TapeHeads: 80's Music and Beyond

Back in the day, Columbia House offered multiple albums for a penny as an incentive to reel us in to buy albums from them instead of from the usual places. It was also a bit of a racket, as you will soon discover, thanks to Blaine's experience.

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Our Columbia House playlist, on Spotify

For the spooky holiday season, we delve back into one-hit wonder territory with the 1984 hit, "Somebody's Watching Me," by Rockwell. The son of one of the most famous record company heads, his family tree is insane, and he grew up surrounded by the most famous of pop stars. Quite a story, we think you'll agree.

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Our Somebody's Watching Me Playlist, on Spotify

Rockwell, "Somebody's Watching Me"official video, on YouTube

Rockwell, on Spotify

Little River Band wrote many of the best-known songs of the 70's and 80's, yet comparatively few people know anything about the band, or even who they are. Many people (including Todd) confused them with other bands from the time. Blaine leads us through the strange, confusing, and litigious story of the Little River Band.

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Our Little River Band - Who?? playlist, on Spotify

The Little River Band, on Spotify

From their inception impersonating 60's girl groups in punk clubs to being Guinness World Record holders, Bananarama provide an extremely interesting story for us to explore. We think you'll agree.

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Our Cruel Summer playlist, on Spotify

Bananarama, "Cruel Summer" official video, on YouTube

Bananarama, on Spotify

Surprisingly, there was no official way of counting album sales until 1991. 1991? 1991! The company that was created was called SoundScan, and Blaine leads us through the discussion in this extremely interesting episode.

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SoundScan

This is the follow-up to Cover Songs More Famous Than the Originals, Part 1, in which we continue the excellent discussion.

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Our "Covers More Famous Than The Originals, Vol.2"playlist, on Spotify

Billy Squier had a very impressive number of hit songs in the late 70's and early 80's. His 1984 video for "Rock Me Tonight," however, raised the eyebrows of many fans due to its femininity and strange production.

Blaine leads us through it all.

Watch the video on Youtube before listening, if you can.

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Billy Squier, "Rock Me Tonite," on YouTube

The Atomic Cafe is an award-winning 1982 documentary made up entirely of interviews, stock footage, military training films and newsreel footage from the age of the atom bomb. We had watched it many years ago, and had a god time discussing it. We also share what it was like growing up in the nearest large town to the Hanford nuclear site, where plutonium was created for the first bomb, as well as many others.

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"The Atomic Cafe", at IMDB

Our The Atomic Cafe playlist, on Spotify

You may have heard the famous cover songs from the 80's, but have you heard the less-famous original versions? And did you even know there were original versions? Find out some of them here.

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Our Cover Songs More Famous Than The Originals playlist, on Spotify

This is a song we both loved but knew nothing about the band. To our detriment, as it turns out, because their story is quite interesting. Italy is not a country that is well-represented in the pop world, but we're giving their due today.

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Our Tarzan Boy playlist, on Spotify

Baltimora, "Tarzan Boy" official video, on YouTube