lasvegaskid
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 18, 2008 14:46:22 GMT -5
Why didn't this do better? I am not a fan of McGraw, remakes in general, or even most Country music, but I thought this was an amazing song.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 11, 2008 9:06:33 GMT -5
It would be nice if AC played classic AC artists like Carpenters, John Denver, Kenny Rogers, Sinatra, and Manilow. It seems AC is nothing more than 80s & 90s pop greatest hits with a few newer songs thrown in. And most of those tend to be cherry picked from other formats. For example, once Matchbox 20 end their pop/hot AC runs, that song will be picked up by AC.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 22, 2008 16:48:24 GMT -5
When you see these charts, you have to wonder what has happened to the variety pop music used to have? Look at Sunday's post... on one station your could potentially hear BeeGees, David Bowie, Isley Brothers, Helen Reddy, NAZARATH, ELO, John Denver, and Barry Manilow!
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 13, 2008 17:39:45 GMT -5
Great info... keep it coming. Thanks
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 16, 2007 15:41:17 GMT -5
Why do you think AM Stereo has never taken off? I had a high end radio back in the early 80s with FM Stereo/AM Stereo and the sound quality was very comparable.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 14, 2007 11:25:37 GMT -5
You have to remember there was an unofficial 3 minute song limit well into the 70s and even the early 80s. I have read stories where record companies would edit songs as much as they could and if they still couldn't get the track below 3:04-3:06, they would show the running time on the 45 label as "2:59" just to enhance airplay opportunities.
I have also read stories of radio stations speeding up 45s (playing them at 47-48 rpms) to shorten the playing time.
You folks in radio can correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't the primary driver in the creation of FM radio was in those days FM didn't face the same restrictions as AM thus they could play longer songs.
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