https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 19:19:25 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:53:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4879 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67784&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67784 Author: Hykker
Subject: 4879
Posted: 10 February 2026 at 8:53am

LunarLaugh wrote: Maybe it was Dick Clark or Shadoe Stevens?

I don't believe either had syndicated countdown shows in 1974 though, Casey had that pretty much all to himself at the time.]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:53:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67784&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67784 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67771&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67771 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 4879
Posted: 08 February 2026 at 5:05pm

There is always this guy's explanation:

https://youtu.be/Sy9CKNAn3cY?si=WgEcV_3n9X7JZ7e5]]> Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:05:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67771&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67771 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67770&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67770 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 4879
Posted: 08 February 2026 at 3:32pm

JMD1961 wrote: Honestly, I'm questioning the memory at this point. For one thing, it wouldn't have been during Loco-Motion's chart run, as I didn't have AT40 on a local station until around late 1976. So, if it was on the show, it would have had to be played as an extra.

I ran a search on every AT40 from 1970-88 (the Casey shows) and the only other time Grand Funk's version of "The Loco-Motion" was played was during the show's "review of all the number one hits of the 70s" on the show for June 2, 1979. And no story there either.]]> Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:32:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67770&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67770 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67769&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67769 Author: JMD1961
Subject: 4879
Posted: 08 February 2026 at 9:53am

Honestly, I'm questioning the memory at this point. For one thing, it wouldn't have been during Loco-Motion's chart run, as I didn't have AT40 on a local station until around late 1976. So, if it was on the show, it would have had to be played as an extra.

That being said, I might be mistaking hearing it myself with being told by someone else that they heard it. So, unreliable at best. With the amount of collective knowledge available here, I'm willing to accept that, if no one else remembers it, it didn't happen. ]]> Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:53:20 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67769&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67769 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67768&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67768 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 4879
Posted: 08 February 2026 at 12:37am

Maybe it was Dick Clark or Shadoe Stevens?]]> Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:37:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67768&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67768 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67767&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67767 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 4879
Posted: 07 February 2026 at 7:32pm

Paul beat me to it!

Cool story, but sadly not for "The Loco-Motion".]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2026 19:32:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67767&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67767 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67766&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67766 Author: JMD1961
Subject: 4879
Posted: 07 February 2026 at 3:23pm

Oh, well. Guess I'm remembering it wrong. Thanks, Paul.]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:23:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67766&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67766 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67765&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67765 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 4879
Posted: 07 February 2026 at 11:18am

JMD1961 wrote: I've been trying to confirm something about this song for a while now, and was hoping someone here come help me. I swear I remember Casey Kasem telling a story on AT40 about the distorted guitar solo. He said it was a result of a tape accident in the studio, where the deck "ate" the tape and after saving and playing it back, the band decided to leave it that way. I've looked online over and over, and can find nothing to verify my memory on this. Anyone here ever heard this? Or is my memory just flat out wrong?

I just listened to every intro of "The Loco-Motion" on AT40 and there was never any mention of a tape accident in the studio.]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:18:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67765&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67765 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67764&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67764 Author: JMD1961
Subject: 4879
Posted: 07 February 2026 at 9:46am

I've been trying to confirm something about this song for a while now, and was hoping someone here come help me.

I swear I remember Casey Kasem telling a story on AT40 about the distorted guitar solo. He said it was a result of a tape accident in the studio, where the deck "ate" the tape and after saving and playing it back, the band decided to leave it that way. I've looked online over and over, and can find nothing to verify my memory on this.

Anyone here ever heard this? Or is my memory just flat out wrong?]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:46:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=67764&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#67764 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=22054&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#22054 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 4879
Posted: 26 April 2009 at 6:10pm

My good friend Jim reports the actual and printed commercial 45 run time of Grand Funk's "The Loco-Motion" is 2:45. I'm passing along this info because database CD appearances of this song without additional studio talk run 2:40-2:46.]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:10:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4879&PID=22054&title=the-locomotion-grand-funk#22054