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Ladies and gentlemen, I'm shadowing Stevens and you must listen
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to Back to the Eighties Radio. It's the law.
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Hey, what's up everybody? This is the one and only
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Back to the Eighties Radio show. I'm Toscano from Tuscano
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and Chang. Yep, it's me, just you and me this
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time again. We are waiting on the Chang to get
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his act together and come out and come on over
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from London. He loved it so much. He's been talking
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with Robert Smith. He's been going to all the places
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where Duran Duran hits up late at night. And you
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know what, now we can't drag him out, but he
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said he's going to be back to where Bigfoot lives shortly,
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so stay tuned with that. But yeah, no Chang this time.
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But trust me, I've got something special lined up for you.
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For me.
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That's what's gonna make this show just as fun, if
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not even more.
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Come on, don't bush it, mate.
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Not really, not without the Chang. But here's what we're
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talking about today, the rise of synthwave. It's a sound
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that defined the nineteen eighties. I know you heard those
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distinct synth sounds that made the eighties so unique. I mean,
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you cannot hear something with synth music from the eighties
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and go wow, Now that is the eighties sound if
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I ever heard. It didn't matter what genre you were into,
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either rock, pop, even new wave, all of them at
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some point were touched by synth. Let me think about it.
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The moment you hear those first few notes of take
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On Me or Don't You Want Me, you're instantly transported
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back to a time of oh man, big hair arcades,
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you know, checking out your girlfriends or boyfriends at the mall.
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And it was a time of freedom and fun and
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experience everything that made the eighties unforgettable. All right, But
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here's the thing, because it's not just about nostalgia today.
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The synth revolution, it actually did do something to the
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music industry. It changed it, and it opened the door
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for new genres as well, and it gave artists a
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whole new way to express themselves and in some cases,
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it even became the signature sound for an entire band.
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So over the next thirty minutes, we're gonna be talking
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about some of the biggest synth hits. Ever, how this
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electronic wave started and why it's still so important today.
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But I'm not gonna be talking your ear off. We're
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gonna hear these tracks in all their synth glory.
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All right.
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Now, before we get into it, I do want to
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remind you guys to head on over to FM Eighties
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dot com FM eighties dot Com. That's where you're gonna
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hit us up, share your favorite eighties memories, and let
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us know what songs you want to hear on the show. Plus,
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if you're a true back to the Eighties radio fan
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and you want to support us, please do so on
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Patreon at back to the Eighties Radio. Other than that,
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perks for our patrons, so don't miss out. All right,
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without further ado, let's kick this show off and start
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with one of the most iconicsynth songs of the nineteen eighties,
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one that when you hear it today, you say that
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was the nineteen eighties. This is Take on Me by Aha.
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I'm the one and only back to the Eighties.
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Race talking away, So I don't know what to say.
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You say anything, today's on my face to find shine.
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I'm the killing love of.
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Go.
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Certainly, let's to say outset it.
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Suppose don't we little thing still? Then find okay, say
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up to me?
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Let's the better to save the time.
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God, things that you say, yes, things a lot will
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be disturbain of.
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Feezel you all things I've got to remember shine eye.
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Long becoming my eyes.
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Gone?
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Where are you holding my hand?
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There's your other hand between two pillows.
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Those aren't pillows.
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You're listening to.
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Back to the eighties.
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You have caught us talking about the synth and synth
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wave music and everything in all of its glory. So
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let's talk about it for a second, because I know
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we've heard it a million times, but if you've ever
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thought about what makes talking about this song so special?
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I mean, that's synthrift. It's simple, but that's the beauty
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of it. It's catchy, its upbeat. I mean, as a
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matter of fact, have you seen the video? The videos
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high tech even for today, And the second you hear it,
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no matter where you hear it, you know exactly what
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song you're about to get into. And that's the power
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of good synth because those notes just stick with you.
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Now this case take on me was I mean, it's
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a global hit, right and aha, who came from Norway?
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Suddenly becomes a household name because of this one song. Yes,
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they have more songs and more hits, but this is
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their most recognizable song and the video. What are you
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going to say? It was magical, It was groundbreaking. It
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was a mix of animation live action, and that at
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the time was revolutionary. I mean, do you remember the
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first time you saw it. I mean, somebody at a diner,
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this girl at a diner then looks at this comic
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book type of magazine and the music's going on in
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the background and the main singer drags her in there.
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I mean, it was groundbreaking, and the mix of animation
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live action was revolutionary. Of course, I'm still it's one
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of the most memorable videos of that MTV era. But
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you know what I think is really cool about the
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song how it blends a kind of a kind of
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futuristic electronics sound with pure pop energy. And that's why
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it's still the test of time. That's why it's still
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just as good today as.
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It was then.
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And whether you're an eighties kid hearing it for the
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first time today, it's a song that instantly lifts your mood.
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Everybody knows this song, even gen Zers. Yeah, I know,
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kind of unbelievable, but it's true. Now here's something to
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think about. The eighties weren't just about happy, upbeat songs.
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The synth sound was versatile and it could be haunting
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at times, emotional or even a bit dark. And that
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is where our next track comes from. Nineteen eighty one.
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This is back to the eighties radio. You're going to
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be listening to the Human League. Don't you want me?
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Baby?
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I tell you to turn you into someone you.
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Now? Five men later on.
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You've got the world that's beat successful and so easy
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for you.
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But don't forget that it's me who put you.
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And I can put you back.
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Don't don't you want me? You know I can't believe it.
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I mean that you won't see me. Don't don't you
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want me? You know I don't believe you.
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And you say that you don't believe what you let bid?
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Anything you change your mind, you better change it.
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Back on me?
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Will love me? Sorry now.
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Not to have me.
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To do me.
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I was working as a waitress in a hotel.
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That much is true.
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But even then, and you I find a much better
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place either. It's a way, aren't you The fame is
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you've had things such good at times I still love you,
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but now I think it's time I live my life
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on my own.
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I guess it's just what I must. You don't don't
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you want me? You know I can't believe it that you.
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Don't see me.
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No, don't you want me? You know I don't believe
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you when you say that you don't make me.
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Let you think you've changed your mind, you better change
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it back on me.
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W so read out to.
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Us to.
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To to.
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All Right, that was Don't You Want Me? By the
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Human League.
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Wow.
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What a song. I mean, it gives you the eighties
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chills when you hear that synth pop classic. It came
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out of the UK, but it really took over the
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charts in eighty one here in the US. It exploded.
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Now for a second, let's talk about what made this
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song so special, because it was one of the first
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times people really heard a synth driven track and it
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had well, it was pretty emotional, pretty deep, and you've
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got these robotic synth lines that just looped through the
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whole song. But what's layered on top of that, Well,
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it's a relationship falling apart story and it's a real contrast. Right,
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The mechanical music and the human emotion. The mix of
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cold electronics and real life drama is what gave this
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song that edge. And when the Human League first started out,
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they were actually more experimental and underground, but Don't You
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Want Me push them into mainstream and suddenly this wasn't
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just fringe alternative thing. It was the top of the
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charts and everybody was listening, and I mean everybody. The
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eighties were all about blending genres and this is a
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perfect example of how electronic music crossed over into the mainstream.
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It's also worth mentioning, of course, that the influence this
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song had on pop culture was incredible. When you think
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about the eighties nightlife, the clubs, and even the fashion,
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Don't You Want Me was well, it was the soundtrack
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to a generation embracing the future. I mean, it wasn't
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just a song, It was sort of like a movement.
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Well all right, so speaking of movements, speaking of movements,
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I want to take a quick moment to shout out
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to all of our listeners in Spanish speaking nations. That's right,
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because Spanish speaking nations got all the music that everybody
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else did and they loved it. Whether you're from Spain,
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from Mexico, from Central America and South America, any country
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you're from. I mean that music, everybody's music. Eighties music
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hit the radio waves and they soaked it up. They
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loved it. So I want to speak to Spanish speaking nations.
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If you're from a Spanish speaking nation, all right, I've
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got a little question for you. How would you like
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to hear this particular show Back to the Eighties radio
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in Spanish?
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Yeah?
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Yeah, that's right, you heard me right. The thing is,
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I kind of want to do an experiment because I
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kind of want to make Back to the Eighties radio
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accessible to all listeners around the world. At least, you know,
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we've got English. Majority of the world does speak English,
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but there's another side that's a huge, huge portion of
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the world as well. Let's speak Spanish, and I wanted
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to make this back to the Eighties idea accessible to
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everybody around the world. So if that's something you'd be into,
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and you know you'd like that, head on over to
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FM eighties dot com and write to us. You'll find
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there and a button to go ahead and to let
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us know that you'd like to hear this show in Spanish.
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We'll see, we'll see where it goes right, we'll see
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where it goes all right. Now, let's switch gears a bit,
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but stick with that synth energy, because next up we've
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got something that combines electronic music with rock and roll.
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Back to the eighties radio.
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In nineteen sixty seven, Oliver Stone was a soldier in Vietnam.
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Ten years later, his screenplay for Midnight Express won the
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Academy Award. Stone has come a long way from Vietnam,
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but he is not left it behind. Tom Beringer, Willem Dafoe,
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Charlie Sheen. The first casualty of war is Innocence. The
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first real movie about the war in Vietnam is Platoon.
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If you can't wear a spandex jumpsuit, what can you do?
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Now?
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This is cack to the eighties.
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I get up.
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And we're notvera get me down.
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You gotta talk.
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I see the top so loud, and I know.
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Maybe just how you feel.
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You got to b in the budgets and get to
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water for you.
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I can't just see this handy here, nobody intent machine.
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I ain't the worst that you see.
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I can't you see what I mean?
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I tellow jump.
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Jop my twelve jump.
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For Jop.
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Jo oh, who said that maybe have you been.
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You say you don't know, you won't know into you