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Hosted by Steve Spears and Brad Williams, the show blends sharp takes with insider stories from the people who lived it. From ’80s music and movies to MTV culture and pop culture history, each episode goes deeper than nostalgia to uncover what made the decade unforgettable.
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For Super Bowl Sunday, we honor our favorite ad campaigns of the '80s, including famous marketing plots for Wendy's Hamburgers, Apple's Macintosh computer, California Raisins and more. Guest hosts include Jen with One N and Gayle from DC.
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The Razzie Awards were born in the '80s, beginning with the movies of 1980. We recount the history, including nods to Jazz Singer, Can't Stop the Music and more. Plus some fun seggies.
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Steve, Brad, and Jen with one N share some stories from the '80s - first cars, first R rated movies, and many more... Stick around for the seggies, we've got a new one this time out!
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Calling Neil Peart a drummer feels a little inadequate.
He was a drummer in roughly the same way Eddie Van Halen played a little guitar.
In this special Stuck in the ’80s memorial episode, we remember Neil Peart, the legendary drummer and primary lyricist for Rush, who died in 2020 at age 67 after battling brain cancer.
For generations of musicians, Peart wasn't simply one of rock's great drummers.
He was the drummer.
Rush arrived in the ’80s already established as progressive-rock giants, but the new decade brought some of the band's most accessible — and enduring — music.
First came Permanent Waves in 1980, featuring “The Spirit of Radio” and “Freewill.”
Then, in 1981, Rush released Moving Pictures.
For many fans, it's the definitive Rush album.
“Tom Sawyer.” “Limelight.” “Red Barchetta.” “YYZ.”
The album managed to preserve the band's formidable musicianship while packaging it into tighter songs that worked on rock radio.
And behind it all was Peart, delivering drum performances that caused countless aspiring musicians to sit behind a kit and immediately reconsider their career choices.
Rush didn't simply carry its ’70s sound into a new decade.
The band evolved.
Synthesizers became increasingly prominent on albums such as Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire.
“Subdivisions” became one of Rush's signature ’80s songs, while tracks including “Distant Early Warning,” “The Big Money” and “Time Stand Still” showed a band willing to change even when it already had a devoted audience.
Peart's lyrics evolved as well, exploring alienation, technology, relationships and the experience of growing older.
Peart was famously private offstage, but behind the drum kit he was impossible to ignore.
His enormous setups became legendary. His solos were concerts within concerts. His technical precision inspired generations of drummers.
But Peart's legacy is bigger than technique.
As Rush's primary lyricist, he helped give the band its intellectual and emotional identity. And after suffering unimaginable personal tragedies later in life, he rebuilt his world, returned to music and wrote openly about that journey.
In this Neil Peart memorial episode, we celebrate his life, his music and the extraordinary contribution he made to Rush and rock history.
There will never be another Neil Peart.
But fortunately, the records remain.
Turn up Moving Pictures.
And prepare to air-drum far beyond your actual abilities.
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We're finally back in the 1980s here at Stuck in the '80s with our Close But No Cigar show about songs from '80 that peaked at No. 2 on the charts. This week's show includes songs by Dan Fogelberg, Air Supply, The Spinners, Leo Sayer and more.
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It's our last show of the decade! Our annual Stocking Stuffer show returns to feature a collection of our outtakes from a full year of podcasts. Plus, we look back at 2019, name our favorite shows and look forward to another decade of Stuck in the '80s.
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Our listeners picked all the songs for this week's episode - Sounds of the Holidays Before the '80s. We have five songs recorded between 1975 and 1980 to honor, including tunes by The Kinks, Greg Lake, Squeeze and more.
Plus, there are weird stories about medical calamities and singalong songs that will likely get you grounded by a parent. Plus, full seggies.
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Our infatuation with the late '70s continues for at least one more show as we honor the albums released in December 1979. Actually, we just focus on "London Calling" by The Clash and "Christopher Cross" by ... well, you get the picture.
Also, the return of "I Want My Mystery TV Theme Song" and Steve tells a weird story about supermarkets and safety pins.
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We've tried to wipe so many of them from our memory, but there were some fun Christmas songs in the late '70s. This week we go back in time to relive classics by Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, Kenny Loggins and more.
Also, we have seggies and a disturbing story about a music professor with a pipe fetish.
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It's time for another showdown on holiday movie seasons. Again we pit the plucky year 1979 vs. the stuffy but solid work from 1989. How will "The Jerk" fare against "Christmas Vacation?" Is "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" good enough to give 1979 the edge, or does Back to the Future Part 2" put 1989 over the top? And why all the obsession over "The Black Hole?" Brad and Spearsy debate the issue.
Also this week, there's a Listener Email from Canada and another installment of "I Want My Mystery TV Theme Song."
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