June 6, 2025 • 28 mins
"Gone But Not Forgotten: The Icons We Lost"
This week, we turn down the lights and turn up the memories. Back to the 80s Radio pays tribute to the legends who defined our youth but left us too soon — the musicians, actors, entertainers, and cultural icons who gave us unforgettable moments, then faded into eternity.
From the electrifying riffs of Randy Rhoads to the soulful echoes of Marvin Gaye… from the TV stars we grew up with to the voices that shaped pop radio — we’ll remember them, celebrate them, and let their legacy play on.Tune in and relive the joy, the tears, and the timeless sounds of those who made the 80s unforgettable. Because though they’re gone… the frequency of their impact still lives on.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/back-to-the-80s-radio--5883226/support.
This week, we turn down the lights and turn up the memories. Back to the 80s Radio pays tribute to the legends who defined our youth but left us too soon — the musicians, actors, entertainers, and cultural icons who gave us unforgettable moments, then faded into eternity.
From the electrifying riffs of Randy Rhoads to the soulful echoes of Marvin Gaye… from the TV stars we grew up with to the voices that shaped pop radio — we’ll remember them, celebrate them, and let their legacy play on.Tune in and relive the joy, the tears, and the timeless sounds of those who made the 80s unforgettable. Because though they’re gone… the frequency of their impact still lives on.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/back-to-the-80s-radio--5883226/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:27):
Ladies and Gentlemen, headband warriors and cassette deck rockers, Welcome
to the one and only back to the eighties radio,
where parachute pants are what fills Chain's closet, a spray
is forever, and the spirit of a whole generation echoes
(00:48):
through every beat, rift and synth line. Today, Ladies and gentlemen,
we are honoring the icons of the eighties who left us,
but whose spirit still dances through every power chord and punchline.
But we cannot do the show alone. As always, there
is a man in studio who knows and who has
(01:10):
tried to ban Eyeliner and depeche Mode from the airwaves,
yet mysteriously knows every lyric to enjoy the silence. He
says that the cure makes him nauseous, but rumor has
it that back in the eighties he's slow danced to
just like Heaven in his garage. He's got Slayer patches
(01:35):
on his jacket and the Smith CD hidden in the
glove box.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Holy.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
He is Metal, he is Mayhem, and he is mysteriously moody.
On Morrissey mondays, He, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the ever
wonders Chang.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
How do you like that intro?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Now that intro goes without even me saying that is
the biggest croc of bullshit that I've ever heard said
about me.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Besides oh my gosh, there it is, holy, there it is.
You know it's true.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Every single word that I just pronounced is absolutely true.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
No.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
First of all, the Smiths, I thought that was a
white family that lived on my neighborhood in south side Montabello.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
I've never heard of.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
No.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
No, Ladies and gentlemen, see, this is where the hater.
This is where I am going to expose the hater
because behind the chain is a poster underneath the MIBA
music and he's got some candles around it with the
picture of Morrissey. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, he honors new
(02:47):
wave and alternative music from the eighties. That's right, Holy Mac.
First of all, there is no fire in the dojo
except yeah, well, ladies and gentlemen. I beg to differ
because I'm actually looking at him. But what are we saying.
We are saying thank you for joining us here. Back
to the eighties radio. We've got a fun filed show.
(03:09):
I can't say. Oh, by the way, cheers, I like chains,
drinking PEPSI thank you for boycotting coke as I am
too thank you. I can't tell you that. If you
do have a theme for a topic, go ahead and
send us an email at back the Number two the
Eighties Radio at gmail dot com. You can visit our
(03:30):
web page at FM eighties dot com. So today is
going to be a fun filled show despite the I guess,
the sadness or the little bit weird vibe of the
topic that we have today, because we are going to
be talking about people that we lost from the nineteen eighties,
(03:51):
people that we both admired, some that maybe we didn't,
whether they were musicians, they were singers, maybe they were
political figures, or maybe they were just friends. Whoever, it'd
be ladies and gentlemen. We're going to be talking about
that coming up next. And we've got some great music,
so stick around. And also a quick reminder if you
(04:11):
happen to notice that here we don't present the music
on our podcast platforms, it's because of legal ramifications. If
you want to listen to the Fool music, you have
to go to Live threesixtyfive dot com, download the app
and look for Back to the Eighties Radio. So you
can hear it every single Friday.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
So let's take our lovely listeners out with a song
for those who will listen to us. Back to the eighties,
Really Wet Live three sixty five something from Queen's Reich
The Silent Lucidity. You're listening to Tuscanow and Chang. Get ready,
get set, Get a box of Kleenex. Welcome back to
(05:00):
Back to the eighties radio with Tuscano and Chang. That
was Queens like Silent Lucidity mentioning a little bit of mortality,
which tonight's topic is a bit about mortality. Anybody out
there that has lost anyone dear to them from the eighties,
our hearts go out to you. I too, have recently,
(05:21):
in the last three months, lost some great friends. You
don't have to be blood related to be family, but
individuals that I lost that I shared a great, great,
great amount of time in the eighties. I'm going to
mention her name is real Quick Captain Andy Rezi grew
up with him south Side, Manta Beell. My heart goes
out to the Rasas and my good buddy, my homie,
(05:45):
mister bon Jovi, Tony Choppa and everybody that hung out
in the Metal Crew from eighty seven to about ninety nine.
My heart goes out to you all, Tony. If you're
going right now and you haven't left, because you probably didn't.
You were always late. That's why we always got the
parties late, and how to have parties at your pad
(06:06):
on your way to heaven. Brother, Remember just we all
love you and we'll see you on the other side.
Anybody out there that has lost, anybody, go ahead and
hit us on our social media pages. Open up your heart,
open up the door. Let's be there for each other.
Go ahead and put a name of somebody who may
have lost. Go ahead and put a name of an
artist and entertainer or some other type of mentor from
(06:30):
the eighties that you lost. Tonight we are talking about that,
and I'm going to lead it off with two individuals
that meant very much to me. On a list of twenty,
I'll start it off with the late great Freddie Mercury,
who passed up age in nineteen eighty seven. Also, I
want to talk about Stevie ray Laugh. Individuals that magnituded
(06:53):
the music industry beyond and above innovators all the way,
original icons, all the way, and sadly didn't it not
live past the eighties to carry on their mark of
brilliance in the music industry. Tusctto when I mentioned those
two names, how do you feel? And what is your
(07:14):
experience or the music that you benefited from from either artist?
Speaker 4 (07:19):
How's that?
Speaker 2 (07:20):
You know what?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
First of all, let me say this that as I'm
getting older now, you know, you and I we were
from the decade that had friends, I mean friends. We
enjoyed our friends right face to face. We chatted, we talked,
(07:42):
we got mad, we got happy. Everything was just face
to face and we got to enjoy a certain something
about our friendship and about those relationships. And it's sad
to know that now as we're getting older, they're starting
to wither.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
And it's just a sad thing because when we were younger,
we didn't think. We didn't think these days and these
times were going to be so quickly upon us. But anyway,
you brought up Stevie Ray Vaughan, and let me start
with him and Freddie Mercury, as you just mentioned, I mean,
(08:18):
look SRV's who hasn't heard of this man the guitar.
He didn't just make the guitar sing. He made it weep,
It had soul. This is a man who took blues
and lit it on fire. Every note was a testimony
of raw, electric truth. And when he played, it seemed
(08:41):
like time stood still. Everybody's job would just drop. This
is a man who played like no other. From the
bottom of his soul that would be transmitted to his
fingers and then to his guitar. It was absolutely incredible.
And what can they say about Freddy Mercury. I've mentioned
to the audience many times, although my favorite band is
(09:05):
you Too, I can recognize the greatest band, in my opinion,
that's ever lived. Some may say it's Led Zeppelin, some
may say it's the Stones and the Beatles. My opinion,
the greatest band ever is Queen with frontman Freddie Mercury.
His voice soared above stadiums, shattered every mold. I mean,
(09:27):
the guy was a showman. He was an icon. And
if you remember Freddy Mercury, he didn't just perform, He
commanded the moment. I'm thinking of that nineteen eighty five
live ed, live aid performance. Literally, the man's voice touched
the heavens and he transmitted that to the people so
(09:50):
Stevie showed us how to feel, Freddy showed us how
to live. Brother And although they're gone, man, their music,
their soul, that vibe that they brought is still it's
still echoing, still alive, still the eighties. I mean, it's
here with us. I totally agree with you. I'm gonna
(10:11):
throw one more at you. Well, actually we're gonna talk
a lot. I got a lot to throw you.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
David Bowie, What is your favorite song of David Bowie?
Y'all your listeners out there, why don't you go ahead
and tap on when you can and we'll get your
answer and we'll read it on next week's show. What
was your favorite song from David Bowie? Of course, who
we're speaking about now SRV see Ray or Freddie Mercury
(10:36):
hit us on our social media and let us know
who touched your life now, Tuscano, when I mentioned David Bowie,
what is David Bowie.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Do to you?
Speaker 3 (10:46):
And what do you think of Bowie? And what was
your favorite Bowie's song? I know that's a tough one.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
It is, man, it is because this is a guy
that made a huge impact on every body on music,
from the way he dressed to the way he sang,
to the way he looked, from the pop songs like
you know, the pop radio songs from nineteen eighty three,
(11:13):
like Let's Dance to China Girl, to Modern Love, to
Blue Gene, and to the songs from before, way before.
Remember Space Audity from nineteen sixty nine, and it recharted
in the UK nineteen eighty three. So it was released
and reappreciated in the nineteen eighties, and we felt like
(11:35):
it was a release of the nineteen eighties, but in
fact it was from nineteen sixty nine Space Oddity. And
then this is a guy who had a song called
Ashes to Ashes in nineteen eighty It was a spiritual
sequel to Space Audity, Dark Surreal, I mean, what can
we say? And when he did in eighty one with
Freddie Mercury under Pressure, that was a legendary track, I mean, perfect, perfect.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Here's another artist, Michael Hutchins Ah, Yes, in excess.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Yes, it say, another individual that lost his life way
too early on circumstances that are always not of the norm.
But if you're a crazy rock and roll and you
like to get down and get freaky, then you know
it's up. So another great individual that we lost, that
didn't get to carry his brilliance on beyond the eighties?
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Gone too soon? What was your favorite song from in Excess?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Probably Mystify and don't change a thing. I enjoy a
lot of their catalog, you know, And you want to
pay me up to be the hater.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
That only metal.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
I only go out there, wear leather and knock the
crap out of people, or listen to Judas Free said,
disrespect the lot.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
I am anarchy. That's what your So that's not true.
So that's not true. Then no, wait a minute, I
didn't say that was true.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
That Wait a minute, you wait a minute, that's what
I thought.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
What about what about songs?
Speaker 4 (13:03):
Like?
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Quickly you move on from interrogating Holy It's it's Stick
Cheney and Donald Trump interrogating me.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Everybody. Everybody knows everybody, actually everybody knows you.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
You know, you know. Uh, let's hear what you got.
How about Burt Reynolds. Burt Reynolds. What about Burt Reynolds.
He was an iconder in the eighties. He passed away, Yeah,
smoking the bandit. What can we say?
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Man?
Speaker 1 (13:31):
This is this is a guy who with this awesome
mustache and relationship with Oh my gosh, what was her name? Yes,
with Sally Field and his beautiful, beautiful trans am. I mean,
who can forget? And then, you know, it's funny because
(13:54):
we were watching that movie recently and my son's actually
love Smoking the Bandit.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
And you know, if.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
You watch the very first one where they pay the
Bandit to go and get beer for this big event
and they're being chased by Smokey, you know, the cop,
and so it's a hilarious movie. It's a very funny movie,
but it's such such an iconic staple of the nineteen eighties.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
You know.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
On that note, we've got a lot more to talk
about when we come back. We're gonna take a short break.
When we come back, We're going to be talking about wrestlers,
political figures, and a lot more so Stick around gears
from nineteen eighty six, Who Wants to Live Forever?
Speaker 4 (14:37):
From Queen.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Like a Creature of the Night, Back to the Eighties,
Welcome Back to Back to the Eighties Radio with Tuscano
and Chang.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
That was the late great Freddie Mercury with Who Wants
to Live Forever? Followed up by a short rendition of
the late great Randy Rhoades of Quiet Riot and Ozzie Greatness.
With d talking about great guitar players that we lost
from the eighties, we cannot forget about the ever soul, flamboyant,
great wizard Edward Van Halen, who is possibly a rock
(15:43):
guitar god in his own right, a very sad passing
with cancer, a provocative guitar player, and I think a
maestro and a master of his instruments. Not a big
fan of Van Hagar, but I'll take van Halen tracks
away from anything with Van Haygard's singing, and I'll listen
(16:04):
to him solo.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Here's here's what surprises me about Randy Rhodes, because the
guy was a prodigy, right and he turned metal hero,
he had Ozzie at his side, and then he redefines
metal in just a few short years. And then he's
taken in a plane crash in nineteen eighty two at
(16:27):
just twenty five years old. And that's wild, I mean wild,
because the guy was brilliant. He was edgy, I mean,
and today he's still screaming through the speakers. And what
can we say about Eddie from Eruption to Jump, he
reinvented what we didn't know was possible on the guitar.
(16:48):
He was the guy was untouched, untouchable, and both of
these rock legends were like two flames that are still
burning through every single amp, every solo, every kid who
ever picks up a guitar and says, I want to
do that. What about the world.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
Of wrestling and it's flamboyancy which is now carried on
to a multi billion dollar corporation. That is I've watched
wrestling with my nephew and I can't. I gotta tell you,
I cheer it on. They are posing a positive way
to be for the kids in influence. They use both
(17:27):
men and women flamboyant colors, and I think that's good
for the boys and girls to have some type of
visual super hero like positive connection to where it makes
kids all colors and races think that they can take
on anything.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
All right, Well, first, let me preferce this by saying
that March thirty first, nineteen eighty five, at Madison Square
Garden in New York City, it was the very first
wrestle Mania and I got to enjoy it live, not
in New York because we were here, but I convinced
(18:05):
my dad to take me to the Long Beach Sports
Arena where they were going to be showing the live
event on the big screen. So this stadium, you know,
the arena was packed and we got to see the
live event on you know, the big monitors in the
middle of the stadium, which was an unforgettable event because
(18:28):
I was I was only thirteen years old, but I
was so into wrestling. And let me mention to you
a couple of wrestlers that I really enjoyed who are
sadly no longer with us. My favorite of all was
Rowdy Roddy Piper, who I mean, the hot rod, fast talking,
(18:52):
skirt wearing rebel, and I mean the guy was very,
very famous when he cracked a coconut on the head
of Jimmy Snook. You'll remember that, who also also passed
away Macho Man Randy Savage, who died in twenty eleven.
Speaker 6 (19:08):
Let me point to the president, the macho Man Randy
Savins is not happy with your decision. Yeah, I'm the
Cream and the World Wrestling Federation, but there is no
doubt about it.
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Yeah, you mean, gene Oakerland. You know that I'm the
cream with the.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Crop, Andre the Giant, the Junkyard Dog. Listen to these names,
Big John stud These are all people that we lost
from the ww F. The British Bulldog, Yeah, the Hart Brothers,
Mister Perfect Remember Macho Man's assistant, the beautiful, the graceful,
(19:46):
the heart of Macho Man's storyline. Miss Elizabeth also died,
you know, mean gene Oakerland, the voice of the wrestling interviews,
the Ugandan Giant, all these King Kong Bundy, They're all gone,
and it's just incredible the impact that they caused in
young kids' lives. Young kid like me at the age
(20:07):
of thirteen, who thought that everything that he was watching
was one hundred percent real and the injuries were probably real,
but I just didn't know the scope. These are all
wrestlers that put a little special something in the life
of everybody, even if they were the good guys of.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
The bad guys.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
You could even mention a few boxers in there that
started in the seventies and ended in the eighties. And
I'll start off with, of course the greatest Muhammad Alid,
George Foreman, Ken Norton. We've lost some great individuals in
and out of the ring, in and out of the entertainment.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
A realm.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
We talked about Burt Reynolds. Now how about The Golden Girls.
All three actresses from The Golden Girls, a show that
had your subconscience mind reeling with the jokes and humor
that they had, and in that show, all of them
prospered from the seventies and the eighties all gone. Now
(21:08):
of course we're talking about the show Mash. A couple
of individuals from that show have passed on. I know
you hate that show with a passion.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
With a passion, I can't tell you, but you know
they're actors that I really enjoyed and I and I
think that they you know, they went on to make
some some movies and they were good at them. But yeah,
the show, I couldn't care less.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Let me mention to you a.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
Couple of actors from TV shows of the of the eighties.
How about from Different Strokes, Gary Coleman who passed away
from Growing Pains, Alan Thick and from Full House Bob Sackett.
I mean, this is these are big names.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Just us norm from Cheers, mister Ratzenburg has passed on us.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Allen Sick.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
That was a shock, I think to a lot of
us when Alan Thick passed because Alan Tick always looked
like man, that guy, he looks like a million bucks. No.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
I will tell you what.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
If you're listening here to Back to the Eighties and
you want to mention somebody that we lost or that
meant somebody something to you, go ahead and send us
a note here at back the Number two the Eighties
Radio at gmail dot com, go to our website drop
us a note there as well, FM Eightiesradio dot com.
And as a reminder, if you do want to listen
to the songs that we play here, you must go
(22:26):
to Live three sixty five and download you up on
your phone. Look for Back to the Eighties Radio and
just take us everywhere you go. You're gonna be able
to hear it that way. In the meantime, we're going
to be back with more on the topic of today
people who we lost from the nineteen eighties. This is
from Phil Collins in nineteen eighty five.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
One more night.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Jamantasia, for sure you know it to day's a minute time,
ottle bummer, no place to go, nothing to do.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
You know not anymore.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
I'm freaking out with your favorite new way every Tuesday
at Fantasia Seevo. The motels, the Go Go's, the cards,
missing persons, the police, like totally for sure.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
For sure, every Tuesday.
Speaker 5 (23:15):
Pantation is letting me give aways some of the records
I play the best, sticks to the past concerts like
the motels at the Universal Ampitheater. I'm freaking out, for sure.
I'll see you at Fantasia this Tuesday, getting me with
a maxaphone.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
I'm sure to this new Ways this Tuesday and every Tuesday. Fantasia,
Third Level, Bonaventure Hotel six eight nine four to seven,
seventh Center.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Back to the eighties and radio we are back. You
just heard Prince when doves Cry. We are talking about
the people that we've lost from the nineteen eighties.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Here's one right here, John Lennon. You know, I'm a
beatle baby. I'm that old. A lot of people can
hate him, call him a womanizer.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
You know.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
He did kind of screw over his first family to
chase Yoko, which everybody has to find love. But she
was a terrible singer. I have to give it up
to the man because he always strived for peace. It's
sad the way he was taken from us in the eighties.
A lot of the hypocrisy is back Times two, a
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lot of worry sometimes good people and get out bloody
from the bag and the psychond world.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
Myself.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
You want to know an interesting fact about John Lennon.
I think people would find this kind of just funny.
He was a massive fan of TV shows, especially watching
TV series called Happy Days.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Well, I want to take everybody out with this song
right here, and it's something we should hold the etoral hearts,
give piece the chance. You're listening to Back to the
Eighties Radio with the scarlet with tag. This is John Lennon,
Come to you Heaven.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
Bye bye birdies, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Shadow Stevens and
(25:25):
you must listen to Back to the Eighties Radio. It's
the law.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
What welcome back to Back to the eighties Radio with
Tiscon and Chang Chang President. You heard some sexual healing
(25:56):
with the late great brother Marvin. Also right before that,
we had a little bit of the prophet with Bob
mart These three little birds and as we all know,
we have to ride on, just like tonight, we got
to ride on into another show. So before Tuscano takes over,
I'm gonna say something real quick. I'll keep it short
and sweet and neat. I'll bid you all and adios you,
(26:19):
but actually a hole astavisa asta manyana sayanata, and to
all my homies and everybody order it. Keep your smiles up.
It's all we got unity, the only way to prosperity.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
And just like that, ladies and gentlemen, we did the
lights and let the static settle. The spirit of eighties
will never fail, It never fades. Tonight was one more
trip through time. It was a chance to remember who
we were, what we felt, and why this decade still
moves us like no other. The eighties weren't perfect, ladies
(26:54):
and gentlemen, but they were alive. They were raw, They
were real, burst, you would say, dound, color and courage.
So as you head into the night or the day,
take a moment to reflect and remember you know that
this feeling that we're keeping it alive right here. Join
us next week, same time, same frequency, as we jump
back and crank it up. And until then, stay bold, loud,
(27:16):
and back to the eighties.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
This is in excess. Take it out for the evening.
God bless see you comes.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
Let you know.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
I've got to let you know you want to My
cand
Ladies and Gentlemen, headband warriors and cassette deck rockers, Welcome
to the one and only back to the eighties radio,
where parachute pants are what fills Chain's closet, a spray
is forever, and the spirit of a whole generation echoes
(00:48):
through every beat, rift and synth line. Today, Ladies and gentlemen,
we are honoring the icons of the eighties who left us,
but whose spirit still dances through every power chord and punchline.
But we cannot do the show alone. As always, there
is a man in studio who knows and who has
(01:10):
tried to ban Eyeliner and depeche Mode from the airwaves,
yet mysteriously knows every lyric to enjoy the silence. He
says that the cure makes him nauseous, but rumor has
it that back in the eighties he's slow danced to
just like Heaven in his garage. He's got Slayer patches
(01:35):
on his jacket and the Smith CD hidden in the
glove box.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Holy.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
He is Metal, he is Mayhem, and he is mysteriously moody.
On Morrissey mondays, He, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the ever
wonders Chang.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
How do you like that intro?
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Now that intro goes without even me saying that is
the biggest croc of bullshit that I've ever heard said
about me.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Besides oh my gosh, there it is, holy, there it is.
You know it's true.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Every single word that I just pronounced is absolutely true.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
No.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
First of all, the Smiths, I thought that was a
white family that lived on my neighborhood in south side Montabello.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
I've never heard of.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
No.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
No, Ladies and gentlemen, see, this is where the hater.
This is where I am going to expose the hater
because behind the chain is a poster underneath the MIBA
music and he's got some candles around it with the
picture of Morrissey. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, he honors new
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wave and alternative music from the eighties. That's right, Holy Mac.
First of all, there is no fire in the dojo
except yeah, well, ladies and gentlemen. I beg to differ
because I'm actually looking at him. But what are we saying.
We are saying thank you for joining us here. Back
to the eighties radio. We've got a fun filed show.
(03:09):
I can't say. Oh, by the way, cheers, I like chains,
drinking PEPSI thank you for boycotting coke as I am
too thank you. I can't tell you that. If you
do have a theme for a topic, go ahead and
send us an email at back the Number two the
Eighties Radio at gmail dot com. You can visit our
(03:30):
web page at FM eighties dot com. So today is
going to be a fun filled show despite the I guess,
the sadness or the little bit weird vibe of the
topic that we have today, because we are going to
be talking about people that we lost from the nineteen eighties,
(03:51):
people that we both admired, some that maybe we didn't,
whether they were musicians, they were singers, maybe they were
political figures, or maybe they were just friends. Whoever, it'd
be ladies and gentlemen. We're going to be talking about
that coming up next. And we've got some great music,
so stick around. And also a quick reminder if you
(04:11):
happen to notice that here we don't present the music
on our podcast platforms, it's because of legal ramifications. If
you want to listen to the Fool music, you have
to go to Live threesixtyfive dot com, download the app
and look for Back to the Eighties Radio. So you
can hear it every single Friday.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
So let's take our lovely listeners out with a song
for those who will listen to us. Back to the eighties,
Really Wet Live three sixty five something from Queen's Reich
The Silent Lucidity. You're listening to Tuscanow and Chang. Get ready,
get set, Get a box of Kleenex. Welcome back to
(05:00):
Back to the eighties radio with Tuscano and Chang. That
was Queens like Silent Lucidity mentioning a little bit of mortality,
which tonight's topic is a bit about mortality. Anybody out
there that has lost anyone dear to them from the eighties,
our hearts go out to you. I too, have recently,
(05:21):
in the last three months, lost some great friends. You
don't have to be blood related to be family, but
individuals that I lost that I shared a great, great,
great amount of time in the eighties. I'm going to
mention her name is real Quick Captain Andy Rezi grew
up with him south Side, Manta Beell. My heart goes
out to the Rasas and my good buddy, my homie,
(05:45):
mister bon Jovi, Tony Choppa and everybody that hung out
in the Metal Crew from eighty seven to about ninety nine.
My heart goes out to you all, Tony. If you're
going right now and you haven't left, because you probably didn't.
You were always late. That's why we always got the
parties late, and how to have parties at your pad
(06:06):
on your way to heaven. Brother, Remember just we all
love you and we'll see you on the other side.
Anybody out there that has lost, anybody, go ahead and
hit us on our social media pages. Open up your heart,
open up the door. Let's be there for each other.
Go ahead and put a name of somebody who may
have lost. Go ahead and put a name of an
artist and entertainer or some other type of mentor from
(06:30):
the eighties that you lost. Tonight we are talking about that,
and I'm going to lead it off with two individuals
that meant very much to me. On a list of twenty,
I'll start it off with the late great Freddie Mercury,
who passed up age in nineteen eighty seven. Also, I
want to talk about Stevie ray Laugh. Individuals that magnituded
(06:53):
the music industry beyond and above innovators all the way,
original icons, all the way, and sadly didn't it not
live past the eighties to carry on their mark of
brilliance in the music industry. Tusctto when I mentioned those
two names, how do you feel? And what is your
(07:14):
experience or the music that you benefited from from either artist?
Speaker 4 (07:19):
How's that?
Speaker 2 (07:20):
You know what?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
First of all, let me say this that as I'm
getting older now, you know, you and I we were
from the decade that had friends, I mean friends. We
enjoyed our friends right face to face. We chatted, we talked,
(07:42):
we got mad, we got happy. Everything was just face
to face and we got to enjoy a certain something
about our friendship and about those relationships. And it's sad
to know that now as we're getting older, they're starting
to wither.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
And it's just a sad thing because when we were younger,
we didn't think. We didn't think these days and these
times were going to be so quickly upon us. But anyway,
you brought up Stevie Ray Vaughan, and let me start
with him and Freddie Mercury, as you just mentioned, I mean,
(08:18):
look SRV's who hasn't heard of this man the guitar.
He didn't just make the guitar sing. He made it weep,
It had soul. This is a man who took blues
and lit it on fire. Every note was a testimony
of raw, electric truth. And when he played, it seemed
(08:41):
like time stood still. Everybody's job would just drop. This
is a man who played like no other. From the
bottom of his soul that would be transmitted to his
fingers and then to his guitar. It was absolutely incredible.
And what can they say about Freddy Mercury. I've mentioned
to the audience many times, although my favorite band is
(09:05):
you Too, I can recognize the greatest band, in my opinion,
that's ever lived. Some may say it's Led Zeppelin, some
may say it's the Stones and the Beatles. My opinion,
the greatest band ever is Queen with frontman Freddie Mercury.
His voice soared above stadiums, shattered every mold. I mean,
(09:27):
the guy was a showman. He was an icon. And
if you remember Freddy Mercury, he didn't just perform, He
commanded the moment. I'm thinking of that nineteen eighty five
live ed, live aid performance. Literally, the man's voice touched
the heavens and he transmitted that to the people so
(09:50):
Stevie showed us how to feel, Freddy showed us how
to live. Brother And although they're gone, man, their music,
their soul, that vibe that they brought is still it's
still echoing, still alive, still the eighties. I mean, it's
here with us. I totally agree with you. I'm gonna
(10:11):
throw one more at you. Well, actually we're gonna talk
a lot. I got a lot to throw you.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
David Bowie, What is your favorite song of David Bowie?
Y'all your listeners out there, why don't you go ahead
and tap on when you can and we'll get your
answer and we'll read it on next week's show. What
was your favorite song from David Bowie? Of course, who
we're speaking about now SRV see Ray or Freddie Mercury
(10:36):
hit us on our social media and let us know
who touched your life now, Tuscano, when I mentioned David Bowie,
what is David Bowie.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Do to you?
Speaker 3 (10:46):
And what do you think of Bowie? And what was
your favorite Bowie's song? I know that's a tough one.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
It is, man, it is because this is a guy
that made a huge impact on every body on music,
from the way he dressed to the way he sang,
to the way he looked, from the pop songs like
you know, the pop radio songs from nineteen eighty three,
(11:13):
like Let's Dance to China Girl, to Modern Love, to
Blue Gene, and to the songs from before, way before.
Remember Space Audity from nineteen sixty nine, and it recharted
in the UK nineteen eighty three. So it was released
and reappreciated in the nineteen eighties, and we felt like
(11:35):
it was a release of the nineteen eighties, but in
fact it was from nineteen sixty nine Space Oddity. And
then this is a guy who had a song called
Ashes to Ashes in nineteen eighty It was a spiritual
sequel to Space Audity, Dark Surreal, I mean, what can
we say? And when he did in eighty one with
Freddie Mercury under Pressure, that was a legendary track, I mean, perfect, perfect.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Here's another artist, Michael Hutchins Ah, Yes, in excess.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Yes, it say, another individual that lost his life way
too early on circumstances that are always not of the norm.
But if you're a crazy rock and roll and you
like to get down and get freaky, then you know
it's up. So another great individual that we lost, that
didn't get to carry his brilliance on beyond the eighties?
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Gone too soon? What was your favorite song from in Excess?
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Probably Mystify and don't change a thing. I enjoy a
lot of their catalog, you know, And you want to
pay me up to be the hater.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
That only metal.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
I only go out there, wear leather and knock the
crap out of people, or listen to Judas Free said,
disrespect the lot.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
I am anarchy. That's what your So that's not true.
So that's not true. Then no, wait a minute, I
didn't say that was true.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
That Wait a minute, you wait a minute, that's what
I thought.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
What about what about songs?
Speaker 4 (13:03):
Like?
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Quickly you move on from interrogating Holy It's it's Stick
Cheney and Donald Trump interrogating me.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
Everybody. Everybody knows everybody, actually everybody knows you.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
You know, you know. Uh, let's hear what you got.
How about Burt Reynolds. Burt Reynolds. What about Burt Reynolds.
He was an iconder in the eighties. He passed away, Yeah,
smoking the bandit. What can we say?
Speaker 4 (13:30):
Man?
Speaker 1 (13:31):
This is this is a guy who with this awesome
mustache and relationship with Oh my gosh, what was her name? Yes,
with Sally Field and his beautiful, beautiful trans am. I mean,
who can forget? And then, you know, it's funny because
(13:54):
we were watching that movie recently and my son's actually
love Smoking the Bandit.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
And you know, if.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
You watch the very first one where they pay the
Bandit to go and get beer for this big event
and they're being chased by Smokey, you know, the cop,
and so it's a hilarious movie. It's a very funny movie,
but it's such such an iconic staple of the nineteen eighties.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
You know.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
On that note, we've got a lot more to talk
about when we come back. We're gonna take a short break.
When we come back, We're going to be talking about wrestlers,
political figures, and a lot more so Stick around gears
from nineteen eighty six, Who Wants to Live Forever?
Speaker 4 (14:37):
From Queen.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Like a Creature of the Night, Back to the Eighties,
Welcome Back to Back to the Eighties Radio with Tuscano
and Chang.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
That was the late great Freddie Mercury with Who Wants
to Live Forever? Followed up by a short rendition of
the late great Randy Rhoades of Quiet Riot and Ozzie Greatness.
With d talking about great guitar players that we lost
from the eighties, we cannot forget about the ever soul, flamboyant,
great wizard Edward Van Halen, who is possibly a rock
(15:43):
guitar god in his own right, a very sad passing
with cancer, a provocative guitar player, and I think a
maestro and a master of his instruments. Not a big
fan of Van Hagar, but I'll take van Halen tracks
away from anything with Van Haygard's singing, and I'll listen
(16:04):
to him solo.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Here's here's what surprises me about Randy Rhodes, because the
guy was a prodigy, right and he turned metal hero,
he had Ozzie at his side, and then he redefines
metal in just a few short years. And then he's
taken in a plane crash in nineteen eighty two at
(16:27):
just twenty five years old. And that's wild, I mean wild,
because the guy was brilliant. He was edgy, I mean,
and today he's still screaming through the speakers. And what
can we say about Eddie from Eruption to Jump, he
reinvented what we didn't know was possible on the guitar.
(16:48):
He was the guy was untouched, untouchable, and both of
these rock legends were like two flames that are still
burning through every single amp, every solo, every kid who
ever picks up a guitar and says, I want to
do that. What about the world.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
Of wrestling and it's flamboyancy which is now carried on
to a multi billion dollar corporation. That is I've watched
wrestling with my nephew and I can't. I gotta tell you,
I cheer it on. They are posing a positive way
to be for the kids in influence. They use both
(17:27):
men and women flamboyant colors, and I think that's good
for the boys and girls to have some type of
visual super hero like positive connection to where it makes
kids all colors and races think that they can take
on anything.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
All right, Well, first, let me preferce this by saying
that March thirty first, nineteen eighty five, at Madison Square
Garden in New York City, it was the very first
wrestle Mania and I got to enjoy it live, not
in New York because we were here, but I convinced
(18:05):
my dad to take me to the Long Beach Sports
Arena where they were going to be showing the live
event on the big screen. So this stadium, you know,
the arena was packed and we got to see the
live event on you know, the big monitors in the
middle of the stadium, which was an unforgettable event because
(18:28):
I was I was only thirteen years old, but I
was so into wrestling. And let me mention to you
a couple of wrestlers that I really enjoyed who are
sadly no longer with us. My favorite of all was
Rowdy Roddy Piper, who I mean, the hot rod, fast talking,
(18:52):
skirt wearing rebel, and I mean the guy was very,
very famous when he cracked a coconut on the head
of Jimmy Snook. You'll remember that, who also also passed
away Macho Man Randy Savage, who died in twenty eleven.
Speaker 6 (19:08):
Let me point to the president, the macho Man Randy
Savins is not happy with your decision. Yeah, I'm the
Cream and the World Wrestling Federation, but there is no
doubt about it.
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Yeah, you mean, gene Oakerland. You know that I'm the
cream with the.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Crop, Andre the Giant, the Junkyard Dog. Listen to these names,
Big John stud These are all people that we lost
from the ww F. The British Bulldog, Yeah, the Hart Brothers,
Mister Perfect Remember Macho Man's assistant, the beautiful, the graceful,
(19:46):
the heart of Macho Man's storyline. Miss Elizabeth also died,
you know, mean gene Oakerland, the voice of the wrestling interviews,
the Ugandan Giant, all these King Kong Bundy, They're all gone,
and it's just incredible the impact that they caused in
young kids' lives. Young kid like me at the age
(20:07):
of thirteen, who thought that everything that he was watching
was one hundred percent real and the injuries were probably real,
but I just didn't know the scope. These are all
wrestlers that put a little special something in the life
of everybody, even if they were the good guys of.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
The bad guys.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
You could even mention a few boxers in there that
started in the seventies and ended in the eighties. And
I'll start off with, of course the greatest Muhammad Alid,
George Foreman, Ken Norton. We've lost some great individuals in
and out of the ring, in and out of the entertainment.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
A realm.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
We talked about Burt Reynolds. Now how about The Golden Girls.
All three actresses from The Golden Girls, a show that
had your subconscience mind reeling with the jokes and humor
that they had, and in that show, all of them
prospered from the seventies and the eighties all gone. Now
(21:08):
of course we're talking about the show Mash. A couple
of individuals from that show have passed on. I know
you hate that show with a passion.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
With a passion, I can't tell you, but you know
they're actors that I really enjoyed and I and I
think that they you know, they went on to make
some some movies and they were good at them. But yeah,
the show, I couldn't care less.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Let me mention to you a.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
Couple of actors from TV shows of the of the eighties.
How about from Different Strokes, Gary Coleman who passed away
from Growing Pains, Alan Thick and from Full House Bob Sackett.
I mean, this is these are big names.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Just us norm from Cheers, mister Ratzenburg has passed on us.
Speaker 2 (21:56):
Allen Sick.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
That was a shock, I think to a lot of
us when Alan Thick passed because Alan Tick always looked
like man, that guy, he looks like a million bucks. No.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
I will tell you what.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
If you're listening here to Back to the Eighties and
you want to mention somebody that we lost or that
meant somebody something to you, go ahead and send us
a note here at back the Number two the Eighties
Radio at gmail dot com, go to our website drop
us a note there as well, FM Eightiesradio dot com.
And as a reminder, if you do want to listen
to the songs that we play here, you must go
(22:26):
to Live three sixty five and download you up on
your phone. Look for Back to the Eighties Radio and
just take us everywhere you go. You're gonna be able
to hear it that way. In the meantime, we're going
to be back with more on the topic of today
people who we lost from the nineteen eighties. This is
from Phil Collins in nineteen eighty five.
Speaker 4 (22:45):
One more night.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
Jamantasia, for sure you know it to day's a minute time,
ottle bummer, no place to go, nothing to do.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
You know not anymore.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
I'm freaking out with your favorite new way every Tuesday
at Fantasia Seevo. The motels, the Go Go's, the cards,
missing persons, the police, like totally for sure.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
For sure, every Tuesday.
Speaker 5 (23:15):
Pantation is letting me give aways some of the records
I play the best, sticks to the past concerts like
the motels at the Universal Ampitheater. I'm freaking out, for sure.
I'll see you at Fantasia this Tuesday, getting me with
a maxaphone.
Speaker 4 (23:26):
I'm sure to this new Ways this Tuesday and every Tuesday. Fantasia,
Third Level, Bonaventure Hotel six eight nine four to seven,
seventh Center.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Back to the eighties and radio we are back. You
just heard Prince when doves Cry. We are talking about
the people that we've lost from the nineteen eighties.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Here's one right here, John Lennon. You know, I'm a
beatle baby. I'm that old. A lot of people can
hate him, call him a womanizer.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
You know.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
He did kind of screw over his first family to
chase Yoko, which everybody has to find love. But she
was a terrible singer. I have to give it up
to the man because he always strived for peace. It's
sad the way he was taken from us in the eighties.
A lot of the hypocrisy is back Times two, a
(24:26):
lot of worry sometimes good people and get out bloody
from the bag and the psychond world.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
Myself.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
You want to know an interesting fact about John Lennon.
I think people would find this kind of just funny.
He was a massive fan of TV shows, especially watching
TV series called Happy Days.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Well, I want to take everybody out with this song
right here, and it's something we should hold the etoral hearts,
give piece the chance. You're listening to Back to the
Eighties Radio with the scarlet with tag. This is John Lennon,
Come to you Heaven.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
Bye bye birdies, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Shadow Stevens and
(25:25):
you must listen to Back to the Eighties Radio. It's
the law.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
What welcome back to Back to the eighties Radio with
Tiscon and Chang Chang President. You heard some sexual healing
(25:56):
with the late great brother Marvin. Also right before that,
we had a little bit of the prophet with Bob
mart These three little birds and as we all know,
we have to ride on, just like tonight, we got
to ride on into another show. So before Tuscano takes over,
I'm gonna say something real quick. I'll keep it short
and sweet and neat. I'll bid you all and adios you,
(26:19):
but actually a hole astavisa asta manyana sayanata, and to
all my homies and everybody order it. Keep your smiles up.
It's all we got unity, the only way to prosperity.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
And just like that, ladies and gentlemen, we did the
lights and let the static settle. The spirit of eighties
will never fail, It never fades. Tonight was one more
trip through time. It was a chance to remember who
we were, what we felt, and why this decade still
moves us like no other. The eighties weren't perfect, ladies
(26:54):
and gentlemen, but they were alive. They were raw, They
were real, burst, you would say, dound, color and courage.
So as you head into the night or the day,
take a moment to reflect and remember you know that
this feeling that we're keeping it alive right here. Join
us next week, same time, same frequency, as we jump
back and crank it up. And until then, stay bold, loud,
(27:16):
and back to the eighties.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
This is in excess. Take it out for the evening.
God bless see you comes.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
Let you know.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
I've got to let you know you want to My
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