Thanks for visiting the 80's blog, updated daily with each day's show content and music videos. We get today's show started with a song from 1982, it’s Duran Duran “Rio”
From 1987 D.N.A./Suzanne Vega “Tom’s Diner” If you know exactly who you're gonna call when there's somethin strange in the neighborhood, if you think life looks betterthrough a View master, or if you're not bad, you're just drawn that way, you’re on the right station, this is the 80’s at 8, from 1987 Richard Marx “Should’ve Known Better”
From 1982 Asia “Heat of the Moment” If you ever got hit in the face by a dodge ball but had no one to cry to since you were a latchkey kid, if you ever pulled up alongside a limo and asked whether they had any Grey Poupon or if you had a Teddy Ruxpin but slept with him in the closet because he freaked you out at night , you are in the right place, this is the 80’s at 8, from 1986 Bananarama “Venus”
Here is the answer to the timeline, in which year did the following things take place?
China declared martial law in response to student protests in Tiananmen Square.
Zac Morris pulled his first prank under the not-so-watchful eye of Mr. Belding on Saved by the Bell.
& John Cusack took a stand against buying, selling, or processing anything as a career in Say Anything, in 1989, and that year, Rolling Stone Magazine named this the Best Single, it’s The B-52’s “Love Shack”
From 1988 Johnny Hates Jazz “Shattered Dreams” If you were into the Transformers long before Megan Fox came on the scene, If it's taken years, but you finally have your Hangin’ Tough dance down pat, or If you see no need to be embarrassed by your collection of Ernest movies, this is the show for you, it is the 80’s at 8, from 1981 Human League “Don’t You Want Me”
If you are well aware that Luigi is taller and jumps higher, but still firmly believe that he is inferior to Mario, If you were ever blown away by the deadly combination of Magnum PI's mustache and red Ferrari, If you think the choice between Luke Skywalker and Han Solo is obvious, or If you're undecided on the Roth/Hagar debate but "Gary Cherone" is not in your vocabulary! This is the show for you; It is the 80’s at 8, and from 1983 Kajagoogoo “Too Shy”