AT20 with Casey Kasem March 1/2, 2008

[radiobrett]

American Top 20 with Casey Kasem
Show # 08-09
March 1/2, 2008

Hour 1
20: Clumsy - Fergie
19: These Hard Times - Matchbox Twenty
Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police

18: Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
EXTRA: Love Shack - The B-52's
17: Say - John Mayer
Don't Tell Me - Madonna

16: The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
15: Feels Like Tonight - Daughtry
Heartbreaker - Pat Benetar
14: Whatever It Takes - Lifehouse

Optional Extra: Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey

Hour 2
13: Tattoo - Jordin Sparks
LDD: Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
12: No One - Alicia Keys
What You Need - INXS

11: Wake Up Call - Maroon 5
Never Let You Go - Third Eye Blind
10: Who Knew - Pink
99 Red Balloons - Nena

9: Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
EXTRA: The Sign - Ace of Base
8: Sorry - Buckcherry

Optional Extra: Everyday - Dave Matthews

Hour 3
7: Teardrops On My Guitar - Taylor Swift
Back 2 Good - Matchbox Twenty

6: Over You - Daughtry
EXTRA: Southside - Moby f/ Gwen Stefani
5: Into The Night - Santana f/ Chad Kroeger

4: Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
Who Says You Can't Go Home - Bon Jovi/Jennifer Nettles
3: Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins

Optional Extra: Lovefool - The Cardigans

2: Love Song - Sara Bareilles
1: Apologize - Timbaland f/ One Republic (1st week @ # 1)

[radiobrett]

Great show this weekend! Some great extras! I love Separate Ways, Never Let You Go, Southside, and 1979!

Also, in the first hour, when Casey is introing Lifehouse, listen carefully. Without giving anything away, was it scripted, or did Casey genuinely goof? You decide. I think he goofed and they left it in because it worked so well. Either way, it's Casey at his best!

And the LDD this weekend was one of the most (if not the most) moving I have heard on the show.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

What did he say/do?

[radiobrett]

Don't want to spoil it for those who haven't heard it just yet :)

[Johnser]

Feb 29, 2008 23:52:15 GMT -5 radiobrett said:

Great show this weekend! Some great extras! I love Separate Ways, Never Let You Go, Southside, and 1979!

Also, in the first hour, when Casey is introing Lifehouse, listen carefully. Without giving anything away, was it scripted, or did Casey genuinely goof? You decide. I think he goofed and they left it in because it worked so well. Either way, it's Casey at his best!

And the LDD this weekend was one of the most (if not the most) moving I have heard on the show.

I agree, there were some great extras and one awful one. "Love Shack"! I didn't like it then, and don't like it now.

[radiobrett]

I don't mind Love Shack, but it's definately up there on my personal Top 10 countdown of songs I am permanantely sick of. Songs that at one time I love, but radio overplay truly killed them for me.

Other good songs that have sadly fallen onto that list include Every Breath You Take, In The Air Tonight, Drops of Jupiter, among others.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Mar 1, 2008 8:15:16 GMT -5 radiobrett said:

Don't want to spoil it for those who haven't heard it just yet :)

But you'll tell us when the weekend is over, right?

[Hot AC Archiver]

I don't think Casey goofed, but I think he ad-libbed it instead of it being scripted.

[jayman]

In case a lot of you are wondering, Casey played the English verison of Nena's song. I remember the German version (99 Luftballons) was played around this time on AT20 last year. There was a couple of times on AT40 back in '84 that Casey played a special version of the song that mixed both English and German versions, which also aired on AT40's year-end countdown of '84.

[HolidayGuy]

What show was it this weekend where Casey played "This USed to Be My Playground"? Caught it while drivin'.

[radiobrett]

Must have been American Top 10, which is the Soft AC countdown.

[radiobrett]

Also, the goof/ad-lib on this weekends show was in relation to a story Casey told on Lifehouse. Casey said that Lifehouse lead singer doesn't mind when people get the name of the band wrong, he is just sick and tired of people calling them "Lighthouse." Casey then immediately proceeded to introduce the song by calling them "Lighthouse", laughed, and then corrected himself.

[freakyflybry2]

That was a hilarious slip-up for Lighthouse Lifehouse... it's good to see Casey definitely hasn't lost it Almost 76 years old, and still counting down the hits like nobody else can.

And the LDD was very moving, although when they requested "Heaven", I thought I'd hear the Bryan Adams song of the same title.

[Johnser]

Mar 2, 2008 21:16:27 GMT -5 @freakyflybry2 said:

That was a hilarious slip-up for Lighthouse Lifehouse... it's good to see Casey definitely hasn't lost it Almost 76 years old, and still counting down the hits like nobody else can.

And the LDD was very moving, although when they requested "Heaven", I thought I'd hear the Bryan Adams song of the same title.

Or ever will for that matter.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I'm listening to this now. It's nice to hear Casey again after months since I last heard him. He definitely sounds tired tho. :( But it's still great to hear him and his countdown!

[BillboardBoy]

Mar 2, 2008 20:03:27 GMT -5 radiobrett said:

Also, the goof/ad-lib on this weekends show was in relation to a story Casey told on Lifehouse. Casey said that Lifehouse lead singer doesn't mind when people get the name of the band wrong, he is just sick and tired of people calling them "Lighthouse." Casey then immediately proceeded to introduce the song by calling them "Lighthouse", laughed, and then corrected himself.

Another reason why I thought it was funny is because almost every single week, Rick Dees refers to them as "Lighthouse." But yeah, that was a great ad-lib this week. :)

[BillboardBoy]

Mar 2, 2008 18:10:27 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

What show was it this weekend where Casey played "This USed to Be My Playground"? Caught it while drivin'.

It was one of the Spotlights on AT10 this weekend. The theme for the week was "Hits From #1 Movies of the 1990s." I'm sure StephL will post a thread on that show pretty soon.

[BillboardBoy]

Mar 2, 2008 13:35:58 GMT -5 jayman said:

In case a lot of you are wondering, Casey played the English verison of Nena's song. I remember the German version (99 Luftballons) was played around this time on AT20 last year. There was a couple of times on AT40 back in '84 that Casey played a special version of the song that mixed both English and German versions, which also aired on AT40's year-end countdown of '84.

I remember! I actually taped both of those songs off the radio during those original AT40 broadcasts. There was also a week when the song was moving up when Casey played the entire English version.