oh come on, it's a rock station.
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:17 (twelve years ago) link
Bad probably hadn't even come out yet!
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:19 (twelve years ago) link
it was a rock station true
was that when mj went rock i forget
― I Want to Edit My Profile... (Hunt3r), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
youre right tho the absence of michael is not the silliest part of that list. is it?
― I Want to Edit My Profile... (Hunt3r), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
WAS a rock station, it's long gone. Whatever has replaced it is no doubt playing a lot more Michael now.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 February 2012 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
"Beat It" was a self-professed attempt at writing a rock song and got played on rock stations while no other track from Thriller did, so yeah, you could call it when Michael Jackson went "rock."
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Sunday, 19 February 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, am I wrong here?
like idk why you are acting like Michael Jackson being absent from this list would be "silly" in the first place
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Sunday, 19 February 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
Not at all. "Beat It" was heard regularly on Chicago FM rock stations in 1983-85, literally sandwiched between Grand Funk and Springsteen.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
An Eddie Van Halen solo is an Eddie Van Halen solo.
In this vein, I remember there being a rock mix of Animotion's "Obsession" for these stations, replacing the main synth line with guitars.
― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
37. Funeral For a Friend - Elton John is the first one on the list that makes me draw a blank. Followed by:55. And You and I - Yes and67. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - Allman Brothers, although an itunes sample of the latter jogs my memory
Always wondered who created these AOR playlists and how much they varied across markets. (And why they did or did not vary). And then who decided that major label bands like the NY Dolls and Stooges didn't belong there.
― Josefa, Monday, 20 February 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
This is more accurately said about "Dirty Diana" (which got actual AOR play).
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 February 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
(following up my last)...and WHY it was decided that certain bands don't make the cut. Like what were the criteria?
― Josefa, Monday, 20 February 2012 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
Think they did play one Dolls song now and then, "Personality Crisis." Except when Xgau came and guest DJed on a Sunday night and played "Pills"
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
Actually David Johansen guest DJed one Sunday there as well. A few people called up to request The Speedies, whom he proceeded to play.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
FOREIGNER-- #456 - JUKEBOX HERO-- #705 - WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU-- #830 - URGENT-- #978 - DOUBLE VISION
No 'Cold as Ice?' I seem to remember that getting airplay daily at around 3:45
― calstars, Monday, 20 February 2012 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
Note: this is not the playlist, this is a listener's poll.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://rocketfuel.typepad.com/.a/6a00e550a9c7c088340115713ccece970c-pi
― buzza, Monday, 20 February 2012 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
scottso lol
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 February 2012 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
Because it looks nothing like him?
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 05:38 (twelve years ago) link
A bizarre exchange occurred in 1975 when a hostage-holding bank robber called Muni on the air and engaged him in a long, often nonsensical conversation; the two peppered their post-hippie speech with discussions of Bob Dylan music and requests to hear the Grateful Dead.
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 February 2012 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
I miss the days of good radio.
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 February 2012 05:40 (twelve years ago) link
Good free radio. Sirius XMU is pretty great. Most of the 1987 WNEW DJs are there including a bunch from the above poster.
RIP Scottso.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 20 February 2012 05:48 (twelve years ago) link
Some are on WFUV too.
Not sure whether I am confusing the WNEW-FM Sunday night show with the WPIX-FM Sunday night show "Radio Radio" upthread.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 06:05 (twelve years ago) link
Here is something about Scottso I found and posted to The Who Sell Out poll the other day.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 06:07 (twelve years ago) link
"Beat It" got played more AFAIK. Also, as I said, "Dirty Diana" either wasn't around or had just been released when this list was made.
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Monday, 20 February 2012 07:20 (twelve years ago) link
also "Funeral for a Friend" is dope
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Monday, 20 February 2012 07:21 (twelve years ago) link
Here's the link I meant to post: http://www.areuonsomething.com/features_muni.html
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
Surprising thing on that list for me: Almost all the AC/DC is Brian Johnson stuff. Were they a (mid-Atlantic) regional thing in the States when Bon Scott was alive? 'cause DC 101 or 98 Rock would have almost certainly had more Bon Scott stuff on their lists in '87.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 20 February 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Feel like I knew who they were but didn't really start hearing them a lot until the earlier 80s, with Back in Black.
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
In fact, it may go down in history as the single worst interview in WNEW-FM's 30 year history.
In all fairness, Entwistle was deaf as a post -- and in denial about it -- from about 1975 on.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 20 February 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
Man, you really seem to know everything there is to know about The Who.
Today remembered years of getting up in the AM listening to Dave Herman saying "Good just barely morning" over and over again which, like a lot of schtick, annoyed at first but eventually grew to be reassuring.
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
The reason "Beat It" was on rock radio at all in the '80s was due to the Eddie Van Halen guitar solo. Epic marketed it to programmers deliberately. That's pretty much why that MJ song and no others are on the list.
In related news, the only African Americans in the top 100 are Hendrix (43, 84) and the only women are Grace Slick (83) and Cyndi Lauper (86).
― Jake Brown, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
did you forget Marvin and Michael
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:27 (twelve years ago) link
and Otis
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
In the top 100 I said.
― Jake Brown, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
ooh my bad.
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
weird that fleetwood mac weren't considered a big enough deal for the top 100
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 08:40 (twelve years ago) link
"American Pie" can still go die in a fire
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 09:56 (twelve years ago) link
Here is a link to a PDF of this list: https://www.nyradioarchive.com/images/radioscans/WNEWFM_1987_Top1027.pdf
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 August 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
One oddity that jumps out at me is there's absolutely nothing by Heart on that list. Every AOR station I listened to in the '80s (not in the NYC area) played tons of Heart, so that's really weird.
― Josefa, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
i remember hendrix being more popular than that. maybe they were a k-rock thing. i also don't remember springsteen being _that_ popular but that's probably mostly out of a self-preservation instinct.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
on the other hand i distinctly remember billy joel, steely dan, and dire straits being very popular...
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
The prominence of Springsteen there has to be a "local hero" kind of thing? Moody Blues and Yes over Pink Floyd is interesting. They didn't like Supertramp in NYC, eh?
― magnet of the elk park (Sund4r), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
Well WNEW was New York, so surely plenty of Bruce bias.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
yeah br00ce was omnipresent where i grew up. maybe that's why i don't remember him. it'd be like remembering trees. of course there were trees!
i have no recollection at all of supertramp.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
Ha, "The Logical Song" was #7 when Ottawa's CHEZ106 last did an all-time countdown in 2015, according to the closest thing to a source I could find. Might be another instance of a band being weirdly bigger in Canada.
― magnet of the elk park (Sund4r), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
283. HEART OF GOLD - NEIL YOUNG284. DEAR PRUDENCE - BEATLES285. GIVE A LITTLE BIT - SUPERTRAMP286. REELIN' IN THE YEARS - STEELY DAN287. MISS YOU - ROLLING STONES
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
!:
Their highest sales levels were in Canada, where they had two diamond-certified (ten-times platinum) albums (Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America).
― magnet of the elk park (Sund4r), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
“Canada has always been a special place for me. Canada discovered Supertramp before America did, actually. The history of my relationship with Canada spans from the Crime of the Century album [released in 1974] and goes right through beyond Breakfast In America [1979] and into my solo career. It’s incredible the support that the music has received from Canada. And I don’t know if you know, but I have a couple of Diamond Awards back home which means that one million Canadians owned Crime of the Century and one million Canadians owned Breakfast in America. At the time I think the population was somewhere around 20 million so that means one in 20 Canadians owned those albums, which is a pretty amazing statistic,” said Hodgson, taking a break from rehearsals just outside Milwaukee.“It was an amazing relationship from the outset. I remember it very clearly when one day we were in Louisville, Kentucky on tour with Supertramp and the whole band was out in the street giving away tickets to try and get an audience for the night. The next day we flew to Montreal and played the sold-out Forum. So it was pretty mind blowing at the time just how much Canadian fans took to our music.
“It was an amazing relationship from the outset. I remember it very clearly when one day we were in Louisville, Kentucky on tour with Supertramp and the whole band was out in the street giving away tickets to try and get an audience for the night. The next day we flew to Montreal and played the sold-out Forum. So it was pretty mind blowing at the time just how much Canadian fans took to our music.
http://www.musiclifemagazine.net/roger-hodgson-rekindles-his-canadian-love-affair-with-november-tour/
― magnet of the elk park (Sund4r), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
man, i love the beatles!
. . .but i fucken hate hey jude. yuck.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 13 August 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
Maybe I shouldn't be, but I'm surprised by no Guess Who. They were always one of the five or ten most played bands on Canadian classic-rock stations because of Cancon regulations, but I still would have thought at least "American Woman" on an American station, maybe "These Eyes" or "No Sugar Tonight" or "Hand Me Down World," too.
― clemenza, Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
I certaiinly heard those first three tunes quite a bit, couldn't tell you if it was on WNEW though.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
like the only way this makes sense is because he's gonna dispute the result b/c of the post office clusterfuck that he created & honestly I can't see that argument holding in any court even with all the chud judges he's installed
There's a lot of Elvis Costello! How many would be on such a list now? Zero?― Boring, Marylandor less
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
Ah getting used to Zing.
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
Hey, check this out, haven't listened yet: https://www.mixcloud.com/rob-frankel/wnew-fm-1978-12-06-dennis-elsas-alison-steele/
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 January 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link