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This Week In The 80s

Music

This Week In The 80’s: It’s Only Love

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: It’s Only Love It’s January of 1986. I’m a sophomore in high school and about six weeks from getting my drivers license. There’s A LOT of great music on the

Music

This Week In The 80’s: The Death of Simon Le Bon Was Greatly Exaggerated. Or Was It?

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: The Death of Simon Le Bon Was Greatly Exaggerated. Or Was It? It’s the end of January, 1985. Second semester of my freshman year of high school. Madonna is spending

Music

This Week In The 80’s: Ground Control To Major Tom.

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: Ground Control To Major Tom. It’s 1984. Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney sat near the top of the charts (#2) at the beginning of 1983 and now they sit at

Music

This Week In The 80’s: Toni Basil Sues ‘Em All!

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: Toni Basil Sues ‘Em All! It’s 1983. It’s 1983. Men At Work supplant Daryl Hall & John Oates’ “Maneater” in the #1 spot (which has been there for the past

Music

This Week In The 80’s: Olivia Newton-John Gets “Physical”.

Eric Vardeman

This Week In The 80’s: Olivia Newton-John Gets “Physical”. It’s 1982. MTV had only been around for a short five months and was only available in a few markets because conservative cable operators refused to

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