Post by daniel on Feb 24, 2009 22:13:40 GMT -5
In the 70's and 80's it seemed to be a trend for artists to make "custom" versions of hit songs for certain radio stations, where they would sing the call letters as part of the lyrics. Has anyone ever heard this on a local station? A few that I have heard:
Pointer Sisters "Fire" was changed from:
"I'm ridin in your car, you turn on the radio"
to:
"I'm ridin in your car, you turn on KFRC" for KFRC, San Francisco
Reunion's "Life is a Rock" was changed from:
"Life is a rock, and the radio rolled me"
to:
"Life is a rock, and CFL rolled me" for WCFL, Chicago
Ronnie Milsap's "Turn The Radio On was changed from:
"Somebody turn that radio on I can't stand it"
to:
"Somebody turn that radio on I wanna hear FM 98 KNAX" for KNAX/Fresno
Starship's "We Built This City" is an interesting one because the B side of the promo 45 had an instrumental portion where Les Garland gives the traffic report for San Francisco and RCA encouraged stations to put their own DJ's in this space. (Of course, as Les was working at KFRC at the time their version said "610 KFRC... Looking out over the Golden Gate Bridge I'm seeing that bumper to bumper traffic.")
Has anyone else heard any other examples of songs being customized for local stations?
Pointer Sisters "Fire" was changed from:
"I'm ridin in your car, you turn on the radio"
to:
"I'm ridin in your car, you turn on KFRC" for KFRC, San Francisco
Reunion's "Life is a Rock" was changed from:
"Life is a rock, and the radio rolled me"
to:
"Life is a rock, and CFL rolled me" for WCFL, Chicago
Ronnie Milsap's "Turn The Radio On was changed from:
"Somebody turn that radio on I can't stand it"
to:
"Somebody turn that radio on I wanna hear FM 98 KNAX" for KNAX/Fresno
Starship's "We Built This City" is an interesting one because the B side of the promo 45 had an instrumental portion where Les Garland gives the traffic report for San Francisco and RCA encouraged stations to put their own DJ's in this space. (Of course, as Les was working at KFRC at the time their version said "610 KFRC... Looking out over the Golden Gate Bridge I'm seeing that bumper to bumper traffic.")
Has anyone else heard any other examples of songs being customized for local stations?
