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Date Posted: 01:07:54 04/04/02 Thu
Author: Craig
Subject: Re: Songs that got loooooonger
In reply to: Aaron McCracken 's message, "Re: Songs that got loooooonger" on 14:53:56 04/03/02 Wed

>>And in the first few months of the new AT40 (the A/C
>>version), some songs actually had the second verse
>>repeated! This happened to several songs on the Top
>>60 of 1998, probably because they didn't play any
>>"extras" (on the year end shows, there are usually one
>>in each hour).
>
>That's one thing I hated about AT40 with Shadoe
>Stevens, the way they would sometimes "loop" sections
>of the song, stretching it out interminably. When
>AT40 returned in March 1998, they started repeating
>verses again, which I found annoying; they finally
>reduced the frequency of their "looping" in July 1999
>(if I recall correctly it was the same show where they
>opened with a segment of the July 4,1970 program, and
>brought in a newly recorded opening theme and improved
>#40 jingle). They still "loop" a song or two even to
>this day, but the last time they went really overboard
>with it was on the "Top 40 of 1999" show.

That "looping" thing with Shadoe annoyed me so much, I keep saying "Shad, stop repeating yourself". Sometimes, when I'm sleeping during the show, I do the same thing. I outgrew that when they reduced that technique.

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Replies:

Re: Songs that got loooooonger -- Darren W. Alexander, 02:31:24 04/05/02 Fri
- Re: Songs that got loooooonger -- scott s., 18:48:44 04/05/02 Fri
  - Re: Songs that got loooooonger -- Aaron McCracken, 22:15:22 04/05/02 Fri
    - Re: Songs that got loooooonger -- Scott Lakefield, 14:02:22 04/07/02 Sun