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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 5h

I'm the guy who thinks Bill Conti is a one-trick pony, but I'll take his "Theme From Rocky" any day (vs. this fall '75 "Rocky" song 😉)

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 5h

With "Fox On The Run" and "Action" in the interim 😉

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 5h

Now HERE'S a song!!! Bill Withers' "Lean On Me." See how it's done, 1975?? #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 5h

This below album is the one which enabled me to survive pop music that fall of 1975. Hearing Sedaka's "Bad Blood" just makes me want to play it right now!!! Fingers crossed for a better chart next week 🤞. #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 5h

Pretty sure the instant recognition of the "Avis vs. Hertz" dynamic belongs solely to our generation (and, perhaps, our parents.) I can hear the resounding "Huh?" from anyone younger than us 😆. #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

ALL OF THE FORMER MEMBERS OF JEFFERSON AIRPLANE DID NOT JOIN JEFFERSON STARSHIP. Wink is wrong. Surprise, surprise. #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

If it's from that same period, I should seek it out. Thanks!

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

The glory of 1973 comes to the rescue in 1975, as Sweet's 2 year-old UK hit lights up the mostly "Ugh!" fall '75 on #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

I'd never think to combine the phrase "exciting sound" with Orleans. But Wink did. 🙄 #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

Yes - sign me up for "James Dean" and "Already Gone" 👍

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

THE TRIPLE WHAMMY - now including "Rocky" (NOT the movie theme.) And the crap just keeps spinning on #AT40 this week in Oct. '75!

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

You picked the perfect moment to bail. "Feelings"..... 🙄

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

OMG. The double-whammy of "Run Joey Run" and now "Feelings." No wonder people are electing to tune out this week 🙄. Oct. '75 on #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

You won't miss much 👍

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

This week's Who's At The Bottom Of The Billboard Hot 100 finds none other than Jethro Tull entering the chart at #90 with the title track from "Minstrel In The Gallery." It got as high as #79, but was gone by early November. Ian tried to save us that fall, but we let him down! Oct. '75 on #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

We were just "here" 4 weeks ago! 🙄

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

Hi, 6th. If you can, find Leon's combo of "Jumping Jack Flash" & "Youngblood" from the 1971 "Concert For Bangla Desh" triple album. I think it's the highlight of the album (which contains 2 former Beatles and Bob Dylan!)

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 6h

I was just being snarky to (hopefully) be funny. I bet it was a great show!

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 7h

I can hardly think of a day I didn't wake up thinking "Whatever happened to Gary U.S. Bonds?" #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 7h

But what a relief it was to those of us who were horrified by his previous album, "Dark Horse." I love "You," and, although it took years and years, Sirius' The Beatles channel finally has it in their rotation 👍

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 7h

First year of college for me, and, yes, the brand new "Saturday Night (Live)" was instantly appointment viewing that fall of '75. As I was the only one in our already tight group who brought a TV to school, we gathered in the cell-sized dorm room I shared. Nice memories!

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We were in this neighborhood very recently (albeit a couple months earlier in '76.) See y'all Saturday. #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My instant reply to the below e-mail I received today from Medicare: "Go fuck yourself, Donald Trump. My vote is not for sale." Turns out the e-mail account, conveniently, doesn't accept responses. #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Donald Trump's treasonous invitation for a foreign power to nuke American cities makes this reboot of the famous 1964 commercial timely again. #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Instead of every MSM dweeb thinking they have a "gotcha!" when they ask a Democrat about internet nobody Haskin whoever, why aren't they asking every Republican about Palantir's Peter "Democracy and freedom are not compatible" Thiel? Oh, right: corporate media.

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Here's how I know talk of a #BlueWave could be real: lunch this week with an old friend from western PA. Without prompting, he said "I voted for Trump 3 times, and I'm DONE. I hope Trump & the R's get their asses kicked." (Some people CAN learn.) #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This week's Who's At The Bottom Of The Billboard Hot 100 finds John Belushi entering the chart at #94 with his version of "Louie, Louie." It only got as high as #89. I forget the movie it came from... 😉. Sept. '78 on #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

NOW WE'RE TALKING! My spirit just lifts when I hear Gerry Rafferty, and here's his follow-up to one of the greatest from summer '78, "Baker Street." "Right Down The Line" Sept. '78 on #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Whoever "Foxy" are reaching into the same bag of instant disco cliches everyone had at that point and cobbling together a nothing burger for #AT40 consumption. (Sigh,) it worked. "Get Off" Sept. '78

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Missed the 1st 45 minutes of today's fall '78 #AT40, but, really missed nothing 😄. Here's what was on the turntable in my off campus college apt. that fall, which, happily, had become a hangout for my gang. (We're down a member, but still crank this music whenever we get together!)

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm fortunate I got to see the last U.S. tour The Who did with Keith (Des Moines' Veterans Auditorium.) Prime memory: some technical issue stopped the show mid-set, Pete furiously gesticulating to offstage crew, Roger pacing in a circle, and Keith took up the slack with an impromptu drum solo😌 #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OMFG. Back after this abomination from Paul Anka #AT40.

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Way to support your man, lady. Dave Loggins dealing with a bring-down girlfriend in "Please Come To Boston" Aug. '74 on #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Request to Sirius 70's on 7: if we've visited a specific month/year within the last month of #AT40 shows, give the Thursday "Wheel of Casey" another spin. We were "here" in 1974 just a couple weeks ago, and I'm trying not to repeat myself.

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Shinin' On" was the title track of their '74 album 😉 (the same one which contained "The Loco-Motion.") I played the 45 single of "We're An American Band" seemingly thousands of times! (Got the original translucent gold disc 👍)

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It fooled all the record stores back in the day (for a good while,) so not surprised BlueSky's censor-bot didn't catch it. 👍

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wiki says "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" was Three Dog Night's final Top 20 song. I blame the album cover. Aug. '74 on #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yeah, I've attempted to post the original "Moontan" album (no nudity!) a few times, and BlueSky's censor feature flags it as "adult content." Notably, someone here recently posted Santana's 2nd album (with uncovered lady parts,) and that went through. Consistency much, Bluesky???

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank goodness Joan loved a big, fat, crunchy, echo-y guitar.

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'll take the 1984 version of "Wild Thing" by X anytime over whatever this is by Fancy Aug. '74 on #AT40. (Sorry, Troggs.) That is, of course, if I can't hear the version released by "Senator Bobby" in 1966 😉

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Summer '74: I'd seen Billy Preston steal the show opening for Deep Purple in '73, that fall '74 he'd steal the show from George Harrison (!), and the following summer of '75 he was, by far, the most lively person on stage with The Rolling Stones. The man could PERFORM! "Nothing From Nothing" #AT40

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Nice! Graham has said he had high hopes that "King Midas" could have pointed the way for The Hollies to take more chances, but it didn't fare well as a single, and management pressed them for more of their usual pop songs. Hello, Crosby, Stills & Nash!

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The summer of '74 took an unfortunate turn, music-wise, toward the end, but because of the perpetual time-delay of songs reaching #AT40, Golden Earring's "Radar Love" (which I was loving back in May/June) was still high in the Billboard Hot 100 in August. (I'd post the album cover, but BlueSky... )

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From my perspective, Wolfman Jack came out of nowhere - and the first time I experience him was in 1973's "American Graffiti." Perhaps if I was older, and lived in the SW of the country?

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Rod Wilson @radiorodnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Soap Opera" and "Schoolboys In Disgrace" are favorites.

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