Disco Demolition Week – 31st Anniversary!! (2/5)

July 5th, 2010

This week we are putting as many things related to DD in one place, right here. Today, let’s go back in history and look at the actual video of the event and newscasts.

To start from the beginning of this series, go here.

 

Thursday night, July 12, 1979

 

This is video of DD as it was broadcast on TV that night

 

And this is what happened after Steve left the field…

 

This is video of news coverage that night

 

Buy the 25th Anniversary of Disco Demolition DVD at the Dahl Store.

 

Check back as we will be looking at Disco Demolition all week.
Enjoy!!

 

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Disco Demolition Week – 31st Anniversary!! (1/5)

July 5th, 2010

 

 

Steve Dahl killed disco. (Ask the Bee Gees. They said it.)

In 1979 the disco industry was worth an estimated $4 billion – that was more than movies, television or professional sports – and accounted for up to 40% of the songs on the singles chart.

Everyone from The Rolling Stones to Frank Sinatra had recorded disco tracks. But, disco was more than music, it was a lifestyle of conspicuous consumption. From cars to jewelery to bad clothing and hair. It was truly sickening.

I’m not going to recount the rest of the story. If you are here, you know the story. You may have lived it.

So, this week we will post a compendium of all things related to DD. Things that have been previously posted here. New audio. And video. Sure you could do most of this yourself; but hey, sit back and let us do the heavy lifting.

Because last year was the 30th anniversary there are a lot of good current retrospectives. Here are a couple of the best…

Steve talks about DD, 30 years later

Here is a nice 10 minute feature that appeared on ESPN last year. Even if you know the story this piece has great photos and video.

 

 

Check back as we will be looking at Disco Demolition all week.
Enjoy!!

 

Buy the 25th Anniversary of Disco Demolition DVD at the Dahl Store.

 

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Steve Dahl – Ayatollah! – 1979

July 4th, 2010

A-A-A Ayatollah!!

“Come on! Cool your jets. Meditate. Eat a hamburger…”

As you know, the hostage crisis also came with a song.

Ayatollah! was made in late 1979 as a parody to The Knack’s, My Sharonna and was performed by Steve Dahl and Teenage Radiation. This song was released on vinly as a 45. If you listen closely to the beginning you can hear the vinyl crackle. The B-side was Unhappy New Year.

Enjoy!!


Download it here and make it a ringtone!

Lyrics
Ayatollah!
Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation

Ooh, you got a real nice beard,
A real nice beard
You know it really caught-a my
Ayatollah!

But you know your mind is weird,
Your mind is weird
You really are a nutty kind of
guy-atollah

Come on! Give us back all the people at the embassy
The Shah’s hangin’ out and he’s takin’ chemotherapy
He’s already gonna die-atollah!

A-A-A-Ayatollah

When you get the Shah back home,
The Shah back home
We know you’re gonna eat him on
rye-atollah

But we kinda need your oil
to make our gas
You know you’re such a pain in the
Ayatollah!

Come on. Cool your jets. Meditate. Eat a hamburger.
Don’t get us too upset or we’ll do something nuclear
(nuclear explosion sound)
Bye-yie-yie-atollah!

A-A-A-Ayatollah!

Ayatollah!

…Iran

A-A-A-Ayatollah!

Americans are mostly cool
mostly cool
But now we’re really startin’ to
fry-atollah

And you know if you were here
You were here
We’d hit you in the face with a
pie-atollah
(spoken)
I mean, nothin’ personal, man, y’know.
I mean, I do like your sandals. Very sharp, dude.
And that robe…Yes. Yes.
You desert dudes are all so tanned.
Can I see your tan lines?
Oh, and one other thing…uh,
Mike Wallace, y’know..on 60 Minutes when you did the thing?
Is he as tall in real life as he looks on TV? I thought not.
Hey, hasta luigi, dudesicle, but remember, calm down
There’s more of us than there are of you.
Ciao!

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Steve & Garry prank call Iran – WLUP-FM

June 30th, 2010

I thought I would throw this up on the site because 4th of July is just around the corner…

Things were a little different 31 years ago. We were in the middle of the Cold War with the USSR and the USA was the worlds’ most powerful country and had its hands in many places all over the world. Revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called the USA  “The Great Satan”.

The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American Embassy in support of the Iranian Revolution. (Wikipedia)

In the USA, the hostage-taking created a huge surge of patriotism that had not been seen since early in the Vietnam war and a severe backlash against Iranians developed in the United States.

In response, Steve Dahl took to the airwaves to get the Hostages released. First, by making prank calls to Iran. Then, SD gave the phone numbers out over the air and encouraged every listener to do their duty and make a call themselves. He also made the parody song “Ayatolla“.
At first, the calls were randon numbers. Then SD got the number to Islamic Fried Chicken.

Steve Dahl and WLUP were reprimanded by the State Department and told to stop because it may escalate the situation.

I am posting three airchecks.

The first is a series of 3 calls made by Steve and Garry during that time.

Prank calls to Iran


 

The second is 36 minutes of a Steve & Garry Show on WLUP-FM from July 3, 1980. This show includes a call to Iran (in Part 2).

Steve & Garry, July 3, 1980 (1/2)
Highlights of this aircheck include an attempt to call to Jimmy Piersol to talk about Disco Demolition that took place one year earlier. Also, News with Buzz and a failed EBS test.


 

Steve & Garry, July 3, 1980 (2/2)
Highlights include the EBS test/FCC talk (Steve cheated on his FCC license test). A phone call with Janet where Garry says he had “one of those dreams” about Janet the previous night. And finally, a call to Islamic Fried Chicken in Iran.


 

Another call to Iran that was previously posted on this site can be heard here.

You can also listen to Steve & Garry do the 10 year anniversary of their prank calls to Iran at The Original Shock Jock site on YouTube. Here.

 

Have a great July 4th weekend!!!

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Happy Birthday to us!!!

June 25th, 2010

The Steve Dahl Audio Vault just turned 1 year old! Our little historical tribute site to the Stever has continued to grow and pick up fans from all over the world. We even have military personnel overseas that come here for a dose of Dahl. We also recently got a mention in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel along with numerous other blogs and audio sites.

The feedback has been great. Thanks to all. Especially to those who have sent tapes and audio files.

We started this when Steve was off the air and thought it would be a good way to fill in the gap until he got back on radio. As you know, now you can hear Steve’s DahlCast 5 days a week at dahl.com.

So, what could your birthday gift be for me? Comments please.  I would love some feedback for the site. Tell us how were doing. What you would like to hear more or less of. And, any suggestions you might have.

We’ll keep things going until we run out of material or Steve tells us to stop. (We hear that SD may start a paid archive site. In that case, I’m sure we would be asked to discontinue what we are doing.)

Until then… “Your beautiful, don’t ever change. And, don’t forget to PARTY!! Hard. Do bongs.”

SteverFan

Oh yea…Disco still sucks!!

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Trial & Execution epilogue – WDAI – 1978

June 25th, 2010

We are doing a series of airchecks from June 13 – 15, 1978 when Steve Dahl was on WDAI-FM. We started with Steve Dahl & Company being on trial for murder. Not surprisingly, the verdict was guilty and they were scheduled to be executed. This is how it all turned out. To hear this series from the beginning go here.

Here is the segment from June 15, 1978. It is only 4 minutes long. Apparently, Art Neuvo did not die but the team is now psychosomatically blind from the trauma.

Once again you will hear that you must be 18 to call and can only call one time per month. Weird.

Enjoy!!


 

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The Execution of Steve Dahl & Comapny – WDAI – 1978

June 22nd, 2010

We are doing a series of airchecks from June 13 – 15, 1978 when Steve Dahl was on WDAI. Yesterday, Steve Dahl & Company were on trial for murder. Not surprisingly, the verdict was guilty. Today they will be executed. To hear yesterdays trial, go here.

I don’t know how many people that were listening to The Stever when he was on WDAI. These airchecks are a great example of what Steve was doing on the air before Garry became a sidekick. His morning show, “The Steve Dahl Rude Awakening” was totally character driven.

Here are the segments from June 14, 1978. There are 3 of them.
Enjoy!!

June 14, 1978, Part 1


 

June 14, 1978, Part 2


I found it interesting that when taking phone calls you had to be 18 to call and if you were not, you were promptly hung up on. Also, you could only call one time per month.

 

June 14, 1978, Part 3


 

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Steve Dahl & Company on Trial – WDAI – 1978

June 21st, 2010

Ok, the next several posts are real gems. Thanks to a friend of this site for providing it. I started listening to The Stever in the Fall of 1978. So this is the first time I have heard something that pre-dates my fandom.

Steve Dahl started on the Chicago airwaves at WDAI-FM on February 20, 1978.  He brought Steve Dahl & Company over from WABX in Detroit.  The name of the show was The Steve Dahl Rude Awakening.

The “& Company” part is the cast of characters that Steve brought with him.

This series of airchecks is from June 13 – 15, 1978; so Steve has been on the air in Chicago for about 4 months. The tape that this came from had music, news and commercials giving me only 15 minutes of audio for a 45 minute tape side. I had forgotten how structured the format was in the morning on WDAI. SD’s show starts and stops around music, news, weather, sports, traffic and commercials.

Here is Tuesday, June 13, 1978 on WDAI-FM. There are two parts below. Steve Dahl & Company are on trial for murder. This piece is totally character driven.

Enjoy!!

June 13, 1978, Part 1


I left a couple of spots and promos in this one. Question: There is a C&E Toyota spot at 10:15. Does one of the voices sound like it is Steve?

 

June 13, 1978, Part 2


 

I know this is a verdict spoiler, but check back tomorrow for the June 14 aircheck…The Execution of Steve Dahl & Company.

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Vote Steve into the Radio Hall of Fame!!!

June 14th, 2010

Vote Today!!

Voting begins today for the 2010 nominees for induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame.  Steve Dahl has been nominated in the Local or Regional Pioneer category.

The voting process is not like the MLB All Star ballot. You will need to register via an email address and they will send you a secure, password protected link to your ballot.

Here is the link to the Radio Hall of Fame.

Voting ends August 1, 2010.

Good luck Stever!!!

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Steve & Garry – Live from Maui – 1983

June 10th, 2010

Aloha!! This is the first trip to the beautiful island of Maui for a broadcast by Steve & Garry. They took 20 listeners with them as part of a promotion. We already posted part of the 1984 Broadcast from Maui. Listen to it here.

There are two airchecks. Monday, May 2 and Tuesday, May 3, 1983. Each is about 30 minutes long broadcast on WLS-FM. Both can be played from this post.

Enjoy!!

Monday, May 2


 

 

Tuesday, May 3


 

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