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Post by ps11932 on Jan 4, 2007 17:27:01 GMT -5
During the Christmas season we reported Carpenters songs we heard either on the radio or in stores, etc. Quite a number of people participated to some degree. A few people have issued an opinion on whether it would be of interest to keep a record throughout the year of Carpenters songs heard on the radio or in public. The procedure is to post the song(s) you hear and the approximate date, and then I would list the cumulative totals weekly. So far WJ7 has reported 3 hears for the year. If anyone hears any C songs please let us know hear, or if you have an opinion one way or the other, please give it. Maybe in 10 days or so we can determine it this log is something worthwhile.
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Post by wisejester7 on Jan 4, 2007 18:10:41 GMT -5
I support the idea of keeping a log. I am curious as to how much air play the Carpenters receive throughout the year.
Already it has been days since I've heard C's on air. I suspect that trend will continue. I would be enormously surprised to hear much in the way of 'everyday' Carpenters music. (Christmas and Carpenters go hand in hand for DJ's, but then they seem to put them away ... as if the C's are only seasonal.) This phenomenon is why I am curious and would vote in favor of us keeping a year long log.
wisejester7 ;-)
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Post by Prisoner_Walking on Jan 5, 2007 4:43:10 GMT -5
There is a radio station in London called Magic. They often play Carpenters tunes - mainly "Goodbye To Love" & "Close To You". Also BBC Radio 2. I think it would be a nice idea to keep a log for 2007...even if we don't add to it very often. It would just be interesting to see the comparison between UK and US airplay.
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Post by GoodOldDreams on Jan 5, 2007 6:52:56 GMT -5
With the international scope of our forum members and visitors, a 2007 Carpenters log would yield some interesting data about how Carpenters music remains in the consciousness of contemporary broadcast media worldwide. I say go for it!
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jan 5, 2007 13:48:51 GMT -5
Okay - put me down for having heard Close to You on December 31st. Yes, I was surprised....but pleased. Are we also listing the Mall/restaurant/other places like we did in the Christmas log, or will this be strictly radio? O.E.? Tim Why do birds suddenly appear?
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Post by ps11932 on Jan 5, 2007 17:14:44 GMT -5
Mall, restaurant, grocery store, etc., worked well with Christmas log (thanks to you all who lobbied for their inclusion) so sure, we probably would want them to count. I also like the idea you people have suggested of comparison by continent.
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Post by wisejester7 on Jan 5, 2007 17:21:12 GMT -5
Great! Are we going to keep the log on this main page?
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Post by wisejester7 on Jan 8, 2007 18:32:11 GMT -5
Sigh... Here we are a week + into the new year and I haven't heard a peep out of the Carpenters (radio wise). Is anyone else doing any better?
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Post by merlinjones on Jan 11, 2007 18:46:17 GMT -5
Man. I live where music, as a whole, is very popular. Some musical genres were actually invented in my city. But... I have not heard the Carpenters on the radio hardly ever. I am thinking of one day buying one of those fancy radios which you have to buy a subscription for.... And if you, or someone you know would like to buy merlinjones a fancy radio, then please go to...www_dot_buy_merlinjones_a_fancy_radio_dot_com. I do not accept donations lower than one hundred smackers, just so you know.Just playing, y'all. Yesterday, I heard them on the digital cable music channel. It is like a radio. but on digital cable tv. Does that count? It was Close to You.
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 11, 2007 22:55:32 GMT -5
Mary... you are too funny. Keep a look out for the 100 smackeroos I send you. SMACK!!!
Anyway I believe hearing Carpenters on the digital cable music channel should count - as it is played and a mass of public hears the song - just as the radio. We are also accepting plays we hear in the mall, grocery store, any retail store - and my favorite place Home Depot.
I probably won't be adding many listens as I listen to the radio (standard radio or internet radio) only during Christmas time - all the rest of the year I play my CD's.
I'll be most interested to hear when something like "This Masquerade", "Please Mr. Postman" or "Calling Occupants..." is played - something other than the general Carpenters standards that we expect to hear.
At that I did hear "Only Yesterday" in Rite-Aid just last night - I hear this one about once or twice a year.
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Post by ps11932 on Jan 12, 2007 18:20:45 GMT -5
Indeed, let's include digital cable music channel- great idea, Mary. This adds yet another legitimate venue to count. Like Rick I don't listen to much radio, though I might catch a few C's songs during a typical year. (Of course, there are always request options.) I'll go ahead and make the first tabulation, counting both by song and by geography, as suggested, and we'll see how it goes!
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Post by ps11932 on Jan 12, 2007 18:32:37 GMT -5
Here is the first tabulation- this includes reports of non- Christmas/holiday music since Dec. 25. Am I correct, Prisoner_Walking, that you were not actually reporting any specific songs you had heard, but rather trends of what will probably be played? If I am correct, then as of 1530 Pacific time on Friday, Jan. 12, all the hears are in North America, and the numbers are:
Close To You-3 Rainy Days And Mondays-1 It's Going To Take Some Time-1 Only Yesterday-1
As reports come in, I'll try to give an update weekly (usually on Friday or Saturday.) Thanks!
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Post by wisejester7 on Jan 15, 2007 21:24:41 GMT -5
Finally! "We've Only Just Begun" just played on the radio. It's been a long time since I've heard Carpenters. ;-)
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Post by Prisoner_Walking on Jan 17, 2007 14:32:42 GMT -5
Don't know whether this counts towards the log, but I just saw Carpenters featured on British Freeview Channel TMF. They were no#7 in the Top 10 Biggest Selling Albums of 1990 with "Only Yesterday - Greatest Hits". They showed a clip of "Close To You".
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Post by Rick Henry on Jan 20, 2007 2:32:22 GMT -5
Adding "For All We Know" as my latest hearing of Carpenters music.
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Post by ps11932 on Jan 20, 2007 16:36:20 GMT -5
As of 1332 (Pacific Time) on 20 January, the log is: "Close To You"-4 (3 North America, 1 U. K.), and the rest all N.A. hears, 1 each: "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Only Yesterday", "It's Going To Take Some Time", "We've Only Just Begun", "For All We Know."
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Post by carprave on Jan 24, 2007 11:55:19 GMT -5
I heard We've Only Just Begun on internet radio yesterday.
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Jan 24, 2007 11:59:04 GMT -5
What a surprise I got this morning when I started the car and began backing out of the garage - I found myself listening to Karen singing I Won't Last A Day Without You! At first I thought I must have a CD in, that was playing, but it was the radio. A very nice way to start off my day. Tim
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