Welcome to the Four Play program highlights for 9th September, 2008.
Chris and Jay came into the program, just a little tired, after piloting the Campervan from 4 - 7 to fill in for Bridge who was unwell, but like the troopers they are, they couldn't let you all down, and pulled out all the stops for another two hours of great four plays!
First up tonight - An all female pop band formed in 1978, in the USA who made Rock History by being the first all-girl band that both wrote their songs and played their own instruments to top the US Billboard charts. This band was the springboard for it's lead singer, Belinda Carlisle, and we are talking about The Go-Go's.
Track 1 : We Got the Beat
Track 2 : Vacation
Track 3: Head Over Heels
Track 4: Our Lips Are Sealed
That last track was the only track to actually chart here in Australia and peaked at number 8 on the ARIA charts in 1982.
Tonight our special guest, Mish, brought us a really interesting Four Play on producer/artist Mark Ronson. She let us know all about all the great artists he has worked with and then played for us a number of songs we would all know and love, but with his own personal twist on his original productions for those other artists.
Track 1: Stop Me
Track 2: Oh My God
Track 3: Toxic
Track 4: Valerie
Thanks to Mish for bringing us Valerie, from Amy Winehouse who Mark Ronson produced the last album for. And that very different version of what is originally Britney Spears Toxic. To hear everything that Mich had to say - go to the podcast.
Third set for the evening and we showcased Sara Bareilles. She's an american singer-songwriter-pianist, who's recently acheived mainstream success with the hit single "Love Song", which brought her into the number one spot the Billboard Pop 100 Chart.
Track 1: Love Song
Track 2: Many the Miles
Track 3: Bottle it up
Track 4: Love on the rocks
Tonight we had a special highlight - we reviewed the ARIA charts as usual - we have been talking each week about the Ce Ce Peniston "Finally - 2008 remix" which has surfaced on the club charts for the last few weeks and was actually number one on those charts this week! So we decided to give everyone a listen to that track. We had the mirror ball running and Cam had his shirt off and Dancing around the JOY office.
Last set for the night, we camped it up a bit from the eighties with the UK's Billy Ocean. He was an artist not without his critics, some of whom took issue with his tendency to write his songs according to a pop formula. Well, you know, here at Four Play we embrace a good pop formula! Thanks Billy. :-)
Track 1: Love Really Hurts Without You
Track 2: Caribbean Queen
Track 3: Get Outta My Dreams
Track 4: When the Going Gets Tough
Thanks for listening to Four Play on JOY 94.9 and don't forget to tune in again, next Tuesday night at 9pm when our special guest will be JOY's own David Hunt "The Informant", and he'll be showcasing an interesting take on some of the music from the Pet Shop Boys.
Look forward to having you all there!
Jay and Chris
History: Season 3
Season 3 started on Tuesday 3rd June, 2008, returning to the 9pm timeslot, this time on Tuesday evenings.
We also returned to our more familiar format, which includes playing back-to-back Fourplay sets across the two hours. Most weeks we have special guests come in and present their favorite artist or genre.
And we take a quick look at what's charting in the ARIA Charts each week.
Some of the artists, genres or themes we've showcased in Season 3 include...
Maroon 5, Sneaky Sound System, Whitney Houston, Sugababes, Alcazar, K.D. Lang, Mika, ABBA, Songs of the City, The Village People (both Radiothon special sets), Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical, Scissor Sisters, Queen, M People, Danni Minogue, Roxette, KC & The Sunshine Band, Kate Pierson, Cyndi Lauper - Bring Ya to the Brink, Hot Latino's, Mamma Mia - The Movie Soundtrack, Ricki-Lee, Vanessa Amorosi, Hits of Burt Bacharach, Xanadu, Hit Songs from Big Blockbuster Movies, Stevie Wonder, Anastacia, Eurovision 2006, ABBA Covers, Atomic Kitten, Kylie - X, Australian Idol Winners, Duffy, Girls Aloud, Delta Goodrem, Robyn, Meatloaf and Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill.
History: Season 2
Season 2 started Saturday March 8, 2008.
Four Play adapted and took on the Saturday Morning breakfast role for the JOY Autumn season, while the regular program and presenters took a well earned season break.
Saturday morning Four Play was a little different - taking elements of our regular Four Play format, but breaking it up with a variety of fun and light weight pop music and makiing room for a full news bulletin at the top of every hour as well as some regular information segments, such as a regular Aussie rules football correspondent, "True's", "Shut - Ups!" and "Facebook facts".
Some of the artists, genres or themes we showcased in Season 2 included..
Pink, Australian Idol Various - Season 1 & 2, Donna Summer, E-street - the music, Boney M, Post Spice Girls Hits, Blockbuster Movie Title song Hits of the eighties, Musicals with a little extra G.A.Y, U2, Eurythmics, Tina Cousins, Diana Ross and the Supremes, TV Theme Hits and Chaka Khan.
History: Season 1
Four Play first went to air for the JOY 94.9 Summer Season, on Monday 3rd December, 2007. We ran every week on Monday nights (except New Years Eve) through until the end of February, 2008.
Some of the artists, genres or themes we showcased in Season 1 included..
Kylie Minogue, Jamiroquai, Hairspray - the movie musical, Fleetwood Mac, Eurythmics, Bananarama, Anastacia, Moulin Rouge - Movie Soundtrack, Bee Gees, Phil Collins, Mika, Meatloaf, Spice Girls, Tina Turner, Robbie Williams, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Tina Arena, John Cougar Mellencamp, Female Country Singers, Bee Gees "Hits for other artists", Crowded House, Chicago - the movie musical, Backstreet Boys, Natalie Umbruglia, Pet Shop Boys, Savage Garden, Steps, Young Divas, Paul Mac, Human Nature, Rogue Traders, Grease - the movie musical, ABBA, Five, Euro Vision number 1's, James Bond Movie Title Hits, Frank Sinatra, Freemasons, Katie Underwood, George Michael, Madonna and Goldfrapp.
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