Oct. 3, 2024

A Journey Through 80s Synthwave

A Journey Through 80s Synthwave
A Journey Through 80s Synthwave
Back to the 80s Radio
A Journey Through 80s Synthwave

"Get ready for a synth-tastic ride on this week’s Back to the 80s Radio! Toscano is flying solo while Chang sips tea and crumpets with The Smiths and Robert Smith of The Cure in London.

Dive into the iconic synthwave sounds that defined a generation...

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"Get ready for a synth-tastic ride on this week’s Back to the 80s Radio! Toscano is flying solo while Chang sips tea and crumpets with The Smiths and Robert Smith of The Cure in London.

Dive into the iconic synthwave sounds that defined a generation as Toscano spins the tracks that electrified the '80s. It's all about the pulse-pounding beats, neon vibes, and unforgettable melodies. Tune in and let the synth take you back to the decade of pure magic!"

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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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just remember when you go there, we've got some sweet

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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

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to see the same, Sha.

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I ain't.

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Once we can see, I can't just see what I.

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Wow?

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My twel jump jo.

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My twelve jump down.

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Job.

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We streams.

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All right back to the eighties radio. If you heard

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Jump by Van Halen, man was that a track? At

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least in nineteen eighty three, this was one of the

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biggest hits on everywhere, I mean on the radio and

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on MTV. You remember when this song came out. The

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only thing I remember is David Lee Roth doing the

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high jump splits in the air. The cool thing is

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that van Halen, who is known for Eddie's amazing guitar skills,

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totally surprised people by leading this song with a synth.

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And now, grant it. I know that if you're a

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hardcore what is it, a enthusiast of rock or a

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purist as some would call that, you probably didn't like

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that van Halen started using synth and well, what are

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you gonna do? But that's why Jump was so revolutionary,

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because Eddie van Halen didn't just play the synth, he

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embraced it and brought it and created something entirely brand new.

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Yeah that if you're off the old van Halen sure did.

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But that synth riff is one of the most recognizable

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riffs in all of rock history music. Now, what's interesting

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is that a lot of die hard rock fans at first,

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like I mentioned, they didn't like it. A lot of them,

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well still don't like it.

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You know.

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I can think of at least one hardcore rock fan

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that I'm not gonna mention his name because he's not

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on the show today. He's up there, you know, playing

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the Smith's records and about you know, when he comes

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back on the air on the show with us, you'll

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know who I'm talking about. I mean, this was This

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was Van Halen, a band known for shredding guitars or

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wild solos, you know, Eddie van Halen smoking a cigarette

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and putting it on his guitar while he played eruption.

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But he wasn't always pushing boundaries. And this track took

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them to a whole new level because Jump became their

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most successful single, topping the Charge and solidifying Van Halen's

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place as official rock legends. Now you might say, well,

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they were rock legends before. I agree personally, I'm with you,

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but for the rest of the world, the ones who

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weren't purest or hard rock fans. This was a moment

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that Van Halen crossed over into the synth world as well.

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And this is where you see the crossover of sins

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into all genres because the eighties were all about remember, experimentation,

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and the synth gave artists the freedom to explore new sounds. Now,

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whether it was pop rock or new wave. The synthesizer

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was the tool that brought them all together. And have

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you said that. Now, let's go straight into a different

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direction because this next track is a bit darker, but

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it's got one of the most iconic synth rifts of

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all times. This is back to the eighties radio. This

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is the rhythmics, and this is Sweet Dreams.

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Sweet Dams are Madeath.

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And m desord I travel the world and the Seven Seeds.

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Everybody is looking for something. Some of them wants to

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use you, some of them want to get used by,

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some of them want to abuse you.

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Some of them wants to be up bos.

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Sweet Dreams, Almada things who are my to Dicidge to

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travel the world and the Seven seas.

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Everybody is looking for something.

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Camel headen cab ahead Ahead.

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Cad gar.

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Some of them want to use you.

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Some of them want to get used. Some of them

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want to use you. Some of them want to be abused.

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Sweet Jeems are made of things could have mind due

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to Saragy and travel the world and seven seeds of

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everybody just looking for something.

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Sweet Jeeves are made of things You have my to

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to Sarbary travel the world and seven seas.

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Everybody is looking for something.

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Sweet dreams Hobyies.

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Decided travel.

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Seven seas, everybody looking for something sweet Geams.

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Hoby Sweet descid travel seven seeds.

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Funy so give for something Sweet dreams Onysel Design Travel.

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Sweet dreams are made of this by the Rhythmics. I'm

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back to the eighties radio. I know what you're saying,

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isn't it? Sweet dreams are made of these. That's what

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I used to think of, probably the whole world. But

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it's a apparently sweet dreams are made of this. It's

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one of those songs that I mean, it grabs you

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from the very first note. It's so simple, but it's powerful.

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It's even haunting. It almost feels like you're being pulled

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into a dream. And this particular song from nineteen eighty

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three was a game changer because Annie Lennox voice is

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so sharp and strong, and it contrasts perfectly with that hypnotic,

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almost eerie synth beat. It's one of those tracks that

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makes you feel ah, like you want to stop whatever

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you're doing and just listen. Now, here's what I love

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about Sweet Dreams, the entire song, the melody, how versatile

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the synthesizer could be. That's what was so great about

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eighties artists. It was an incredible track. The synth could

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create something darker, more emotional, and still be incredibly catchy.

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Like I said, that's just pure magic of the eighties,

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a time when artists weren't afraid to push the envelope

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and the boundaries and try new things. And speaking of

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new things, Chang Dave Gone from a Depeche Mode called

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and he says he wants his vest back, the one

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that he wore without a shirt. Yeah, he said he'd

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let you borrow it because you felt closer to his

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heart that way.

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Anyway.

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eighties dot com. All right, we are almost at the

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end of today's journey short show. Yeah, I know, I'm

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kind of running in the test here to see if

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you guys would like this type of music show as

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well in looting, of course the ones that we do

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with Chang, but as a side if you want to

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hear something different, How do you feel about this show

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with music short? Would you like it short or longer?

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Just let us know. Go on over to fmads dot

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com just let us know. All right, one more classic

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lined up for you. This one is one of my

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favorites because it's by Tears for Fears and this is

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back to the eighties radio and everybody wants to rule

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the world.

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Well well saying we will bust you.

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Say your best.

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It's a.

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Cost, it's my.

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It's my only Help me to the side, help me

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make my side.

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Read last start time.

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So loudly.

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Made so sound too mad and.

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Was saying that chill I never never when chos.

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Until oback off me.

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I love love.

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Hey, thanks for sticking around with back to the eighties radio.

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears.

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What a band, what a song. I mean, it couldn't

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be more apropos than for Today, where everybody wants to

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rule the stinking world? And what a way to close

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out the show because this song is one of those

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timeless eighties anthems that juts keeps getting better with age.

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And what's not to love about this song? It's got

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incredible mix of of hope and its lyrics melancholy, and

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the synth in this track gives that expansive, kind of

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a cinematic feel, if you will, like you're watching the

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world unfold in front of you. That's right, Tears for Fears.

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I think they really nailed it with that balance between

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their lyrics the melody, and it becomes what one of

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the most iconic songs of the decade as well, I mean,

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what song of the eighties is one of the most

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iconic songs of the eighties. They all were, at least

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that's what it feels like. Anyway, that's going to be

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doing it for today. So I hope you've enjoyed your

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time and our dive into the rise of synth wave

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tune in next week because we may have a different

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genre involved. And it's the incredible to see how this

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one instrument, like the synth of Snycher was change music

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forever and still of course keeps influencing so many artists today.

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Before I'll go, I want to remind you again to

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keep the chain your prayers as he comes back from London,

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England after having spent there almost one month. That's right

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standing outside the gates just to see the King. Unfortunately

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they didn't let him in and they did have him arrested,

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but that's okay, that's okay. He made it and a

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good steady diet with the wonderful English breakfast kept him

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alive and we got noticed that he's going to be

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back soon with us to share some of his wacky stories.

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But in the meantime, don't forget to check out our

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leave us a review, give us five stars, and thank

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you are taking the time to tune into Back to

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the Eighties radio. This is Toscana with Tuscano and Chang

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and I'm gonna catch you guys next time. And until then,

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keep that eighties spirit alive and let's continue the synth

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wave masterpieces. This is men without Hats. We can dance

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Back to the eighties Radio. See you next week.

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We can dance. We can leave rone because the friends

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don't dance.

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And if they don't dance, no browns a mine say

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a week ago and we want to they lay.

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And we gonna well.

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A week ago and we want to know nine young

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cats Ali and we can gospild from my hands with

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a big tender.

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Prison with a picture. Guy say, we can act if

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we want to.

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If we don't know, abody will and you can act

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build mood and go live mood.

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And I can act a gun and so.

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I say a wee can dance, but we can dance

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everything so it control, but we can dance, but we

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can dance to do more.

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But we can dance. We can dance.

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Everybody look at your hands, but we can ask.

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A wee can answer.

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Everybody takes the job.

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Save the dance.

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Who want to save the dance? And save the dance?

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We can dance.

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We want We've got all your life to mine.

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As long as we have unsetting them, are gonna sat

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everything out.

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Right, assiety, we can dance one. We can leave it

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on fans behind. Because your friends don't dance, and if

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they don't dance.

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Well out no friends of mine.

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I see.

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We can dance. We can dance. Everything's out of control.

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The wee can dance. We can dance. The don bold

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a wee can dance. We can dance. Everybody, look at

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your hands. The weekend dance. We can dance.

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Everybody's taking a chance.

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We will save the dance.

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I haven't saved the dance. Who will save the dance?

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Who will save the dance?

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They saved the dance, Save dance the.

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Dance, Safety dance. Let's see the dance. Let's safety dance.

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