Friday night 90s.. I mean 80s!

bbability

Did anyone hear Today FMs Friday night 80s last night with Philip Cawley? There I am minding my own business and next thing I hear Chesney Hawks - I am the one and only (number 1 for 5 weeks from March 1991). Anyway I had a little chuckle to myself in the knowledge that it wasn't a 80s classic. Now the presenter was not happy about the texts flying in complaining. It wasn't the end of the world so to speak...
Now not that I'm complaining but surely there's enough songs from the 1st January 1980 to the 31st December 1989 to cover a 3 hour show? Is there any need to deviate the playlist. ?

PacMan

I too always listen to Friday Night 80's on the way home from work.
Great show, and I think Phil does an excellent job. He plays many tracks from the eighties that I have forgotten about.
I did hear him play Chesney Hawk's, and I didnt find it out of place. In fact if Phil Cawley had not mentioned the comments from texters, I would not have noticed that it was a track from the early 1990,s.
I think people have little to be complaining about to be honest.

As a child of the eighties, many of the eighties tracks I like, were in fact released in 1979, if that make sense....
Phil cawley, play what you like, its a storm in a teacup:D

Fuzzy Clam

Regardless of the year, the biggest crime is playing spotty faced Chesney Hawks at all!! Ugh!

Losty Dublin

DJ hat on here for a moment and yes it is silly and an error of judgement to allow him to play a song 700 days past the decade.

I've actually been in studio a few times over the years when the 80's show was on air (Back in the day when Enda Caldwell and Cliff Walker presented it) and indeed the 90's show with Tracey Lee (I'm very close friends with her) and I can assure you that most of the requested songs coming in from listeners are very much not 80's songs. Plus, many a night I've worked in 80's nightclubs around the city and if I had 1 cent every time I'm asked to play Beyonce, Dizzee Rascal, etc etc I'd be able to buy Marconi House

In short, it's only a wee error, nobody got killed and it works both ways

eiresandra

I was gobsmacked one Saturday morning when he was doing his 'Classic 9 at 11'. The premise is - he plays nine songs from a year, and you guess the year for a prize. Seven songs were from 1986, and the other two were random 80s years.

The basic fundamentals of a "guess the year" competition should be that all the songs are from the same year, and the basic fundamental of an 80s show is that the songs were released or hits in the 80s. It's sloppy, lazy, no attention to detail, and people should expect more of a national station.

Fuzzy Clam

I never understood the "9 at 11" thing. The idea used to be that you played a "top 8 at 8" or "classic 9 at 9", or whatever. Something that scans. Not "classic 9 at 11" .

Losty Dublin

eiresandra wrote: »

I was gobsmacked one Saturday morning when he was doing his 'Classic 9 at 11'. The premise is - he plays nine songs from a year, and you guess the year for a prize. Seven songs were from 1986, and the other two were random 80s years.

The basic fundamentals of a "guess the year" competition should be that all the songs are from the same year, and the basic fundamental of an 80s show is that the songs were released or hits in the 80s. It's sloppy, lazy, no attention to detail, and people should expect more of a national station.

Back when 98FM used to do the Classic 9 at 9, Debbie Allen used to play the Beatles in years before they were formed :rolleyes:

jimmyw

Losty Dublin wrote: »

DJ hat on here for a moment and yes it is silly and an error of judgement to allow him to play a song 700 days past the decade.

I've actually been in studio a few times over the years when the 80's show was on air (Back in the day when Enda Caldwell and Cliff Walker presented it) and indeed the 90's show with Tracey Lee (I'm very close friends with her) and I can assure you that most of the requested songs coming in from listeners are very much not 80's songs. Plus, many a night I've worked in 80's nightclubs around the city and if I had 1 cent every time I'm asked to play Beyonce, Dizzee Rascal, etc etc I'd be able to buy Marconi House

In short, it's only a wee error, nobody got killed and it works both ways

She used to be on South East radio, didnt she? She is not doing that show now is she? Or where is she now?

NOVA7

jimmyw wrote: »

She used to be on South East radio, didnt she? She is not doing that show now is she? Or where is she now?

Tracey is no longer on the radio,she and her family moved to Malta over a year ago,Im a close friend of hers from back in the 90s stations and I still keep in contact with her.

jimmy2flutes

Wow! 2 really close friends of a radio presenter thats not even in radio anymore in 1 thread!

Why do you feel the need to tell us you are such great friends?

bbability

Anyway back to the topic.. Is it a sign that it needs a freshening up on a Friday evening? Maybe the 80s from 7-9 and the 90s from 9-11?

Kojak

bbability wrote: »

Anyway back to the topic.. Is it a sign that it needs a freshening up on a Friday evening? Maybe the 80s from 7-9 and the 90s from 9-11?

Didn't they used to have a 90's show on Fridays a few years ago? AFAIK it was cancelled for the show that JP (off the foley show) does now on late night friday.

squonk

Putting on my Muso hat here, Chesney Hawke's song, The One And Only could qualify as an 80's song as it was written by Nick Kershaw who, as we all know, was big in the 80's.

It's very 80's sounding and could have been released in 1989 as much as 1991. It saw the light of day in the charts if memory serves around March 1991. That's only 14-15 months into the 90's.

I wouldn't see any reason why it shouldn't be on Friday Night 80's.

PacMan

squonk wrote: »

I wouldn't see any reason why it shouldn't be on Friday Night 80's.

Agreed. I really think its a storm in a teacup... kinda thing.

Honestly, if Phil Cawley had not mentioned the few texts he received during his show complaining about that song, I would never have guessed....

Should not have mentioned it Phil.... None of us would have noticed :pac:

neris

I heard the song and the texts after, big deal he made a bit of a balls up. Some right pedantic idiots in this country. Could have been worse. he could have played lady gaga .

RadioCity

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

I never understood the "9 at 11" thing. The idea used to be that you played a "top 8 at 8" or "classic 9 at 9", or whatever. Something that scans. Not "classic 9 at 11" .

That Classic 9 at 11 was just a development of a previous feature. After Mark Cagney left Today FM the Classic 9 at 10 was the feature- who was the presenter- Tim Kelly?? Did Mark Cagney do the Classic 9 at 10 too maybe?
Tim Kelly ended up doing Friday Night 80s, Saturday from 11am and the Sunday Chart. The Classic 9 at 10 from the Mon-Fri bacame the Classic 9 at 11- a feature continued by Phil Cawley.