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>>>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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