July 7, 2024 • 47 mins
Join Toscano and Chang on today's Back to the 80s radio show for Part 1 of their exploration into the "Diversity of Genres in Music in the 80s." From the rise of new wave and synth-pop to the influence of hip-hop and heavy metal, they delve into the eclectic sounds that defined the decade. Discover the cultural impact and lasting legacy of the 80s' musical landscape in this engaging discussion.
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The eye is fooled as easy asone's mind. It is the mental quickness
which applies the quickness of physicality.Oh interesting, Thank you, Bruce Laie,
Thank you. No, my nameis Bruce Leon. Bruce Leon.
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I am a ex convict gang memberfollowed the ways of the mast. What
gang was this? I cannot information? Type of information right right? Sounds
like a seen the wisdom? Wellyou heard it. Live here, ladies
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and gentlemen. This is the oneand only Back to the Eighties Radio.
We are united. It is theeighties that bonds us. But of course,
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as we do it every single week, we can't do the show alone.
I mean we shouldn't do the showalone because along with me is a
gentleman. Back in the eighties,he used to moon walk through a crowd
of breakdancers without missing a beat.The trick was that he did it naked.
His phone has a special digit speeddial to Robert Smith from the Cure.
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But here and Back to the EightiesRadio, we gently with love call
him the chain. Hello, boysand girls, thank you from the bottom
of my black soul for joining usat Back to the Eighties Radio and making
it what it is. Hey Chang, why are you wearing tonight those neon
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colored socks? Can you tell meplease? I had to wear these shoes
because the floor of the dojo Iinstalled Christmas lighting. The neon socks match
the Nike running shoes, which Idon't run, not even from Sasquatch.
Today, we're gonna be talking notonly about the music, but we're going
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to be talking about the specific genresthat pave the way for what we have
today, from the rhythms of popand the rebellious spirit of rock and metal,
to the electronic beats of new waveand the soulfil expressions of R and
B. The eighties, my friendshad it all. Whether you're a fan
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of pop, rock or anything else. There's something for everyone. So we
want you to sit back and relax, because today there's an experience to verse.
There is the entire eighties full ofdifferent genres that we're gonna be able
to talk about. Here. I'mback to the eighties radio. In the
meantime, we're gonna be having somegreat music tonight. Stay tuned because we've
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got Duran durand the Police coming up, and a lot of other wonderful music.
Back to the eighties. Above usstop consos, don't try do myself.
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and I'll see your back. Seeback to the eighties radio that was murdered
by numbers by the police. Beforethat, we heard Duran Duran. With
Planet Earth today we are talking aboutthe diversity of the genres of music from
the nineteen eighties. Some of thecharacteristics we're going to be talking about,
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the origins and a lot more.Chang first on our list because we just
played it is of course new waveand new wave. New wave was one
of my super favorite genres of theeighties. It emerged as a distinctive genre
in the late seventies and it reachedits peak of popularity in the early to
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mid eighties. And you know whatcharacterized new wave, well, the synths,
electronic instruments, and the focus wason melody and styl and bands often
blended a little bit of punk rockand other influences from disco and pop music.
People like Duran Duran that we justheard. They had the stylish video,
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they had the looks, the glamorousside of the new wave genre,
and they bridge that gap between popmusic and electronic experimentation as well as the
Police that we heard as well,because they combined reggae rhythm with punk,
new wave and rock. Oh,I totally agree. But also let us
not forget the likes of David Bowierock sy music. Let's not forget about
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bands such as of course the Curethey were popping back then. Did you
ever dabble in a little bit ofnew wave? No, but I did
not knock it, nor did Iknock the styles that it did bring upon
in fashion, which scene that we'retalking about, the diversity and the difference
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in genres, let us not forgetthat fashion. I think his forefront very
noticeable characteristic in all genres of eightiesmusic. Metal had its own style,
classic rock still kind of but fadingaway. You had punk with its own
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style, which is kind of abirth into metal to somewhat you have.
Now, are you talking about fashion. I'm talking about fashion, I'm talking
about seeing that. We're talking aboutthe diversity and the genres of music.
Yeah, yeah, got Every genreof music during the eighties brought about its
own kind, its own essence,its own ownership identity. Right yeah.
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Yeah. By the way, justas a side note, I liked,
and I actually know more than like, I loved New Wave, but I
hated their fashion. You wouldn't catchme, you know. Yes, I
listened to New Wave, but Iwould have never dressed New Wave either you
know, all black emo or withthe parachute pants or with the with the
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Eurythmics or Culture Club or any kindof you know what. Yeah, that's
where I am at. And whenI was a young adolescent, I got
to tell you, hell yeah,man, it was different than me.
My culture was different. So itwas kind of looked down upon, you
know what I mean. They weresome of the people like me, fucked
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with them. Some of them didn't, you know what I mean, to
a certain point, I was adick, just like everybody else. Now,
why is that, let's get let'sdelve into that. Now. Why
why would you pick on the poorpeople, the poor cats that listened to
me? Well, here's here's thereasoning. Because the style of music and
genre that I was in and mybackground, my culture kind of transformed me
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to be a certain way, whichis very mucho, very physical. Uh
through. So you thought you weretough for them. I thought it was
tough. Yeah, Charles Bronson withlong hair and the music I listened to
represented that. You know. Ididn't see anybody get into the pit that
dressed like that, So it wasalways different. It was more aggressive where
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my head was at as opposed toany other type of genre of music.
But I did appreciate all those individualsfor being who they wanted to be,
just like I wanted to be whothey wanted to be. I would never
ever put them down, but ifsomebody was with them, I would stick
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up from because everybody had the rightto be who they wanted. Every genre
of music transformed into creating identities,groups, families, bonds, So you
cannot go against that grand You haveto do only what you can respect that.
Just like everybody else's diverse, sowas eighties music. So what you're
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trying to say is that if youwent to a bar with the entire culture
club band, you don't think theycan stand up for themselves. Huh,
you're trying to No, I didn'tsay that at all. You took that
out of car No. No,I did not question their masculine their self
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that you insinuated their toughness. No, no, no, no, I
didn't say that. I'm saying thegroup I was from was macho oriented,
male Chauvenu's pig oriented used to physicalaltercations and physical stupidity to where other forms
of music and the genre they createdand the bonds and the units they created
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were different. Everybody climbed together outof different emotions. Who were some of
your favorite new wave bands? Ohjeez, I would have to say I
did like durand Durand because I likedthat when they got away from the regular
MTV tunes, they could hold theirown you know what I mean. They
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were all in instrumentally badass. Imean, when you're sexy and you can
move around, it has a wayto work in the way your vocals sound
and are carried out. So Ithought Duran Durant was a classic band.
The only problem I had in theeighties was MTV, because I think they
made it more important how you lookedand how catchy. You were other than
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the real talent that you had,other than the way you looked. And
that's the only problem. Now,I think if they wouldn't have made things
so pretty and just like took picturesand raw shots of people at bands,
at gigs, growing up, walkingaround on the streets, doing the garage
practice, the essence of music,if they would have kept to that,
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kept the pretty poise and you smilefor the camera, nothing's really plugged in.
You don't think they did that atall. MTV did that all the
time. I mean, do youthink they exaggerated the band's looks. Correct,
Yes, I think they gave prestigeand fame to the bands, to
the way they looked, and oncethey capitalized on that, they kind of
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had their way to conform bands tokind of curve into this mode, well
we'll do a song like this,but look like that. That's what I
think. I remember the day Isaw Judas Priest look glad, I was
like this, you know what's goingon? Everybody cared about the way they
look, and sadly it kind oftranscended into the way of the world.
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Now, yeah, I guess,but once again, you're only looking at
it in one on one sided.I'm giving it to you like tennis.
Well, okay, right, butyou have to remember that in spite,
in spite, yes, and I'mgonna agree with you, in spite of
MTV screwing it up in the lateryears for everybody, Okay, if it
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wasn't for MTV in the beginning,we would not love many of the artists
or have gotten to hear a lotof the artists that we would have heard
otherwise because a lot of radio stationswere not playing some of the new wave
bands. In this case, we'retalking about new wave specifically right now.
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But if it wasn't for them,look, when were you going to hear
The very first song that ever playedon MTV to open MTV was a new
wave band. It was the Buggles, and it was, interestingly enough,
it was a song video killed theradio. I mean, they were prophesying
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already what was going to happen.And like I said, I agree with
you. I just think that theimpact of new wave, even on MTV
was so profound because it introduced Imean, it was a fresh sonic palette
to all the mainstream audiences. Andyeah, it did pave the wave for
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music acceptance in pop culture. Imean, it's still hurt today in contemporary
synthpop. Right. So new wavea great genre, and we're going to
be talking a lot more, alot more of new wave in the near
future. But in the moment,I do want to take this time to
let you know that we here Backto the Eighties are going to be going
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through some changes in the very nearfuture, and some of those are great,
great changes. Well they're all greatchanges. Part of that is because
we are growing and our station,are station on Live through sixty five,
Back to the Eighties Radio or kHITS ninety two point five is going to
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Radio, and we want you totune in to Live three sixty five,
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download the app, tune into Backto the Eighties Radio, so you can
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great eighties music, you're also goingto hear this kind of when chang there
from Back to the Eighties chang Asa matter of fact, and I'm only
doing this because I want people toknow that you're going to have a special
show on there. I want youto talk a little bit about what you're
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going to be playing on the backto the eighties radio. All right,
ladies and gents, catching kiddies.I am going to revive Back with a
trang which is going to be arock and roll style of show reminiscent of
pre form rock and roll FM radioback in the eighties, somewhat the seventies.
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But to when a time that thesetlist I will play for you has
meaning emotion and I look forward tohaving contact with you that listen to give
me your input, give me sometunes, give me some suggestions. What
I'll do is I will be postinga topic. Hit me there, give
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me some comments, put some songsthat go with the top. It's going
to be pretty much a topic show, but it's going to have a lot
of my stupidity. I'll have sometop ten lists, I'll give you some
facts of the bands. We'll gometal, We'll go rogue. I'll play
everything from classic to metal to blues, all the way into a bit of
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alternative. I'll hit you cats withsome punk. Nobody plays punk. Puts
chank on a banging with some punk. And I may even have a session
to where you're gonna get groovy.We're gonna pump out. That's right,
We're gonna get some dance music.You're going to be hitting the gap band.
I'm gonna hit you cats with allkinds of music to give you an
eargasm. So prepare yourselves, putsome slippers on or kick off the shoes,
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and get ready to rock and rolland make some goddamn noise. What
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buggles and right now you're gonna beturning Japanese. You were listening to Back
to the Eighties Radio with Tuscatow andChang. We are talking about diversity,
the only key to musical prosperity.Because remember I'm turning Japanese. Yes,
I'm turning japan everything. So yeah, there's nothing else to do. You're
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right as it's the storms I amgetting when there's no one that's around I
got your picture. I got yourpicture. I'm not the million of you're
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over myself. I want a doctorto take a picture, so what can
look at your from inside as well? You can be turning up the turney
down or turning or turning. Attorneyjampanize, I think a turn Jampanies are
reader think so turny Japanese. TonyJapanese are read. I think so turny
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Japanese and the tourney Japanese are reallythink so casa con Tony Japanese are really
think. So I got your picture, I got your picture. I'd like
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a million of the round myself.Oh, the doctor to take a picture
so one can look at you frominside as well. You get me turning
this maternity dead, not turning turningmad tourney Japane. I think of tony
Japanese. I read, I thinkso tony job. It's a tony japan
It is are read. I thinkso tony japan Is. I think tony
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Japanese are read appening, so tonyJapanese. I's gon Tony Japanese are thing
so no sex, no drugs,nor mine, no women, no one,
no singer. You know when theyre sports every Monami is a total
stranger. Everyone that puts me likea cyclone ranger pair everyone there's not Tony
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Japanese I think. I'm Tony japanis a redn't think so tell me Japers
I think of Tony. Japanese arewhere I think. So the Japanese are
think Tony Japanese are what I think. So to me, Japans I think
continly Japanese are we again, sotell me Japanese I think a japan these
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are where they think. So tome, Chaps are pinkle todssa that they
think so truly, Japs are theContunly Japanese are better than so before stray
Joplisa thing turny. Japanese are verythin. So if it's popular, we
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do it totally awesome. And nowback to the eighties with Toscato and Chang.
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I heard you want more while itsback in fifteen two, No,
I ain't awaken and the tuning inon you. If I was young,
it didn't stop you coming through.We took the credit for your second symphony.
We reno my machine on you techjee and now I understand the problems.
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You can see cha. The videoRadio Star video madea start. The
Jews came and broke your card,and then we meet another the studio.
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We hear the way back and itseems so long, and you're remember the
system. You were the first born, you were the last video in Madia
Star Ideo India Star. In mymind and in my car we contry wine.
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We've gone to bartow May start,Nydia start in my mind and in
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my car we can't rewind. We'vegot too far. But yours name and
brought your bond. Myam name PettyMay start. Welcome back to Beck to
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the eighties radio. Oh we gotyou dancing, but we ain't stopping there.
Now we're gonna go street. We'llbe talking about hip hop and the
early days of wrath. We're gonnatalk about hip hop. Do not forget
about run DMC, Come on,sugar Hill. Game came from the seventies
West Coast, East Coast. Thebattle will remain a battle forever. Some
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say that the origins of hip hopwere born out of the Bronx in New
Yor York City during the late seventies, and it encompassed rap music, d
jaying, graffiti, art, breakdancing. So the reason they came out with
This music was a response to socialand economic challenges that faced the African American
and Latino youth. It represented thatnot much difference in the feeling, the
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emotion and why you perform is differentbetween rock and roll and hip hop.
Both Jenres you mentioned bands like createdlike human emotion, their physically physical fusion
physical. They came up because thiswas genius. They like they were great
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rappers and hip hop, great gregmusic from the street flow. So when
then they fused, then the fusedsmith rock got together a whole nother ball
to tunes out. I think itwas musical. I think it was unity
bond that needed to be set,But I also think it scared the out
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of relaxed conservative conservative America. Idon't think that the essence of two different
types of cultures coming together in thebond of music was accepted because it was
both types of music that stood upagainst the system. So the system thought
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it was taboo that they're uniting,they'll take force against us, which later
brought on to when they tried touh uh, go ahead and rate albums
and and and take that away.The freedoms were already at bay in question.
These were voices that were marginalized toexpress social commentary, cultural pride,
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and you know, they expressed artisticinnovation. There were some conservatives that would
try to understand but could not couldnot fully understand the reason why some of
the you know, the way theyexpressed it because they weren't used to it
in the past. Now, bothparties, I think were at extremes at
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some point, because in the latereighties we went into what was gang rap,
and that took it to another level. And yet it expressed reality,
certainly did, but it was anextreme with the way they spoke, with
the way they detailed some of thesome of the experiences, So that was
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an extreme as well. And sothere were these clashes between both of these
groups of people, and I totallyget it. You know, I understand
both sides, but I'm not justifyinganyone. I can tell you though,
that when it first started, Iloved I loved rap, I loved run
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DMC. What about Grand Master Flashingthe Furious Five. These guys were pioneers
of the turntable, I mean theirlyrics. They brought DJing techniques to the
forefront of hip hop. These guyswere pioneers of the art form. It
was an art. Oh yeah,I agree. You know that takes us
in going back to what you hadstated to where it kind of brought about
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kind of the criminal element, streetelement, which I agree that's where the
evolved from, but let's not takeout a context. The struggle was real,
and if anybody has grown up inan area where the color of your
skin, your name, where youlive, how you dress comes into play
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on how you're going to be treated, hip hop evolved from a cryout,
a generation, a social class,a community that was getting treated like it,
but yet nothing was getting done.It was getting kind of put under
the carpet a lot like the waythat Native Americans were put under the carpet
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for what they went through. Soyou have to realize that, I get
what you're saying. What I'm sayingis that both parties because everything was new,
you know, hip hop at thatpoint was brand new, and the
older generations they weren't used to thisin your face. I not only in
your face, it was above.It got to be above and beyond in
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your face, and it got tobe even at some points, and not
at first of course, right we'retalking well into the later eighties and then
the nineties, of course, butnot only did it get in your face,
but it went it went beyond that, and it became even violent.
And so whether that was a productof what society offered and gave to a
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certain group of people, I getit, I totally do. But were
they on both sides? Were theyright? I think that that there had
to have been Unfortunately there wasn't.There had to they should have been a
middle ground where they should have hadtotally you know, the conservative side they
should have had some understanding, andon the other side, they should have
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said, you know what, Okay, let's try Let's try to make music
that expresses the same thing and andand and try to get it in a
way where not that it doesn't offendpeople, because people will be offended anyway,
but try to make it in away where we can still express and
we could still have that right,that freedom of expression without being censored.
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You know. So there's there shouldhave been some type of of middle ground,
and unfortunately we know how that turnedout. But like I said,
I agree with you. I couldsee that. I want to take you
out with Grandmaster Flash with a songcalled The Message. A little bit after
that, we're gonna hear ll coolj as he talks about the radio back
to the eighties. It's like ajungle. Sometimes it makes me wonder how
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I keep from going under that.Everywhere people pissing no stays, you know,
they just don't tell it. Ican't take the small I can't take
it. No, I've got noone to about. I guess a guy
don't charge back to the room withthe baseball back. I've tried to give
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the babe, but I couldn't getit off because the band wouldn't. People
says, my god, shut pushme cause I'm close to the edge.
I'm try again not to lose myhead. It's not turning. Some times
it makes your high. I can'tgo with another standing on the front stool,
hanging out the window, watching allthe tako by roaring as the beets
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floor. Crazy lady living in thebag eating not a dobbage bells used to
beat a bag hat such a that'sthe tangle. Skipped the light of Dangle
with Sir Don Price to see thelostuff. Sit down at the fet so
watching all the TEFs so she couldtell the stories. Took the girl's back
home to went to the city andgot sutles so titty she had to get
up. She couldn't make it onthe corn. Don't push me and come
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something close to the edge. Tryagain not to lose my hand. Say
what it's not the turble. Sometimes it makes me wonder how I kis
from going under. It's like thechan with. Some times it makes me
wonder how I kill from going under. My brother's doing Dad. Don't my
mother's tea, He says, shewatches too much. It's just not healthy.
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All my children in the daytime,Dallas at night. Can't even see
the game on the sugar ray fightthe bill collect us to ring my phone
scares my wife when I'm not home. I got a bumps education double digital
face. You can't take the train? Did the job? Did to strike
at the station and meet on Kane? Can standing on my black can't stopped
to turn around? Broke with mysacer alia at mid Grade's mind grand cancer
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memorry. Sometime I think I'm goingto say swear, I might head jack
a plan. Don't push me,come something close to the edge. I'm
try again not to lose my head. Say what it's like a turn with.
Some times it makes me wonder howI came from going under. It's
like a turn on. Some timesit makes me wonder how I came from
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going under. My child is born, stayed up blind, blind, took
the days of man. God onyou, but he's found in too,
because only God knows what you cool. Dude, you'll girl put the turn
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let a second rape and your eyeswill save a song of tea. The
pictures you play and where you staylooks like one bigger alley where jure the
byre all and done. The booktakers through pitchs and pictures and the big
money makers trying a big coss spendthe twenties to ten. Ten. You
want to grow up to be justlike that smothering storeless burbless and caramels,
pitch and pocket back of the seventhe pan heading you say, I'm cool,
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I'm no food within your wine,dropping out of high school, honey
boyd all none boy bogin rod likethe pretty boy going turk stick up.
Kids. But what you've done didGod said for the eight year nigga.
Man, it's too You're a maintan span of naxty two of kids.
That's an undercover bag being juiced tothe serve black hell to one day you
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were down hunk dating the sad.It was playing to see that your life
for God. She was cold andyour body swung back and forth. But
now the eyes saving the sad sadsong hacking them so fast. So jump
how close to the sun to newsmy head high? Can go another tuble
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it makes the high, I cango another well. Other stations are playing
this. We're playing this, mybrady, You'll believe me. I like
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it loud. I'm the man withthe box that can rock the crowding down
the streets to the hardcore beat'm chad C B breaks the coffee. Sorry
if you can't understand, but Ineed a Brady, go inside my hand
and me to amazing. Other sitsaying but I kicked my file your waist
down. My story is bro.My neighborhood is talking. But a still
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sport go and I'm out to crushmy name. It's cool day. I
tell a state the show. ButI couldn't survive without a radio. Shut
on one of the names with thehead of these bas like he's just sucking
this there. I'm a look onmy baby my radio band from the Bullo
Barn. I'm a heap hopgates andand my name is Tar, Just there
lady by the beat bus out.The rhymes get freshed by the reason if
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it won't rewind to play every day, even on the subway, I would
have got a Summers, but Iran away the leader of the show keeping
you on the gold. But Iknow I can't live without a radio.
Studs on my chop win a oneof a block. I really don't care
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if it's jealous or not, becauseI make the song. You sing a
long and your radio death where myrecord is off the ship off the wall
will come in, bark on yourradio problems have nothing song my shut your
rich beats making ends was fun andmy radio five like a fighter along a
pop rats the walk can't in theface makes my head trump sea thing that
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sounds and my ride get the frontend back. You would think it was
a party, not a Cadillac ofthe Alp with the windows too and my
maker so loud, and you rich, you're blute carry on something like a
side expiecies the level all my powermeter will not decrease. This sucker's getting
mad because the girly scream and astill getting paid. Why you're looking at
me. Mean, I'm the leaderof the show keeping you on the goat.
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But I know I can't live withouta radio. I'm the leader of
the show keeping you on the goldMan. I know I can't live without
a radio. Don't turn that down. I'll feel upset. Mike going to
a big rip off your neck theradio something when I'm down and I'm playing,
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I'm the royal chief rocker l Elkochthe bix what fount from right the
left because it's an actual fact.This jam is death by stepping in me
eighty five mes going down and radiohis for red. I'm good to go
on your radio, and I'm codgetting paid because Rick said so, make
the Whooper's wallet. And your tweetis twist something tell us knuckleheads might try
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to just put it him starting then. My radio's loud enough to keep you
frunching the Monday of school chain.I'm promised no prop and circulating through your
radio non stop. I'm looking atthe wires behind the concession and now I'm
off the bright standing onto your jack. It's bettering light blue bloomers. A
whole lot of gold had chance likethings t be in control. The leader
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of the show, keeping you onthe gold Man, I know I can't
live with I'm a radio. Yourenergy level started increase as my big beat
is slowly released. I'm on theradio and at the jam hell el cool
chain, It's who I am.I'm gonna make your dance hoogie down an
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rock and the scratch as shade tomy musical blot and two expand my musical
plan co creator rock the beat withyour hands right shor don't try to funk
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the movie and she's a come Motibaby by the funky room to see me
and Earl chilling off the block withmy box Colt kicking with the kains the
rock. People can't stop me,neither can't a leak. I'm a musical
madiac to save the lead. Youain't your radio. I mean this four
cool Jason here to devastate once more. Berlin. All the girls taking out
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them seat they for trying to disrespectme. I just take please, can't
to command the heck hot Land kickinglive with the box inside my hands.
I'm the leader of the shoulkeeping youon the gold But I know I can't
live without my radio. Farmers Bullerfar Yeah, you know that for me
hangout too loud, you know whatI'm saying. That's where the cribs are.
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Back to the eighties radio that wasLL cool J. Can't live without
my radio. Before that, youheard the message from Grandmaster Flash talking about
the diversity of genres here in thenineteen eighties. And because we have chained
with us today, it is nowtime for his expertise, because right now
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we are going to be talking aboutthe genre of heavy metal, which evolved,
yes, from the nineteen seventies rootsat of course, the powerful guitar
riffs, the aggressive vocals, thesebig, elaborate stayed shows. And then
there were some subgenres like thrash andglam that gay prominence, but each one
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brought their own unique spin to thegenre. So Chang. You know some
of your key artists are what Ironmade in Judas Priest, Metallica. Who
else? What do you got?Well? You know what, bro Seeing
that I am older than Nassande yourkids play with by the beach where you
reside near, I have to tellyou metal was born with cream. Jimmy
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Hendricks, are you digging me?Are you digging me? Oh? Yeah?
Eric Clapton, Yes, No,then we have to vibe into Sabbath
Judas priest. Before the leather andthe bikes, we could even say a
little bit of Arrowsmith had some metal, the brashness, the look. Metal
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was born kind of with the revoltof punk rock, kind of mixed in
with old school classic hard rock ofthe seventies. I mean I'm talking Bad
Company, led Zeppelin, Deep PurpleRainbow. Of course, like I mentioned,
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you go back to the sixties withCream, you go back with Hendrix,
you can go back with a bandMountain. I mean Clapton started a
metal sound. So metal came intothe eighties already with a bit of attitude,
fury and identity. But the eightiesgave metal an opportunity to take its
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own identity, a certain look,more leather, more bikes, more attitude.
So let me ask you this.I'll have to be the advocate here.
So what was it about metal thatattracted you personally that you on a
personal level nobody else you Let's talkabout the chang What was it about metal?
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What point did you decide, youknow what, this defines my life.
You might have to say, probablyfifteen fifteen years old. I got
into Queen, you know, classicrock. But I turned fifteen and I
received albums on my birthday, ThePriest, I received The Rainbow, some
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Old Sabbath. So I kind ofnoticed a lot of the music, kind
of identified with the way I feltaggressive, you know what I mean,
always moving. A lot of thelyrics answered a lot of my questions.
It made me feel aggressive, moresure of myself, you know what.
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It made me feel like balanced,like other people understood where I came from,
what I felt, So I knewthat there was other people that would
feel that. It gives you abit of empowerment, belonging. But then
again, so does pop music,so does alternative music, so does dance
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music. It gives everybody an identityto feel comfortable be themselves, express themselves
however they want to be without beingjudged, because everybody that is in that
circle digs you, they understand you. So that's what kind of metal did
for me early on, you know, and then after that it was over.
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You know, you get in Igot into the Priests, I got
in the Maiden, I got inthe Saxon, you know, I got
into Venom, got into Slayer,and it just took off from that.
Then, matel I came to birth. Then you had Metallica split up with
Dave mus Stain, and you hadMega Death come in, you had Testament
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come in. You know, beingfrom la it was a trip to see
glam rock take its toll or itspath into rock and roll, which soppened
it up kind of empty look,which I think is what killed kind of
glam because of what happened later onwith glam and the hair metal and all
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that, no matter how popular itwas, no matter how maybe how much
we liked the songs, because Ido like a lot of the glamor and
metal and hair metal, but Ialso do realize that people got tired really
quick of that because it was ina way there was no substance to it.
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And so then later came, youknow what, the generation that was
all depressed and thought life was youknow, sucking, and they came out
with you know, Nirvana comes out, and then after that, we know,
we know the history of it.But I have to agree with you.
I really enjoyed bands, and Istill do bands like Iron Maiden,
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especially because you know, it wassuch a show to see them as well,
and a lot of that, youknow, it was the first time
they were coming across on stage andthey had the they had you know,
when when iron Maiding came out,everybody wanted to see Eddie their mascot.
I mean, these guys were iconsthey still are of British heavy metal.
Judas Priest, I mean, thesesoaring vocals, you know, twin guitar
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attack. The Priest influenced generations ofmetal bands, not just one generations because
of their blend of aggression and greatmelody. And then you got bands like
one of my favorite metal bands,which were the pioneers of thrash metal.
I guess you can call it Metallica. They you know, they brought the
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fast paced riffing and the lyrics manMetallica's lyrics, socially conscious lyrics that set
new standards for heavy metal as well. So you saw it evolving. We
were the generation in the eighties.We were the generation that saw the evolution
of rock from Elvis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, then all of
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the bands in the seventies and thenboom the explosion in the eighties. And
I'm glad that happened for me.I've really really am glad that happened because
we grew up in such an incredibledecade with so much diversity and each genre
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chang I think you know this,each genre brought so much to the table.
You know, we couldn't say that, oh, you know, you're
listening to a rock station, it'sall gonna sound the same. Every band
that you listened to, whether itwas Cinderella, Rat, Metallica, the
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Priest, Iron Maiden, they wereall different and they all brought an artistry
to the table, and that influencedso many people. And here's the cool
thing, because it didn't only influenceolder people. It influenced the young ones.
How many people do you remember inhigh school carried the name of their
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favorite metal band ac DC, youknow, which grew a certain oh one
of my favorites. Yeah, absolutelynotification during the seventies and then in the
eighties. Sadly, they had togo through two different singers, which sadly
is Bond Scott, which brought himnotoriety, balls guts, gave them a
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identity and made them that band,which sadly some of us know that if
you didn't know he died, youknow of an alcohol overdose, choking on
his vomit in his own in avehicle after a Night of Party. I
thought that band kind of went througha major change. And you can call
me a hater, but I respectBrian uh to a certain degree. But
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I think once Bond Scott, thediversity, the difference, the blues,
soul, kind of real guts diedof that band, and it kind of
became the same sound, kind ofthe same feeling, and they kind of
catered to what he could do towith Bond Scott. Give it to me
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and I'll take it here with youand I'll take you to another level.
Well, I guess so. Butyou're you're just looking at one side and
once again you're looking at looking atthem, at what it became. And
this guy's you know what, it'smy wife feels the same way. I
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think you're only looking at it oneway. You're not looking at it the
way that thousands, hundreds of thousandsof people look at it, which is
a c d C. No,of course, they weren't the same as
they were with Bond Scott, butthey became a c d C in a
different way. And no matter who'sleading it, you know they are crappy.
They're not a crappy band. They'rean incredible band with great hits.
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So and then there's other bands thatyou, of course the Hater don't like,
bands like def Leppard, you know, and oh well, what can
we do? But I like thefirst two albums after that, and the
same goes with Kids Happened With andreally really really one arm drummer. I
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mean, yeah, God, blessyou. There you go. You're hearing
this live, ladies and gentlemen.The Hater in all his glory, you
know for metal. As we aswe finish up this segment, we've got
bandands that came from metal that ofcourse Chang liked in the beginning he hated.
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And then take this on the context. I thought we were on a
real metal we are. But youknow what, later I got to mention
some bands that that you probably don'tlike as well, bands like Twisted Sister,
Twisted No, I do like Twist, Quiet Riot, you know.
Then you Randy Rhodes of Ozzy Osbournestarted. Then you got bands like Olderhead,
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you know, yes, great,the Lett what are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do? Scorpions? Drink some whiskey and you'll kick
scorpions. But anyway, I hadshots with him, Yes you did at
the rain. What about Dawkin?You got bands like Dawkin, you know
the You got some Don Donkey,George Lynch, great guitari, Don Donkey,
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please put the hat over your face. That's right, you've heard that.
Ladies and gentlemen here but Blue OysterCult, et cetera. Great band.
Everybody had great mustache. Next band. All right, let's take a
little break here, back to theeighties. I know, Chang that you've
got some bands you want to bringup within your deep real metal. Okay,
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do that again, Chay, yougot some great bands coming up in
your deep, deep barrel from theabyss of hate. That is, so
go ahead and tell us what we'regoing to be listening to. Probably bands
that you don't like anymore, butgo ahead. Remember only one way to
get prosperity, and that's unity.Judas freak with you, nyed right here
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at back to the eighties radio wherewe would be the best of the agies.
Agree or disagree, it's all aboutfamily. You know. They have
other songs as well. Thank you, hold it around. They again,
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we can't do it. We cando it, and if they want out,
they can tie. But I everget you up, then they can
get out of here, stall keepall time the stop you know you you
know we stand you not. Letwe never look out all not if you
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know and you not we stand younot. Let me stand one give me
up, don't get it, makeus stand we're gonna win it. We
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can't do it. We can doit and if they want and they can
try it. But I never gethere and you cannot give all and keep
all driving the stop you not younotatu not We spend you not. We
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never shout more you noted you cardas you not. We spand you not.
We spend one all give it upyou not as you not as you
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not and he spend you not anever sell all you not as you not.
We spand you not that we standone no. When Cameron was in
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the egypt Land, let my Camerongo. Nobody has the movie I want?
I have. It's on video.Block must you probably has? I
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and you must listen to back tothe eighties radio. It's the law now,
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Tusky. As we're talking about thegenres of the eighties music, seeing
that the seventies, sixties, fifties, gay birth to most of the styles
of whatever it was in the eighties, and music as a whole, we
cannot forget about those seventies in hardrock, bands that kind of started metal,
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that kind of made their own imprintin the eighties. I'm talking about
bands such as Aerosmith, Queen,Cheap Trick, the Stones, Stones made
their footprint in the eighties different Sounds, So did David Bowie, so did
Chicago. So here's a band thatI know that you like, or at
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least you used to like, morethan you do now even though you still
like them. Talking about the beginningsof Journey now, Journey interesting band town
wise, They're awesome. The bandoriginally came from Santana with Greg Rawley guitar,
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keyboard, singing, and he broughtNeoshawan, the guitar player, flashy
rhythm player to Carlos Santana. Duringthat Woodstock era, they had a great
sound, hard rock, broke awayfrom that kind of rhythmic Latino rock with
bad ass when you know when theyformed the band. Then they brought in,
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uh, you know, a newsinger, Steve Perry. Incredible vocals,
incredible I mean, the dude's gotrange, you know what I mean,
he could sing. He was asexy little dude. I mean,
you know what I mean. Tome, he always looked like a little
golfer. But he was a cooldude. I would have hung out with
a guy, you know what Imean. Okay, but you didn't like
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him. You didn't like how hesing. No, I do think he's
got talent. I do like theway he sings. But I'm not a
big fan of catering to just onestyle of music. My problem with Chicago.
You can have you know, everybodyhas emotions to love. But yet
you got to mix it up.You can't just stay in one one round.
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Mix it up, bring it outto rock and rock and roll is
But like I talked about with we'retalking about Journey, you know, and
they they were pretty bad ass atfirst, even with Steve Perry. They
kicked ass. But my problem isMTV. And then they got Jonathan Kane
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once Greg Rawley left to fill in, which Jonathan Kane looked like that white
dude on MTV that didn't get alot of airplay. But he had kind
of like that conservative Rod Stewart haircut, you know which one I'm talking about.
He wore a lot of blazers.So anyway, he didn't bring substance.
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So to me, they boom,make videos, We're good. And
then he comes out he wants toplay keyboard in the style of the guitar,
and he's playing the techno keyboard likehe's playing an actual guitar. I
thought, you know what you suck. If I ever saw you in an
(01:05:59):
alley, I would break that freakingkeyboard over your head. So I thought
so much hate. I just thoughtI thought they I thought they discredited themselves,
and uh, they became a biggerband, They became better, more
pop, more hit Wait a minute, you see way more As you say,
more pop, more hits doesn't makethem a better band and makes them
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a band that was able to inteluntil intellect wise, move over, make
the money and stay in the mainstream. Doesn't mean that they weren't a better.
Okay, so they were a betterWait a minute, a better.
Be true to the essence. Theywere just made for the presence, known
but changed. They were cardinals.Santana. He jams with everybody more,
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he's got more notoriety, but heputs his flavor in. He's a badass,
but yet he knows how the world. It's one. Oh you see,
now you're a hater of so yousee, I just said how many
of Santanna's are there? There's onlyone? Right, So what I'm saying
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is, yeah, they started offa certain way. You may have liked
it, but it doesn't necessarily justbecause they switched and they made that turn
and they became poppy. Look,that doesn't mean that they became worse.
It just means. It just meansthat they became different. It wasn't what
you liked, but you know what, It filled their pockets with money.
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It made them popular with the world. Their hits became I mean, the
songs are still heard today. Thosesongs they transcended. Okay, Now I
don't agree with it. The othersongs didn't what you said is they got
better. They transcended. They gotpoppy. That's the key word. They
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got better. I said they theythey were different, they got poppies.
They conformed, they gave in.They didn't come well. They conformed when
they went to you know, MTV. We didn't go back because they had
to. These guys were directed.They're I mean, they weren't their own
bosses. What did you want themto do? Just say, you know
what, screw that. We don'twant to make anybody right right and have
(01:08:20):
them radio because some cat wants totell us how to do what we do
and feel what we feel, andplay what we want to play, and
don't listen to the people that listento us and tap in. It's the
same kind of conforming. But nobody'soffering No, nobody's offering us millions of
dollars. That's different exactly. Butyet, I won't go on Hollywood Boulevard
(01:08:45):
sucked for a million dollars just becauseI need the cash. I won't either.
I'm just saying, but if Iget a million dollar check, I'm
really going and I know you willtoo. You will think about it.
No, if somebody gave me amillion dollars to suck. I'll take my
eyes. I don't say that.Oh it has to go. Why does
it have to get sexual? Whosaid that? I hope you're going to
(01:09:05):
bleep that out. I have toget a choice. You have a choice.
No, I don't have a choice. So it's like we have a
choice to listen to what we wanton the radio and what we think is
pure rock and roll music. Okay, so you're a peer, then there
it is, ladies, gentlemen,there you go. That's shanged. The
period is anything at all from thenineteen summer day. I really enjoy how
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you throw the King Charles at meevery time you think I'm being a hate
anything with a new front man.He does not belong with the bad Do
you think he enjoys this when hehears our show his head? Oh?
I hate when he imitates me andmakes me superb even though I am.
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Okay, so anyway, continue,Yeah, this is it's typical. But
go ahead. I cannot believe thatyou think conformity. I don't use did
I never said that. I neversaid that. You know what, you
reminded me of Trump right now?You reminded me of the way of trumping
(01:10:17):
because you've said something that you seeI'm going to call you trump Trump,
no, no change around. Youknow what is incredible? You you evade
the tennis ball, hit at youwith a curveball, and then you say
(01:10:39):
it's out of balance. Please,you know what, you don't want to
play it. You know what?Take us out with music. People don't
want to hear us go back andforth. Take us out with music.
You know what. I'm going totake you out with a couple of tunes
right here, and we're going totake you out with a little bit of
arrow Smith when lightning strikes Rolling Stonesback to the eighties radio with your buddies.
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Just got in one chain, wegot more in store. Don't you
go anywhere. Hit us on socialmedia. You've got something to say.
Don't be afraid, h don't doso. Red rubber Moor, Watts and
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heirs are going to Tromboy. Stay'sgonna pass Steed Glass Pass from the town,
the US Nights and the lights,the sprays Sam, don't Joe is
in the Lin's gonna run up andhes get from Then the good go to
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this fris s n and the nightstays. The man been in the monkey,
stand, the explos and the caring. Now me now the trains day
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crash follow me one a retreat,the true the rage of buy by,
when the light of sin only noproblem, the back food means of a
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bottle nod like no food. Theyhave the bas line when the light of
sight bread all about, never acastin, never thrain like a bow me
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it's all retreat that a Blivian inspy sneaky fund Lani Styes the nineties j
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r. Jap nine nine, whenthe economy was good and the medal was
heavy bad. Back to the ages. Yes, stop stocks, come back,
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you stig stick you got you gotyour cat? You abuse? I
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sing, who row my Sunday?Not a bread pass you und you can
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brown like the wind. And thenI'm think. Welcome back to back to
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the eighties radio with Tuscano and Chang. We give you the Neapolitan a music
baby. Oh wait a minute,Tuscano, Oh you have you have the
red phone on? Yeah? Yougot you answer it this time? I
did last time and you know howthat went. Hey, what's cracking?
You are calling back to the eightiesradio to Scotland. Chang Chang here with
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you answering the cell to hell?Who am I talking to? Good evening,
loyal subjects and esteemed listeners. Ihave a matter of great importance to
(01:19:26):
address with your Chang, King Charles. It is fan chantastic that you call
this show to my royal attention,that you, the infamous Chang, has
been harboring disdain and hate for allpop rock music. Yes, you heard
(01:19:47):
me correctly, all pop rock music. Chang. Step forward, yes,
step forward now, your royalty Chang, I call you? Can I call
you John? Call me, yourmajesty? How can you, in good
conscience dismiss an entire genre just becauseyou hate them. Bands like Queen,
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Journey, bon Jovi, I lovethem all. Oh wait a minute,
Wait a minute, your royal ainus, please for mentioning the royals. Get
that directly, you bufood. BonJovi is not a great rock and roll
band such as Queen or anyone youmentioned. Oh chag, you wound me
(01:20:39):
deeply. Perhaps you have forgotten themthe raw power of David Berry's of course,
no respect for your royalness. Youdidn't stop talking. You remind me
of Mum's parrot. It's true.What did you do with Mom's parrot after
Mom passed. Listen, listen,Mom's parrot exists only traces of the poor
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bird we cooked them. Yes,she was pretty good, you buffoon.
I don't have to put up withyou anyway. I'm going to side a
royal decree. We shall honor boththe mighty rock anthems of the hair metal
and the synth wave beats as well, and let us be a reminder to
all music and fans in all forms, music has the power to unite us.
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Long live music and Chang you aregoing to the iron majors. Well,
it's that time of the show todayto just say our goodbyes. Believe
it or not, we are goingto have to leave it to part two
of the Diversity of eighty Genres throughthe diverse landscape of eighties music, I
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want us to take a moment andjust reflect on the impact that these genres
had on all of us. Itwas a time that artists dare to be
different. They pushed boundaries, Theycreated sounds that spoke to the hearts and
minds of the people all around theworld. And the diversity of music has
not only provided a soundtrack to ourown lives, but also it brings people
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together. It crosses cultural and socialdivides. So let's celebrate it from here
to next week. Cherish the legacyof eighties music. This is Tiskano wishing
you an amazing week chang here beforewe release you to another changtastic weekend and
week, remember keep a smile onthat face, stand up for yourself,
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stand up for something bigger than you. Until next week. I did you
an audios adivaderche a whole, astala vista, sayanada, and to all
my homies across every audial order ofit. Now over to go, ter
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take me back until die mos alreadysid whoa the eight for my goodful ACTI
The eye is fooled as easy asone's mind. It is the mental quickness
which applies the quickness of physicality.Oh interesting, Thank you, Bruce Laie,
Thank you. No, my nameis Bruce Leon. Bruce Leon.
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I am a ex convict gang memberfollowed the ways of the mast. What
gang was this? I cannot information? Type of information right right? Sounds
like a seen the wisdom? Wellyou heard it. Live here, ladies
(00:47):
and gentlemen. This is the oneand only Back to the Eighties Radio.
We are united. It is theeighties that bonds us. But of course,
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as we do it every single week, we can't do the show alone.
I mean we shouldn't do the showalone because along with me is a
gentleman. Back in the eighties,he used to moon walk through a crowd
of breakdancers without missing a beat.The trick was that he did it naked.
His phone has a special digit speeddial to Robert Smith from the Cure.
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But here and Back to the EightiesRadio, we gently with love call
him the chain. Hello, boysand girls, thank you from the bottom
of my black soul for joining usat Back to the Eighties Radio and making
it what it is. Hey Chang, why are you wearing tonight those neon
(02:07):
colored socks? Can you tell meplease? I had to wear these shoes
because the floor of the dojo Iinstalled Christmas lighting. The neon socks match
the Nike running shoes, which Idon't run, not even from Sasquatch.
Today, we're gonna be talking notonly about the music, but we're going
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to be talking about the specific genresthat pave the way for what we have
today, from the rhythms of popand the rebellious spirit of rock and metal,
to the electronic beats of new waveand the soulfil expressions of R and
B. The eighties, my friendshad it all. Whether you're a fan
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of pop, rock or anything else. There's something for everyone. So we
want you to sit back and relax, because today there's an experience to verse.
There is the entire eighties full ofdifferent genres that we're gonna be able
to talk about. Here. I'mback to the eighties radio. In the
meantime, we're gonna be having somegreat music tonight. Stay tuned because we've
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got Duran durand the Police coming up, and a lot of other wonderful music.
Back to the eighties. Above usstop consos, don't try do myself.
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That's a sign boy said no passback back up pass queers. This
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is from this is love for thevery first time sat back to the eighties.
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Won't start. You've decided on thekilling. First, you make a
stroll of your home, and ifyou find in your hands are still willie,
you can tain a murder into artthe realasly heading your bloodshed. Just
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do it with a little off this. If you cuss my tablet to side
coming as an awful lot of messbecause it's word of my numbers, who
s three sas he's order, it'syour DC is burd of who says if
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having carmicle. You could up byevery member anybody else. You fine because
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us. It's that easy, orit's like me. See you're enjoying the
American South story is great job.All our gracious killers shows listener is the
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you don't nobody you can reach thetop of you. Sure if you become
the leader. A burden is thescater, you don't miss her. Have
the freak your head because it's burnup my numbers, zul three sass owner,
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it's your NBC numbers. Who threesas is owners? See sh juicy
man happen? Havevy seen here tothe three? Ivy seen? Well?
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Du three? Every see what atthree? I see you sell three Sasser
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and I'll see your back. Seeback to the eighties radio that was murdered
by numbers by the police. Beforethat, we heard Duran Duran. With
Planet Earth today we are talking aboutthe diversity of the genres of music from
the nineteen eighties. Some of thecharacteristics we're going to be talking about,
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the origins and a lot more.Chang first on our list because we just
played it is of course new waveand new wave. New wave was one
of my super favorite genres of theeighties. It emerged as a distinctive genre
in the late seventies and it reachedits peak of popularity in the early to
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mid eighties. And you know whatcharacterized new wave, well, the synths,
electronic instruments, and the focus wason melody and styl and bands often
blended a little bit of punk rockand other influences from disco and pop music.
People like Duran Duran that we justheard. They had the stylish video,
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they had the looks, the glamorousside of the new wave genre,
and they bridge that gap between popmusic and electronic experimentation as well as the
Police that we heard as well,because they combined reggae rhythm with punk,
new wave and rock. Oh,I totally agree. But also let us
not forget the likes of David Bowierock sy music. Let's not forget about
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bands such as of course the Curethey were popping back then. Did you
ever dabble in a little bit ofnew wave? No, but I did
not knock it, nor did Iknock the styles that it did bring upon
in fashion, which scene that we'retalking about, the diversity and the difference
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in genres, let us not forgetthat fashion. I think his forefront very
noticeable characteristic in all genres of eightiesmusic. Metal had its own style,
classic rock still kind of but fadingaway. You had punk with its own
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style, which is kind of abirth into metal to somewhat you have.
Now, are you talking about fashion. I'm talking about fashion, I'm talking
about seeing that. We're talking aboutthe diversity and the genres of music.
Yeah, yeah, got Every genreof music during the eighties brought about its
own kind, its own essence,its own ownership identity. Right yeah.
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Yeah. By the way, justas a side note, I liked,
and I actually know more than like, I loved New Wave, but I
hated their fashion. You wouldn't catchme, you know. Yes, I
listened to New Wave, but Iwould have never dressed New Wave either you
know, all black emo or withthe parachute pants or with the with the
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Eurythmics or Culture Club or any kindof you know what. Yeah, that's
where I am at. And whenI was a young adolescent, I got
to tell you, hell yeah,man, it was different than me.
My culture was different. So itwas kind of looked down upon, you
know what I mean. They weresome of the people like me, fucked
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with them. Some of them didn't, you know what I mean, to
a certain point, I was adick, just like everybody else. Now,
why is that, let's get let'sdelve into that. Now. Why
why would you pick on the poorpeople, the poor cats that listened to
me? Well, here's here's thereasoning. Because the style of music and
genre that I was in and mybackground, my culture kind of transformed me
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to be a certain way, whichis very mucho, very physical. Uh
through. So you thought you weretough for them. I thought it was
tough. Yeah, Charles Bronson withlong hair and the music I listened to
represented that. You know. Ididn't see anybody get into the pit that
dressed like that, So it wasalways different. It was more aggressive where
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my head was at as opposed toany other type of genre of music.
But I did appreciate all those individualsfor being who they wanted to be,
just like I wanted to be whothey wanted to be. I would never
ever put them down, but ifsomebody was with them, I would stick
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up from because everybody had the rightto be who they wanted. Every genre
of music transformed into creating identities,groups, families, bonds, So you
cannot go against that grand You haveto do only what you can respect that.
Just like everybody else's diverse, sowas eighties music. So what you're
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trying to say is that if youwent to a bar with the entire culture
club band, you don't think theycan stand up for themselves. Huh,
you're trying to No, I didn'tsay that at all. You took that
out of car No. No,I did not question their masculine their self
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that you insinuated their toughness. No, no, no, no, I
didn't say that. I'm saying thegroup I was from was macho oriented,
male Chauvenu's pig oriented used to physicalaltercations and physical stupidity to where other forms
of music and the genre they createdand the bonds and the units they created
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were different. Everybody climbed together outof different emotions. Who were some of
your favorite new wave bands? Ohjeez, I would have to say I
did like durand Durand because I likedthat when they got away from the regular
MTV tunes, they could hold theirown you know what I mean. They
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were all in instrumentally badass. Imean, when you're sexy and you can
move around, it has a wayto work in the way your vocals sound
and are carried out. So Ithought Duran Durant was a classic band.
The only problem I had in theeighties was MTV, because I think they
made it more important how you lookedand how catchy. You were other than
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the real talent that you had,other than the way you looked. And
that's the only problem. Now,I think if they wouldn't have made things
so pretty and just like took picturesand raw shots of people at bands,
at gigs, growing up, walkingaround on the streets, doing the garage
practice, the essence of music,if they would have kept to that,
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kept the pretty poise and you smilefor the camera, nothing's really plugged in.
You don't think they did that atall. MTV did that all the
time. I mean, do youthink they exaggerated the band's looks. Correct,
Yes, I think they gave prestigeand fame to the bands, to
the way they looked, and oncethey capitalized on that, they kind of
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had their way to conform bands tokind of curve into this mode, well
we'll do a song like this,but look like that. That's what I
think. I remember the day Isaw Judas Priest look glad, I was
like this, you know what's goingon? Everybody cared about the way they
look, and sadly it kind oftranscended into the way of the world.
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Now, yeah, I guess,but once again, you're only looking at
it in one on one sided.I'm giving it to you like tennis.
Well, okay, right, butyou have to remember that in spite,
in spite, yes, and I'mgonna agree with you, in spite of
MTV screwing it up in the lateryears for everybody, Okay, if it
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wasn't for MTV in the beginning,we would not love many of the artists
or have gotten to hear a lotof the artists that we would have heard
otherwise because a lot of radio stationswere not playing some of the new wave
bands. In this case, we'retalking about new wave specifically right now.
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But if it wasn't for them,look, when were you going to hear
The very first song that ever playedon MTV to open MTV was a new
wave band. It was the Buggles, and it was, interestingly enough,
it was a song video killed theradio. I mean, they were prophesying
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already what was going to happen.And like I said, I agree with
you. I just think that theimpact of new wave, even on MTV
was so profound because it introduced Imean, it was a fresh sonic palette
to all the mainstream audiences. Andyeah, it did pave the wave for
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music acceptance in pop culture. Imean, it's still hurt today in contemporary
synthpop. Right. So new wavea great genre, and we're going to
be talking a lot more, alot more of new wave in the near
future. But in the moment,I do want to take this time to
let you know that we here Backto the Eighties are going to be going
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through some changes in the very nearfuture, and some of those are great,
great changes. Well they're all greatchanges. Part of that is because
we are growing and our station,are station on Live through sixty five,
Back to the Eighties Radio or kHITS ninety two point five is going to
be joined as one, so it'sgoing to be called Back to the Eighties
Radio, and we want you totune in to Live three sixty five,
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download the app, tune into Backto the Eighties Radio, so you can
take us wherever you go, becausenot only are you going to hear some
great eighties music, you're also goingto hear this kind of when chang there
from Back to the Eighties chang Asa matter of fact, and I'm only
doing this because I want people toknow that you're going to have a special
show on there. I want youto talk a little bit about what you're
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going to be playing on the backto the eighties radio. All right,
ladies and gents, catching kiddies.I am going to revive Back with a
trang which is going to be arock and roll style of show reminiscent of
pre form rock and roll FM radioback in the eighties, somewhat the seventies.
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But to when a time that thesetlist I will play for you has
meaning emotion and I look forward tohaving contact with you that listen to give
me your input, give me sometunes, give me some suggestions. What
I'll do is I will be postinga topic. Hit me there, give
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me some comments, put some songsthat go with the top. It's going
to be pretty much a topic show, but it's going to have a lot
of my stupidity. I'll have sometop ten lists, I'll give you some
facts of the bands. We'll gometal, We'll go rogue. I'll play
everything from classic to metal to blues, all the way into a bit of
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alternative. I'll hit you cats withsome punk. Nobody plays punk. Puts
chank on a banging with some punk. And I may even have a session
to where you're gonna get groovy.We're gonna pump out. That's right,
We're gonna get some dance music.You're going to be hitting the gap band.
I'm gonna hit you cats with allkinds of music to give you an
eargasm. So prepare yourselves, putsome slippers on or kick off the shoes,
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and get ready to rock and rolland make some goddamn noise. What
do you think of that? Desknacan't wait? Love it, don't forget
to download the Live three sixty fiveapp on your phones or wherever you can
and type in back to the EightiesRadio and we're gonna be there popping up
with a playlist of over ten thousandsongs. We're gonna take you always some
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buggles and right now you're gonna beturning Japanese. You were listening to Back
to the Eighties Radio with Tuscatow andChang. We are talking about diversity,
the only key to musical prosperity.Because remember I'm turning Japanese. Yes,
I'm turning japan everything. So yeah, there's nothing else to do. You're
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right as it's the storms I amgetting when there's no one that's around I
got your picture. I got yourpicture. I'm not the million of you're
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over myself. I want a doctorto take a picture, so what can
look at your from inside as well? You can be turning up the turney
down or turning or turning. Attorneyjampanize, I think a turn Jampanies are
reader think so turny Japanese. TonyJapanese are read. I think so turny
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Japanese and the tourney Japanese are reallythink so casa con Tony Japanese are really
think. So I got your picture, I got your picture. I'd like
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a million of the round myself.Oh, the doctor to take a picture
so one can look at you frominside as well. You get me turning
this maternity dead, not turning turningmad tourney Japane. I think of tony
Japanese. I read, I thinkso tony job. It's a tony japan
It is are read. I thinkso tony japan Is. I think tony
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Japanese are read appening, so tonyJapanese. I's gon Tony Japanese are thing
so no sex, no drugs,nor mine, no women, no one,
no singer. You know when theyre sports every Monami is a total
stranger. Everyone that puts me likea cyclone ranger pair everyone there's not Tony
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Japanese I think. I'm Tony japanis a redn't think so tell me Japers
I think of Tony. Japanese arewhere I think. So the Japanese are
think Tony Japanese are what I think. So to me, Japans I think
continly Japanese are we again, sotell me Japanese I think a japan these
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are where they think. So tome, Chaps are pinkle todssa that they
think so truly, Japs are theContunly Japanese are better than so before stray
Joplisa thing turny. Japanese are verythin. So if it's popular, we
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do it totally awesome. And nowback to the eighties with Toscato and Chang.
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I heard you want more while itsback in fifteen two, No,
I ain't awaken and the tuning inon you. If I was young,
it didn't stop you coming through.We took the credit for your second symphony.
We reno my machine on you techjee and now I understand the problems.
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You can see cha. The videoRadio Star video madea start. The
Jews came and broke your card,and then we meet another the studio.
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We hear the way back and itseems so long, and you're remember the
system. You were the first born, you were the last video in Madia
Star Ideo India Star. In mymind and in my car we contry wine.
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We've gone to bartow May start,Nydia start in my mind and in
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my car we can't rewind. We'vegot too far. But yours name and
brought your bond. Myam name PettyMay start. Welcome back to Beck to
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the eighties radio. Oh we gotyou dancing, but we ain't stopping there.
Now we're gonna go street. We'llbe talking about hip hop and the
early days of wrath. We're gonnatalk about hip hop. Do not forget
about run DMC, Come on,sugar Hill. Game came from the seventies
West Coast, East Coast. Thebattle will remain a battle forever. Some
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say that the origins of hip hopwere born out of the Bronx in New
Yor York City during the late seventies, and it encompassed rap music, d
jaying, graffiti, art, breakdancing. So the reason they came out with
This music was a response to socialand economic challenges that faced the African American
and Latino youth. It represented thatnot much difference in the feeling, the
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emotion and why you perform is differentbetween rock and roll and hip hop.
Both Jenres you mentioned bands like createdlike human emotion, their physically physical fusion
physical. They came up because thiswas genius. They like they were great
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rappers and hip hop, great gregmusic from the street flow. So when
then they fused, then the fusedsmith rock got together a whole nother ball
to tunes out. I think itwas musical. I think it was unity
bond that needed to be set,But I also think it scared the out
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of relaxed conservative conservative America. Idon't think that the essence of two different
types of cultures coming together in thebond of music was accepted because it was
both types of music that stood upagainst the system. So the system thought
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it was taboo that they're uniting,they'll take force against us, which later
brought on to when they tried touh uh, go ahead and rate albums
and and and take that away.The freedoms were already at bay in question.
These were voices that were marginalized toexpress social commentary, cultural pride,
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and you know, they expressed artisticinnovation. There were some conservatives that would
try to understand but could not couldnot fully understand the reason why some of
the you know, the way theyexpressed it because they weren't used to it
in the past. Now, bothparties, I think were at extremes at
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some point, because in the latereighties we went into what was gang rap,
and that took it to another level. And yet it expressed reality,
certainly did, but it was anextreme with the way they spoke, with
the way they detailed some of thesome of the experiences, So that was
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an extreme as well. And sothere were these clashes between both of these
groups of people, and I totallyget it. You know, I understand
both sides, but I'm not justifyinganyone. I can tell you though,
that when it first started, Iloved I loved rap, I loved run
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DMC. What about Grand Master Flashingthe Furious Five. These guys were pioneers
of the turntable, I mean theirlyrics. They brought DJing techniques to the
forefront of hip hop. These guyswere pioneers of the art form. It
was an art. Oh yeah,I agree. You know that takes us
in going back to what you hadstated to where it kind of brought about
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kind of the criminal element, streetelement, which I agree that's where the
evolved from, but let's not takeout a context. The struggle was real,
and if anybody has grown up inan area where the color of your
skin, your name, where youlive, how you dress comes into play
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on how you're going to be treated, hip hop evolved from a cryout,
a generation, a social class,a community that was getting treated like it,
but yet nothing was getting done.It was getting kind of put under
the carpet a lot like the waythat Native Americans were put under the carpet
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for what they went through. Soyou have to realize that, I get
what you're saying. What I'm sayingis that both parties because everything was new,
you know, hip hop at thatpoint was brand new, and the
older generations they weren't used to thisin your face. I not only in
your face, it was above.It got to be above and beyond in
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your face, and it got tobe even at some points, and not
at first of course, right we'retalking well into the later eighties and then
the nineties, of course, butnot only did it get in your face,
but it went it went beyond that, and it became even violent.
And so whether that was a productof what society offered and gave to a
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certain group of people, I getit, I totally do. But were
they on both sides? Were theyright? I think that that there had
to have been Unfortunately there wasn't.There had to they should have been a
middle ground where they should have hadtotally you know, the conservative side they
should have had some understanding, andon the other side, they should have
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said, you know what, Okay, let's try Let's try to make music
that expresses the same thing and andand and try to get it in a
way where not that it doesn't offendpeople, because people will be offended anyway,
but try to make it in away where we can still express and
we could still have that right,that freedom of expression without being censored.
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You know. So there's there shouldhave been some type of of middle ground,
and unfortunately we know how that turnedout. But like I said,
I agree with you. I couldsee that. I want to take you
out with Grandmaster Flash with a songcalled The Message. A little bit after
that, we're gonna hear ll coolj as he talks about the radio back
to the eighties. It's like ajungle. Sometimes it makes me wonder how
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I keep from going under that.Everywhere people pissing no stays, you know,
they just don't tell it. Ican't take the small I can't take
it. No, I've got noone to about. I guess a guy
don't charge back to the room withthe baseball back. I've tried to give
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the babe, but I couldn't getit off because the band wouldn't. People
says, my god, shut pushme cause I'm close to the edge.
I'm try again not to lose myhead. It's not turning. Some times
it makes your high. I can'tgo with another standing on the front stool,
hanging out the window, watching allthe tako by roaring as the beets
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floor. Crazy lady living in thebag eating not a dobbage bells used to
beat a bag hat such a that'sthe tangle. Skipped the light of Dangle
with Sir Don Price to see thelostuff. Sit down at the fet so
watching all the TEFs so she couldtell the stories. Took the girl's back
home to went to the city andgot sutles so titty she had to get
up. She couldn't make it onthe corn. Don't push me and come
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something close to the edge. Tryagain not to lose my hand. Say
what it's not the turble. Sometimes it makes me wonder how I kis
from going under. It's like thechan with. Some times it makes me
wonder how I kill from going under. My brother's doing Dad. Don't my
mother's tea, He says, shewatches too much. It's just not healthy.
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All my children in the daytime,Dallas at night. Can't even see
the game on the sugar ray fightthe bill collect us to ring my phone
scares my wife when I'm not home. I got a bumps education double digital
face. You can't take the train? Did the job? Did to strike
at the station and meet on Kane? Can standing on my black can't stopped
to turn around? Broke with mysacer alia at mid Grade's mind grand cancer
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memorry. Sometime I think I'm goingto say swear, I might head jack
a plan. Don't push me,come something close to the edge. I'm
try again not to lose my head. Say what it's like a turn with.
Some times it makes me wonder howI came from going under. It's
like a turn on. Some timesit makes me wonder how I came from
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going under. My child is born, stayed up blind, blind, took
the days of man. God onyou, but he's found in too,
because only God knows what you cool. Dude, you'll girl put the turn
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let a second rape and your eyeswill save a song of tea. The
pictures you play and where you staylooks like one bigger alley where jure the
byre all and done. The booktakers through pitchs and pictures and the big
money makers trying a big coss spendthe twenties to ten. Ten. You
want to grow up to be justlike that smothering storeless burbless and caramels,
pitch and pocket back of the seventhe pan heading you say, I'm cool,
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I'm no food within your wine,dropping out of high school, honey
boyd all none boy bogin rod likethe pretty boy going turk stick up.
Kids. But what you've done didGod said for the eight year nigga.
Man, it's too You're a maintan span of naxty two of kids.
That's an undercover bag being juiced tothe serve black hell to one day you
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were down hunk dating the sad.It was playing to see that your life
for God. She was cold andyour body swung back and forth. But
now the eyes saving the sad sadsong hacking them so fast. So jump
how close to the sun to newsmy head high? Can go another tuble
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it makes the high, I cango another well. Other stations are playing
this. We're playing this, mybrady, You'll believe me. I like
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it loud. I'm the man withthe box that can rock the crowding down
the streets to the hardcore beat'm chad C B breaks the coffee. Sorry
if you can't understand, but Ineed a Brady, go inside my hand
and me to amazing. Other sitsaying but I kicked my file your waist
down. My story is bro.My neighborhood is talking. But a still
(41:58):
sport go and I'm out to crushmy name. It's cool day. I
tell a state the show. ButI couldn't survive without a radio. Shut
on one of the names with thehead of these bas like he's just sucking
this there. I'm a look onmy baby my radio band from the Bullo
Barn. I'm a heap hopgates andand my name is Tar, Just there
lady by the beat bus out.The rhymes get freshed by the reason if
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it won't rewind to play every day, even on the subway, I would
have got a Summers, but Iran away the leader of the show keeping
you on the gold. But Iknow I can't live without a radio.
Studs on my chop win a oneof a block. I really don't care
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if it's jealous or not, becauseI make the song. You sing a
long and your radio death where myrecord is off the ship off the wall
will come in, bark on yourradio problems have nothing song my shut your
rich beats making ends was fun andmy radio five like a fighter along a
pop rats the walk can't in theface makes my head trump sea thing that
(43:05):
sounds and my ride get the frontend back. You would think it was
a party, not a Cadillac ofthe Alp with the windows too and my
maker so loud, and you rich, you're blute carry on something like a
side expiecies the level all my powermeter will not decrease. This sucker's getting
mad because the girly scream and astill getting paid. Why you're looking at
me. Mean, I'm the leaderof the show keeping you on the goat.
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But I know I can't live withouta radio. I'm the leader of
the show keeping you on the goldMan. I know I can't live without
a radio. Don't turn that down. I'll feel upset. Mike going to
a big rip off your neck theradio something when I'm down and I'm playing,
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I'm the royal chief rocker l Elkochthe bix what fount from right the
left because it's an actual fact.This jam is death by stepping in me
eighty five mes going down and radiohis for red. I'm good to go
on your radio, and I'm codgetting paid because Rick said so, make
the Whooper's wallet. And your tweetis twist something tell us knuckleheads might try
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to just put it him starting then. My radio's loud enough to keep you
frunching the Monday of school chain.I'm promised no prop and circulating through your
radio non stop. I'm looking atthe wires behind the concession and now I'm
off the bright standing onto your jack. It's bettering light blue bloomers. A
whole lot of gold had chance likethings t be in control. The leader
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of the show, keeping you onthe gold Man, I know I can't
live with I'm a radio. Yourenergy level started increase as my big beat
is slowly released. I'm on theradio and at the jam hell el cool
chain, It's who I am.I'm gonna make your dance hoogie down an
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rock and the scratch as shade tomy musical blot and two expand my musical
plan co creator rock the beat withyour hands right shor don't try to funk
(45:21):
the movie and she's a come Motibaby by the funky room to see me
and Earl chilling off the block withmy box Colt kicking with the kains the
rock. People can't stop me,neither can't a leak. I'm a musical
madiac to save the lead. Youain't your radio. I mean this four
cool Jason here to devastate once more. Berlin. All the girls taking out
(45:42):
them seat they for trying to disrespectme. I just take please, can't
to command the heck hot Land kickinglive with the box inside my hands.
I'm the leader of the shoulkeeping youon the gold But I know I can't
live without my radio. Farmers Bullerfar Yeah, you know that for me
hangout too loud, you know whatI'm saying. That's where the cribs are.
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Back to the eighties radio that wasLL cool J. Can't live without
my radio. Before that, youheard the message from Grandmaster Flash talking about
the diversity of genres here in thenineteen eighties. And because we have chained
with us today, it is nowtime for his expertise, because right now
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we are going to be talking aboutthe genre of heavy metal, which evolved,
yes, from the nineteen seventies rootsat of course, the powerful guitar
riffs, the aggressive vocals, thesebig, elaborate stayed shows. And then
there were some subgenres like thrash andglam that gay prominence, but each one
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brought their own unique spin to thegenre. So Chang. You know some
of your key artists are what Ironmade in Judas Priest, Metallica. Who
else? What do you got?Well? You know what, bro Seeing
that I am older than Nassande yourkids play with by the beach where you
reside near, I have to tellyou metal was born with cream. Jimmy
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Hendricks, are you digging me?Are you digging me? Oh? Yeah?
Eric Clapton, Yes, No,then we have to vibe into Sabbath
Judas priest. Before the leather andthe bikes, we could even say a
little bit of Arrowsmith had some metal, the brashness, the look. Metal
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was born kind of with the revoltof punk rock, kind of mixed in
with old school classic hard rock ofthe seventies. I mean I'm talking Bad
Company, led Zeppelin, Deep PurpleRainbow. Of course, like I mentioned,
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you go back to the sixties withCream, you go back with Hendrix,
you can go back with a bandMountain. I mean Clapton started a
metal sound. So metal came intothe eighties already with a bit of attitude,
fury and identity. But the eightiesgave metal an opportunity to take its
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own identity, a certain look,more leather, more bikes, more attitude.
So let me ask you this.I'll have to be the advocate here.
So what was it about metal thatattracted you personally that you on a
personal level nobody else you Let's talkabout the chang What was it about metal?
(49:14):
What point did you decide, youknow what, this defines my life.
You might have to say, probablyfifteen fifteen years old. I got
into Queen, you know, classicrock. But I turned fifteen and I
received albums on my birthday, ThePriest, I received The Rainbow, some
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Old Sabbath. So I kind ofnoticed a lot of the music, kind
of identified with the way I feltaggressive, you know what I mean,
always moving. A lot of thelyrics answered a lot of my questions.
It made me feel aggressive, moresure of myself, you know what.
(50:02):
It made me feel like balanced,like other people understood where I came from,
what I felt, So I knewthat there was other people that would
feel that. It gives you abit of empowerment, belonging. But then
again, so does pop music,so does alternative music, so does dance
(50:23):
music. It gives everybody an identityto feel comfortable be themselves, express themselves
however they want to be without beingjudged, because everybody that is in that
circle digs you, they understand you. So that's what kind of metal did
for me early on, you know, and then after that it was over.
(50:46):
You know, you get in Igot into the Priests, I got
in the Maiden, I got inthe Saxon, you know, I got
into Venom, got into Slayer,and it just took off from that.
Then, matel I came to birth. Then you had Metallica split up with
Dave mus Stain, and you hadMega Death come in, you had Testament
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come in. You know, beingfrom la it was a trip to see
glam rock take its toll or itspath into rock and roll, which soppened
it up kind of empty look,which I think is what killed kind of
glam because of what happened later onwith glam and the hair metal and all
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that, no matter how popular itwas, no matter how maybe how much
we liked the songs, because Ido like a lot of the glamor and
metal and hair metal, but Ialso do realize that people got tired really
quick of that because it was ina way there was no substance to it.
(51:52):
And so then later came, youknow what, the generation that was
all depressed and thought life was youknow, sucking, and they came out
with you know, Nirvana comes out, and then after that, we know,
we know the history of it.But I have to agree with you.
I really enjoyed bands, and Istill do bands like Iron Maiden,
(52:15):
especially because you know, it wassuch a show to see them as well,
and a lot of that, youknow, it was the first time
they were coming across on stage andthey had the they had you know,
when when iron Maiding came out,everybody wanted to see Eddie their mascot.
I mean, these guys were iconsthey still are of British heavy metal.
Judas Priest, I mean, thesesoaring vocals, you know, twin guitar
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attack. The Priest influenced generations ofmetal bands, not just one generations because
of their blend of aggression and greatmelody. And then you got bands like
one of my favorite metal bands,which were the pioneers of thrash metal.
I guess you can call it Metallica. They you know, they brought the
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fast paced riffing and the lyrics manMetallica's lyrics, socially conscious lyrics that set
new standards for heavy metal as well. So you saw it evolving. We
were the generation in the eighties.We were the generation that saw the evolution
of rock from Elvis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, then all of
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the bands in the seventies and thenboom the explosion in the eighties. And
I'm glad that happened for me.I've really really am glad that happened because
we grew up in such an incredibledecade with so much diversity and each genre
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chang I think you know this,each genre brought so much to the table.
You know, we couldn't say that, oh, you know, you're
listening to a rock station, it'sall gonna sound the same. Every band
that you listened to, whether itwas Cinderella, Rat, Metallica, the
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Priest, Iron Maiden, they wereall different and they all brought an artistry
to the table, and that influencedso many people. And here's the cool
thing, because it didn't only influenceolder people. It influenced the young ones.
How many people do you remember inhigh school carried the name of their
(54:28):
favorite metal band ac DC, youknow, which grew a certain oh one
of my favorites. Yeah, absolutelynotification during the seventies and then in the
eighties. Sadly, they had togo through two different singers, which sadly
is Bond Scott, which brought himnotoriety, balls guts, gave them a
(54:52):
identity and made them that band,which sadly some of us know that if
you didn't know he died, youknow of an alcohol overdose, choking on
his vomit in his own in avehicle after a Night of Party. I
thought that band kind of went througha major change. And you can call
me a hater, but I respectBrian uh to a certain degree. But
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I think once Bond Scott, thediversity, the difference, the blues,
soul, kind of real guts diedof that band, and it kind of
became the same sound, kind ofthe same feeling, and they kind of
catered to what he could do towith Bond Scott. Give it to me
(55:40):
and I'll take it here with youand I'll take you to another level.
Well, I guess so. Butyou're you're just looking at one side and
once again you're looking at looking atthem, at what it became. And
this guy's you know what, it'smy wife feels the same way. I
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think you're only looking at it oneway. You're not looking at it the
way that thousands, hundreds of thousandsof people look at it, which is
a c d C. No,of course, they weren't the same as
they were with Bond Scott, butthey became a c d C in a
different way. And no matter who'sleading it, you know they are crappy.
They're not a crappy band. They'rean incredible band with great hits.
(56:24):
So and then there's other bands thatyou, of course the Hater don't like,
bands like def Leppard, you know, and oh well, what can
we do? But I like thefirst two albums after that, and the
same goes with Kids Happened With andreally really really one arm drummer. I
(56:45):
mean, yeah, God, blessyou. There you go. You're hearing
this live, ladies and gentlemen.The Hater in all his glory, you
know for metal. As we aswe finish up this segment, we've got
bandands that came from metal that ofcourse Chang liked in the beginning he hated.
(57:06):
And then take this on the context. I thought we were on a
real metal we are. But youknow what, later I got to mention
some bands that that you probably don'tlike as well, bands like Twisted Sister,
Twisted No, I do like Twist, Quiet Riot, you know.
Then you Randy Rhodes of Ozzy Osbournestarted. Then you got bands like Olderhead,
(57:30):
you know, yes, great,the Lett what are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do? Scorpions? Drink some whiskey and you'll kick
scorpions. But anyway, I hadshots with him, Yes you did at
the rain. What about Dawkin?You got bands like Dawkin, you know
the You got some Don Donkey,George Lynch, great guitari, Don Donkey,
(57:51):
please put the hat over your face. That's right, you've heard that.
Ladies and gentlemen here but Blue OysterCult, et cetera. Great band.
Everybody had great mustache. Next band. All right, let's take a
little break here, back to theeighties. I know, Chang that you've
got some bands you want to bringup within your deep real metal. Okay,
(58:12):
do that again, Chay, yougot some great bands coming up in
your deep, deep barrel from theabyss of hate. That is, so
go ahead and tell us what we'regoing to be listening to. Probably bands
that you don't like anymore, butgo ahead. Remember only one way to
get prosperity, and that's unity.Judas freak with you, nyed right here
(58:36):
at back to the eighties radio wherewe would be the best of the agies.
Agree or disagree, it's all aboutfamily. You know. They have
other songs as well. Thank you, hold it around. They again,
(59:02):
we can't do it. We cando it, and if they want out,
they can tie. But I everget you up, then they can
get out of here, stall keepall time the stop you know you you
know we stand you not. Letwe never look out all not if you
(59:32):
know and you not we stand younot. Let me stand one give me
up, don't get it, makeus stand we're gonna win it. We
(59:54):
can't do it. We can doit and if they want and they can
try it. But I never gethere and you cannot give all and keep
all driving the stop you not younotatu not We spend you not. We
(01:00:17):
never shout more you noted you cardas you not. We spand you not.
We spend one all give it upyou not as you not as you
(01:00:42):
not and he spend you not anever sell all you not as you not.
We spand you not that we standone no. When Cameron was in
(01:01:47):
the egypt Land, let my Camerongo. Nobody has the movie I want?
I have. It's on video.Block must you probably has? I
mean we have over ten thousand videos. Wow, I'll watch you pastor happen
back tomorrow, I promise. Relaxand Blockbuster you can keep your videos for
three evenings, so take home plentyand use our twenty four hour quick drop.
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Do you have any children's videos orBlockbuster's America's Family Video Store. You
know we have more kids videos thananyplace else, more movies, more nights,
more fun fus video. What differenceladies and gentlemen? Arm Shadow Stevens
and you must listen to back tothe eighties radio. It's the law now,
(01:02:37):
Tusky. As we're talking about thegenres of the eighties music, seeing
that the seventies, sixties, fifties, gay birth to most of the styles
of whatever it was in the eighties, and music as a whole, we
cannot forget about those seventies in hardrock, bands that kind of started metal,
(01:03:01):
that kind of made their own imprintin the eighties. I'm talking about
bands such as Aerosmith, Queen,Cheap Trick, the Stones, Stones made
their footprint in the eighties different Sounds, So did David Bowie, so did
Chicago. So here's a band thatI know that you like, or at
(01:03:23):
least you used to like, morethan you do now even though you still
like them. Talking about the beginningsof Journey now, Journey interesting band town
wise, They're awesome. The bandoriginally came from Santana with Greg Rawley guitar,
(01:03:43):
keyboard, singing, and he broughtNeoshawan, the guitar player, flashy
rhythm player to Carlos Santana. Duringthat Woodstock era, they had a great
sound, hard rock, broke awayfrom that kind of rhythmic Latino rock with
bad ass when you know when theyformed the band. Then they brought in,
(01:04:09):
uh, you know, a newsinger, Steve Perry. Incredible vocals,
incredible I mean, the dude's gotrange, you know what I mean,
he could sing. He was asexy little dude. I mean,
you know what I mean. Tome, he always looked like a little
golfer. But he was a cooldude. I would have hung out with
a guy, you know what Imean. Okay, but you didn't like
(01:04:30):
him. You didn't like how hesing. No, I do think he's
got talent. I do like theway he sings. But I'm not a
big fan of catering to just onestyle of music. My problem with Chicago.
You can have you know, everybodyhas emotions to love. But yet
you got to mix it up.You can't just stay in one one round.
(01:04:50):
Mix it up, bring it outto rock and rock and roll is
But like I talked about with we'retalking about Journey, you know, and
they they were pretty bad ass atfirst, even with Steve Perry. They
kicked ass. But my problem isMTV. And then they got Jonathan Kane
(01:05:14):
once Greg Rawley left to fill in, which Jonathan Kane looked like that white
dude on MTV that didn't get alot of airplay. But he had kind
of like that conservative Rod Stewart haircut, you know which one I'm talking about.
He wore a lot of blazers.So anyway, he didn't bring substance.
(01:05:38):
So to me, they boom,make videos, We're good. And
then he comes out he wants toplay keyboard in the style of the guitar,
and he's playing the techno keyboard likehe's playing an actual guitar. I
thought, you know what you suck. If I ever saw you in an
(01:05:59):
alley, I would break that freakingkeyboard over your head. So I thought
so much hate. I just thoughtI thought they I thought they discredited themselves,
and uh, they became a biggerband, They became better, more
pop, more hit Wait a minute, you see way more As you say,
more pop, more hits doesn't makethem a better band and makes them
(01:06:24):
a band that was able to inteluntil intellect wise, move over, make
the money and stay in the mainstream. Doesn't mean that they weren't a better.
Okay, so they were a betterWait a minute, a better.
Be true to the essence. Theywere just made for the presence, known
but changed. They were cardinals.Santana. He jams with everybody more,
(01:06:49):
he's got more notoriety, but heputs his flavor in. He's a badass,
but yet he knows how the world. It's one. Oh you see,
now you're a hater of so yousee, I just said how many
of Santanna's are there? There's onlyone? Right, So what I'm saying
(01:07:10):
is, yeah, they started offa certain way. You may have liked
it, but it doesn't necessarily justbecause they switched and they made that turn
and they became poppy. Look,that doesn't mean that they became worse.
It just means. It just meansthat they became different. It wasn't what
you liked, but you know what, It filled their pockets with money.
(01:07:31):
It made them popular with the world. Their hits became I mean, the
songs are still heard today. Thosesongs they transcended. Okay, Now I
don't agree with it. The othersongs didn't what you said is they got
better. They transcended. They gotpoppy. That's the key word. They
(01:07:57):
got better. I said they theythey were different, they got poppies.
They conformed, they gave in.They didn't come well. They conformed when
they went to you know, MTV. We didn't go back because they had
to. These guys were directed.They're I mean, they weren't their own
bosses. What did you want themto do? Just say, you know
what, screw that. We don'twant to make anybody right right and have
(01:08:20):
them radio because some cat wants totell us how to do what we do
and feel what we feel, andplay what we want to play, and
don't listen to the people that listento us and tap in. It's the
same kind of conforming. But nobody'soffering No, nobody's offering us millions of
dollars. That's different exactly. Butyet, I won't go on Hollywood Boulevard
(01:08:45):
sucked for a million dollars just becauseI need the cash. I won't either.
I'm just saying, but if Iget a million dollar check, I'm
really going and I know you willtoo. You will think about it.
No, if somebody gave me amillion dollars to suck. I'll take my
eyes. I don't say that.Oh it has to go. Why does
it have to get sexual? Whosaid that? I hope you're going to
(01:09:05):
bleep that out. I have toget a choice. You have a choice.
No, I don't have a choice. So it's like we have a
choice to listen to what we wanton the radio and what we think is
pure rock and roll music. Okay, so you're a peer, then there
it is, ladies, gentlemen,there you go. That's shanged. The
period is anything at all from thenineteen summer day. I really enjoy how
(01:09:35):
you throw the King Charles at meevery time you think I'm being a hate
anything with a new front man.He does not belong with the bad Do
you think he enjoys this when hehears our show his head? Oh?
I hate when he imitates me andmakes me superb even though I am.
(01:09:57):
Okay, so anyway, continue,Yeah, this is it's typical. But
go ahead. I cannot believe thatyou think conformity. I don't use did
I never said that. I neversaid that. You know what, you
reminded me of Trump right now?You reminded me of the way of trumping
(01:10:17):
because you've said something that you seeI'm going to call you trump Trump,
no, no change around. Youknow what is incredible? You you evade
the tennis ball, hit at youwith a curveball, and then you say
(01:10:39):
it's out of balance. Please,you know what, you don't want to
play it. You know what?Take us out with music. People don't
want to hear us go back andforth. Take us out with music.
You know what. I'm going totake you out with a couple of tunes
right here, and we're going totake you out with a little bit of
arrow Smith when lightning strikes Rolling Stonesback to the eighties radio with your buddies.
(01:11:01):
Just got in one chain, wegot more in store. Don't you
go anywhere. Hit us on socialmedia. You've got something to say.
Don't be afraid, h don't doso. Red rubber Moor, Watts and
(01:12:00):
heirs are going to Tromboy. Stay'sgonna pass Steed Glass Pass from the town,
the US Nights and the lights,the sprays Sam, don't Joe is
in the Lin's gonna run up andhes get from Then the good go to
(01:12:33):
this fris s n and the nightstays. The man been in the monkey,
stand, the explos and the caring. Now me now the trains day
(01:12:58):
crash follow me one a retreat,the true the rage of buy by,
when the light of sin only noproblem, the back food means of a
(01:13:26):
bottle nod like no food. Theyhave the bas line when the light of
sight bread all about, never acastin, never thrain like a bow me
(01:14:00):
it's all retreat that a Blivian inspy sneaky fund Lani Styes the nineties j
(01:14:58):
r. Jap nine nine, whenthe economy was good and the medal was
heavy bad. Back to the ages. Yes, stop stocks, come back,
(01:16:08):
you stig stick you got you gotyour cat? You abuse? I
(01:16:55):
sing, who row my Sunday?Not a bread pass you und you can
(01:17:39):
brown like the wind. And thenI'm think. Welcome back to back to
(01:18:42):
the eighties radio with Tuscano and Chang. We give you the Neapolitan a music
baby. Oh wait a minute,Tuscano, Oh you have you have the
red phone on? Yeah? Yougot you answer it this time? I
did last time and you know howthat went. Hey, what's cracking?
You are calling back to the eightiesradio to Scotland. Chang Chang here with
(01:19:05):
you answering the cell to hell?Who am I talking to? Good evening,
loyal subjects and esteemed listeners. Ihave a matter of great importance to
(01:19:26):
address with your Chang, King Charles. It is fan chantastic that you call
this show to my royal attention,that you, the infamous Chang, has
been harboring disdain and hate for allpop rock music. Yes, you heard
(01:19:47):
me correctly, all pop rock music. Chang. Step forward, yes,
step forward now, your royalty Chang, I call you? Can I call
you John? Call me, yourmajesty? How can you, in good
conscience dismiss an entire genre just becauseyou hate them. Bands like Queen,
(01:20:15):
Journey, bon Jovi, I lovethem all. Oh wait a minute,
Wait a minute, your royal ainus, please for mentioning the royals. Get
that directly, you bufood. BonJovi is not a great rock and roll
band such as Queen or anyone youmentioned. Oh chag, you wound me
(01:20:39):
deeply. Perhaps you have forgotten themthe raw power of David Berry's of course,
no respect for your royalness. Youdidn't stop talking. You remind me
of Mum's parrot. It's true.What did you do with Mom's parrot after
Mom passed. Listen, listen,Mom's parrot exists only traces of the poor
(01:21:02):
bird we cooked them. Yes,she was pretty good, you buffoon.
I don't have to put up withyou anyway. I'm going to side a
royal decree. We shall honor boththe mighty rock anthems of the hair metal
and the synth wave beats as well, and let us be a reminder to
all music and fans in all forms, music has the power to unite us.
(01:21:27):
Long live music and Chang you aregoing to the iron majors. Well,
it's that time of the show todayto just say our goodbyes. Believe
it or not, we are goingto have to leave it to part two
of the Diversity of eighty Genres throughthe diverse landscape of eighties music, I
(01:21:48):
want us to take a moment andjust reflect on the impact that these genres
had on all of us. Itwas a time that artists dare to be
different. They pushed boundaries, Theycreated sounds that spoke to the hearts and
minds of the people all around theworld. And the diversity of music has
not only provided a soundtrack to ourown lives, but also it brings people
(01:22:13):
together. It crosses cultural and socialdivides. So let's celebrate it from here
to next week. Cherish the legacyof eighties music. This is Tiskano wishing
you an amazing week chang here beforewe release you to another changtastic weekend and
week, remember keep a smile onthat face, stand up for yourself,
(01:22:38):
stand up for something bigger than you. Until next week. I did you
an audios adivaderche a whole, astala vista, sayanada, and to all
my homies across every audial order ofit. Now over to go, ter
(01:23:03):
take me back until die mos alreadysid whoa the eight for my goodful ACTI
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