This Week In The 80s

#52: The MTV Story

Yappin' about all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts in "This Week In The 80s" - Labor Day Weekend! "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles was the 1st video played on MTV, but... what was the 2nd??? Remembrances of when I toured my first radio station.. at age 6! My Dad's $h!tbox truck. The ZZ Top stiff that gets played more nowadays than ANY of their actual hits. Lame white yuppie soul! The song that ended Whitney Houston's incredible streak of seven consecutive #1 hits. The weakest of all the Hall & Oates hits. The real reason Keith Sweat sounded so WHINY. The 1st rap "feature" to hit the pop top 10. The project that c-blocked a Beastie Boys masterpiece. PLUS- I will finally tell my own "MTV Story" - the one I've been referring to since the series started... 12 months ago! Warning: It not for the faint of heart! By the end of this episode, I'll have talked about EVERY song to hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s. All 4,166 songs!!!! The 1st time this has even been done in podcast form. There's more to come... After I take a nap! Meantime... Go re-live the magic and re-listen to Episodes #1-#51. I dare ya! Thank you all for listening. This has been fun! #TWIT80s. You Tube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2YEa8U8 [https://bit.ly/2YEa8U8]

#51: You're just too darn loud

All the songs that peaked in popularity "This Week In The 80s"- the 4th week of August. The biggest 80s version of a song that was a hit in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The Go-Go's get drunk and go water skiing. Let's rank the Beatles! Stevie Nicks gets... married??? Lionel Richie goes country. The worst Elvis Costello album ever? A song so good Prince wrote a letter to the artist to say how impressed he was. Lame soccer mom VH-1 music takes over 1988. And the #1 song from the greatest movie EVER MADE!!!! It's our 2nd to last episode. When it's all over, we'll have talked about EVERY song to ever hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80s YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2E9xWZa [https://bit.ly/2E9xWZa]

#50: Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen

"This Week In The 80's", Episode #50. All NINETY FIVE songs that peaked in popularity the 3rd week of August, "This Week In The 80s". The "Genesis" of "In The Air Tonight". The Greatest American TV Theme Song Of The 1980s. My Grandparents get cruise control (and an FM radio!). The greatest Hall & Oates stiff of the 1980s! Van Halen gets their final top 40 hit with Dave Lee Roth. Andrew Ridgeley gets his final top 40 w/ George Michael. An overheard conversation inspires a #1 Madonna hit. The most forgettable song that Journey ever put into the top 20. John Spinks of The Outfield: Unsung Hero Of Mainstream Power Pop Songwriting! Richard Marx: Barry Manilow with a mullet. PLUS - And what DOES "Gunter Glieber Glauten Globen" mean anyway??? Only TWO more episodes to go... and we'll have talked about EVERY song to ever hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s- Over 2,000 songs! Thanks for listening. Tell a friend and spread the word! #TWIT80s YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2Y64xWv [https://bit.ly/2Y64xWv]

#49: Chartbusters!!!!

It's "This Week In The 80s", Episode #49- all the songs that peaked in popularity - the 2nd week of August! Is "Star Wars" the most overrated movie franchise of all-time. Yes. Yes it is! Why were Duran Duran jealous of....Kajagoogoo? The 2 biggest hits from both "Ghostbusters" movies. Elton John hawks designer jeans. My first rap record. Was Freddie Jackson... a racist??? Belinda Carlisle just says "YES". Why did Rod Stewart hate one of his biggest 80s hits? U2's love/hate relationship with America. George Michael gets BANNED from radio! Two early 60s dance hits get another shot in 1988. PLUS - was THIS the strangest song to hit #1, perhaps... EVER??? All that and more. Over 2 hours of incessant babbling about 80 pop music. The series is almost done. Share, subscribe and tell a friend. I'm getting my ass kicked in the podcast wars! Thanks for listening! #TWIT80s YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/3f6uvib [https://bit.ly/3f6uvib]

#48: Paging Dr. Noah Drake

It's August...and we're talking about all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts, "This Week In The 80s". Including two of John Lennon's favorite radio hits from the summer of 1980. Things start to happen for Rick Springfield. John Cougar goes with his gut. We'll take a quick diversion from the music and run down the top 5 movies of 1983. Mick Jagger's Michael Jackson obsession. Which was better "Breakin'" or "Beat Street?" The Duran Duran solo hit that rips off... the Bellamy Brothers??? A #1 song so lame even Glenn Frey (RIP) turned it down. Added bonus: My critically acclaimed Jeff Goldbum impression. It's uncanny! Only 4 more episodes left??? Is that right??? Whoa! Thanks for listening! #TWIT80s. YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2ZQiIjV [https://bit.ly/2ZQiIjV]