{"id":2777,"date":"2010-06-06T18:58:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T22:58:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-10-17T22:12:05","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T02:12:05","slug":"you-make-the-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/you-make-the-call\/","title":{"rendered":"You Make the Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zmy1kPB5oy0?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Hartford, CT has two passable radio stations.  <strong>WDRC-FM 102.9<\/strong> is an oldies station, although they have been tweaking the format for the last 2 years and no longer use the term oldies but rather \u201cgood time rock \u2018n roll.\u201d  <strong>WAQY-FM 102.1<\/strong> out of Springfield, MA is a classic rock station.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of MLB umpire <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/media.mlive.com\/tigers_impact\/photo\/060510-jim-joyce-2jpg-111494546c3df298_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Joyce<\/a><\/strong>, I present nine choices for you.  These are taken from actual instances on the radio while driving on weekend errands.  I noted which song was being played on DRC and which song was on 102.1.  <em>So, you make the call:<\/em> If you were listening, which song would be safe and which would be out.  First song listed in each is the <em>oldies<\/em> choice, second is the <em>classic rock<\/em> choice.<\/p>\n<p>(1)\tNeon Philharmonic, &#8220;Good Morning Girl&#8221; vs. Santana, &#8220;Oye Como Va&#8221;<br \/>\n(2)\tThe Beatles, &#8220;I Want To Hold Your Hand&#8221; vs. The Beatles, &#8220;Golden Slumbers&#8221; medley<br \/>\n(3)\tThe Four Tops, &#8220;Same Old Song&#8221; vs. Heart, &#8220;Barracuda&#8221;<br \/>\n(4)\tArchie Bell &amp; The Drells, &#8220;Tighten Up&#8221; vs. David Bowie, &#8220;Young Americans&#8221;<br \/>\n(5)\tElvis Presley, &#8220;Suspicious Minds&#8221; vs. Boston, &#8220;More Than A Feeling&#8221;<br \/>\n(6)\tDusty Springfield, &#8220;Wishin\u2019 &amp; Hopin\u2019&#8221; vs. Journey, &#8220;Lights&#8221;<br \/>\n(7)\tBeach Boys, &#8220;Wendy&#8221; vs. Don Henley, &#8220;Dirty Laundry&#8221;<br \/>\n(8)\tJonathan King, &#8220;Everyone\u2019s Gone to the Moon&#8221; vs. Grand Funk, &#8220;American Band&#8221;<br \/>\n(9)\tBilly Joel, &#8220;Only The Good Die Young&#8221; vs. Billy Squier, &#8220;Lonely Is The Night&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hartford, CT has two passable radio stations. WDRC-FM 102.9 is an oldies station, although they have been tweaking the format for the last 2 years and no longer use the term oldies but rather \u201cgood time rock \u2018n roll.\u201d WAQY-FM 102.1 out of Springfield, MA is a classic rock station. In honor of MLB umpire <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/you-make-the-call\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[261,262],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}