***Deep Track***
Can you name the artist and song:
Because you and I’ve been in love too long
To worry ’bout tomorrow
Here’s a place where we both belong
Last Song: “Nobody’s Fool” by Kenny Loggins from Back to Avalon (1988)
Great job David (@daviddwwalker)!!!
All alone, that’s enough for me baby
Taking it slow, it’s too much for me to analyze
Still alright, heading into the rhythm of the sunlight
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Can you name the artist and song:
Was she worth my heart? It’s torn all apart
Are you going back again? Tell me
Last Song: “Footloose” by Kenny Loggins from Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Great job Lori (@ThreezkyMusic), David (@daviddwwalker), and Craig (@cdennis0130)!!!
I’ve got this feeling
That times are holding me down
If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, click on the album cover below:
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***Deep Track***
Can you name the artist and song:
I’ve made my mind up, I can make it
I’ll be fine even if I got to fake it
I’ll keep survivin’
Last Song: “This Is It” by Kenny Loggins from Keep The Fire (1980)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000)!!!
Are you gonna wait for a sign, your miracle?
Stand up and fight
If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, click on the album cover below:
Can you name the artist and song:
But I know what I like
I know I like dancing with you
And I know what you like
I know you like dancing with me
Last Song: “I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man)” by Kenny Loggins from Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture (1984)
Great job Craig (@cdennis0130)!!!
We only get one chance
And nothing ties our hands
If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, click on the album cover below:
Kenny Loggins will be performing this Saturday (1/30) at the awesome 80s festival, 80s Radical Sabbatical. There are going to be some other big names, and there are a few different packages you can buy. Check it out at 80sradsab.com.
On today’s episode, Paul and Del welcome Claire Young and Caroline Connelly, founders of the upcoming ’80s Radical Sabbatical Virtual Festival. This incredible event will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2021 beginning at 12:00pm Central/1:00pm Eastern, and will be at least 8 hours. Check out the episode to get all the exciting details!
Once again, the following people will be performing:
There are all kinds of packages you can get with this festival. It is so exciting! And if that’s not enough, you can also do a video call with Sebastian Bach. Quantities are limited. So act now if you’d like to do that.
To get tickets, go to https://80sradsab.ticketspice.com/80sradsab
You can also connect with the ’80s Radical Sabbatical on the following social media accounts:
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Del can be found on the show 80s at 8 on 91.1 WEDM FM as well the 80s at 8 Facebook page where he posts 80s news.
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Can you name the artist and song:
So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face
Last Song: “I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man)” by Kenny Loggins from the Footloose Soundtrack (1984)
Great job Melanie (@melanieofoz)!!!
I’m shaking the past
Making my breaks
Taking control
If that’s what it takes
If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below
Can you name the artist and song:
If there’s music we can use it
You’re free to dance
We don’t have the time for psychological romance
Last Song: “Don’t Fight It” by Kenny Loggins and Steve Perry from High Adventure (1982)
Well I turn up the music till it’s shakin’ the sky
Is everybody ready to move
If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below
Can you name the artist and song:
I know the rent is in arrears, the dog has not been fed in years
It’s even worse than it appears, but it’s alright
Last Song: “I’m Alright (Theme from ‘Caddyshack’)” by Kenny Loggins from the album Kenny Loggins Alive (1980)
Who do you want?
Who you gonna be today?
And who is it really
Makin’ up your mind?
If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below
The Return to the ’80s Podcast is back! We return in a big way, talking about one of the most iconic ’80s movies. Robert and Paul are joined once again by Marissa (who last appeared on the ’80s Crushes episode). So come cut loose with Return to the ’80s, where dancing IS allowed, and join in on the discussion of this classic movie, and enjoy some great music along the way!
– Robert’s Tesla/Poison/Def Leppard concert review
– Marissa takes one for the team and reviews the Dirty Dancing television remake
– Danger Zone! Are we going to see an oiled up Val Kilmer? Top Gun sequel in the works.
Instead of “Danger Zone
Play “Nobody’s Fool (Theme from “Caddyshack II”)
Remember That Song
We’ve always had time on our sides
But now it’s fading fast
Every second
Every moment
We’ve got to, we’ve gotta make it last
‘80s Trivia
On the show thirtysomething, what was the name of the company Michael and Elliot owned in the first season?
– Released February 17, 1984
– Made $80 million domestically with an $8 million budget
– Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack
– Lori Singer as Ariel Moore
– Chris Penn as Willard Hewitt
– Sarah Jessica Parker as Rusty
– John Lithgow as Reverend Shaw Moore
– Dianne Wiest as Vi Moore
– Jim Youngs as Chuck Cranston
– Directed by Herbert Ross
– Written by Dean Pitchford who also wrote or cowrote every song here
– The dancing feet in the opening credit sequence contained many of the cast and crew. Over 150 different pairs of feet were shot. The dancer with the gold shoes was actually Kenny Loggins.
– The scenes where Chris Penn learns to dance were purposely added to the script because he really didn’t know how to dance!
– With the Principal’s knowledge, 24-year-old Kevin Bacon attended the Payson Utah High School as “Ren McCormack”, a transfer student from Philadelphia to get into his role. With his narrow tie and new-wave haircut, he was treated pretty much like in the film. Bacon gratefully left with the location scouts on the afternoon of the first day.
– Pecking order: Wyoming < Nebraska < Illinois
– Opening scene
– Was that kid really sleeping? Reverend Shaw’s sermon
– Psycho? Rebel? You be the judge, while listening to Sammy Hagar’s “The Girl Gets Around”
– What does Robert, who is an English teacher, think of book burning. We’ll give you 1 guess
– “Do you read much?” – Slaughterhouse Five discussion
– Drive-in diner dancing scene Dancing in the Sheets by Shalamar
– Ren pulls into school blaring Metal Health
– They sell men’s clothes where you got that? Ren meets Willard
– We find out dancing is banned
– Ren gets pulled over
– Ariel wants to go to college and get out of that town – “Somebody’s Eyes” by Karla Bonof
– Awesome tractor chicken scene – Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler
– Angry dance – Never by Moving Pictures
– Dancing in Bomont is illegal. Underage drinking? Perfectly acceptable
– Look out Moving Pictures! Marissa and Robert perform “What About Me” for the first installment of Return to the ’80s Karaoke
– Ren and Ariel – train scene
– The gyrating in the seats from listening to music caused the car accident that killed Ariel’s brother. ALCOHOL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!
– Willard can’t dance
– Creepy dude tries picking up high school student, Rusty
– ’80s Movie + Bar Scene = FIGHT!!!
– Shaw and Vi at church – You can lift a congregation up so high they have to look down to see heaven. But it’s the one to one where you need a little work.
– MONTAGE!!!!!! Let’s Hear It For the Boy by Deniece Williams
– Ren teaches Willard how to dance. In every possible place where they can be seen. In a town that does not allow dancing.
– “You’re so stupid!” – Cranston gives Ariel a beatdown
– Ariel gives Ren a bible with verses highlighted for him to use at the town council meeting
– They had it coming! Somebody throws a brick through the window of Ren’s little cousins who helped him teach Willard how to dance
– Town council scene
– There’s nothing like a good ole fashioned book burnin’!
– MONTAGE #2! Setup for the dance – ” I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man)” by Kenny Loggins
– Pick a winner! The dance begins – kinda. “Almost Paradise” by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
– Ninja Ren. The climactic fight scene
– Everybody cuts loose!
– Why?!?!? Footloose remake. Well, it’s not as horrible as the Dirty Dancing remake, so there’s that.
Shout outs
The ‘80s League
– Killer Kitsch – https://killerkitsch.wordpress.com/
– Old School Evil – http://www.oldschoolevil.com/
– ReelWeegieMidget – https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/
– Rediscover the ‘80s (also a podcast) – http://www.rediscoverthe80s.com/
– 80s Reboot Overdrive (also a podcast) – https://www.facebook.com/80sReboot
Other friends of the podcast:
Doug McCoy of McCoycast – https://mccoycast.wordpress.com/
Scott Ryan of 30somethingpod– you can purchase Scott’s new book thirtysomething at 30:
Shout out to Christi Chiello of the new podcast Talking Funny With Christi
You can contact our awesome guest Marissa Rapier on Twitter – @MarissaRapier and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/m2therissa/
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Hey Everybody, it’s been a while. I’ve been wanting to do a new Top 40 countdown, which is a popular feature on this site. The wait is finally over! This week, we’ll Return to the week ending September 25, 1982. At this time in 1982, I had just begun my dreaded Junior high school days – 7th grade. The one thing that got me through those rough times was the totally awesome music. So let’s get to it, and Return to the week ending September 25, 1982. Today we will be covering songs 40-31. If you are new to this series, I post 10 songs a day until we get to the top of the charts. If you want to listen to the song/watch the video, just click on the song title. And away we go!
The 83 year old music legend’s very first public appearance took place shortly after his 5th birthday where he recited a poem. He was so nervous before hand, that he picked his nose until it bled, earning him the name “Booger Red.”
This song, the second single from Willie’s Always On My Mind album, and is a cover of an Everly Brothers 1960 song.
This song was released off of Olivia’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2. My mom owned the album, but I think I listened to it more than anybody else. While my mom watched the television shows she liked, such as Dynasty, I would sit at the stereo with headphones listening to this album, while I stared lovingly at Olivia on the album cover:
Oh, and the music was pretty damn good too.
Barry Manilow’s heyday was in the ’70s. The best contribution Manilow made in the ’80s was that he was mentioned in one of the most popular quotes of the decade, delivered by Bender in The Breakfast Club: “Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?”
I had never heard of this song before, and like it a lot. Tané Cain sounds like a cross between Laura Branigan and Pat Benatar. If her last name sounds familiar, it’s for a good reason. She was married to Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain, who also happened to co-write and co-produce the songs on Tané’s self titled debut album, from which this song came. It was her only top 40 hit.
This is another pleasant surprise for me. I had never heard of this band or song. It is a good pop-rock song.
This Stevie Nicks song was a huge hit off of Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage album. It was intended to be included on Stevie’s solo album, Bella Donna. However, when her best friend Robin Anderson died of leukemia, the song took on a new significance and Nicks held it over for Fleetwood Mac.
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Forget Loggins and Messina. We needed more Loggins and Perry. Hey, neither of you guys have had any hits in years! Let’s make this happen!
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This song was the lead single from the late, great Glenn Frey’s debut solo album No Fun Aloud.
You may remember this band, Fleetwood Mac, from 3 songs ago. This one is a Christine McVie jam, with Lindsey Buckingham on the backing vocals. This was the first single released off of the Mirage album.
Let’s get funky as we wrap up today’s songs! This electronic funk is totally ’80s.
That’s is all for today’s list. Did you have any favorites, or stinkers? What were you doing this week in 1982? We’ll continue the countdown tomorrow.
