Comments on: “American Top 40″ still exists? http://www.joemoody.com/columns-by-joe-moody/american-top-40-still-exists/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:03:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jett http://www.joemoody.com/columns-by-joe-moody/american-top-40-still-exists/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Jett Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:44:10 +0000 http://www.joemoody.com/?p=224#comment-65 Ah! I see your point. I was 10 years old and Kasey Kasem announced "Every Breath You Take" by The Police as the #1 song of 1983. I was crushed. I wanted "Beat It" to win but unfortunately, it was #2. Can you imagine if I had been able to vote on the #1 song of 1983? I had nothing else to do but obsess about pop music so of course, if it had been left up to me, a beautifully arranged and well written song would have probably slumped to the lowest depths of the Billboard Charts and a synthesized nightmare (by comparison) like "Beat It" would have gotten more credit than it deserved. Arguably, I believe my outrage was justified because, after all, "Thriller" was the top selling album that year and it was probably because me and all my 4th grade cohorts had the album. The entire school had the album. At least MJ was a top notch entertainer and not an utter fail like the Britneys and wanna be Madonnas of today. I'm not totally against interactive-ness. I used to long for it before there was the internet. I cant get into Ryan Seacrest, either or AT40. I no longer trust who's behind the scenes and pulling the strings. Ah! I see your point. I was 10 years old and Kasey Kasem announced “Every Breath You Take” by The Police as the #1 song of 1983. I was crushed. I wanted “Beat It” to win but unfortunately, it was #2. Can you imagine if I had been able to vote on the #1 song of 1983? I had nothing else to do but obsess about pop music so of course, if it had been left up to me, a beautifully arranged and well written song would have probably slumped to the lowest depths of the Billboard Charts and a synthesized nightmare (by comparison) like “Beat It” would have gotten more credit than it deserved.

Arguably, I believe my outrage was justified because, after all, “Thriller” was the top selling album that year and it was probably because me and all my 4th grade cohorts had the album. The entire school had the album. At least MJ was a top notch entertainer and not an utter fail like the Britneys and wanna be Madonnas of today.

I’m not totally against interactive-ness. I used to long for it before there was the internet. I cant get into Ryan Seacrest, either or AT40. I no longer trust who’s behind the scenes and pulling the strings.

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