Posted by Ken Haelig on August 21, 2007 at 19:40:36:
Many thanks to Allan and Bob Shannon for providing the boat that got us CBS fans through some troubled waters for the last couple of years. I think Allan's website, Bob's ceaseless enthusiasm, and the die-hard enthusiasts who posted cogent thoughts about the issue on a regular basis, all played a major role in bringing CBS back where it belongs. Likewise, kudos to the "powers-that-be" who gave CBS a second chance. Hell I'll admit it, I got really choked up when "Do It Again" came on because it was the first time in a long time that things were set right in the city. (I also think that's why NYSE peaked that day.)
Anyway, although I haven't been able to post in a long time, I still read everything that others post here and on the main board. The whole gang has been 100% on the mark in all of their observations and suggestions. There really hasn't been anything I could add that wasn't already said, but I still have a short wish list...
1. Bobby Jay
2. Pat St. John
3. Cousin Brucie
4. CBS should always have a female voice and Sue O'Neal is perfect for the job, but I'd rather hear her later in the evening, mellowed out, playing slower, sexier nighttime music.
5. In the late 70s and early 80s, Dave Herman had a feature called "Things From England" which spotlighted up-and-coming UK acts that broke out when Punk & New Wave became popular. I would LOVE to hear a weekly specialty show like this on CBS, because I think that era was as significant to pop music and NY radio as anything else that ever happened, so I think a retrospective about 1980s UK pop would make a nice weekly feature.
6. Rap artists produced several crossover hits which should be played. Not the white-people nonsense like "Rapture" but the genuine article, in all its ethnic glory, which is the true successor to Motown. Also more country cross-overs from roughly the same period would balance things nicely.
7. We absolutely, positively need to hear more ELO. They're in Sears commercials now, which means they're part of the American cultural tapestry. And what about Dave Edmunds & friends? How about late-era Yes, Moody Blues, and some other megabands? All-star acts like the Honeydrippers, Rockpile, and Travelling Willberries? Great stuff yet to be harvested!
8. No more "Play That Funky Music White Boy". We get it.