"Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Tuesday Afternoon" on CBS-FM

[disney fanatic]

I've saw Allan's post on the NYRMB (or make it the Dentist's board) saying that CBS-FM was playing "Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who and "Tuesday Afternoon" by the Moody Blues as part of "Turntable Tuesdays". Are these songs sounded more rock than WBPM's "Classic Hits 92.9" does? Those two songs are mostly played on WBPM's "Classic Hits 92.9", because CBS-FM played short versions of these two songs while WBPM plays either the short or the long version which is the album version. Is that true?

 

[oldies76]

Playing these two classic songs is further proof that a Classic Hits station, like WCBS, is willing to go "above and beyond" their regular playlist and spin music that is rarely heard on these kind of stations.

Wish KRTH in L.A. would do this!!!!

But the argument there, is that L.A is L.A. & NY is NY..

The whole thread is under L.A. Market heading; "Songs You'd Love to Hear on KRTH"

Way to go CBS!!!!!!!

 

[chuckydoll]

CBS-FM creeps closer to AOR

CBS-FM pre-Jack had a legacy as a pop gold station. CBS-FM post-Jack is creeping closer and closer to AOR. That will run off all the people who were loyal to the station pre-Jack.

The Who song made it to WABC but wasn't a big hit. The Moody Blues cut was never a hit at pop radio in NYC.

Playing these two classic songs is further proof that a Classic Hits station, like WCBS, is willing to go "above and beyond" their regular playlist and spin music that is rarely heard on these kind of stations.

If CBS Radio is trying to pick off Q104.3 and the suburban rockers the company may be in for a rude awakening.

How should CBS-FM go above and beyond? Emphasize what was on WABC, not what was on WNEW-FM. The music snobs loved 102.7 but the public for the most part tuned to 77.

BTW the correct title of the Moody Blues song is "Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)" See the back cover of the album "Days of Future Passed".

 

[lalumia]

as a WABC fan and occassional listener of WNEW FM back when I was a queen ager, I seem to recall "Tuesday Afternoon' on WABC; whether they actually play listed it(which I think they did) doesn't matter, if I recall the tune in that context then I'm sure millions of CBS FM listeners do as well, and none of them are going to google to find out if WABC actually played it, their 'memory' takes care of it all

 

[AnimatronicAbeLincoln]

The Who song made it to WABC but wasn't a big hit. The Moody Blues cut was never a hit at pop radio in NYC.

People move around. I'm sure that lots of people living in NYC today weren't in the region when the songs were new, and really didn't have to be. WCBS is just playing tunes that test well in the target demographic.

 

[warm590]

Oh yeah, disney- do not EVER put CBS-FM and 92.9 in the same sentence....Randy [EDIT]'s fiasco couldn't even shine CBS-FM's shoes....no similarity at all... only similarity is that they are both FM radio stations...


pass the advil please

warm590 ;D


[EDIT-inflammatory]

 

[motnow]

I don't know about the other turntable hits but I have a feeling that the success of CSI has something to do with "Won't Get Fooled Again" getting played on CBS-FM....and why not? It's familiar now to anyone who watches that show.

 

[chuckydoll]

Or ... Fark the public, we'll do what we want

I'm sure that lots of people living in NYC today weren't in the region when the songs were new, and really didn't have to be. WCBS is just playing tunes that test well in the target demographic.

That's an excuse for "We're too lazy to consider our market's heritage". It has nothing to do with turntable hits.

I once heard CBS-FM play "Fernando" by ABBA in a specialty show. The DJ mentioned the song peaked in the teens. I called CBS-FM and pointed out that "Fernando" got all the way to #3 on WABC. The DJ's response? "We go by national charts". That DJ was Bob Shannon -- and he carried the same kind of logic AALinc had.

My reference to WNEW-FM in a prior post sounds more and more relevant. WNEW-FM ended up working with Burkhart-Abrams, the consultants who pushed the Superstars AOR format.

 

[adma]

Re: Or ... Fark the public, we'll do what we want

I once heard CBS-FM play "Fernando" by ABBA in a specialty show. The DJ mentioned the song peaked in the teens. I called CBS-FM and pointed out that "Fernando" got all the way to #3 on WABC. The DJ's response? "We go by national charts". That DJ was Bob Shannon -- and he carried the same kind of logic AALinc had.

Well, maybe what he should have done is either clam up on chart positioning, or bow to the geeks by double-contextualizing, i.e. national vs local.

My reference to WNEW-FM in a prior post sounds more and more relevant. WNEW-FM ended up working with Burkhart-Abrams, the consultants who pushed the Superstars AOR format.

Though in the end--and getting semi-aside from what WCBS should be programming--perhaps that illustrates a musical, cultural, and demographic dilemma at hand? Maybe, except to the aging and increasingly marginal dentist-board-type ultra-afficionados, this overly pure definition of "the market's heritage" along a conservatively-defined Top 40/oldies axis hasn't worn that well--especially when it comes to the AOR era?

Sure, WABC had lotsa listeners and helped define the market 30 plus years ago--but in the end, whatever WNEW signified won the musical-posterity wars. Thus, awkward discussions like this take place...

 

[Remaster]

Full versions or choppy radio edits?

"Who's Better, Who's Best" contains a 3 minute version of "won't...." First time I heard it, I laughed at the edits. Sounds like they were hand spliced made by Keith Moon after a night out