https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:03:17 +0000 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:54:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=746 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=746&PID=55787&title=once-you-understand-think#55787 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 746
Posted: 11 September 2020 at 9:54pm

FrankG wrote: Did "D.O.A" actually get much airplay when it hit the top 40?

See this separate "D.O.A." thread]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:54:20 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55787&title=once-you-understand-think#55787 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55782&title=once-you-understand-think#55782 Author: FrankG
Subject: 746
Posted: 11 September 2020 at 7:15pm

My other creepy/odd "favorite" from this time is "D.O.A"
by Bloodrock. That one creeps me the hell out. lol. I
can kind of handle the mawkishness of "Once You
Understand" compared to "D.O.A". For my old-timer radio
friends out there, did "D.O.A" actually get much airplay
when it hit the top 40?]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:15:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55782&title=once-you-understand-think#55782 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55761&title=once-you-understand-think#55761 Author: AdvprosD
Subject: 746
Posted: 10 September 2020 at 7:16pm

Holy Jamolie!

I remember this from back then. I just looked it up on Youtube and remembered. I couldn't place the song just by reading about it here, so naturally I had to look... Ugh! Some things are better left forgotten!]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:16:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55761&title=once-you-understand-think#55761 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55756&title=once-you-understand-think#55756 Author: Hykker
Subject: 746
Posted: 10 September 2020 at 8:32am

Huh. Just checked my WRKO surveys, and indeed it was on
their chart for 7 weeks, peaking at #16 in mid-Feb.
Don't EVER recall hearing it though...maybe it was
dayparted. Seems an odd record to go out on a limb for
on a station that had as tight of a playlist as WRKO did
around that time.

Somewhere I think I have the Big Tree reissue.
]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2020 08:32:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55756&title=once-you-understand-think#55756 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55755&title=once-you-understand-think#55755 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 746
Posted: 10 September 2020 at 7:58am

According to a story in Cash Box, WRKO-AM in Boston started playing the record again in January 1974 and other stations
started picking up on it too. Big Tree purchased the master from Laurie and the record once again charted in early
March 1974.

Edited by Paul Haney]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2020 07:58:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55755&title=once-you-understand-think#55755 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55749&title=once-you-understand-think#55749 Author: Hykker
Subject: 746
Posted: 10 September 2020 at 5:02am

eriejwg wrote: 70s on 7 recently spun the Tom Clay selection for a couple of weeks. I think from time to time they throw in a nugget or two. I haven't heard Think or Les Crane since 1971 anywhere. And, none of them made the recently aired, listener voted Top 700 of the 70s.

I'm not sure I'd call any of these songs a "nugget",
though they all were somewhat topical in their day.
Songs like these generally have a very short shelf
life.

As for "Once You Understand", those of us of a certain
age remember the so-called "generation gap" of that
era which seemed unbridgeable at the time so the
record did resonate with many.

I have no idea why it was reissued in 1974...it
sounded very out of place then.

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2020 05:02:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55749&title=once-you-understand-think#55749 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55723&title=once-you-understand-think#55723 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 746
Posted: 08 September 2020 at 7:00pm

70s on 7 recently spun the Tom Clay selection for a couple
of weeks. I think from time to time they throw in a nugget
or two. I haven't heard Think or Les Crane since 1971
anywhere. And, none of them made the recently aired,
listener voted Top 700 of the 70s.]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:00:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55723&title=once-you-understand-think#55723 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55719&title=once-you-understand-think#55719 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 746
Posted: 08 September 2020 at 6:24pm

Good guess that since the last time this song charted it gets little to no spins on commercial or internet radio that still play music from the 70s. Along with "Desiderata" and the Tom Clay medley
of "What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John" these three records are probably guaranteed channel changers. Times sure have changed. Love the word Paul C. used to describe this "classic."

Edited by Santi Paradoa]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 18:24:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55719&title=once-you-understand-think#55719 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55705&title=once-you-understand-think#55705 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 746
Posted: 08 September 2020 at 10:25am

Here in Erie, PA, the song ended up being #24 for the
entire year on the WJET Top 50 Of 1971!



Edited by eriejwg]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 10:25:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55705&title=once-you-understand-think#55705 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55697&title=once-you-understand-think#55697 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 746
Posted: 08 September 2020 at 9:05am

Believe it or not, this "song" actually charted twice (1971 & 1974)! Even as a little kid, I found it pretty cringy.

Edited by Paul Haney]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:05:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=746&PID=55697&title=once-you-understand-think#55697