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- Fri Apr 15, 2022 7:18 pm
- Forum: Flint, Tri-Cities, and The Thumb
- Topic: Former WNEM Jay Brandow dies
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1756
Re: Former WNEM Jay Brandow dies
To quote the 1980 101 WRIF Concert Guide listing for Jay: "When he was only 10 years old Jay Brandow heard the old men in his father's bar talking about the lives they wished they had lived, and decided then he would never leave room for regrets like that. Since then he's lived in a dozen places acr...
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:02 pm
- Forum: Music Musings
- Topic: Kid Rock releases new album; America collectively yawns
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1265
Re: Kid Rock releases new album; America collectively yawns
I don't mind some of Kid's music, and he has some measure of talent, but "We The People" is a lyrically contradictory mess that comes off as a self-parody. It makes Johnny Van Zant's love letter song about Ron DeSantis, "Sweet Florida", seem like the second coming of "Freebird". "We The People" is n...
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:54 am
- Forum: Music Musings
- Topic: C.W. McCall (Bill Fries) dead
- Replies: 5
- Views: 951
Re: C.W. McCall (Bill Fries) dead
He had a good, albeit relatively short career as a singer after reaching his 40's. I remember buying the "Wolf Creek Pass" album after hearing his first radio songs, the title track and "Old Home...Cafe". The single "Wolf Creek Pass" had actually reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100, making "Convoy"...
- Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:19 pm
- Forum: Music Musings
- Topic: RPM Top 100 CanCon Hits 1964-1996
- Replies: 5
- Views: 726
Re: RPM Top 100 CanCon Hits 1964-1996
The Guess Who 1974 song "Dancin' Fool" reminds me of Three Dog Night 1972 song "The Family Of Man" at the beginning of that song!! Both of those songs' intros reminded me of one from the 1969 Paul Revere and the Raiders hit, "Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon". That list has a lot of great songs, most of which are...
- Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:06 pm
- Forum: Music Musings
- Topic: Ian McDonald (Foreigner) dies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 693
Re: Ian McDonald (Foreigner) dies
I'm guessing Mick Jones wanted more control over Foreigner's direction, and McDonald was a bit more versatile and involved in his musical, production and songwriting contributions than Jones may have preferred. Having been an original member of King Crimson was a decent resume entry prior to Foreign...
- Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:14 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Mike and Jon gone from WHMI
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8543
Re: Mike and Jon gone from WHMI
We'll never be fully able to judge the actions taken without hearing the newscast(s) in question, along with what was said to the station, and their directive to the news reporter. Until the whole picture would be available, this remains a "he said, she said, they said, we say" subject. That "said",...
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:58 am
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Speaking of stations that speed up the music...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1954
Re: Speaking of stations that speed up the music...
I was referring to music being sped up by adjusting the pitch. That's the most common way to achieve a brighter sound and move things faster. I haven't encountered time stretching, which is adjusting the audio to fit a specific time period (and maintaining the original pitch of the audio) to the sam...
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:52 am
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Speaking of stations that speed up the music...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1954
Re: Speaking of stations that speed up the music...
Speeding up music has been around at least since the 70's, that I remember. Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" was supposedly sped up, after it was recorded, by his American record company, United Artists. Rafferty was supposedly not happy about that, but US copies of the album and single still have t...
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 12:46 am
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Mike and Jon gone from WHMI
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8543
Re: Mike and Jon gone from WHMI
No, you are WAY overthinking this. It wasn't anything about a local advertiser, just that the "click" of radios was being heard by all the nonsense. From the linked article below you see it wasn't just about specific advertiser: "WHMI () covered some recent controversial stories in the community, f...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 6:34 pm
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Mike and Jon gone from WHMI
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8543
Re: Mike and Jon gone from WHMI
If the news department has to run the gauntlet of advertisers' likes, dislikes and impetuous phone calls to the radio station, then it's not really news reporting any longer. They can call it news and play that game, but the facts then take a backseat to not offending advertisers. Who's really in ch...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:58 am
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Major snowstorm brewing
- Replies: 331
- Views: 36524
Re: Major snowstorm brewing
We need meteorologists who play it straight, like Jerry Hodak used to, or have some fun with it like Sonny Eliot. I don't mind technical at times, but television weather doesn't have to be played like it's high drama, with the focus on overemphasizing the fact that the weather will impact our lives ...
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:21 am
- Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
- Topic: Mike and Jon gone from WHMI
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8543
Re: Mike and Jon gone from WHMI
The statement from WHMI was a poorly-written and vague attempt to deflect the controversy away from themselves by denying a couple of the theories being presented. Their "We wish the two of them all the best!" line especially comes off as a limp wave-off to their time at the station. It's not surpri...
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 11:27 am
- Forum: Neighboring States/Ontario
- Topic: Toledo winter storm of 2022
- Replies: 3
- Views: 872
Re: Toledo winter storm of 2022
For an outside-the-market perspective, which Toledo TV station would/should be the best for coverage of this weather event? It leads to a possible topic for future discussion- which station in each regional market does the best in weather reporting and presentation? That excludes the other areas of ...
- Sun Jan 30, 2022 11:29 pm
- Forum: Music Musings
- Topic: Johnny Fever has spun his last disc
- Replies: 8
- Views: 963
Re: Johnny Fever has spun his last disc
R.I.P. "Johnny Fever", "Charlie Moore", and his original stage name "Don Sturdy". Thanks for the great work, Mr. Hesseman.
- Sat Jan 22, 2022 10:43 am
- Forum: Music Musings
- Topic: Long Songs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3097
Re: Long Songs
I agree with that. His two books, "Waging Heavy Peace" and "Special Deluxe" are pretty good, too. I've always appreciated Gordon Lightfoot, as well as both Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman for their work solo and together, but Neil's in another league altogether. Back in the long songs category, Lo...