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episode date - January 30, 2007
This show is probably (hopefully) easier to listen to than it was to put together. As I say early on, "I almost feel compelled to apologize", but I'm not gonna let anybody pin this rap on me. I'm not responsible for the '80s! It also strikes me as an incredible yet true observation when we say that music from two decades earlier sounds 'newer' and more contemporary than most of this stuff!
Despite our misgivings, there are obviously some very, very fine moments among the sludge - for every Bruce Willis track, we offer two tracks by XTC. We counteract Billy & the Beaters with a few fine singles by Peter Gabriel and the Beastie Boys - but still in all, what a mess the music industry was back then. We're probably no better off today than we were then, but at least now we know where the problems began.
Here's a list of songs covered in today's program;
1) At This Moment - Billy Vera & the Beaters (#1 song for the week ending 1/31/87)
2) Big Time - Peter Gabriel
3) Fight For Your Right to Party - The Beastie Boys
4) Respect Yourself - Bruce Willis (as a "Bad Hit")
5) Poetry - Boogie Down Productions
6) Smoking Gun - Robert Cray
7) Summer's Cauldron - XTC
8) Grass - XTC
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