Ep #14: Eurythmic’s “Touch”
No fear, no hate, no pain, (no broken records). If you want to confuse a large percent of the adult […]
Ep #13: Electric Light Orchestra’s “Out of the Blue”
The double album with a taste for far-out ideas. A name like Electric Light Orchestra is intimidating, and off-putting. This […]
Ep #12: Peter Gabriel’s “So”
Gabriel gets his mainstream success and then some. Peter Gabriel’s fans pre-So were a cultlike following. And what wasn’t to […]
Ep #11: Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Welcome to the Pleasuredome”
Frankie says Relax. If you were a small punk band that missed the punk explosion of the late 70s, you’d […]
Ep #10: Van Halen’s “Van Halen”
The Swedish name behind hard rock, electric vocals, and guitars more shredded than cheddar. The late 70’s was a disastrous […]
Ep #9: Yazoo’s “Upstairs At Eric’s”
Synthesizers and soul? A mashup we can all support! To tell you that the synthesizers which had started to creep […]
Ep #8: Gorillaz’s “Gorillaz”
Up to Some Real Monkey Business. This band that doesn’t exist makes some great music. That’s right: Gorillaz, while seemingly […]
Ep #7: Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On”
Who’s Going On? What’s Going On? When’s Going On? Social unrest and dissension within a community or country seems to […]
Ep #6: ABBA’s “Gold”
Not the 24K variety, but better. When you think of huge international smash-hit pop/disco groups from the 70’s and early […]
Ep #5: Duran Duran’s “Rio”
Who’s this British boyband, and why do they matter? It’s 1982, and Duran Duran are the hottest thing since sliced […]
Ep #4: Parliament-Funkadelic’s P-Funk
Has anyone seen ol’ Smell-O-Vision? Good evening, do not attempt to change the webpage, there is nothing wrong. Parliament’s special […]
Ep #3: Yes’s “90125”
What kind of a name is a string of numbers? Say “Yes” if you’ve heard this one before. Yes is […]
Ep #2: Meatloaf’s “Bat Out Of Hell”
The cult classic that defied all odds to become a beloved piece of American music history. If I told you […]
Ep #1: Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”
What makes the the best-selling album of all time so good? Michael Jackson has been hailed as “The King of […]