Getting ready to roll into another weekend and that means another Modern Rock Countdown.
The Modern Rock Countdown (MRC) is a show that has been on The Zone… I think since the beginning of the radio station back in June 0f 2001.
I inherited the show from Layne Mitchel (or maybe Rick Lee; I don’t even remember) when those guys took off to Edmonton in 2006 and I’ve been doing it since.
Basically, its a countdown show. I base it loosely on the Sirius Hits 1 Weekend Countdown. The first summer Coral and I got our Jeep, it came with a year of Sirius satellite. It was also a time before Madelyn was born, so that summer Coral and I did a ton of road trips.
The next summer was Pemberton and Coral and I did a ton of driving that summer with our new baby. The soundtrack through most of the hinterlands of BC and Alberta was Sirius Hits 1 (and Howard Stern).
At the time, I wasn’t too happy with the style of the countdown and I loved the Hits 1 countdown (even though it was top 40, had a great style and flow).
So I took a few ideas from that show (playing last week’s number one song at the beginning of the countdown the following week before song 20), tighter breaks between songs, playing the number one song from last year just before the current number 1.
The show has also evolved a few music interludes.
I have always begun the show with Jimi Hendrix’s “All Along the Watchtower.” I don’t remember I time when that song hasn’t opened up the show.
The music before I play the #1 Song, One Year Ago is Sam and Dave’s “Hold On, I’m Coming.”
The show’s closing theme is Ennio Morricone’s “Ecstasy of Gold.”
Go with yourself.
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