticed before......check out how big falsetto apparently was!

[Hoosier Daddy]

86. Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) » Joe Tex

GREAT tune!

[Dave Loudin]

Were the sex-o-lettes on that record?

[herdgirl72]

I have some of those on 45 at my 'rents house!!

Daannnccinnngg Queeennn...younnggg aaandd sweeet ooooonnnly
sevventeeeen!!

(ok...I have a few of those on the Ipod too...)

[Dave Allen]

And the question here would be...



WHY???

[herdgirl72]

And the question here would be...



WHY???

What? Disco on the Ipod?
Its GREAT to run to....if you get the right
songs it pumps up the ole' cardio workout....

[Hoosier Daddy]

Were the sex-o-lettes on that record?

Disco Tex and the Sex-o-lettes ??!?!?!?!?!



"Get Dancin'" was a screamer.

Now we're talking 'bout the good stuff!

[Dave Allen]

Again, the point being whether it was 77 or 87 there was a time when you had all these different types of music on Top 40 radio. It seems to me that would be difficult on today's Top 40.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Again, the point being whether it was 77 or 87 there was a time when you had all these different types of music on Top 40 radio. It seems to me that would be difficult on today's Top 40.

There is no "Top 40" anymore.

It's all splintered into a million sub-sub genres.

[Arp2]

Again, the point being whether it was 77 or 87 there was a time when you had all these different types of music on Top 40 radio. It seems to me that would be difficult on today's Top 40.

One might say Adult CHRs and Hot ACs most closely occupy that space today.

[Dave Loudin]

Thanks, HD, Get Dancin' was what I was thinking of.

I can lay my hands on 62 of those songs right now on 45s.

[Scott Reppert]

10. Torn Between Two Lovers » Mary MacGregor

Talk to John Conrad about this one...

20. Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1 » Marvin Gaye

His finest moment.

32. Couldn't Get It Right » Climax Blues Band

Still a great sounding song.

33. Easy » Commodores

The hands down winner of the "Why Did You Waste That Magnificent Guitar Solo On This Song" award.

36. Blinded By The Light » Manfred Mann's. Earth Band

Sing about female hygeine products, have a Top 10 hit...

40. Enjoy Yourself » Jacksons

As far as I'm concerned this is their "post-Motown" masterpiece.

48. You And Me » Alice Cooper
82. I Never Cry » Alice Cooper

Where are these two songs on radio today? And don't give me some meaningless XM or Sirius channel number because that's not radio...

54. Strawberry Letter 23 » Brothers Johnson

Never appreciated this song until later, but what hooks.

64. Way Down » Elvis Presley

Great work which should have been even a bigger hit without the "Promotional Push Of Death"

69. Ariel » Dean Friedman

Marvelous one hit wonder!

74. Lido Shuffle » Boz Scaggs

Never a big Boz fan after he left Steve Miller, but this was the biggie for me

79. That's Rock 'N' Roll » Shaun Cassidy
45. Da Doo Ron Ron » Shaun Cassidy

"Hey Deanie" was the Shaun track. Ever hear his later stuff when he covered "So Sad About Us" and I even think he did "Once Bitten Twice Shy" in between Ian and Great White.

81. The Rubberband Man » Spinners

Are they bringing in Kent Tekulve???

86. Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) » Joe Tex

Yep, this is what disco was all about. Guess he realized he should have stuck with the skinny legs...

The rest? Dreck. Except maybe for "Jeans On".

[Dave Allen]

I played the "Ariel" track on the "Dave's CD Case" segment of my show this morning.

[Scott Reppert]

I played the "Ariel" track on the "Dave's CD Case" segment of my show this morning.

You, then, should receive a promotion this afternoon. Unless your boss hates 1977...

Speaking of which, I'm actually coming up on my 30th anniversary of being "on the air" for the first time. Somebody play some "Take Me To The Kaptin" in observance, please...

[Dave Loudin]

Lookin' at both singles right now!

[jag]

Now, let's not get carried away, Scott! Dreck, you say? Let's reconsider...

16. Whatcha Gonna Do? » Pablo Cruise

Lots of merit, here.

18. Sir Duke » Stevie Wonder

Give Stevie kudos for mentioning real musical artists in this lyric.

21. Theme From "Rocky" (Gonna Fly Now) » Bill Conti

Well, OK...Maynard Ferguson's was FAR better!

67. Smoke From A Distant Fire » Sanford Townsend Band

Well crafted, well performed, not gimmicky, STILL sounds good...what more could one want?

87. I Wanna Get Next To You » Rose Royce

Maybe not everyone's proverbial cup of tea, but unsurpassed musicianship (as this has) means a lot on pop tunes.

As for Kenny Nolan's two tunes ("I Like Dreamin'" and "Love's Grown Deep") let's just say that it's always good to have a writer of his caliber put anything out there. Incidentally, Kenny wrote "Get Dancin'" by Disco Tex and the Sex-o-lettes!