Tag: 1980s
102: “Reality Is Very Disappointing” – Mannequin & Mannequin On The Move
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/www.themfp.org/audio/WWWY102.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:05:00 — 141.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSSSometimes, iconic characters from a movie become pop culture references that outlast and outshine the movie itself. Sometimes, you’d rent a movie at Blockbuster based on the cover alone. And sometimes, ambitious white women in ancient Egypt or “Hauptmann-Koenig”…
101: “Would You Please Check My Head For Signs of Spoiling?” – Return To Oz
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/www.themfp.org/audio/WWWY101.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:35:32 — 111.1MB)Subscribe: RSSAs we discussed in our 100th episode, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz delighted generation after generation of children, and MGM’s 1939 musical adaptation became one of the most popular and cherished motion pictures of all time. So it’s only natural that…
98: “Take Me To Bed Or Lose Me Forever” – Top Gun
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/www.themfp.org/audio/WWWY98.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:27:41 — 84.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSSDo you feel the need? The need to speed back to the 80s and bro out with Iceman, Wolfman, Slider, Viper, Goose, and Maverick all over again? If so, you’ll love Part One of our cruise through the career…
97: “There Is No Dana, Only Zuul” – Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters II
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/www.themfp.org/audio/WWWY97.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:19:14 — 125.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSSIn our latest episode, we answer the existential question that has plagued mankind for centuries: Who you gonna call? Join us as we take a look back at Ivan Reitman’s groundbreaking action-comedy GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) and its spooky, silly sequel…
87: “Let Me Hear Your Body Talk” – #1 Pop Singles Of The 80s
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/www.themfp.org/audio/WWWY87.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:42:17 — 89.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSSIn the days before YouTube and Spotify, most people discovered new music through a little device called the radio, and tracking the popularity of hit songs was much simpler. Back in the 80s, Billboard determined which songs charted through…