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PAST 10s: A Top 10 Time Machine - Music of the 70s, 80s and MoreAuthor: david@pod617.com
70s and 80s Music Fans! Its PAST TENS: A Top 10 Time Machine! The podcast that looks back at a past list of top 10 hits and breaks down the winners, losers and WTF moments. With Michael Milt Wolfe and David Yas (david@pod617.com)Lots of fun revisiting the music of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and beyond.The best 80s songs of all time. The best 70s songs of all time. The best cover songs. The best TV themes. The best movie soundtracks. The best cowbell songs. The worst songs of all time. The best mashups of all time. The best rock of the 70s and 80s. The best hip-hop of the 70s and 80s. And you will hear more than you new about artists like:Michael JacksonPrinceMadonnaDaryl Hall & John OatesGeorge MichaelBilly JoelLionel RichiePhil CollinsJohn Couger MellencampElton JohnKool & The GangKenny RogersHuey Lewis & The NewsWhitney HoustonStevie WonderDiana RossDuran DuranJourneySheena EastonPointer SistersChicagoRick SpringfieldRod StewartBon JoviOlivia Newton-JohnBruce SpringsteenStarshipPaul... Language: en Genres: Music, Music Commentary Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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1990 Tunes: When Ice Was Cool
Episode 281
Friday, 31 October, 2025
Strap in, time travelers — Dave and Milt are firing up the Time Machine and heading straight back to a world of ripped jeans, Aqua Net, and questionable rap credibility. It’s November 3, 1990, and the Billboard Top 10 is a glorious mashup of hair metal hangovers, pop perfection, and one dude named Vanilla who made us all say “Yo, VIP, let’s kick it.” Cool, Vanilla. Wax those chumps, bro. The guys chew over Warrant’s sticky-sweet “Cherry Pie” (spoiler: it’s aged like a dessert left in the sun), Janet Jackson’s rock-star moment with “Black Cat,” and, yes, the cultural phenomenon that was “Ice Ice Baby.” There’s a detour into bar mitzvah memories, a look at early-’90s musical growing pains, and even a round of trivia celebrating songs that kick off with iconic sound effects. Expect the usual blend of nostalgia, nonsense, and “Wait, that was this year?” revelations. It’s another totally rad trip through time with your favorite chart-chomping duo. Episode Breakdown: 00:00 – Welcome to Past Tens 01:15 – Weekend shenanigans 04:54 – Remembering MTV’s Remote Control 06:37 – November 1990: a magical, mulleted time 15:34 – The countdown begins 37:47 – That one wildly inappropriate wedding song 39:13 – Alias and the slow death of hair metal 40:07 – New Jack Swing is here to stay 42:04 – Teen slang and nonsense words (we blame Color Me Badd) 43:29 – Babyface and the silky sound of After 7 49:34 – MC Hammer: Can’t touch his chart dominance 57:33 – James Ingram makes everyone cry 01:08:20 – Janet shreds with Black Cat 01:18:20 – The Sound Effects Song Quiz begins 01:22:39 – Somehow, Billie Eilish and The Office show up 01:24:03 – From Love in an Elevator to Civil War: sound effects galore 01:29:57 – The inevitable Ice Ice Baby moment 01:36:46 – What happens when AI meets pop music 01:38:32 – Countdown recap 01:51:57 – Dave and Milt say goodbye (until the next time warp)
