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Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of January 29, 1983

This Week In 1983: January 29th Men At Work are still holding down the top spot. After being in the top ten since November of 1982, “Mickey” by Toni Basil starts it’s quick descent back

Way Back Wednesday: The Top Music of January 22, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: January 22nd Men At Work are still holding strong this week at #1 with “Down Under”. In fact, all the songs in the top ten are the same, just shuffled a

Way Back Wednesday: January 15, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: January 15th After four weeks in the top spots, Hall & Oates are supplanted by Men At Work with the song “Down Under”. The song’s lyrics, full of slang and drug

Slaughter’s ‘Stick It To Ya’ Turns 30

Kevin Decent

While some sites continue to debate when the decade ends (“there wasn’t a year zero”) on this site, I need to debate when the 80’s ended. Hair metal and the decade of decadence go together

Way Back Wednesday: January 8, 1983

Eric Vardeman

This Week In 1983: January 8th Our first number one song of the year belongs to Daryl Hall & John Oates. The prototype for the song was a piece that John Oates had been banging

Way Back Wednesday: The Music of 1983

Eric Vardeman

There’s a scene in the movie, The Devil Wears Prada, where the character Andy (played by Anne Hathaway) is complaining to a co-worker, Nigel (played by Stanley Tucci), about her job, her boss and the

Top Songs from the ’80s with the word ‘Time’ in the Title

OldSchool80s

As the saying goes, time sure does fly by. To think, we are entering our fourth decade since our cherished ’80s began and, no matter how much I try to keep it front of mind,

‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ by Band Aid

OldSchool80s

For this issue, we revisit the ’80s holiday song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid. The song was written by Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) and Midge Ure (Ultravox) in 1984 specifically to raise

Korn “Issues” 20th Anniversary

Kevin Decent

Let’s take a trip back to music in 1999. Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears had the biggest albums of the year. Most teenagers up to twenty-somethings were told what was popular Monday through Friday from

Misheard Lyrics: “Even Downtown, Boys Are Scary”

Jason Gross

Our next entry in the misheard lyrics dictionary is another favorite from the ’80s. ‘Til Tuesday broke onto the music charts in 1985 after playing the local scene in Boston for several years. Their first

Misheard Lyrics: “Everybody Wants To Boogaloo”

Jason Gross

Next up in the misheard lyrics dictionary is one of my favorite all-time songs (not just from the ’80s.) On the heels of their global mega-hit “Shout”, Tears For Fears released the third single from

Misheard Lyrics: “I Guess the Rain’s Down in Africa?”

Jason Gross

Our journey into the world of misheard lyrics continues this week with Toto’s biggest hit “Africa” from 1982. It topped the Billboard chart in February 1983, the first and only time the band reached the

Misheard Lyrics: “Sweet Dreams Are Made of These”

Jason Gross

We’ve all screwed up the lyrics to popular songs over the years. Even the simplest of songs seem to get misinterpreted and can be sung for decades before the true lyrics are made known. Despite

Top Scenes from ’80s Movies featuring a Bathtub or Shower

OldSchool80s

Whether you have realized it or not, throughout the history of cinema, there are many scenes that take place with a shower and/or bathtub as an essential part. Probably the most unforgettable and the first one

Motley Crue’s Dr Feelgood 30th Anniversary

Kevin Decent

It is shocking to think that this album is 30 years old this month. Even more shocking, every member of the band is still alive 30 years later. Dr. Feelgood was Motley Crue’s first album

Thursday Threesome #4: Top Gun, Robert Palmer, Michael Jackson

Eric Vardeman

We’re back again for the final installment of Thursday Threesome where we present three songs that are seemingly unrelated, let you watch/listen to the videos THEN reveal how they’re related. Ready? Let’s go! #1 “The