• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Woolen Parsley Radio

Grindlfan said:
LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
when you think about it, Karen Carpenter's diet seemed to be more effective than any of these other methods. (and before you write letters...I **AM** a huge fan of hers' so back offl.....).
Click to expand...
LBB you'll get no argument from me on Karen Carpenter. She was one of the best female pop singers of all-time.
Click to expand...

But I guarantee you this: Someday in the not too distant future, some conveniently oblivious dietitian named "Karen Carpenter" is going to make a diet plan and name it after herself anyway regardless. ("Just pay $19.99 plus postage and handling!") And SOMEBODY is going to buy it ("Makes a GREAT gift!")..........
 
Karen Carpenter had a very warm, angelic voice. I appreciate her talent more with every passing year. It's been nice hearing all those Carpenters songs on AT40 week after week, don't really hear them on the radio otherwise - although Merry Christmas Darling is revived every holiday season. One of my favorite early 70's records is Don't Say You Don't Remember by Beverly Bremers. No, not the Carpenters, but might as well be, even Casey noted the resemblance to Karen.
 
Lonely Summer said:
Karen Carpenter had a very warm, angelic voice. I appreciate her talent more with every passing year. It's been nice hearing all those Carpenters songs on AT40 week after week, don't really hear them on the radio otherwise - although Merry Christmas Darling is revived every holiday season. One of my favorite early 70's records is Don't Say You Don't Remember by Beverly Bremers. No, not the Carpenters, but might as well be, even Casey noted the resemblance to Karen.
Click to expand...
That was a great song by Beverly Bremers. I think she ended up making a bundle on the Mousercise line with Disney during the 80s excercise/aerobics album and video craze.
 
"People never stay the same forever
Somebody always loves a little more
Tonight I need to love you
Together we'll find a way to make tomororow worth living for"

Can remember ALL the lyrics to that song! It was every bit as good as "OOH CHILD" .... one still gets played to death; the other ignored. Go figure.
 
There are SO MANY songs just as good as this one that don't ever get airplay. Even if they don't get regular airplay, I always felt a Sunday Morning program could feature these things ... but no one wants live talent or special shows even on Sundays (Danny Holiday's KSER or Maynard's KPLU programs a couple of exceptions). With all the incredible writing, arrangements, hooks, sessions, and everything else that has gone into decades upon decades of great hits I always think it's a disgrace we only cull 200 or so and say "these are the only ones worth playing any more".

Thankfully I invested in a library over the years and have most of these songs still available. The rule is once I start a series (some series by decade, others by blend of songs that fit well together, etc.) ... a song can't be on that series more than once. Still have well over 200 hours in any series of great songs just like the one Beverly did. And each time I hear them I think what a shame it is that this is the only way they ever seem to be heard.

When KIXI was local they used to reach into these kinds of libraries and play deeper selections. And amazingly, that choice went away because it was ..... too expensive.

And still we wonder why no one gives a flying crap about radio any more.
 
Gee, I thought I was the only one that remembered Beverly's song. I've heard it on AT40 a couple times in the last year - and that is the only place I hear the forgotten songs of the 70's. Nice to know there are others on this board that still love the music, not just "radio is a business, who cares about the music, just bring in the $$$$". Glad Danny is back on the air, too, to play the music others have forgotten.
 
Lonely Summer said:
Gee, I thought I was the only one that remembered Beverly's song. I've heard it on AT40 a couple times in the last year - and that is the only place I hear the forgotten songs of the 70's. Nice to know there are others on this board that still love the music, not just "radio is a business, who cares about the music, just bring in the $$$$". Glad Danny is back on the air, too, to play the music others have forgotten.
Click to expand...

If we got all these guys from this board who are NOT AQH radio guru or radio pro we would have the best station in Washington!
 
Lonely Summer said:
Gee, I thought I was the only one that remembered Beverly's song. I've heard it on AT40 a couple times in the last year - and that is the only place I hear the forgotten songs of the 70's. Nice to know there are others on this board that still love the music, not just "radio is a business, who cares about the music, just bring in the $$$$". Glad Danny is back on the air, too, to play the music others have forgotten.
Click to expand...
But don't you pay attention? All of us who enjoy that music are now apparently in nursing homes having our adult diapers changed for us and, according to the brilliant minds of the radio consultants, aren't worth programming for anymore.
 
Yep. My hair is all grey - what little is left of it, I need a walker to get around, and the food is lousy here in this dang retirement home! The senior citizen rock band does a pretty good job with them old rock tunes, though. "I Wanna Hold Your Cane", "Great Balls of Hair", "Hearbreak Hospice", and "Sweet Little Sixty".
 
Lonely Summer said:
Yep. My hair is all grey - what little is left of it, I need a walker to get around, and the food is lousy here in this dang retirement home! The senior citizen rock band does a pretty good job with them old rock tunes, though. "I Wanna Hold Your Cane", "Great Balls of Hair", "Hearbreak Hospice", and "Sweet Little Sixty".
Click to expand...

I'm 40 and my grey is starting to show (especially when I don't shave, the grey is REALLY in my face) and I have a feeling before I'm 50, I'm going to have the Michael McDonald look. Not going to dye it. The grey and the lines around my eyes are my battle stripes, I EARNED these...

But like it or not, this is the average age (or older) of people who still give a crap about this medium........
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom