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Did Boz Scaggs change his name to Leo Sayer?

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vchimpanzee

I don't think so. But Jeff Rollins, after "Low Down", said what sounded like Leo Sayer. Now I was experiencing terrible power line interference, but I think I heard what I heard.

It wouldn't be the first time. I have documented at least one other case somewhere on this site. After all these years, the man does such a good job otherwise but you want him to be the expert on who he's playing.
 
It's called a mistake. Everyone who's ever been on the air has made at least one in their career.
 
K.M. Richards said:
It's called a mistake. Everyone who's ever been on the air has made at least one in their career.
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It seems to me that a more likely scenario is that the computer played a song, other than the one he introduced, unless he said,"That was Leo Sayer, giving us the low down." or something similar.
 
semoochie said:
It seems to me that a more likely scenario is that the computer played a song, other than the one he introduced, unless he said,"That was Leo Sayer, giving us the low down." or something similar.
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"Low Down" was the song. I heard that much before the power lines got in the way.
 
Anyway, you expect a veteran like Jeff Rollins not to make such mistakes.

Pat McNulty was doing his show Friday and maybe Saturday. Maybe the mistake was a sign he needed a few days off.
 
vchimpanzee said:
Anyway, you expect a veteran like Jeff Rollins not to make such mistakes.
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Sorry, but even the most veteran air talents make mistakes too. I think you may be holding Mr. Rollins to an impossibly high standard of performance,
 
I'll try again: "It seems to me that a more likely scenario is that the computer played a song, other than the one he introduced." He would have no control in this situation.
 
That's entirely possible (even if the OP thinks otherwise), and if the shift was voicetracked ... well, there you go.

I'm curious as to why the OP thinks air talent is infallible.
 
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semoochie said:
I'll try again: "It seems to me that a more likely scenario is that the computer played a song, other than the one he introduced." He would have no control in this situation.
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In this case he was announcing what song had just played.

Given the power line situation it is possible he mentioned two songs, but Jeff rarely mentions the song that played before the last one. Carl does it all the time.
 
K.M. Richards said:
That's entirely possible (even if the OP thinks otherwise), and if the shift was voicetracked ... well, there you go.

I'm curious as to why the OP thinks air talent is infallible.
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He's a veteran. It was a familiar song. I just think it's unlikely to happen.

I think Westwood One does their shows live, though I don't know where I would have gotten this from. They used to have contests where people would call in, which sort of requires the DJ be there.

I was told ABC Stardust was always live.
 
vchimpanzee said:
He's a veteran. It was a familiar song. I just think it's unlikely to happen.

I think Westwood One does their shows live, though I don't know where I would have gotten this from. They used to have contests where people would call in, which sort of requires the DJ be there.

I was told ABC Stardust was always live.
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Almost all music must be on a computer these days, including a live operation. He probably didn't program the computer. I'm sure there was an error but I don't think it was his. Oh, are you thinking that the announcer is listening intently to the music that's being played?
 
semoochie said:
Almost all music must be on a computer these days, including a live operation. He probably didn't program the computer. I'm sure there was an error but I don't think it was his. Oh, are you thinking that the announcer is listening intently to the music that's being played?
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I doubt he programmed the compuer. His talent is on-air.

The man who runs my America's Best Music affiliate, who is still the morning DJ most days, is one of the leading broadcasters in the state, and yet he referred to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2. I looked it up and found a way to listen and I was correct. It's No. 1.
 
Don't forget the original post read, in part: ... said what sounded like Leo Sayer. Now I was experiencing terrible power line interference, but I think I heard what I heard.

So maybe, just maybe, he said "Boz Scaggs" after all. Both are short words, and both surnames begins with S. "Terrible power line interference" might be enough to make one sound like the other. It's not as if he played "Skinny Legs and All" by Joe Tex and the poster thought he heard him say "Engelbert Humperdinck" afterward.
 
CTListener said:
Don't forget the original post read, in part: ... said what sounded like Leo Sayer. Now I was experiencing terrible power line interference, but I think I heard what I heard.

So maybe, just maybe, he said "Boz Scaggs" after all. Both are short words, and both surnames begins with S. "Terrible power line interference" might be enough to make one sound like the other. It's not as if he played "Skinny Legs and All" by Joe Tex and the poster thought he heard him say "Engelbert Humperdinck" afterward.
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No, I clearly heard Leo Sayer. What I don't know is if he was describing two songs, but he generally doesn't.
 
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