From what year?
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Eddie Money's debut album was released in 1977! If this song is too new, then Eddie Money in general is too new
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Eddie Money's debut album was released in 1977! If this song is too new, then Eddie Money in general is too new
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If this song is too new, then Eddie Money in general is too new
Eddie Money himself isn't. He passed on September 13, 2019 at age 70.
Have you heard the promo's for their 'Weather Phone'? That's right, they have a sponsored phone number to dial up and listen to a recording of their weather forecast. Can anyone remember the last time you dialed your phone to listen for a weather forecast? 1980's? I hear WJEJ refer to themselves as Classic Radio. They are indeed!
That and "Two Tickets To Paradise" are about all I really dig from him. I haven't gotten into his catalog more than the stuff you hear out and about, but those two are the only "hits" I'm very fond of.
I'm not big on 80s music in general, though there are exceptions (sorry K.M.).
So cool to see someone with as many years of experience as you do not putting these folks down. I've got to say, I have a lot of respect for you, Michael. You do a pretty good job giving credit where credit is due.
Glad I'm not off my rocker saying that's pretty close to an MOR format.
One of the stations I work for was rather MOR back in the day and I ended up with what was left of their record collection from back in the 50s-70s. A very interesting blend of 45s. A fellow who was there back in the 70s (and still works for us today) remembers the GM hating Barbra Streisand and actually coming into the studio to pull a Babs 45 off the turntable and crack it in half. Now, I'd imagine Babs was typically a staple of the MOR format. But listeners of this particular station probably barely even knew she existed haha. Good example of some of the variety in MOR (and small-town radio, for that matter) back in the day.
I believe they still had a program spinning 78s of big band material well into the 70s. Yowza!
The online station I listen to the most does have "Love Is Strange" but it is very much a standards station. The man in charge said they don't normally play rock guitars but for that one they'll let it slide.
That seems to be an odd choice to "let slide" for a standards formatted station.
Speaking of which, I just heard "Fly Robin Fly" on WJEJ. Another strange pick. Tracks like that throw off the "feel" and "flow." "How Deep Is Your Love" would be a disco-era track that would work very well. Maybe even "Love's Theme" would work well. Or "Please Don't Go" by K.C. & the Sunshine Band. "Dancin' Shoes" by Nigel Olson for a deep cut. But "Fly Robin Fly" just doesn't... well... fly very well coming out of something like Nancy Wilson.
I like "Fly Robin Fly" because of the violins, but it's kind of repetitive.
"How Deep Is your Love" has been part of the standards format for as long as I can remember, and I'm sure "Love's Theme" has been a part of it.
Oh don't get me wrong Chimp, I like the song quite a bit. Same with "Get Up and Boogie," the Silver Convention's other big hit. I just don't think they exactly fit in the "standards" tent. And yes, both of those songs are very repetitive.
I like "Get Up and Boogie" but wouldn't want it in a standards format.
My name comes from the fact that I sent an email (with the typo on the subject line, something I didn't know how to fix at the time) to the standards station in Charlotte when it was doing weird stuff like what is being described in this thread. Well, I might as well list the songs I remember. "Just Like Jesse James" by Cher, "Time, Love and Tenderness" by Michael Bolton (the problem there was the annoying sound effects), "Hard Habit to Break" by Chicago, "Hold Me Now" by The Thompson Twins, "Missing You" by John Waite and "I Can Dream About You" by Dan Hartman. There was also "One More Try" by George Michael but that doesn't seem like it would be too bad now.
The Chicago song is not the worst one I've heard on a standards station. "Will You Still Love Me" is very bad from the very first note.
I try. And frankly, what I've heard is well above what you would normally hear in a town of 46,000 people on an AM radio station in 2025. They deserve a lot of credit.
The music isn't, but the presentation very much is.
Just curious---where was this?
That wasn't that unusual. Chuck Cecil at KFI in Los Angeles did that until 1973, when Cox made him stick to the typical AC playlist. He bailed in a few weeks, landed at KGIL and started playing the 78s again. I believe his last pure local gig was KPRZ, which would have been 1982-ish. After that, he customized his syndicated show for airing in L.A. at KKJZ.
To which version of "Love Is Strange" are we referring, "Mickey & Sylvia", "Peaches & Herb" or "Paul & Linda"?
Mickey & Sylvia.
Just opened this stream in Winamp and it's at 64kbps, so that's probably why it doesn't sound that great.
A low bitrate can be a good thing.
When my area's standards station switched to oldies, I wanted to keep listening to America's Best Music and I found a station. The sound quality was poor, but it worked.
At the tie I had my phone company's cheapest speed. Every time I would ask for an upgrade to a speed that was still not fast, they would give me an outrageous price for the first year and an even worse price for the years after that.
When I was having specific problems and got fed up, I asked Time Warner how much to add internet and VOIP. I told my phone company there was no way they would keep me as a customer, even for the landline. All of a sudden faster Internet got a lot cheaper.
And I tried other America's best Music stations that didn't work before.
When my area's standards station switched to oldies, I wanted to keep listening to America's Best Music and I found a station. The sound quality was poor, but it worked.
At the tie I had my phone company's cheapest speed. Every time I would ask for an upgrade to a speed that was still not fast, they would give me an outrageous price for the first year and an even worse price for the years after that.
When I was having specific problems and got fed up, I asked Time Warner how much to add internet and VOIP. I told my phone company there was no way they would keep me as a customer, even for the landline. All of a sudden faster Internet got a lot cheaper.
And I tried other America's best Music stations that didn't work before.
I heard "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" on a conventional oldies station. That seems like it would fit, but the other one doesn't.
How about this one, that was played late afternoon last week by WJEJ's Phil Miller: Devo "Working In A Coal Mine". The 3 main DJ's seem to curate their own music. For example, Phil Miller likes to play novelty records like Tom Learer, Mrs. Miller, Richard Cheese, and that "Do The Hokey-Pokey" song I heard last week.
Lou Scally has said on the Phone Party when a caller asked about it that the DJs have the freedom to play whatever’s in format. I’d love to know which Richard Cheese songs you’ve heard.
I believe it was the theme from the Brady Bunch. In the same hour as the Devo song, Phil also played the classic Bob Newhart comedy skit about the reporter and cameraman visiting a nudist colony. It was in honor of National Nudist Day.