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Hey! Remember the 80's?
by Joe Christopher and Kari Race
Join your hosts, Joe Christopher and Kari Race, as they discuss all the outrageous hits, and those deeper hits, from the 80's! Which songs still hold up today, which songs should be left in the 80's, and which ones are hidden gems? We'll cover the well-known hits from the decade (Ghostbusters, anyone?), and even songs that you haven't heard in 30 years (paging Karla Bonoff). Dust off your Members Only jacket, crack open a Pepsi Free, and join us for segments like "Just a Bit Outside" and "Coming Around Again" and more! Chime in on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hrt80s or on Twitter @hrt80s.
Episodes
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Episode 307 - Tribute to Dolly
This week Kari and Joe celebrate the one and only Dolly Parton. What can you say about this beautiful angel on earth that has not already been said? Well, not much, but we still take a deep dive into her 80s hits and celebrate her voice, her choices, her performances, and her gorgeous spirit.…
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Episode 306 - Birthday Bash
Grab your party hat and get ready to celebrate some birthdays with Kari and Joe. Toni Basil is turning 83 (and can probably still fit into that cheerleader outfit from the "Mickey" video), Tracey Thorn is celebrating and Jennifer Rush is blowing out some candles as well. Kari and Joe talk about...
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Episode 305 - !Trivia Challenge!
Are you ready to match wits with Kari and Joe on some trivia questions about 80s movies, TV, and OF COURSE, music?? Well, hop in the backseat and take a ride with them as they see who will be the winner of this challenge. Play along and let us know how you did! Send us Fan Mail
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Episode 304 - Paste's Top 100 of the 80s
Yes, another best songs of the 1980s list has been published and Joe and Kari are here to walk you through some of the songs (and call bullshit on at least one!) The bottom of Paste Magazine's list (100 - 93) has got a song about lust for adoration, a classic rap diss track, and one that will…
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Episode 303 - It's a Hodge Podge
This week is all over the place as Kari and Joe tackle some listener suggestions, songs they have wanted to talk about for awhile, and weird videos that were mysteriously linked in their podcast ideas spreadsheet. We'll never know how or why the video for Backstabber by Hyts was introduced into…
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Episode 302 - More Dance Chart Fun
Get ready to once again cruise through the pages of Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco chart book as Kari and Joe highlight some of the notable artists and songs that were soundtracking the clubs in the 80s. Alphaville is promoting a revolution (possibly of the sexual kind?), Ana is way too into shy...
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Episode 301 - We're Back!
Kari and Joe are back from hiatus with a bunch of tidbits covering the past couple months. Are you dying to know what they thought of Madonna's new album? Or the Kylie documentary on Netflix? Well you are in luck. Then it's time to go just a bit outside, bookended by hard rock deeper hits from…
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Episode 300 - Road Trippin' Down Memory Lane
Get in losers, we're taking a road trip through the past seven years and 300 episodes of this podcast, can you flipping believe it? Send us Fan Mail
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Episode 299 - Class is in Session
Take your seats, your TAs Joe and Kari are ready to go over this week's lecture by Professor Kinzer in Music Theory 101 all about drones, those unchanging pitches held for a number of beats or even notes repeated over and over for an extended amount of time. We'll talk about some prime examples,...
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Episode 298: Potential Spam
Stop screening your calls and PICK UP on this new episode of Hey! Remember the 80's? After some Tidbits about Jem and a daytime concert, you'll get the skinny on how to use a landline telephone (remember those?). Phones were BIG in the 80's, so naturally there are lots of SONGS about telephones,...
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Episode 297 - The Roof is on Fire!
It's a mish mash of an episode with tidbits covering some recent songs with 80s flavor and a roundup of documentary news, including a "docu-concert" called The Phil Collins Story that mystified Kari and Joe even after several minutes of discussion. Then they talk new broadway musicals based on…
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Episode 296: Dance Chart Fun
Hello, hello, hello! Episode 296 is here, along with some documentary Tidbits! Then it's time for a new segment called Dance Chart Fun (aka Kari Got a New Chart Book). You'll hear about some big (and not so big) names that made it to the Dance Chart in the 80s. Was ABC trying to pivot from Dance…
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Episode 295 - Going Juuuuuust a Bit Outside
Slowly but surely Kari and Joe are making their way through every song that peaked on the Hot 100 in the 80s between number 41 and number 100. In this edition, it's three songs from early 1980 and three from late 1989. Get ready for an all night thing, Cheap Trick paying homage to the Fab Four…
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Episode 294 - Supersized Tidbits
Get ready for some SUPERsized tidbits! You wanna hear about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees... we got you! How about a review of the documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead... hell yea, we got that too! Oh, what about Squeeze in the Radio 2 Piano Room... no problem. All that and...
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Episode 293 - Coke Psychosis
Hi there! Taking inspiration from a playlist by music guru and MP3 blog pioneer Matthew Perpetua, Joe and Kari are exploring songs with the "crazed energy or manic intensity" of a good ol 80s coke psychosis. Lindsey Buckingham was definitely (ALLEGEDLY) on something when he decided to record "I...
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Episode 292 - Billboard Flashback
Join Kari and Joe as they turn the pages on the February 4, 1984 issue of Billboard magazine. An Australian group is asking a computer for dating advice, R&B stations are getting Fresh and Genesis has got a ghost story to keep you up at night. We'll also sip on some cognac and nibble on bologna...
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Episode 291 - Adult Contemporary Education
It's time for an Adult Contemporary Education (topic courtesy of the one and only Dom.) Kari and Joe talk about AC gems that did not cross over to the Hot 100, or if they did, barely made a dent on that chart. The beautiful voices of Sade, Mica Paris, Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick are here…
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Episode 290 - Hits 80's, Part II
Join Kari and Joe to cover the second disc of Hits 80's, the crazy French compilation Joe bought at the Hollywood Bowl and then carted all along Hollywood Boulevard while he nearly froze to death (sarcasm). You will hear about Boys, and Boys and Girls, and Steps, and Change, and slinky, sexy,...
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Episode 289 - Bye Bye 2025
Kari and Joe say goodbye to 2025 with a short episode that goes just a bit outside in 1980. Find out if nuclear weapons owe you a beer and what in the world new wave heavy metal pop sounds like. There's also a segment that has sat in the archives for awhile: That's What Friends Are For. Big…
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Episode 288 - On the Brink II
Kari and Joe have friend of the podcast Chad back to revisit a topic he thought of a couple years back: songs that debuted just as the decade was ending that probably are more 90s but that we still love. This time around Joe Cocker, The Smithereens, After 7, Pixies are in the mix along with one...
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Episode 287 - A Very Special Episode
Join Joe, Kari and Charlie to celebrate Charlie's 80s Attic, reminisce about almost six years on the air and hear some big news about the future of the station. Send us Fan Mail
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Episode 286 - Hits 80's
Join Kari and Joe for a crazy ride through a compilation Joe bought for 50% off at the Hollywood Bowl called Hits 80’s, and with that weird syntax and punctuation, you guessed right, it’s from France! And this episode has one of the strangest mixes of music we’ve covered in awhile! Get ready to...
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Episode 285 - Native American Heritage Month
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Joe and Kari as they discuss some 80s acts with Native American heritage. And we’re ping ponging wildly between genres in this episode, going from southern rock to new wave to thrash metal to adult contemporary. There’s something for everyone in the...
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Episode 284 - Bop Til You Bang
Another great suggestion from Dom finds Joe and Kari exploring some literal bops and bangers... 80s songs that actually have those words in the titles. And this episode is a real international affair, with acts from Australia, Belgium, Sweden and Oklahoma in the mix. Are you are a Bop Girl doing...
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Episode 283 - Soundtrack Songs (You Will Never Be the Same Again!!!)
Join Kari and Joe as they cover some soundtrack songs of the 80s, including two versions of a theme to a cult classic that was originally going to star Debbie Gibson, the demo version of what would become one of the biggest soundtrack songs of the decade and a collaboration between Roy Orbison...
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Episode 282 - DJMattB's 1980 Treasure Trove
Join Joe, Kari and special guest DJ Matt Bailer to discuss Matt's special project revisiting the music of 1980 to create his own personalized top 40 charts! This has led him to discover so many great lost songs he wants to share with Joe, Kari and all of you, so get ready to take a free ride…
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Episode 281 - Just a Bit Outside, All 1989 Edition
First up in tidbits, Kari and Joe also talk 80s artists collaborations with Miley Cyrus and once again beg some millionaires to just go to therapy already. Then they are going just a bit outside yet again to talk about those songs that hit the Hot 100 but peaked between number 41 and number 100....
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Episode 280 - Novelty Songs (with Friend of the Podcast Dom)
Join Kari, Joe and special guest Dom (aka DC Sheehan) to explore the full range of novelty songs of the 80s. There's one that hit the top 40, one by the king of novelty pop himself, one that went all the way to NUMBER ONE in the UK (and number two in New Zealand, but don't blame Dom, he didn't…
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Episode 279 - A Little Vibraslap and Tickle
Kari and Joe don't want to work, they just want to bang on the vibraslap all day, so... we did. Well, we talked about songs that used vibraslap for about 50 minutes, same difference. Join us for the fun! That vibraslap is so versatile everyone from yacht rocker Ali Thomson to rock rockers Pat...
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We're On the Road to Somewhere...
come on inside. Join Joe and Kari (with a soundtrack programmed by friend of the podcast Dom) as they take a road trip through the many songs of the 80s titled with roads (and some related tracks as well). We're visiting that cheating jerk Leo Sayer down on Orchard Road, stopping for a couple...
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Episode 277 - Ja (h Mo) B (e There) O
No, the title doesn't make any sense, deal with it. Kari and Joe are taking you just a bit outside (JaBO) the top 40 once again, talking about Hot 100 singles from acts as varied as Ray, Goodman and Brown to Pink Floyd to Paul Shaffer with The Fresh Prince and every dude who sang in a doo wop…
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Episode 276 - And Your Little Dog, Too!
Kari and Joe are back with a bunch of capital R capital A capital N capital D capital O capital M tidbits and then a recap of their latest concert, a triple bill of Christopher Cross/Men at Work/Toto. And while we're on the subject of Toto, let's talk about a Rob Lowe anecdote straight out of...
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Episode 275 - Meet Us in St. Louis
Hope you all have been having a great summer so far! Joe and Kari certainly have, and you are about to hear what they've been up to! It's been a while since the last episode, but they are back with a super-sized episode to recap most of what's been going on. Kari made a trip to STL for a few...
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Episode 274 - Ranking the Hits of Duran Duran
Are you hungry like the wolf for some discussion of all the singles of Duran Duran? Well, there is something you should know... the wild boys (Joe, Kari and special guest Chad) are doing just that this week on Hey, Remember the 80s! That's right, we ranked all 20 of the Fab Five's singles…
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Episode 273 - Truly Random, Truly Outrageous
Ooh, go on an adventure with Joe and Kari through some truly random and truly outrageous 80s hits. You'll hear it all! Bisexual overtones, camp clamor on the dance floor, Joe Strummer hurling a wrecking ball through the Grand Ole Opry, Gladys sending up an SOS and more! All that, plus the debut…
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Episode 272 - Billboard Flashback
Join Kari and Joe for a journey through the March 16, 1985 issue of Billboard. You opera fans who've been waiting 272 episodes for a mention of Madame Butterfly are in luck! Then, get ready to hear about wild 80s personalities like Doctor G and Lee Abrams, before partying out of bounds with WLIR...
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Episode 271: Oops! All Tidbits!
Episode 271: Joe and Kari are back with an episode that is chock full of delicious tidbits, so strap on the ol' feedbag and tune in! You'll hear about some exciting news that's taken place in the past few weeks (new, unreleased music from Bruce Springsteen, new recordings from Susanna Hoffs…
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Episode 270: Just a Bit Outside
Episode 270: Joe and Kari are back and they brought plenty of tidbits to share with you this week, from the stage to the screen to the sea! Then buckle up for Just a Bit Outside, your look at songs that hit the Hot 100 but NOT the Top 40 -- a surprisingly large amount of great songs for this…
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Episode 269 - More R&B Superstars!
Join Kari and Joe this week for another celebration of Black History Month. First, in tidbits, Kari gives a short report on the Luther Vandross documentary and you may be surprised where he got his start. Then, it's a vastly underrated group of ladies led by JoJo McDuffie, an old school artist…
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Episode 268 - Celebrating Black History Month
Kari and Joe kick off this episode with tidbits about Tina Turner, Record Store Day, more on the SNL music documentary and interesting news about a Prince documentary that was previously announced. Then, February is Black History Month and that means more R&B Superstars. We've made it into the…
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Episode 267 - Solos, Solos and More Solos
Join Kari and Joe this week to talk the music of Saturday Night Live in tidbits, along with some very important concert announcements. Then they dive back into Dave Kinzer's "The 80s Music Compendium" to cover a couple piano solos, an organ solo, a guitar solo, a harmonica solo and a saxophone...
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Episode 266 - Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites
Hello friends, Kari and Joe are back with a tidbit check-in on all those 80s music documentaries you've been waiting for! Then, they get into Volume 1 of Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites, the iconic DJ's compilation series that was intended to be all good songs, no filler. Did he succeed? Do…
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Episode 265: Best Non-Top 100 Songs
Happy New Year to our loyal listeners. Joe and Kari are back with a new episode. They are here to finish up the Billboard list of the 100 Best Pop Songs That Didn't Hit the Hot 100. Some of your 80's shoegaze faves are here: The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths. Thank goodness there are some more...
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Episode 264 - Billboard List/Just a Bit Outside
Let's say goodbye to 2024 with episode 264. In Tidbits, Kari will beg you to watch a new Netflix special and give an abbreviated report of Phil Collins: Drummer First. Then, Kari and Joe are flipping last week and bringing you Billboard Top 100 Pop Songs that didn't hit the Hot 100 first and Just…
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Episode 263: Just a Bit Outside / Billboard List
Episode 263 is here just in time for Christmas! Wouldn't you think this would be a Christmas Episode? Not a chance -- as your friends Joe and Kari are still getting their bearings! You'll get a stocking full of Tidbits though, as your hosts remember more things that happened during the break! 1st...
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Episode 262 - Just Chatting
Hello friends! Kari and Joe are back to... just chat. Send us Fan Mail
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A Tribute to David
There are no words to describe the loss of producer David, but Kari gives it a try. Send us Fan Mail
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Billboard Flashback: July 17, 1982
Episode 260: Joe and Kari are going back to July 17, 1982, to peruse an issue of Billboard magazine (Thank you, Monty Greeley). You'll hear about articles and ads featuring Jimmy Spicer and The B.B. & Q Band, and some more familiar names like Carly Simon and Robert Plant. Kari's happy to discuss...
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Building a Rainbow For Pride
Episode 259: Happy Pride Month, all! Joe and Kari have a great episode this week inspired by an idea from friend of the podcast Dom! Prepare to build a rainbow using 80's songs, albums, and bands that use colors in their names: "Orange Crush" by REM, "Red Light" by Linda Clifford, the Moody…
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Pull Up To The Bumper
Episode 258: First up in Tidbits, a little update about the other 80's movies that Joe and Kari watched during their time together. First segment: revisiting the Billboard list of the 100 Best Pop Songs that didn't reach the Hot 100. Joe and Kari discuss entries from Grace Jones, Duran Duran,...
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Join your hosts, Joe Christopher and Kari Race, as they discuss all the outrageous hits, and those deeper hits, from the 80's! Which songs still hold up today, which songs should be left in the 80's, and which ones are hidden gems? We'll cover the well-known hits from the decade (Ghostbusters, anyone?), and even songs that you haven't heard in 30 years (paging Karla Bonoff). Dust off your Members Only jacket, crack open a Pepsi Free, and join us for segments like "Just a Bit Outside" and "Coming Around Again" and more! Chime in on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hrt80s or on Twitter @hrt80s.
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Join your hosts, Joe Christopher and Kari Race, as they discuss all the outrageous hits, and those deeper hits, from the 80's! Which songs still hold up today, which songs should be left in the 80's, and which ones are hidden gems? We'll cover the well-known hits from the decade (Ghostbusters,...
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