When are we now?

Plug in your Zune, update your MySpace page, and text your friends using the number pad of your phone: It's 2007, snitches! Ben and Sam were bleary-eyed new dads who were too busy changing diapers and not sleeping to pay much attention to pop music. Let's jump back in time and see what they missed.

Listen to two guys from 2019 curate their own playlists and "nay lists" from the Billboard music charts of March 17, 2007.

Like so many boats gliding into a sparkling marina at the end of a summer day, 1979 brought a convergence of musical genres: disco, New Wave, early hip hop, and (of course) yacht rock. One of our hosts is excited about the sounds of 1979, and the other host... less so. 

Listen to two guys from 2019 curate their own playlists and "nay lists" from the Billboard music charts of April 28, 1979.

This era of iPhones and pumpkin spice lattes was not long ago, but it is full of surprises. Ben finds a song he loves on the mainstream rock chart, Sam is delighted by a big pop hook, and they both discover the magic of Nicki Minaj. They are joined by guest commentators Evie and Maddie, who are part of pop music's most engaged audience: tween girls.

Listen to two guys from 2019 - and their daughters - curate their own playlists and "nay lists" from the Billboard music charts of October 14, 2014.

We turned the time machine to "extra wayback" and landed in 1963. It was a strange world where Elvis was a movie star, astrophysics was trendy, and people were doing the limbo (again). Can Sam and Ben find musical gems among milquetoast crooners, soulless cash grabs, and songs their parents haven't even heard of? Of course they can. Come along for the ride. 

Join two guys from 2019 as they curate a playlist - and a "nay list" - from the Billboard music charts for March 2, 1963.

Press "play" and "record" on your tape deck, because we made you a 1988 playlist. Ben and Sam travel to the era of big hair, synthesizers, and the Cold War. They examine pop culture, TV, and their own preteen nostalgia as they decide which hits were timeless - and which were, unfortunately, "timeful." 

Listen to two guys from 2019 curate their own playlists - and "nay lists" - from the Billboard music charts of April 16, 1988.

Turn off the Watergate hearings, load the family into your wood-paneled station wagon, and pop us into your 8-track player as you drive to McDonalds where your kids can play unsupervised on the Mayor McCheese Roundabout. This week, Ben and Sam travel to 1973 where they discover hot soul tracks, semi-obscure musical instruments, and the creepy escapism of a strangely familiar moment in history.

Fresh out of college, our hosts were blasting Beastie Boys in their beat-up Hondas, browsing used-record stores, and finding their way in a world full of players, busters, and scrubs. Ben and Sam reveal ambitious, if potentially disastrous, Frankenstein's Bands and our catchiest nay list song yet.

Listen to two guys from 2019 curate their own playlists - and "nay lists" - from the Billboard music charts of June 19, 1999.

The moon landing, Woodstock... the summer of 1969 was a memorable one, even for people who weren't born yet. Ben and Sam explore the music charts, ask their parents where they were then, and introduce a new segment called "Frankenstein's Band." 

Listen to two guys from 2018 curate their own playlists - and "nay lists" - from the Billboard music charts of September 20, 1969.

Ben and Sam were new dads in their mid-30s and definitely not the target audience for popular music. They dig in and search for musical gems in an unfamiliar land. Will they find any? 

Listen to two guys from 2018 curate their own playlists - and "nay lists" - from the Billboard music charts of January 29, 2011.

Ben and Sam go back to high school and discuss MTV, hair bands, decathletes, and Ben's most disappointing album of all time. 

Listen to two guys from 2018 curate their own playlists - and "nay lists" - from the Billboard music charts of May 23, 1992.