Our “Close But No Cigar” series for the 1980s is almost over. Here are the first four songs from 1989 that reached No. 2 on the charts but no higher, including tunes by Tone Loc, Taylor Dayne and Sheena Easton.
Who says you can’t re-gift a Valentine’s Day present? Here’s our 2015 episode honoring the best and worst romantic duets of the 1980s.
January 31 marks the 30-day mark until we set sail on the 2023 voyage of The 80s Cruise. ECP production manager Joey Fairchild joins Steve and Brad to talk about theme nights and take questions from the passengers.
Holly Knight is in the Songwriter Hall of Fame for good reason: Her tunes gave us the soundtrack of our youth. Now she has a new memoir about her life and career entitled – “I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties.” She joins us for this week’s show.
If Val Kilmer is the greatest swordsman in the world but we’re all pigs, we must be talking about “Willow” on this week’s episode. We review the 1988 movie and the new streaming series on Disney+.
Author Chris Clews returns to the show to talk about his latest book: “Raised on the ’80s: 30+ Unexpected Life Lessons from the Movies and Music That Defined Pop Culture’s Most Excellent Decade.” Plus, Steve cries. Brad teases.
