Woodstock - SPOILER ALERT

[Robin Landseadel]

On Aug 17, 2009, at 5:43 AM, Bekah wrote:

> And the earlier periods are there, too.   Del Shannon's Runaway (an  
> old fave of mine and Doc likes it) is mentioned and it was released  
> and a huge hit in 1961.   I think it's called an "oldie" on a radio  
> station in IV.

Top 40 radio, as I recall*, often had such reliable gimmicks as  
"Million Dollar Weekends" featuring "Million Dollar Oldies." Funny how  
the concept of "oldies" shifts through time. In 1963, old Jerry Lee  
Lewis & Chuck Berry tunes were recycled this way, only to be  
cannibalized by the Beach Boys and others. Certainly Doc's listening  
choices are filtered by the surfer mentality and a whole lotta weed.  
But there were even more of these little subjunctive—"gee, wasn't the  
music so innocent & fun back then?"—moods on L.A. radio back in Doc's  
time, little would-be utopias, blasted by shifts in consumer demand  
and delivered in lo-fi  three minute doses.

It's So L.A.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbmrZCbnBYQ

* Hi!, I'm Robin & I'll be your unreliable narrator this morning.