AT20 with Casey Kasem Aug. 18/19, 2007 GREAT SHOW

[radiobrett]

This could without a doubt go down as one of the best, if not the best AT20 show that I can think of in the last several years. Here are the many highlights:

Matchbox Twenty has the biggest mover of the last 18 months with How Far We've Coming moving from 18-11.

Three debuts and a reentry. Debuts include What I've Done, Dig, and Thnks Fr Th Mmrs. Face Down reenters.

4 droppers also freshen things up as we say goodbye to Undeniable, It's Not Over, Little Wonders, and Before He Cheats.

In addition to the great chart action, we also have some absolutely fabulous extras and flashbacks. You can't go wrong with Save a Prayer, Simply Irresistable, Absolutely (Story of a Girl), Never Surrender, Roll To Me, Papa Don't Preach, and Hanginaround.

To tie in with the 30th anniversary of the passing of Elvis, Casey delivers a great tribute in Hour 1 with quotes from some of the biggest names in music talking about how the various influences from Elvis impact music now more than ever.

And, perhaps the most unique aspect of this weekends show, a homemade Long Distance Dedication. Rather than Casey reading a story and playing a song, Casey plays a song that a listener wrote, recorded, and sent into the show. And another interesting thing is that he also teases that it is only one of several different special features to come as AT20 celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Long Distance Dedication.

Kid Pulse had said in the post from the August 4/5 show that this weekends show would be "one for the ages". It definately is!!

Don't miss this weekends show!!!!!!

HOUR 1
20: Face Down - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
19: What I've Done - Linkin Park
Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson

18: Dig - Incubus
EXTRA: Save a Prayer - Duran Duran
17: Thnks Fr Th Mmrs - Fall Out Boy
Jack & Diane - John Mellencamp

16: When You're Gone - Avril Lavinge
15: Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
I Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain
14: Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Optional Extra: Simply Irresistable - Robert Palmer

HOUR 2
13: Who Knew - Pink
LDD: Straight From My Heart From Coast to Coast - John Clowers
12: Before It's Too Late - The Goo Goo Dolls
Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb

11: How Far We've Come - Matchbox Twenty
Absolutely (Story of a Girl) - Nine Days
10: If Everyone Cared - Nickelback
Never Surrender - Corey Hart

9: U + Ur Hand - Pink
EXTRA: Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
8: (You Want To) Make a Memory - Bon Jovi
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morrissette

Optional Extra: Roll To Me - Del Amitri

HOUR 3
7: The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani f/ Akon
Papa Don't Preach - Madonna

6: Rockstar - Nickelback
EXTRA: Hanginaround - Counting Crows
5: First Time - Lifehouse

4: Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
Be Like That - 3 Doors Down
3: Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

Optional Extra: Good - Better Than Ezra

2: Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
1: Home - Daughtry (10 weeks @ # 1)

[BillboardBoy]

Sounds like a great show! And I LOVE "Save A Prayer."

[jayman]

You must be obsessed with Nelly Furtado, Brett! So much so that you have her name instead of Edwin McCain on "I Could Not Ask for More"!

[radiobrett]

Nice catch.

[Johnser]

Not to mention "Semi-Charmed Life" and "You Oughta Know" as good extras.

[johnnywest]

"Good" is an excellent song. And I'm glad they chose "Hanginaround" (which hardly gets much airplay anymore) instead of "Mr. Jones" or "Big Yellow Taxi."

[dth1971]

Hope "Straight To My Heart Coast to Coast" makes it big on AC and Hot AC and maybe CHR/Pop!

No Elvis extra for Elvis' 30th. anniversary of his death weekend? Not even "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL Mix that peaked at #40 for 1 week in August 2002 on CHR/Pop AT40 on a week Casey was absent and Ed McMann guest hosted?)

[Kid Pulse]

radiobrett said:

Kid Pulse had said in the post from the August 4/5 show that this weekends show would be "one for the ages". It definately is!!

Don't miss this weekends show!!!!!!

Kinda funny you say that, because this was one of just two shows since late February that I overslept into. Casey was playing "Simply Irresistable" when I tuned in, so I missed all of the debut action.

I agree that the extras/flashbacks were extra good this week. I enjoyed hearing most of the ones I heard, especially "Be Like That" by 3 Doors Down. That has always been my favorite song from them. :)

[jayman]

Another reason why this was a great show: there were 37 songs on this weekend's show instead of the usual 36. There were 13 songs in the second hour. Normally Casey goes into commercial after #8. But "You Oughta Know" was immediately after "Make a Memory", then commercial break and at the end of the second hour, believe it or not, one of the shortest timing songs of the '90s, "Roll to Me" by Del Amitri. Therefore, there was time to play one more song in the second hour of AT20 this weekend.

[Kid Pulse]

I always wondered how short "Roll to Me" was. I guess I'm not the only one who found it really short.

[Marv]

That very brief tune 'Roll To Me' made me realize how obssessed radio was with playing as many tunes as possible in any given hour throughout the fifties, sixties & seventies, and a large chunk of thei eighties.

Motown founder Berry Gordy was adamant about that, which is why well over 90% of the number one singles by Motown artists between 1961 & 1981 were under three minutes in length.