Rob Sherwood Blog

39 Degrees! 93 Degrees?

Posted by Rob Sherwood • Tuesday, 2009-October-13 • 21:34

Which temp would you choose. After my dentist appointment I'll let you guess. Now, I'm thinking of the beach and just to be different...strawberries or fresh pineapple and champagne. I KNOW I have a bottle of champagne in the fridge. "Moet et chandon...in a pretty cabinet." Now THAT is a great song! Killer Queen. You want to know another great song? I mean like all-time great. I mean when you hear it and you've had a few beers...or a lime Ricky or two...you might say..."That's the BEST song ever!". I Will Survive. Damn that's a good song. I used to really like War. (What is it good for? Good God, y'all..bump bump...etc)but I'm tired of it now and sort of like war. But...You can sing along to those songs. In the car those are songs you turn up loud. If I were riding in the car with my nephews and wanted to really piss them off the way it is so fun to do to latter-day generations...I'd sing along. ("At first I was afraid..I was petrified....") They look like they are going to throw up. LOL. ("She's a Killerrrrrrr Queen...gun powder, gelatine...." I have to stop this. I'm starting to sound like I actually think Oldies Stations are viable formats. The trouble with Oldies Stations is some ass-hole consultant...or National PD...is going to have you playing Gloria Gaynor and Queen AND...("In the summertime... when the weather is high....") Fuck Mungo Jerry! The problem is this is all a matter of opinion. And when some guy who couldn't hit the post if they were playing Stairway to Heaven...some consultant with a heart blacker than Olympia Snowe's hair...suggests that you should play Lover's Concerto three times a day you either meekly do it to keep your job and advance your career or you tell them to shove the Toys up their ass. I have to quit writing about this. I'm getting angry and my blood pressure is on the way north.

MBiolo wrote on 2009-October-15 11:48:30:
I have always wondered if a station that relived the Boss Radio years might succeed. Trouble is it it would have to be done with a great deal of attention to production, staging, and some really good air talent. One would have to invest in some real jings, a decent news department, and a return to vinyl would be nice. (I understand the new stuff is much more durable but how much "solid gold" music is available on new 45s is a question.) I don't see anybody putting that kind of effort in production and/or programming these days.

The Toys! Don't think that would make my Boss Radio playlist. I once told a PD that I could not bring myself to play any music by any families - no Jackson Five, no Cowsills, no Partridge Family and sure as hell no Poppy Family. He invited me to pass through the exit without letting the door hit my derriere. Well the rent was due, I had a phone bill to pay and I liked being on the radio so I did what any fine young jock with impeccable standards would do - I hung my head, tucked my tail between my legs, and promtptly cued up "I Want You Back".
Rob Sherwood wrote on 2009-October-15 20:13:50:
Whenever someone wonders about whether this or that format from the Golden Age would work today if it were tried, I think one mistake is being made. I'll use KDWB as an example. In Minneapolis. When I first heard KDWB I was blown away because the DJ's were so funny...so on top of things.....so pertinent. And after a few years they were also talky, wordy, and embarrassingly stupid at times. Along came Boss Radio and blew them out of the water. It was up-tempo, contemporary, to the point, respectful of music, and every time the jock opened his mike, he actually said something. Quickly. Forget the actual format and apply the adjectives on a radio station today. Up-Tempo. Contemporary. To-The-Point. Celebrating the music. Can you imagine a DJ sounding like he is exactly where he wants to be having the most fun it is possible to have? But.....and here is my problem....if you have an absolutely cherry 56 Chevy...all you have is a 53 year old car. The only people who will want it are people who are old enough to have great memories 53 years old. Take all the adjectives that made the 56 Chevy great and apply them to a brand-new car and you might have a winner. This is all so confusing. My brain isn't used to all this thinking.
mark wrote on 2009-October-16 19:24:18:
Rob you are right on.
Look at the new Dodge Challenger, new Chev Camaro or the new Ford Shelby Mustang all are cars that were reborn from the late 60's with today's amenities and are good selling fun cars.