Short Songs (~3 minutes unedited)

[seatownmedia]

Yes, Kelly. I actually told a very bad joke on the air about her which I still regret today. Had to do with her anorexia and an album liner. I guess my 19 year old brain thought it was funny. It wasn’t.

 

[firepoint525]

Dude, your idea of "metal" is quite different than mine. Yes the song had some guitar feedback in the bridge, which was unusual for a Carpenters song. Still made it to #7 in Billboard, so not too many people must have minded.

I still remember in the documentary (on PBS, I think) that I saw about the Carpenters. Richard told the guitarist exactly what he wanted played there, to which the guitarist asked him, "are you sure?" Richard replied "yes," and so it was. That is still one of my favorite parts of that song, and it worked quite well for them. My late sister was a Carpenters fan, and the wife still is, so we have some of their records here.

 

[firepoint525]

Thanks. It's been a while since I've heard it, and I guess I dislike it so much that I haven't managed to listen to it sufficient times to accurately recall what was left in and left out.

As soon as I hear "a long long time ago," I switch stations.

 

[Kelly A]

Yes, Kelly. I actually told a very bad joke on the air about her which I still regret today. Had to do with her anorexia and an album liner. I guess my 19 year old brain thought it was funny. It wasn’t.

Sort of like that old DJ joke about The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald. Coming out of the song: 'That ship has gone down more than Madonna!'

 

[CTListener]

Sort of like that old DJ joke about The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald. Coming out of the song: 'That ship has gone down more than Madonna!'

Or Elton John, "Don't let your son ..." I know I've heard it, but can't remember if it actually aired or was something I remember a DJ saying off-air while I was in earshot during my college days hanging around WJPZ at Syracuse.

 

[Kelly A]

Or Elton John, "Don't let your son ..." I know I've heard it, but can't remember if it actually aired or was something I remember a DJ saying off-air while I was in earshot during my college days hanging around WJPZ at Syracuse.

Or that tasteless joke: 'Why was Michael Jackson seen hanging around K-Mart?'

 

[JoeLouis]

Her Majesty by the Beatles runs 23 seconds (final cut on side 2 of Abbey Road)

 

[vchimpanzee]

Dude, your idea of "metal" is quite different than mine. Yes the song had some guitar feedback in the bridge, which was unusual for a Carpenters song. Still made it to #7 in Billboard, so not too many people must have minded.

I may be incorrectly remembering something Eddie Hubbard on Stardust said. He had a feature which may have been called Hubbard's Cupboard, or maybe that was the name of the entire show. Anyway, he talked about one specific song in detail and I think that's something he did daily.

 

[Kelly A]

I may be incorrectly remembering something Eddie Hubbard on Stardust said. He had a feature which may have been called Hubbard's Cupboard, or maybe that was the name of the entire show. Anyway, he talked about one specific song in detail and I think that's something he did daily.

Okay, you have to admit; using Eddie Hubbard/Stardust to reply as to the definition of 'metal', is a stretch.

 

[davideduardo]

That skill is something only Radio geeks cared about.

Wrong. When you had live news from a network or your format was very news and weather and traffic based, precise timing was very important. Otherwise, it did not matter.

 

[seatownmedia]

Oh yeah! Hit that top of the hour! Playing an instrumental was cheating. Finding the correct song length was the science/math. I remember doing those calculations and believe it or not they were fun. Kept your brain working!

 

[vchimpanzee]

Oh yeah! Hit that top of the hour! Playing an instrumental was cheating. Finding the correct song length was the science/math. I remember doing those calculations and believe it or not they were fun. Kept your brain working!

WAVO Charlotte (standards) used to do it perfectly. Five seconds of a song then the top of the hour station ID then network news.

Now why couldn't they make the station ID longer or something?

 

[Greg Goodfellow]

Oh yeah! Hit that top of the hour! Playing an instrumental was cheating. Finding the correct song length was the science/math. I remember doing those calculations and believe it or not they were fun. Kept your brain working!

I inadvertently used a cold fade to backtime, leaving me with several seconds of dead air. I tried to not repeat that mistake. Yes, it kept your brain working, for sure.