Wednesday, February 24, 2016

A hip platter played at the speakeasy

One of my favorite examples of sarcastic back announcing, heard on a classic rock station years ago:

DJ 1: ...Going back to 1931 there with Cream and "White Room."  Can't you just hear the flappers in the background?
DJ 2: Yes, I was doing the Charleston.

It was refreshing to hear a morning team have fun with the back announcing, instead of just tossing off a generic slogan such as, "More classic rock every hour."