Selena got zero airplay on English-language radio up this way, CHR or AC. A perfect example of a regional superstar.
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Selena got zero airplay on English-language radio up this way, CHR or AC. A perfect example of a regional superstar.
Yes, Kylie Minogue recorded The Loco-Motion. It was a remake of a Grand Funk song. (Now I'll see just how many people actually read my posts!) In addition to those remakes you named, KRTH plays Los Lobos' 1987 version of La Bamba (but never plays the complete ending with the lengthy guitar solo). The 1958 original by Ritchie Valens disappeared from KRTH's playlist a few years ago, although the Isley Brothers' Shout from 1959 still gets played. Go figure!
Grand Funk??? You mean Little Eva, don't you?? LOL
I kinda liked it at first, but when it was repeated ad nauseum, I was done with it. And she's never heard of Prince?!?! How can you NOT have heard of him??? And I didn't grow up during the British Invasion (I was born in '93), but I was exposed to it almost at an early age. Heck, I've talked to some of my friends that listen to the Beatles regularly and they really do appreciate "good music."
Compare KRTH to KLUV. What do you see?
Well he had another hit on the charts in 1980 called "Being With You". Then in the late 80s he had one called "Just To See Her".
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Was at a Chevron station where I buy my propane and they were playing "The Gas Station Radio Network". Yikes
Please tell me you're not serious! Teen Angel I liked when I was in 6th Grade. Today??? I have no urge to hear it again even though I have the record. Few songs in 1960 are worth hearing again. I liked "Mr. Custer" as well but not anymore.
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Somebody caught my deliberate "Little Eva" omission. Well done, oldies76!
KRTH plays only three Smokey Robinson songs now, Cruisin', Being With You and The Tears Of A Clown---only three songs out of ten top-ten hits and 34 top-40 hits. And I still remember when one of KRTH's slogans was "All the great oldies." "All"? More like 5%.
KRTH plays only three Smokey Robinson songs now, Cruisin', Being With You and The Tears Of A Clown---only three songs out of ten top-ten hits and 34 top-40 hits. And I still remember when one of KRTH's slogans was "All the great oldies." "All"? More like 5%.
C'mon Steve why correct you (I know you did it deliberately) because like a 1 foot putt, it was a 'gimmee'.
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SuperRadioFan, I doubt that in today's "politically correct world," any station could play Mr. Custer unless Larry Verne re-recorded the line where he says "Look at 'em out there---runnin' around like a bunch of wild Indians." Maybe he could change it to "Look at 'em out there---just runnin' around and around." I don't think that would offend anybody...unless joggers decided that it makes fun of running.
Lol!!
LA RadioRewind posted: "I doubt that in today's "politically correct world," any station could play Mr. Custer unless Larry Verne re-recorded the line where he says "Look at 'em out there---runnin' around like a bunch of wild Indians."
So that means, we'll never hear: "Half-Breed", "Running Bear", "Indian Giver", "Indian Reservation", "Indian Lake" or "Keem o Sabe" by the Electric Indian?? Lol
So that means, we'll never hear: "Half-Breed", "Running Bear", "Indian Giver", "Indian Reservation", "Indian Lake" or "Keem o Sabe" by the Electric Indian?? Lol
We're oldies "freaks", as a prominent poster once told us on a thread years back, so I guess any song is game, including "Teen Angel".........Actually one my favorites from 1960 would be "A Summer Place".
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It seems that their adjustment is working well for them. October ratings are showing a 4.2.
But you have to ask whether the growth was in a useful demo. October was up a small amount over September in 25-54, and the station is now 12th in that demo. That's better than the 25th to 16th they were at in the summer period. But is is barely at the level of the January book...
It's a work in progress, but the slide downwards appears to be halted in the sales demos.
Admittingly, this weekend is titled "Veterans of Rock and Roll Weekend", (and I'm in KRTH's demo btw...) But I've yet to hear a true "Veteran" of "Rock and Roll". To me that would be early Stones, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Coasters, Chubby Checker, early Beatles, Ray Charles...etc...
So instead we hear the veterans of the 70's and 80's rock and roll music: Elton John, Billy Joel, The Eagles, Steve Winwood, and Michael Jackson. Maybe they should retitle their weekend: "The Generation X Veterans of New Rock and Roll Weekend".
And if one listens carefully, all you are really hearing is their weekday playlists re-arranged, for a fake weekend "special". Can't fool us "oldies freaks", can ya!
So instead we hear the veterans of the 70's and 80's rock and roll music: Elton John, Billy Joel, The Eagles, Steve Winwood, and Michael Jackson. Maybe they should retitle their weekend: "The Generation X Veterans of New Rock and Roll Weekend".
And if one listens carefully, all you are really hearing is their weekday playlists re-arranged, for a fake weekend "special". Can't fool us "oldies freaks", can ya!
This would be like saying that the term "Veterans" should only be applied to those who served in WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam and not those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They're all vets, time has moved on and to the target audience, EJ, BJ and MJ are the Vets they remember.
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On this Veterans Day weekend, I'm grateful for the duty and sacrifice of all the men and women who have served in the military and fought to keep our nation free. Yes, "time has moved on" but that doesn't mean we should remember only the veterans who served during our lifetime. Michael, you don't always like my analogies but now you have made an analogy and I fail to see how it relates to KRTH. Veterans vs. Oldies? Huh. Do you consider a "veteran of rock'n'roll" to be one of the genre's early artists such as Presley, Berry, Haley or Holly? Or, rather, do you consider a "veteran" to be any artist who has been around for at lleast 20 years, such as Phil, Elton, Janet, Madonna, et al? Obviously "the new KRTH" has chosen to ignore the true veterans of rock'n'roll, at least as far as my definition goes.
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Mister oldies76 is correct about KRTH's "fake weekend specials." I've heard British Invasion weekends and Movie Tunes weekends and Motown weekends and Parade Of Hits weekends and '70s Soul weekends and All-American weekends and several other "special" weekends and almost every one of them features the same songs that KRTH plays every day. They're put in a different order each weekend, that's all. The recent MTV weekend was fun because KRTH played a few songs that hadn't been heard for many years.
"Parade Of Hits." Whoopee.
"Parade Of Hits." Whoopee.
Veteran's Day: We remember and honor all those who have served and paid the ultimate price in all prior wars and missions. From America's founding to the present, not just since 1968. So if it's a "Veterans of Rock and Roll Weekend" then it should apply to all the major artists since the dawn of Rock and Roll, not just the songs to fit today's target. A station has to "give in" a little sometimes and not operate strictly by the book. It's called being flexible.
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