1986

When I think of 1986, I think of the Iran-Contra affair (look it up, kids). Another despicable move by the U.S. Government. Let’s not go back to the Reagan era, shall we?

This podcast looks back 30 years at the music makers from 1986. It was the first year the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame had an induction ceremony (it was already passe) – and the Smiths broke up that December. This started when I read a post on Dangerous Minds about the first song on the podcast – “West End Girls” by the Pet Shop Boys (“feel old?” was the point of the post). I went from there to put together a bunch of tunes from that year for all to enjoy. So listen up “keenly while I play for you some brand new musical biscuits” (that’s actually from 1987) from the Pet Shop Boys, the Art of Noise with Max Headroom, New Order, the Smiths, Sade, Albert Collins, Laurie Anderson, Husker Du, R.E.M., XTC, Elvis Costello, Dwight Yoakam, Lyle Lovett, Iggy Pop, Smithereens, and They Might Be Giants.

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