Our ‘80s Playlists

03/25/23 • 74 min

Big hair, big shoulder pads, and big keyboard solos-- the 1980s was a grand era for music. In this episode, listen to your hosts struggle to limit themselves to 21 songs from a decade rich with great tunes. The question remains... will "99 Luftballons" make the cut, or will "Come on Eileen" find its way onto one of the lists?

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"Check Out This Band!" Sleater-Kinney & twenty one pilots

Our hosts each present the other with a band to check out. Bands discussed are Sleater-Kinney & twenty one pilots. They weigh the deeper themes and meanings behind the songs and decide if they are now fans! If you have yet to delve into either of these bands, we hope you'll check them out.

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