This Week In The 80s

By: 96.5 KISS-FM (WAKS-FM)
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  • Let's talk about all the songs that were peaking in popularity on the American pop music charts... This Week In The 80s!
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  • #52: The MTV Story

    #52: The MTV Story
    Sep 7 2020
    Yappin' about all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts in "This Week In The 80s" - Labor Day Weekend! "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles was the 1st video played on MTV, but... what was the 2nd??? Remembrances of when I toured my first radio station.. at age 6! My Dad's $h!tbox truck. The ZZ Top stiff that gets played more nowadays than ANY of their actual hits. Lame white yuppie soul! The song that ended Whitney Houston's incredible streak of seven consecutive #1 hits. The weakest of all the Hall & Oates hits. The real reason Keith Sweat sounded so WHINY. The 1st rap "feature" to hit the pop top 10. The project that c-blocked a Beastie Boys masterpiece. PLUS- I will finally tell my own "MTV Story" - the one I've been referring to since the series started... 12 months ago! Warning: It not for the faint of heart! By the end of this episode, I'll have talked about EVERY song to hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s. All 4,166 songs!!!! The 1st time this has even been done in podcast form. There's more to come... After I take a nap! Meantime... Go re-live the magic and re-listen to Episodes #1-#51. I dare ya! Thank you all for listening. This has been fun! #TWIT80s.

    You Tube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2YEa8U8
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    2 hrs and 54 mins
  • #51: You're just too darn loud

    #51: You're just too darn loud
    Aug 31 2020
    All the songs that peaked in popularity "This Week In The 80s"- the 4th week of August. The biggest 80s version of a song that was a hit in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The Go-Go's get drunk and go water skiing. Let's rank the Beatles! Stevie Nicks gets... married??? Lionel Richie goes country. The worst Elvis Costello album ever? A song so good Prince wrote a letter to the artist to say how impressed he was. Lame soccer mom VH-1 music takes over 1988. And the #1 song from the greatest movie EVER MADE!!!! It's our 2nd to last episode. When it's all over, we'll have talked about EVERY song to ever hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80s

    YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2E9xWZa
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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • #50: Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen

    #50: Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen
    Aug 24 2020
    "This Week In The 80's", Episode #50. All NINETY FIVE songs that peaked in popularity the 3rd week of August, "This Week In The 80s". The "Genesis" of "In The Air Tonight". The Greatest American TV Theme Song Of The 1980s. My Grandparents get cruise control (and an FM radio!). The greatest Hall & Oates stiff of the 1980s! Van Halen gets their final top 40 hit with Dave Lee Roth. Andrew Ridgeley gets his final top 40 w/ George Michael. An overheard conversation inspires a #1 Madonna hit. The most forgettable song that Journey ever put into the top 20. John Spinks of The Outfield: Unsung Hero Of Mainstream Power Pop Songwriting! Richard Marx: Barry Manilow with a mullet. PLUS - And what DOES "Gunter Glieber Glauten Globen" mean anyway??? Only TWO more episodes to go... and we'll have talked about EVERY song to ever hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s- Over 2,000 songs! Thanks for listening. Tell a friend and spread the word! #TWIT80s

    YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2Y64xWv
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    3 hrs and 11 mins

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