We came away from our musical journey through the #1 Pop Singles of the 1980s loving many of the biggest hits of the decade. Good job, 80s! The 90s? Well, that’s another story. We’ve already discussed some of the decade’s biggest breakouts on the podcast, including No Doubt, Alanis Morissette, Spice Girls, and Nirvana, all […]
Read More “I Don’t Need You Anymore” (#88)In the days before YouTube and Spotify, most people discovered new music through a little device called the radio, and tracking the popularity of hit songs was much simpler. Back in the 80s, Billboard determined which songs charted through sales of physical singles on cassette tapes or CDs, and of course, airplay on the radio […]
Read More “Let Me Hear Your Body Talk” (#87)When Kurt Cobain died in April 1994, the grunge movement expired, too, giving way to a broader spectrum of angry, bummed out rock that came to be defined as “alternative” (even though it may very well have been the dominant rock of the mid to late 90s). A landmark year for music in many ways, […]
Read More “Do You Have The Time To Listen To Me Whine?” (#60)Oh, baby, baby… there’s so much to say about Britney Spears! Listen to the episode here or on iTunes.
Read More “She’s So Lucky, She’s A Star” (#56)Andrew Lloyd Webber is a tough nut to crack. His work is alternately inspired and ludicrous. You can find similarities between his musicals if you try, but it’s difficult to imagine Cats and Evita springing from the same creative well. It’s actually pretty hard to imagine Cats springing from any creative well. Like many, I […]
Read More “For I Compose The Music Of The Night” (#46)The unreleased Avicii demo that reeeeeeally should have been on the album and also probably a lead single.
Read More Avicii + Madonna // “Rebel Heart”“Um, blah blah blah… girl power… feminism, do you know what I mean?” I managed to make it through the late 90s without too much exposure to the Spice Girls. I didn’t listen to much pop music back then, so I didn’t hear “Wannabe” an exorbitant amount of times. I was lucky, I guess.
Read More “I Wanna Really, Really, Really Wanna Zig-A-Zig Ah” (#38)“I’ll never be an angel, I’ll never be a saint, it’s true I’m too busy surviving… Whether it’s Heaven or Hell, I’m gonna be living to tell.” Before there was Britney. Before there was Beyonce. Before there was Gaga. There was one woman who reigned the radio waves in the 80s and 90s — Her […]
Read More “Express Yourself, Don’t Repress Yourself” (#35)“I thought I knew you I thought I knew you I thought I knew you… Oh well.”
Read More “Take This Pink Ribbon Off My Eyes” (#23)“He’s the one who likes all our pretty songs And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he don’t know what it means…”
Read More “Here We Are Now, Entertain Us” (#16)“Life in plastic, it’s fantastic…”
Read More “In An MMMBop, They’re Gone” (#13)“An older version of me Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theater?”
Read More “Hailing A Taxi Cab” (#10)
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