PAST 10s: A Top 10 Time Machine - Music of the 70s, 80s and More

Do You Know Where You Are? You're in 1988, Baby!


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Fire up the flux capacitor, because this episode of Past Tens: The Top 10 Time Machine drops Dave and Milt straight into December 1988—a moment in pop history when power ballads were mandatory, New Jack Swing was kicking down the door, and Welcome to the Jungle somehow coexisted with Two Hearts on the same chart.

The guys break down the Billboard Top 10, taking respectful (and occasionally reckless) swings at songs from Guns N’ Roses, Bobby Brown, Phil Collins, Anita Baker, Poison, and more. Along the way: personal war stories from the era, cultural detours through VH1 lists and The Simpsons, and a spirited debate over which songs still slap—and which ones are just riding muscle memory.

Also on the docket:

  • Milt returns from the Dominican Republic with vacation tales, sunburns, and karaoke decisions that may not age well

  • A pop quiz involving songs with the word “heart” (because 1988 loved feelings almost as much as synthesizers)

  • Diane Warren doing Diane Warren things

  • Chicago… late-period Chicago… that Chicago

  • And yes, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, because of course it’s here

  • It’s music analysis, nostalgia, gentle roasting, and genuine affection for a wildly eclectic Top 10—exactly the way December ’88 deserves.

     

    Topics

    00:00 – Welcome back to Past Tens

    00:37 – Vacation tales, sunburns, and bad decisions abroad
    03:04 – Karaoke: regrets may vary
    04:32 – Strap in, time machine engaged
    05:53 – Setting the scene: December 1988
    12:43 – The Top 10 countdown begins
    21:46 – Eddie Money goes full pop
    29:37 – The Bangles flirt with psychedelic pop
    35:34 – Guns N’ Roses kick in the door
    40:39 – Welcome to the Jungle as an opening statement
    41:35 – VH1’s “greatest hard rock song” debate
    43:19 – The Simpsons enters the chat
    45:48 – Phil Collins’ Two Hearts (and Buster)
    48:27 – Phil Collins + Lamont Dozier = hit math
    51:54 – Heart-themed song quiz (feelings everywhere)
    01:05:03 – Boy Meets Girl: pure late-’80s yearning
    01:10:25 – Anita Baker delivers, as always
    01:14:56 – Late-era Chicago: brace yourself
    01:16:11 – The “adult contemporary” era explained
    01:17:03 – Diane Warren’s invisible fingerprints
    01:21:03 – Bobby Brown and the New Jack Swing takeover
    01:25:02 – Top 10 hits with spelling-bee energy
    01:32:32 – Every Rose Has Its Thorn (yes, that one)
    01:37:43 – Recaps, swaps, and second thoughts
    01:40:07 – Final thoughts and the ride home

     

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