tomswift2002
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Just heard “Top Of The World” on myFM 104.9. Sounded like a remix from between 85-97, but the vocals really sounded pushed to the front, almost as if it was a radio-only mix and not one that’s been released on CD.
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So yesterday I went on an afternoon gambling cruise --- don't judge me; I'm really not much of a gambler, but I do like cruises and this was a nice diversion. I digress... Upon boarding the ship, I distinctly heard 70s music, most of it in the soft-rock vein. I was enjoying my buffet lunch when I heard "Yesterday Once More." And I was ecstatic! Also played were "Make It With You" by Bread, "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" by the Stylistics, and "One Bad Apple" by the Osmonds (not heard by me since the early 70s on the radio), among many others. As the day progressed, the tempo of songs clearly picked up, but still 70s tunes.
I approached a member of management and inquired about the music. She explained that the music was preprogrammed by the cruiseline's Information Technology department. She further stated that 70s music is often featured, but the genre changes, dependent on the date, day versus night, holiday, and guest demographics. I think it's safe to say that casinos are often populated by seniors, particularly an afternoon cruise. So my ecstasy of hearing the Carpenters was tempered somewhat by yet another realization of my advancing age...
And speaking of music targeting an older audience...
I think we all notice familiar music played during TV (radio) commercials. Currently airing are two commercials that have caught my "ear": Anoro, a prescription medicine used to treat COPD; and Ozempic, a prescription medicine used to treat diabetes.
And speaking of music targeting an older audience...
I think we all notice familiar music played during TV (radio) commercials. Currently airing are two commercials that have caught my "ear": Anoro, a prescription medicine used to treat COPD; and Ozempic, a prescription medicine used to treat diabetes. The former commercial includes a continual refrain of "Go Your Own Way," but clearly NOT Fleetwood Mac; and the latter commercial features a continual refrain of "Oh, oh, oh, Ozempic," the same tune of "Magic" by Pilot, although the original hit song beckons, "Oh, oh, oh, it's magic." ...
... But I must rhetorically ask: in the 70s, were there commercials being played that targeted the older generation through their young-life music?!?!
Audio tape recording didn’t take off until after WWII, since it was the Germans that developed tape that wouldn’t burn up, blow up or do something crazy after only a minute or two. Really it was because of how many recordings of orders that were heard during WWII that featured Adolf Hitler that were so much clearer and higher fidelity than anything that the Allies had (the broadcasts were being made in multiple time zones, but sounded like LIVE.broadcasts rather than transcribed or wire recordings and longer than any 16rpm disc could hold), that made the world interested in audio tape technology. The Allies captured a number of German audio tape recorders close to the end of the war, when the Allies captured Radio Luxembourg and found a number of machines there. It is from these machines that all analog tape recorders created since then have been based on, And very little has changed. After the War it was because of Bing Crosby that audio tape caught on, since Crosby was able to make a recording that sounded live, but could be copied and sent to various stations to be played at different times.I've thought about this too, and no, that rarely happened if memory serves. I'm pretty sure it's because, among other things, you couldn't go back 40+ years from the 1970's and find music that had been recorded in a way that made it sound good or was easily transferable (history audiophiles correct me if I have this wrong). 50's music was used, but go too far back and the music simply becomes badly recorded, and the tech didn't exist then to clean it up as well as they can today.
Also, pop music transcends generations. Roaring 20's or 30's music doesn't. Younger people hearing Fleetwood Mac may not know the band (many actually do), but the style of music isn't off-putting to anyone other than those of us who bought the Rumors album when it came out
Audio tape recording didn’t take off until after WWII, since it was the Germans that developed tape that wouldn’t burn up, blow up or do something crazy after only a minute or two. Really it was because of how many recordings of orders that were heard during WWII that featured Adolf Hitler that were so much clearer and higher fidelity than anything that the Allies had (the broadcasts were being made in multiple time zones, but sounded like LIVE.broadcasts rather than transcribed or wire recordings and longer than any 16rpm disc could hold), that made the world interested in audio tape technology. The Allies captured a number of German audio tape recorders close to the end of the war, when the Allies captured Radio Luxembourg and found a number of machines there. It is from these machines that all analog tape recorders created since then have been based on, And very little has changed. After the War it was because of Bing Crosby that audio tape caught on, since Crosby was able to make a recording that sounded live, but could be copied and sent to various stations to be played at different times.
I've thought about this too, and no, that rarely happened if memory serves....