iHeart's "Sunny" Soft AC gets a makeover

[vchimpanzee]

There are two different mixes of that song: the album version, which most AC stations play, and a remix with a constant electronic drum beat, which most CHR, many Hot AC, and some AC stations play.

As for Randy Vanwarmer's "Just When I Needed You Most", that definitely was played on Easy Listening stations back in the day. It's in this recording of KOIT (in Kahn AM Stereo!) in 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM7zjFBUTkk

I didn't try to listen to all of that, but is there a way to listen to both versions of "One Call Away"?

I sort of doubt WEZV is doing a remix of the song, even though some of the songs sound like remixes, or at least not the original version I remember from when the songs were popular. Because most of the music is still "easy listening" even if not the softest tunes the station would have played before.

I can't find Sunny on my DVR. I'd like to avoid listening to anything on my computer if I can because I've had so many problems. Though tunein now works for WEZV.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I'm sure others have told you this, but you have an extreme sensitivity to a lot of music that 99 percent of your fellow Americans would consider soft and inoffensive. To me, "Superman" is so soft that it verges on wimpy. A comparable tune would be Randy Van Warmer';s "Just When I Needed You Most" -- high-voiced, simpering vocalist weeping about something. The only difference is that Randy was crying about some girl who left him (probably because he was always whimpering), while the Five For Fighting vocalist was wailing that no one really understands "a man in a silly red sheet." I have no idea how either song could not be considered easy listening.

Okay, I just heard the song. Parts of it are just like you describe. And parts of it are quite annoying, in my opinion. It took a long time for me to accept the idea that most of a song could fit a format while parts of it could seem so far off. Of course, adult standards, which WEZV is not, has come a long way and I am willing to accept much more these days than I once did. This station, of course, has gone way beyond what I find acceptable with a number of its songs. How many songs in a given period of time varies a great deal.

One more thing: the guy has what I consider an annoying voice.