9.25: One Hit Wonders - Hour 4

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's at five here at news Radio eight forty whas
coffee and company with you. Thank you for hanging out
with us here on a Thursday morning. Also big thanks
to Mayor Craig Greenberg who joins us now. Mayor Greenberg,
I know you were one of many that were in
attendance for the music festivals the last couple of weeks,
Bourbon and Beyond Louder than Life. I'm sure you and
the family, you and Rachel and the kids were out
having a good time. Did you expect to hear that number?

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Four hundred and fifty thousand people roughly when it comes
to those that took in this great city, that's a
big number.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well, Banny and his team at Danny member of his
n's were keeping me up to date, so well, my
math isn't that great. I knew it was in the
ballpark there because they had a record setting night for
Louisville for their company on Friday night of Louder than
Life with seventy five thousand of our closest friends watching
sleep Token and other bands play that night. It was
an amazing eight days, really the best eight days of

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music in the entire country. I think when you think
about what Bourbon and Beyond and Louder Than the Life is,
particularly with the new setup out of Kentucky Venues that
did great job allowing them to reconfigure the event to
make it better and host more people, and we're just
going to keep building on it every year. It's great
for our city, it's great for local businesses, and we're
going to keep growing it.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
I think there's a lot of things that could come
to mind for folks when they think of Louisville, and
maybe if they've stopped in, or they've they've maybe they've
never been. But I don't if this thing keeps growing
the way that it has, I'm not sure that this
these two weeks won't be something that comes to mind
when they think of this city, because I mean, that's
a lot of people and again it's been in place
for some years now, and again it's not going anywhere.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Yeah, I totally agree. I think it's going to grow
to be on par with what the Derby Festival in
the Derby is for our community because there's such unique
events and they're authentic to Louisville and they're only here,
and I think that's part of what makes it special.
It's not just a concert. There's so much more when
you're there. Bourbon and Beyond has so much focus on
the Bourbon itself and on culinary and on the interaction

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with people, and lots of other activities and shopping and
things to do. And the same goes for Louder than Life.
That culture. There is a wonderful group of people, very
welcoming and opening to music and lots of other things
and it's just really wonderful.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah, a Lotder than Life is something that I didn't
realize until recent years that if you are somebody that
that's sort of your thing. More the rock, the rock genre.
I mean it's really am I crazy to say it's
the super Bowl. I mean, that's why you have people
coming from across the planet.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
It absolutely is. That's why they're getting the best acts
in the business to come that want to play in
front of that crowd. And you know, one of the
groups was was I'd never heard of him before, but
Knocked Loose, which is from Oldham County. They just want
a Grammy this year or nominated for a Grammy for
Best Metal Performance. They had the crowd rocking like I've
never seen before. I gotta tell you, Nick, I saw

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some really interesting things, particularly at it Louder than the Life.
There was a lot of crowdsurfing, their body surfing. I
saw someone in a wheelchair that was crowdsurfing. It was
a great It was a great thing to see.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Hey, that's inclusion right there.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
It is. It is. It's a wonderful event. We'll keep
building and again, it's great for our local economy. It's
great for local businesses. It creates tons of jobs, and
so we're going to keep supporting it.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Good stuff. Brek Kreg Greenberg joins us here on news
radio eight forty whas, So, there is a new I
guess tool within nine one one that is going to
really I mean, it can only help I would imagine.
But nine one one call takers can now view live
video from callers with of course consent. How new is
this technology? Where where is this being done elsewhere? Because

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again this isn't really a big shot considering how a
lot of people when they communicate they just FaceTime they
use the video component within a phone caller. It can certainly, really,
I mean, there's endless ways in which this could this
can improve the ability for those who take those calls
with people who pick up the phone and call now on one.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
That's right. As you've heard me say before, Nick, improving
public safety is our number one priority and so we're
doing everything we can to do that, and one of
the ways is using technology to continue to innovate, to
continue to stay ahead, to help provide better services to
people in their times of crisis when they're calling nine
to one one. So what this is going to it's
hopefully going to keep the person safer and also it's

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going to be able to provide information to our first
responders who are en route to wherever they're going for
the nine one one call, so that they know what
they're getting into when they get to the scene, whether
it's a fire, whether it's a medical issue, or whether
it's a crime. Hopefully, in many situations where they use
this videos nine to one one, that provides the first
responder with better information to provide a better, quicker and

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safer service. Again, everything we can do to keep people
safe to improve their lives, that's what we're doing, and
this is a great use of technology.

Speaker 1 (04:37):
So speaking of technology, there's a new app lou ready
that is going to be offering real time alerts family
emergency plan templates. I guess the plan here as far
as putting this thing together. Obviously it's in the same
lane essentially as public safety, right.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
It is, and this is more in lines of particularly
severe weather when our city is going to continue to
deal with severe weather for years to come. And this
will be a one stop shop where you can get
lots of information, lots of tips on preparation information that
you need, whether it's about road closures. My favorite feature
on the new lou Ready app is we've got a
skycam on top of one of the tall buildings downtown

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that's facing south and we can move the camera depending
on whether it's coming, but you can actually see weather
front's moving into the city. It's a very clear camera
and that's lie for anyone to see in real time
if they're curious about what's going on in our city.
But there's a lot of goods information. It's free again,
that's lou Ready and you can download it on the
any app store the.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
Power of technology. Earlier this week, LMPD officially opened up
the doors for their new headquarters. It's the former AT
and C building on Chestnut Street. I will admit ignorance.
I didn't realize that until Chief Humphrey talked little earlier
this week that when it comes to all those that
are of course part of LMPDS, a lot of departments,
a lot of different roles, and to get everybody together,

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it's not really doable one central location. You've run businesses before,
Mary Greenberg, I mean having everybody be able to come
to work and kind of work together. It can build
camaraderie morale. I can tell that, although it's not completely
finished just yet, they're real excited about their new two
hundred thousand square foot facility.

Speaker 2 (06:18):
That's right before I became mayor. Because the downtown headquarters
had become really obsolete. They had all moved out into
different buildings and so the chief was one area. Different
parts of the department were in other areas. Of course,
you have your divisions around the entire city, but in
terms of the command staff and the central office, they
were in about three four to five different buildings. We

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wanted to bring them all back together. In fact, the
US Department of Justice encouraged us in their findings report
from March of twenty three to bring the LMPD command
staff back together. It's part of our continuous reforms and
improvements that we're making of LMPD, and so that's what
we've been working on. This was the first group of
people to move in to that building, and you'll can

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continue to see waves of more people moving in as
more of that building gets done. It's again it's going
to Chief Humphrey has done a great job improving our
police department. This is going to be another step we're
working on having larger and larger recruiting classes so we
can add more police officers. We're going to continue to
support them with new training and when the command staff

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and the central office is working closely together, like you said,
it's going to be a better it's going to be
a better team, a better culture, and that's going to
end up in better officers that are working the streets.

Speaker 1 (07:30):
Mary Greenberger's I guess joining us here on news radio
eight forty whas since I made the shift from sports
talk to news talk, I will say I've enjoyed more
than anything the conversations the relationships I've been able to
establish with those that are in public service. It's not
something I wasn't aware of prior, but when you get
to know people, you kind of humanize folks who do
get into public service, whether it be law enforcement or

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the variety of other roles that you can have. In
John Aubrey's somebody that for twenty seven years was dedicated
to public service and a variety of different roles. I
know we just had some of your comments there in
our latest newscast, but just wanted to get some of
your thoughts more so just on just the passing of
somebody who again for many many years, dedicated a lot
of his life to public service. People we certainly appreciate

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he did.

Speaker 2 (08:14):
Indeed, he was in the armed services, served our country.
He was chief of Louisville Police Department before the city
and county merged, and then for over twenty five years
was our elected sheriff. And so really this city was
in his heart, public service was in his heart, and
it was This is definitely a loss for our community,

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and so Rachel and I send our condolences to Sheriff
Aubrey's entire family and all his friends and his colleagues
in the Sheriff's department, and we will be mourning with
them through his funeral. And it's really a great role
model for others that are considering public service his career.

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I was honored to nominate him and then bestow on
him the National Sheriff of the Year Award earlier this year,
and I'm very pleased we were able to do that
prior to his passing. It was a very fitting award
for him.

Speaker 1 (09:07):
That's awesome, all right. Last one for you, Craig, I've
got I've gonna put you on the spot here. Today
is National One Hit Wonder Day. When I say one
hit wonder, what song comes to mind for.

Speaker 2 (09:16):
You is Ice Ice Baby. I don't know why that
came into my mind. Well does that count?

Speaker 1 (09:24):
I would say, Actually, he's known more than just a
one hit wonder because he's sort of just a famous figure.
But I don't I can't name another song that he did.
Vanilla Ice. I think I think you're I think you've
got one there.

Speaker 2 (09:36):
I did not know it was one Hit Wonder Day.
Rachel was watching a little Dancing with the Stars last
night that I caught and it was one Hit Wonder
night on Dancing with the Stars. That must have been why.

Speaker 1 (09:43):
Yep, today's National one Hit Wonder Day. And there are
songs from the eighties A little bit before my time
that I didn't realize were one hit wonders because I
wasn't around whenever they became you know, big big hits,
and I wasn't here for their their marketing and PR tours.
But yeah, some of the best songs are one hit wonders.
And it may be that these these people were really
to talented, but man, their song was just so big.
That's all people are ever going to know him for.

Speaker 2 (10:04):
No, that's that's definitely right, And you would just mention
in sports, Nick, can I leave you with a comment?

Speaker 1 (10:09):
Hell yeah, from.

Speaker 2 (10:10):
Your previous previous gig in the sports world. So Saturday morning,
I swung by Coach Kelsey's basketball practice and Donovan Mitchell
was in town. He was practicing with the team, and
that was excellence in action. The way coach Kelsey prepares
just for a practice and the way his players and
all of his everyone on the entire staff prepare and focus.

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That is an amazing culture. People from any walk of
life could learn from the way coach Kelsey operates his team.
And I am really excited about the upcoming Cards basketball
season after seeing that practice on Saturday morning. I don't
know what you're thinking.

Speaker 1 (10:48):
I'm ready with you. I think this team is loaded,
and it's year two of and we're already off to
such a great start as far as just instilling that
culture and to see a great like Donovan Mitchell, who
I mean, he chooses to come back here and just
taking the city of Louisville. He's clear, he's clearly loved
here and he knows it. But I would have loved
to have been a fly on the wall to see
that workout, because there's just the clips that I saw
you could tell he was energized by being a part

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of it. It's I guess the competitor in him. But yeah,
I'm excited and really looking forward to it. The team
is I think they're gonna be really good.

Speaker 2 (11:19):
Yeah, And coach Kelsey kept saying we're going at sixty percent. Guys,
it looked like one hundred and twenty percent to me.
So if that was their sixty percent, I can't wait
to see one hundred percent out on the court.

Speaker 1 (11:28):
Yep. He is intense, no doubt about it. We are
certainly happy to have him here in Louisville. Mayor Greenberg
has always we appreciate your time and we will talk
to you soon. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Speaker 2 (11:36):
My friend, Thanks so much, Ney, take care.

Speaker 1 (11:39):
That is Mayor Craig Greenberg joining us here on news
Radio week forty whas. Yeah, Donovan Mitchell, We're lucky to
have that guy, not only because he was a great
player here, but when you have somebody that really goes
out of his way to when he's got some downtime
come back and you know, spend a weekend here. I
mean he came back for a TBT game on a
random Tuesday night just to just to be a part

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of the experience. So yeah, he's one of those guys
that along with Lamar Jackson, we're still benefiting from those guys.
We're in the Louisville uniform, that's for sure. All Right,
let's get to a quick time out trafficing, weather updates
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you and then we'll hand it off to the fellas Tony,
Tony and Dwight.

Speaker 3 (12:29):
You got to shake your groove thing and get your
groove thing checked. It is Check your Groove Thing month.

Speaker 1 (12:35):
You know it's today. It's also National one Hit Wonder Day.
Oh nice.

Speaker 3 (12:38):
I think this might qualify in the night at least two,
but I think one hit wonders. If you don't go
past two, you're still in that category of one hit wonder.

Speaker 1 (12:50):
What's the first song that comes to mind for you
when I say one hit wonder?

Speaker 3 (12:53):
Oh? I want Candy Bomp? Okay, who is the radio
killed the radio star?

Speaker 1 (13:05):
So would you agree with somebody who has had pretty
much every role in radio. I don't know if one
hit wonders can really be a thing anymore, because now.

Speaker 3 (13:14):
There are no wonders. Well, because there are no.

Speaker 1 (13:17):
You could listen to whatever you want really at any time.
And one hit wonders became a thing because they dominated
airplay and radio to where it just it was force
fed where now I mean, I just don't know how
the creation of a one hit wonder could happen when
with the way people can consume music.

Speaker 3 (13:33):
Okay, here's one you got Rick rolled? Yeah, like that
was a one hit wonder and then it became something
completely different in the YouTube era.

Speaker 1 (13:43):
I tell you what, there's songs now that I'm learning
because we've been this has been a thing throughout the morning.
I appreciate you listening this morning as we've had a
really themed show with one hit Wonders, Tony Vetty and
and your your your support has been really appreciated.

Speaker 3 (13:55):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (13:55):
But there are songs that came out before I was
born that I knew their big hits, but I couldn't
tell you who sings them. Therefore, I'm surprised to know,
like I had no clue. Come on, Eileen was a
one hit wonder.

Speaker 3 (14:06):
Oh yeah, that's huge song.

Speaker 4 (14:08):
So the weirdest one hit wonder. And I just thought
of this and it actually became a stage play musical.
Was murray Head One Night in Bangkok?

Speaker 3 (14:18):
Oh yeah, one night in Bangkok.

Speaker 4 (14:20):
Yeah, And they turned that one hit wonder and the success,
the success of that one song into a Broadway musical.

Speaker 3 (14:27):
Yeah, no, you can do that.

Speaker 1 (14:29):
So one hit Wonders. Did you ever at the time
when you were playing music, playing records, did you know
that somebody like could you see it coming?

Speaker 3 (14:37):
No? No, There were a lot of artists in the
nineteen nineties that had a couple of hits that were
huge because again people just dismissed the amount of artists
that had hit songs in the nineteen nineties because that
I'm sorry to grunge sound or non runch sound. You know,
we separated the they try to call it alternative rock,
which it wasn't. It was just rock.

Speaker 1 (14:58):
So you know, that makes sense that John would have
because a.

Speaker 3 (15:01):
Ton Yeah, but there's a ton of them.

Speaker 1 (15:03):
But also, and again it's easy to say this now
looking back, but maybe if I was around in ninety
one and I wasn't three years old, I would say, yeah, right,
said Fred. Not a lot of flexibility there for if
sir like that was like what kind of range? What
kind of range does that guy have? You know what
I'm saying.

Speaker 3 (15:22):
And this skinny white kid with a long head and
a trench coat, I mean just singing mack arena.

Speaker 1 (15:28):
Not really sure.

Speaker 3 (15:30):
That was That was the first and that was a
phenomenon turning Japanese. That a great baper. Yes, and that's
not songs, not what you think of.

Speaker 1 (15:40):
That's not I'm gonna give you that. I'm gonna give
you the band and you tell me if you can
name the one hit wonder song Iiffel sixty five. I
don't know blue, but but the blue song, Oh yeah,
yea yeah. And then I had a Bad day Daniel Powder,
I don't even know that name, but you had a
bad day.

Speaker 3 (15:57):
Oh yeah, what about you don't know so No, it's
a song that's literally the beginning of the song.

Speaker 1 (16:09):
Some of the more recent one hit wonders Harlem Shake Yeah,
Gongam Style, Yes, that.

Speaker 3 (16:17):
Is what was that at At one point that was
the most watched video in world history.

Speaker 1 (16:22):
And then Flock of Seagulls. I ran so far away,
Like again, I had more.

Speaker 3 (16:26):
Than one song. Yeah, they did what they did, they
caused one of the worst haircuts in the history of man.
That's that is just awful. I mean to cut my
hair that looks like, you know, a bird flying.

Speaker 1 (16:39):
I mean, if you're one hit wonder you got to
find that balance because if you're an artist and you
hate that, people only know you for that song, especially
if it wasn't even your song. It was like label
label produced to kind of catch a wave of what's popular.
That would that would kill you. But also like if
you're smart about it and you have you can you
can live off at the rest of your life.

Speaker 3 (16:57):
Oh no, I love the people that would come back
in the studio is the one hit Wonders that embraced it.
They're like, no, no, you know that's that song changed
my life. Yeah, maybe we love you man, thanks for
doing that. I appreciate it. The ones for I'm not
talking about that.

Speaker 1 (17:09):
Song so much deeper than that.

Speaker 3 (17:14):
That song, by the way, was a mistake, was it?
Didn't it pay for your house?

Speaker 1 (17:18):
You can still live off of it. I'm sure if
you keep us big enough.

Speaker 3 (17:20):
Well, Ice, Ice Baby. That's another one.

Speaker 1 (17:22):
That's what Mayor Greenberg said, all right, we've got no
time left, so we're gonna hand it off. Tony, Tony,
Baddy the way you come on your way right here.