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Date Posted: 19:37:41 05/08/02 Wed
Author: scott s.
Subject: Re: Charlene-let's clarify something.....
In reply to: Dave 's message, "Re: Charlene-let's clarify something....." on 17:40:53 05/08/02 Wed

>>hmmmmmmm....I get the feeling that people here think I
>>wouldn't play it because of it's slow tempo.
> Actually, that is true. I did think that. Thanks
>for clarifying. The PD of my local station played it
>during the lunchtime 80s hour as a "vault" selection
>and one guy called in and said that he'd rather hear
>the emergency broadcast system alert! I emailed the
>PD and commended him for playing it eventhough he made
>the comment that he "loathed" the song back then. I
>will tell you that I did also, but now, I don't mind
>hearing it now and then, but that goes for all of
>those old songs: slow and fast, country and jazz. If
>it's from the 80s and doesn't get a lot of airplay, I
>love to hear it.
>
>>my way of thinking is to keep your core known 80's
>>hits that always do well with an audience anywhere.
>>two examples of this I can think of off the top of my
>>head would be 'girls just wanna have fun" and
>>"footloose" (can you imagine an 80's weekend without
>>em?) and mix in some lost/lesser known songs like
>>charlene. it keeps the mix fresh, and you can feature
>>it as a "lost hit". but hey, that's just my .02
>
> I agree.

here I said one thing about not wanting to play it from a PD perspective, then wanting to put it in the mix...DOH! talk about zig zagging.....

a little elaboration is in order...

it's up for debate as to how offensive it is in the world of politically correctness. I would base playing it on knowing your market and how uptight it may or may not be. stay away from it if you think some women's rights groups are gonna slam the station....bigger markets though I would think you'd have no trouble. and with that in mind, and me being a fan of the song, and the fact it doesn't get many spins these days, as I said before, put it in the mix. screw the consultants!!!

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