Time marches on.
It seemed like just yesterday that stations like WODS in Boston (”Oldies 103”) were playing the doo-woppin’ sounds of the 50s and 60s. Then it became 60s and 70s and anything pre-Beatles was scrapped. Then it suddenly seemed like
WODS was having us shake shake shake, shake shake shake,
shake our booties. Then some 80s songs creeping in.
Then 70s and 80s.
And now it comes full circle: the songs of the late 80s,
maybe early 90s, that were on the pop charts when WODS
went oldies are now _ON_ WODS.
And they dropped that ugly “oldies” word and are simply
WODS.
And that old timer Paul McCartney wound up on the cover of
the AARP magazine...When I’m 64, er 68...
And now it comes full circle: the songs of the late 80s, maybe early 90s, that were on the pop charts when WODS went oldies are now _ON_ WODS
I used to be a DJ at an Oldies station and at the time we played only pre-Beatles music (1950s-early '60s Rock 'n Roll), now that station has a playlist like you mentioned and they call it "Classic Hits."