AT10 - 8/7/04

[Hervard]

LC TC SONG/ARTIST
01 01 100 Years/Five For Fighting
03 02 This One's For The Girls/Martina McBride
04 03 White Flag/Dido
02 04 Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Michael McDonald
05 05 First Cut Is The Deepest/Sheryl Crow
07 06 This Love/Maroon 5
06 07 Love's Divine/Seal
08 08 Drift Away/Uncle Kracker f/Dobie Gray
09 09 Just For You/Lionel Richie
10 10 You Raise Me Up/Josh Groban

AT10 Extras:
Baby Come Back/Player
Sea Of Love/The Honeydrippers
Would I Lie To You/Charles & Eddie
I Love You Always Forever/Donna Lewis

Long Distance Dedication:
Now And Forever/Richard Marx

AT10 Archives:
1969: Something/The Beatles
1970: Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Diana Ross
1972: I Can See Clearly Now/Johnny Nash
1972: Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)/The Looking Glass
1974: Bennie & The Jets/Elton John
1976: Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)/Rod Stewart
1978: Stay/Jackson Browne
1987: In Too Deep/Genesis
1987: Who's That Girl/Madonna
1987: Back In The High Life Again/Steve Winwood
1993: Don't Take Away My Heaven/Aaron Neville
1994: The Power Of Love/Celine Dion

AT10 Archives (Brother Acts):
More Than A Woman/The Bee Gees
I'll Be There/The Jackson 5
Kokomo/The Beach Boys
Because Of You/98 Degrees
September/Earth Wind & Fire
Babe/Styx
O-o-h Child/The Five Stairsteps
Heaven/Los Lonely Boys

This week, a record total of 25 extra songs were played!  Usually, it's 22 or 23, but I know that they've never done 25 of them (must have been a few songs with playing times of less than three minutes - with all the early 70s songs played, it's very likely).  However, I did NOT need to hear "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis for the umpteenth time!  So I had bullets between my teeth for about four minutes. ;)
The Spotlight was quite interesting.  A few weeks back, they did sister acts, now it's brother acts.  A few of the bands I had no idea contained brothers, such as bands that have been around forever, such as Styx, Earth Wind & Fire and the Beach Boys, as well as newer groups, like 98 Degrees, though I would have rather heard "The Hardest Thing", which was a bigger hit at AC radio anyway, than "Because Of You".  I find that song quite irritating, especially those whistling pops, during the chorus.  Also, I was surprised that they played "Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys.  Five current songs within an hour?  I sure hope no AT10 affilliate was upset about that! ;)
Only one Long Distance Dedication again this week.  When they said it was by a 32-year old man in Indiana, I began to wonder.  Since Indiana is where I'm from, and I'm 32, I figured that maybe they'd read my dedication.  However, I didn't stop to think about a few things.  How would they know how old I was or what state I was from?  Needless to say, it wasn't my dedication, but the song they selected was a great one, "Now And Forever" by Richard Marx.  I haven't heard that song for a darn long time!  And it was #1 for the year of 1994.  On the Hot AC show, they played "I'll Stand By You" by the Pretenders.  "Now And Forever", as I recall, was a pretty big hit on the HAC chart in 1994, so why didn't they play it?  (I have a feeling that the Richard Marx song was the one requested, since they've played "I'll Stand By You" has been played on the AC show plenty of times).
As I speculated last week, the huge resurge of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was merely a fluke.  It falls back to #4 this week, and might fall even more if "This Love" is strong enough.  I sure hope "Drift Away" doesn't move back off.  That song has more than served its purpose.
Well, that's about all for this week's show.  I wonder what next week's show be like?  What could the Spotlight possibly be?  Probably not year-end AC #1s of the 1990s, since they played one of them this week, the Richard Marx song.  We'll have to wait and see.

[chebingeo]

I'd LOVE to see Los Lonely Boys push Uncle Krapper off the chart next week!!!!

[BillboardBoy]

Is this a thread for AT40 or AT10? ;)

Other points of interest:

∙ Josh Groban was a theater student.

∙ Lionel is 55.

∙ Seal is the tallest singer in the Top 10 at 6 feet, 4 inches.

∙ Maroon 5 is also on the pop chart with "She Will Be Loved."

∙ Sheryl Crow's favorite song is "Fast Car."

∙ Dido's real first name is Florian.

Pop - Leave (Get Out)
Country - Live Like You Were Dying
Rock - Slither
Album - Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson (debut)
6 hits by solo men

Personal commentary:

∙ I can't stand Jimmy Cliff's version of "I Can See Clearly Now," so I was glad to hear Johnny Nash's version. I don't recall if Casey has ever played that version on his AC shows.

∙ "More Than A Woman" was my favorite extra this week, followed by "Who's That Girl."

∙ "I'll Be There" was the first (Michael) Jackson 5 song I've heard on the radio since his trial began.

∙ I'm glad Casey played "Because of You" because it's nice to hear something "new" once in awhile.

∙ Although I doubt it will happen, I hope they choose "instrumentals" as a theme in the near future.

[mst3k]

ulij20 said:

02 04 Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Michael McDonald
AT10 Archives:
1970: Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Diana Ross

Interesting, they played the Diana Ross version as an archive song while Michael McDonald is charting. :)

[chebingeo]

"Well, we just heard the crappy version at #4, now let's hear the good version!"

[johnnywest]

mst3k said:

Interesting, they played the Diana Ross version as an archive song while Michael McDonald is charting.  :)

That happened on the Hot AC show last year. We heard "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House and Sixpence None The Richer in the same show.

[Hervard]

chebingeo said:

"Well, we just heard the crappy version at #4, now let's hear the good version!"

Actually, the Diana Ross version was played first.
IMO, Michael's is a little better, since Diana Ross more talks than sings in her version. Michael's song is more like the original version by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.