In this episode, Blaine guides us through the #1 songs from the various years of the decade, and Todd tries to guess them, with varying degrees of success.

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Our 10 Years, 10 #1 Songs playlist, on Spotify

Men at Work are a band that both of us love, and have seen live, and (I think) have all three of their albums. We may not talk about them much, but they're one of our favorite bands, even making it into Blaine's Top 10 favorites (see our Top 10 episodes). Add to that Colin's later-in-life fame from the TV show "Scrubs" and his reputation as a storyteller and live performer, along with the controversy of a plagiarism lawsuit, and there's plenty to discuss. This is a fun one.

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Our Down Under playlist, on Spotify

Men At Work, on Spotify

Colin Hay, on Spotify

Men At Work, "Down Under" official video, on YouTube,

Colin Hay, "Waiting For My Real Life", at IMDB

Axis of Awesome, "Four Chord Songs" on YouTube

MTV was, simply put, the driving force and taste creator for music in the 1980s. Started in 1981, it was life-changing and ubiquitous for decades. Its relevance began to wane after it stopped playing music videos, in favor of reality television shows, and the company recently decided to cease transmission of MTV programming in most of the world. This episode is our conversation about our experiences with the network in its heyday.

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Our I Miss My MTV playlist, on Spotify

MTV.com

To celebrate our third anniversary of the big show, we thought it would be fun to look back a bit and discuss where we started and where we're going, as well as appreciate those of you who've been with us along the way, from our embryonic state to whatever you want to call the state we're in these days. :)

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Our Retrospective playlist, on Spotify

Were there songs in the 80's to which you slow-danced with your sweetheart (or your flavor of the week), but then years or decades later, you listened to the lyrics and realized that maybe the songs weren't as romantic as you remembered? These are some of those songs for us, and Blaine guides us through them.

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Our Depressing Songs of the 80's, Vol. 1 playlist, on Spotify

How do we explain Max Headroom? He was a not-really CGI character but quasi-virtual TV presenter and talking head who was absolutely everywhere in the late 80's. The actor who played him, Matt Frewer, is still a very busy and visible actor in lots of movies and shows. Such a crazy and fun story that couldn't have happened at any other time.

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Max Headroom, "Merry Christmas Santa Claus (You're a Lovely Guy" official video, on YouTube

"Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey", on YouTube

"Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future", on YouTube

"The Max Headroom Broadcast Incident - Weird Tales", on YouTube

"The Max Headroom Incident Unsolved TV Hijack of 1987", on YouTube

Whitesnake are epic and awesome. Yes, they are. "Here I Go Again" is one of the most iconic songs of the 80s, and that's not even mentioning the video. They cast a long shadow and have a very interesting story. We also have a hilarious discussion about their obviously euphemistic name. This song also has multiple versions over the decades, so be sure to check out our playlist on this one.

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Our Here I Go Again playlist, on Spotify

Whitesnake, on Spotify

Whitesnake, "Here I Go Again" official video, on YouTube

In this 'very special' episode, Blaine kept the subject a secret from Todd until we recorded it. New Edition and all of the tentacles of their related bands (Bobby Brown, New Kids on the Block, and even Whitney Houston) is a supremely interesting story, and we're sure you'll agree. This one's by request.

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New Edition, on Spotify

Bobby Brown, on Spotify

Bell Biv DeVoe, on Spotify

New Kids on the Block, on Spotify

Whitney Houston, on Spotify

Whitney documentary, at IMDB

The New Edition Story, at IMDB