June 22, 2025 • 40 mins
Jim and Jimmy reflect on some of the iconic music from the summer of 1980, exploring how these cultural touchstones shaped friendships and created lasting memories during a transformative time.
• The summer of 1980 wasn't just hot—it was transformative. As we celebrate the 45th anniversary of The Blues Brothers film, we dive deep into why this musical comedy masterpiece continues to captivate audiences decades later. From the extraordinary lineup of musical legends (James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Cab Calloway) to the spectacular car chases through Chicago's streets, this film represents a perfect convergence of comedy, music, and cultural history.
• Paul McCartney's "Coming Up" hitting #1 on Billboard Hot 100 in June 1980, sparking new friendships through shared musical experiences
• The Clash's "London Calling" making an impact on American radio with its apocalyptic sound and provocative lyrics
• Rolling Stones' "Emotional Rescue" album release combining rock with disco influences
• REM's "Fables of the Reconstruction" and Talking Heads' "Little Creatures" marking significant 1985 album releases
• Listener feedback on past episodes discussing favorite cover songs and musical memories
• And yes—Jimmy finally watched The Goonies! His verdict? "A great movie with fantastic acting from those kids." Sometimes peer pressure works for good!
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Speaker 1 (00:24):
He's got the feeling in his toe-toe.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
He's got the feeling and it's out there growing.
Hey everybody, this is Jim Boge, and you're listening to Music
In my Shoes.
That was Vic Thrill kicking offepisode 84.
As always, I'm thrilled to behere with you.
Let's learn something new orremember something old.
So, jimmy, the Blues Brothersmovie was released on June 20th
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1980, 45 years ago.
I really like this movie, and Ilike it for multiple reasons,
and when you take all thosereasons and put them together,
it just equals me really likingit.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, I don't blame you, it's a good movie.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
So Jake and Elwood Blues, otherwise known as John
Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and I'mnot going to tell the whole
story here, but you know thepremise is that they visit their
orphanage that they grew up inwhen they were young, and they
find out there's some back taxesowed I think it's about five
grand or so and they decide thatthey're going to get the band
(01:36):
back together.
Now they had a band, they didblues songs, but Jake went to
prison.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Juliet, if I recall.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I think you're right.
Yeah, and he goes to prison andeverybody moves on with their
life and they realize, you know,they've got to do stuff to make
money and take care of theirown.
I guess you would say Right.
So they, they decide to get theband back together.
And that's where the wholeadventure begins, of trying to
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convince people to get the bandback together.
And dealing with people thatare like I've got a job, I don't
want to do this.
Dealing with people'sgirlfriends or spouses and and
the whole nine yards right, andit makes it fun, as well as the
hijinks of them running into thelaw and different you know
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groups and all kinds of stuff.
That makes this movie just fun.
I mean, it's got music, carwrecks, celebrity guests, and to
me that's a win, win, win.
I can't go wrong with that.
Like I can handle that.
That's something that I enjoy.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And it has John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Who are funny, yeah, but at the same time they do a
great straight-laced person.
You know, in the movie whenthey kind of had to be serious
about different things.
I thought they worked welltogether.
I think it was really good.
I really liked the movie.
I still like the movie Now.
I did not watch this movierecently.
(03:14):
Now a lot of times we'll talkabout a movie.
It will be something I've seen.
I've seen it a hundred times,probably Not recently.
I just love it, love the, thesoundtrack.
I think it's fantastic.
But the other thing is is thatyou can't go wrong when you have
people starring in the moviewith them that are james brown,
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cab calloway.
I mean the scene with CabCalloway when he does the hidey,
hidey ho thing.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Oh, yeah, so like.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I could just watch that scene.
I could just watch that overand over.
It is just so much fun.
And to to think what it musthave been like to be an extra.
Hey, you got to come down tothis place in Chicago, fill this
theater up and watch like, wow,no, don't make me do that.
You know Like I really would belike wow, you know, ray Charles
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was in it.
It had Steve Cropper, donaldDuck Dunn those were the guys
that were with Booker T and theMGs.
You know just a ton of people.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Did you mention Aretha Franklin?
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I did not mention Aretha Franklin.
She did the scene where I thinkshe sang Think when it was
their turn to try and convinceher man to get back with the
band and so forth.
Yeah, you know, Carrie Fisherwas in it.
John Candy, Twiggy so Twiggy'ssomeone that was popular I guess
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in the 60s or 70s kind of was amodel and so forth.
She was in the movie John LeeHooker, Steve Lawrence.
I mean, this is anaction-packed comedy film with
some of the top names from onepoint in time.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Right, yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
I guess from different points in time, but
just put all together in onemovie.
I mean just a ton of people.
And I'm telling you I couldwatch it over and over again.
And I know that we've talkedabout other movies maybe you
haven't seen, and so forth.
For anyone out there, if youlike music and you like all
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different types of music, youlike the blues, you like a
little Cab Calloway from back inthe day, this is a movie to
watch.
It's good, it's not hokey, it'snot hokey at all, it's not
cheesy.
I think it's put togetherreally well.
Now, they spent a whole lotmore money than what they
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thought they were going to spend.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Did they?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Yes, when they started adding all of the car
chases, the police car, like,think about how many cars were
wrecked, you know, in some ofthose scenes.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
But I love movies.
It's kind of the era of Smokeyand the Bandit and everything
it's like hey, if you're goingto do some car chases, you
better wreck some of them.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
That's correct.
I agree with you, and I lovemovies that they're filming, you
know, on site.
They're filming in Chicago andthey're going through and you
know I've been to Chicagoseveral times, so familiar with
some of the streets there andit's just cool to see the action
happening around real things.
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You know, I like that so muchmore than when they film in
Hollywood and it's just kind oflike a fake thing or it's
supposed to be this or whatever.
But man, I can't say enoughabout this movie.
I really do like it.
It's hard to believe it's 45years later that it came out.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
You know, as a fake address in the movie.
They did, they did and I tookthat page from the Blues
Brothers when the internet camearound and you'd have to fill
out things and put your address,but you didn't really trust the
(07:12):
person Right.
I put 755 Hank Aaron Drive,which is the address of Turner
Field in Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Where the Braves used to play, where the Braves used
to play.
Did you really do that?
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Apparently, the stadium now has a 755 address as
well.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Does it really?
Yeah, so at one point and Idon't remember, but somebody
actually was it the police whoactually goes there in the movie
?
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I can't remember but somebody it's got to be the
police.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
They're parked right in front of Wrigley.
That was funny.
Yeah, it's a good movie.
I really do like it.
So, anyway, if you're into ityou haven't seen it, you want to
revisit it.
I highly recommend it.
I really do.
It's just one of those movies.
It definitely stands the testof time and it's also a snapshot
.
Like I said earlier, it's asnapshot of different periods of
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time all put into one, with alot of cool people that are
guesting in it.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Yeah, well, those guys really loved that earlier
era of music, yeah.
And like Cab Calloway, hewasn't really blues, he was kind
of like a jazz band leaderreally, but they loved it right.
So they made it all worktogether band leader really, but
they loved it right.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
So they made it all work together.
Hey, if I could have CabCalloway in a film with me,
regardless of what kind of musicI was in, I would definitely do
it.
It's a win right there.
So we talked about that beingJune 20th 1980.
Eight days later, june 28th1980, coming becomes the number
one song on the Billboard Hot100.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
I know we talked about that a few episodes Talked
about the music video.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Yes, we talked about the music video.
So the song actually plays arole in new friendships for me
and my whole musical experienceof taking in so many new bands
and songs and albums and maybenot necessarily new, but new to
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me, and 1980 was just thispivotal year.
I really loved being able totalk about different things.
So I learned about New YorkCity radio station WPLJ 95.5, a
big rock station back then,really kind of in 1980, and
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listened to all this differentstuff Paul McCartney they were
playing Coming Up live on there.
Well, the last day of school Iwas in eighth grade and I'm
about to walk home and I see aguy you know I had friends that
you were friends with in schoolbut you never hung out with
outside of school yeah you hadyour outside of school friends
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and then all of a sudden schoolstarted, boom, hey, you're right
back talking to these peopleand we were talking on, a mic
coming up and you know he was aBeatles fan and we're talking
about it and it all was, youknow, circling around, coming up
, the song coming up, and youknow kind of comparing the
studio version versus the liveversion and so glad Paul
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McCartney's doing something new,and blah, blah, blah, blah.
Hey, will he come play?
Or you know just things thatyou talk about.
And it just was a cool timebecause it ended up the guy
lived not that far from me.
I didn't know that.
So he ends up walking by youknow my house, because then he
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can kind of continue to go home,can buy you know my house,
because that then he can kind ofcontinue to go home.
And I want to say we probablyhung out six out of seven days
of the week the entire summerafter that day, after talking
about coming up, and you knowthen meeting some people that I
also knew from school, that hewas friends with, that he hung
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out with, and just this wholebig thing.
Now what I will say is that oneof the girls that we were
hanging out with at the time.
She would take in stray catsand she would have not the band.
She didn't take the band in allright Legit stray cats and she
got a cat one time shortly afterI started hanging out, shortly
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after coming up by.
Paul McCartney was number oneand she's like I don't know what
the name of the cat I'm like.
Name it Paul McCartney.
So she named the cat PaulMcCartney.
A little stupid trivia there.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Or you could have done Paul McCartney.
Oh, there you go.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
I like that too.
If I go back in time someday,maybe I'll use that.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
You never know.
I mean the Bill and Ted machinemight get invented.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
There you go, but it was really a cool time for me
and while April of 1980, therewas a lot of discovery of stuff
by myself listening to WPLJ in,you know, the end of June and
going into the beginning of July, through August we didn't go
back to school until the dayafter Labor Day back then and
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just all of the music.
It was just amazing that I wasable to grasp of the music.
It was just amazing that I wasable to grasp.
And I think 1980, if you lookat it, I learned more about
music, more about bands, moreabout everything you know that
year than any other year of mylife.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Yeah, and eighth grade is a great time for that
too.
You know, it's a reallytransformative time in most
people's life and sometimes itcan be a really bad year for
people because there's so muchchange.
But it sounds like you foundsome new friends.
I did find some new friends andnew music.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
And new music and it was great.
And some of the new music thatI found okay was listening to my
stereo, not my stereo, myparents' stereo, let me clarify
that.
All right, they had a muchbetter stereo than what I had,
so our stereo was in a back roomthat used to be my old bedroom
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and my brother and I shared itand then my dad finished the
upstairs.
When my town was built theyonly built and finished the
first floor and the upstairs wasnot finished.
You could go up it.
It kind of almost had like aswing door controlled by like a
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weight, almost like a dungeondoor, but in reverse.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
How weird, oh weird.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Yeah, really it was very bizarre.
Anyway, he finishes it off andyou know they move upstairs, we
move upstairs and the stereo wasby a window so we could bring
the speakers outside.
That was we did that all thetime.
We always bring the speakersout and my dad got like the
longest speaker cable that you'dever seen in your life.
(14:01):
You know how you get in andit's like six feet, 10 feet.
We could put it anywhere in myyard, anywhere and it was just
super cool.
Sometimes we would take it allthe way to the back and turn the
speakers towards the house andjust put that volume on 10, you
know, and just you know you'relike the, the max L ad.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
You remember that yes .
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Really, it's true.
So it just was super cool thatwe were able to do that, cause
other people were like yeah,yeah, I can't, you know I can't
move the speakers more than thisthis is were like yeah, yeah, I
can't, you know, I can't movethe speakers more than this this
is.
We were like you know we wereready, you know, we were ready.
So one day I have WPLJ on andthis song with these heavy
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chords and drums it comes on andthen killer bass and I was like
this doesn't sound like anysong that I've heard on this
radio station.
Now I've only been listening toit for a few months, but
nothing like anything I've heardand it almost sounds like
Armageddon.
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And I know that's tough.
Like how does a song sound likeArmageddon?
All right, london calling tothe faraway towns Now war is
declared and battle come down.
London calling to theunderworld Come out of the
cupboard, your boys and girls.
My 13-year-old ears are like wow, what is this?
(15:30):
This is unbelievable.
I had known Train in Vain, okay, which is very different, very,
very different.
Mick Jones sings that, whereyou have Joe Strummer on this
and then the lines LondonCalling now don't look to us,
phony, beatlemania has bittenthe dust.
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And then I'm like whoa, whatdid he just say?
Did he say phony Beatlemania?
Because, I think that's what hesaid and I'm like, I like this
song.
But how could he say phonyBeatlemania?
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Well, because some people were phony fans, right.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Yeah, I get it, but you know what, when you're 13,
you're digesting it, but you'renot.
You're digesting it the bestthat you can.
So I went the whole summer.
I would sing the song, but Iwouldn't say phony, beatlemania,
that's fitting the dust.
I would just not sing the oneline.
It's silly, I know, but that'svery you though.
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It is me.
You're right.
So it was released in the US.
It was the B-side of Train andBane, because in different
countries they released itdifferent ways.
This was definitely not myparents' rock and roll Very cool
video that they shot for it.
It was cool, love it.
The ice age is coming, thesun's zooming in, meltdown
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expected, the weed is growingthin.
So June 23, 1980, the RollingStones' Emotional Rescue album
is released.
I mean all this music, all thisstuff, because the Blues
Brothers movie is music.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Right, it's a musical really.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
I bought the cassette and I don't know why, but I
bought the cassette forEmotional Rescue.
It comes out.
I buy the cassette and manydays after my parents would
leave for work like 7.30 in themorning, something like that I'd
go to the front of my house,open up the window and I had
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that radio cassette combo.
It wasn't a boom box but it wasjust like the one speaker.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yes, all right, and I put it bythe front window and blast the
song Emotional Rescue, joiningMick Jagger and singing in that
high falsetto, which I cannot donow.
I've been practicing and itdoesn't work.
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I'm not saying that I could doit good back then, but I can't
do it now.
I don't know if your voice hadchanged by then it had, but my
voice definitely was a lothigher, I would say, than it is
now Now trying to do it.
It almost hurts to try and doit.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Yeah, I can't do falsetto stuff either.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Is there anything I can say?
Nothing I can do.
Change your mind.
I'm so in love with you.
And that's the beginning of thesong.
It was a summer hit.
It peaked at number three onBillboard Hot 100, september 6th
of 1980.
You know, eventually MickJagger returns to his normal
voice.
(18:42):
Yes, you could be mine.
Tonight and every night I willbe your knight in shining armor
coming to your emotional rescue.
Second single, she so Cold,peaked at number 26 on Billboard
Hot 100 in November of 80.
And I remember a guy, alan, whowould sing this song or he'd
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play it on his tape thing.
You know I can't remembereverything, but because a girl,
debbie, she didn't even shewouldn't date him or she broke
up with him and so he would, youknow, be like oh, you know,
she's so cold, I'm so hot forher.
And you know, he and again, Idon't remember all the details
with them because it wasn't me,so it doesn't matter all that
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much, but I just remember himplaying this over and over and
over and over and the album'ssimilar to a lot of other 1980
rock albums by having a tinge ofa disco beat to it at times.
We've talked about that, youknow, for the last few months.
You know a bunch of episodesabout these different bands that
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would have a song.
You know that had this disco,even though disco by 1980 was
really kind of dead on the wayout, for sure you know it was
kind of over.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Yeah, but it was still kind of embedded into
people's brains so it soundednormal still to have like
Emotional Rescue.
The song has kind of that discodrum kind of thing going on.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Right and a lot of the people that were releasing
these songs, rock bands.
A lot of them were hanging outat Studio 54, which were playing
all of the disco music.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
So, anyway.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
So you know the title track, Emotional Rescue.
It's got the disco beat, theopening song on the album Dance
part one.
Imagine that having a discobeat the opening song on the
album Dance part one.
Imagine that having a discobeat.
Then there's Summer Romance LetMe Go, let Me Go, great song.
That's a great song when theBoys Go a bluesy down in the
hole.
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I appreciate that a lot morenow than I did when the album
came out.
It's a good album.
The second in what I call thetrifecta, 1978, some Girls,
emotional Rescue, and then1981's Tattoo you.
They're all combined and Tattooyou actually has a bunch of
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songs that didn't make EmotionalRescue.
It was easy to make the Tattooyou album because they had a
bunch of songs ready, all readyto go already.
So that's a little bit ofsummer 1980, all wrapped up in a
nice little box with a bow,from movies and music, to new
friends, to all kinds of songs.
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It was just fun.
I love it.
So june 23rd 1990, 10 yearslater, I'm living in atlanta.
(21:51):
We talked a few episodes agohow I moved down here and I go
to see fleetwood mac and squeezeat lakewood Amphitheater, first
concert that I go to in Atlanta.
I went to it by myself and itseemed like an odd billing at
the time.
Back then they didn't put a lotof bands together that weren't
kind of like the same, like thesame group of people where today
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they do it.
It's not a big deal.
People accept that because theyjust want to see the different
bands and I don't think many ofFleetwood Mac's fans knew or
really cared about Squeeze.
To be quite honest with you, no, I'm sure they didn't.
So some songs they played wereFootprints, hourglass, black
Coffee in Bed, another Nail inmy Heart Take Me, I'm Yours,
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tempted.
You know a lot of the hits.
It was great, loved it, reallydid.
It was a night of normalcy forme after moving, like I was at
the show and it just felt likeit was a normal night, because
after moving, you move, youdon't know anybody, you can't do
the things that you normally do, but I was able to do that.
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Fleetwood Mac seemed to playhit after hit, including Say you
Love Me, the Chain Dreams.
Oh Well, rhiannon Gold, dustWoman, little Lies.
Stevie Nicks did her solo.
Stand Back.
You Make Lovin' Fun.
Go your Own Way, don't Stop.
I mean, it's just hit after hit, like I said you know, when
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you're Fleetwood Mac, you can dothat.
Yeah, you definitely can.
I'm not Fleetwood Mac, but youknow what, jimmy?
It's music in my shoes, mailbagtime.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
Music in my shoes mailbag.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
So, Jimmy, I've been hearing a lot from listeners
lately.
Episode 80, Billboard hits ofJune 1980, Take Me to Funky Town
.
That was the episode name.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Ingrid from Olympia Washington says that Casablanca
label brings back memories.
She says this because FunkyTown was released on Casablanca.
James from New York commentsmemories.
She says this because funkytown was released on casablanca.
James from new york commentsyeah, frank sinatra performing
new york new york could hearthat song at the end of new york
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yankees wins.
Same for ringing in the newyear at times square.
Right, you know, it is one ofthe songs for the new year at
times square and the yankees doplay it.
When they used to play it afterevery game.
I think now they only play itif they win.
Not 100%, sure, but I thinkthat's what happened.
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And Tom, I love this one, jimmyTom, who lists his profession on
social media as the mayor ofFunkytown and his profile pic
says Mayor of Funkytown.
And his profile pic says Mayorof Funkytown writes as the mayor
of Funkytown.
I'm incredibly proud of thissong.
I mean, how can you not laugh?
(24:50):
That is great, mr Mayor.
I am sure you are as you shouldbe.
Yes, episode 81, the Goonies APsychedelic Rolls and Wooly
Bully A listener message.
Hey, you guys, which is one ofthe lines from the Goonies?
Oh, okay, there you go, jimmy.
(25:12):
One day you'll watch it andyou'll come in here and be like
hey, you guys, great episode.
I have so much to say.
I love the Goonies.
I agree with you about thetheme song a cute song for the
movie but otherwise horrible.
By the way, cyndi Lauper alsosang the theme song to Pee Wee's
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Playhouse, which I don't thinkyou know a lot of people knew at
the time.
I didn't know at the time, butI think she was trying to keep
her world separate at the time,you know, because that wasn't
something that was looked uponas well as it became and as it
is today, if that makes sense.
Sure Listener says I'm withJimmy.
(25:56):
The Cowboy Junkies version ofSweet Jane is top notch.
Yeah, john, in Arizona I'veseen John Lennon's car in person
on display at the Auburn CordDuesenberg Automobile Museum
back in the 80s.
So I looked it up because Ithink that's pretty cool that he
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got to see it.
It was located well, it islocated in Indiana, the museum
the car's not there anymore, butthe museum, because I'm
thinking he must have been inlike Germany or somewhere with a
museum name like that itsounded.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Yeah it's a mouthful.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Yeah.
Episode 82, music Midtown 2005and David Lowry Live in
Asheville.
Review.
Lucas says, in reference toDavid Lowry I like to pull low
out when I'm playing a set.
Obviously, a musician, I'm abit of a jammy guy, so I toss in
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a two to eight minute soloafter the second verse,
depending on how I'm feeling.
Okay, that's pretty cool.
I like that.
We haven't had anyone tell usbefore that they play and blah,
blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
We like it Keep it coming.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Yeah, and regarding our last episode, Sue writes I
love the Beach Boys.
Their songs just lendthemselves to be covered.
Jimmy is right about AmyWinehouse and Valerie.
It's definitely a songassociated with her, and I can't
tell you how many people havesaid how do you not know Valerie
(27:38):
?
And it's funny, I mean, I heardit today.
People that just listened tothe episode.
They're like how can you notknow that song?
Yeah, it's really surprising.
So I've listened to the songmultiple times and no matter how
many times I listen to it, Istill don't know it.
I've never heard it before,Right?
Speaker 1 (28:00):
But I mean, you remember just hearing it the
last time you listened to it,right?
It's not like you have faceblindness or something.
No, no, no.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
Yes, I just put it on again.
Just let me.
Let me give this another go.
But the amount of people and Idon't have enough time to go
through the list of people thathave reached out to me like I'm
crazy for not knowing this song.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
Well, it was a little shocking.
It's probably the most shockedI've ever been on the show.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Really.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Don't you think my reaction was a little over the
top?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
I thought it was over the top.
You had no idea either.
You were trying to make fun ofme, but at the same time you
were feeling the same way.
But that was not the casewhatsoever.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
That was not the case .
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Not the case.
So our last Music in my Shoesmailbag piece Hi, mims, I like
it.
Music in my Shoes.
They have abbreviated it toMims.
Last episode you all talkedabout some of your favorite
covers of songs and I thoughtI'd share some of mine.
Number one Summer Breeze.
(29:05):
Typo negative covering Sealsand Crofts.
Summer Breeze plays in theopening scene of I Know what you
Did Last Summer and is a sceneI watch on YouTube often, as the
music and opening shot of theCalifornia coast perfectly set
the tone for the thriller.
(29:25):
For me, music can truly enhancethe scene and I think this
scene in particular is a greatexample of that.
That's pretty cool yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
I like that.
I gotta listen to that.
I haven't heard that.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
I've heard it before.
It's pretty cool.
I looked up Type O Negativejust in case people were
wondering what kind of music itwas listed as doom rock.
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
I just thought, you know.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
So it's not a Seals and Croft.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
No, it's so different because, you know, I think it
was like metal.
Doom rock, like I don't know ofmany bands that have been
listed as doom rock, um.
Number two, smooth criminal,alien ant farm covering michael
jackson.
Number three, wild horses, therolling stone song done by the
sundays.
I really like that, reallyslowed it down.
Good, good song.
The sundays version is 33 yearsold.
(30:27):
Can Can you believe that?
No, you know, we talk about the80s, it's no problem.
We've talked about this before,that 40-something.
But when you talk about the 90sbeing 30-something, wow, yeah.
Number four, dear Prudence,suzy and the Banshees covering
the Beatles.
And number five Can't Take myEyes Off of you the Frankie
(30:48):
Valli song done by Lauryn Hill.
I've never heard Lauryn Hill'sversion.
I haven't either.
I didn't know that she had one,so I'll have to take a listen
to this and see if it's anythinglike Valerie by Amy Winehouse.
You know, I don't know.
So this is from Jessica inTexas and actually, just to be
(31:09):
transparent here, jessica inTexas also happens to be my
daughter.
All right, so thank you, jess.
We appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Music in my shoes mailbag.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Tick, tick, tick.
It's Minute with Jimmy.
It's time for Minute with Jimmy.
Minute with Jimmy.
Minute with Jimmy.
It's time for Minute withJimmyimmy.
With jimmy, with jimmy.
It's time for a minute withjimmy with jimmy.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Well, surprise, surprise, I watched a little
movie from 1985 called thegoonies, and watched it with my
wife and my son, alec, who's 20,almost 24.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Had either of them seen it.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
Neither one of them had ever seen it, and so we
watched it and we all reallyenjoyed it.
It was a good movie, reallygood acting from those kids oh
yeah, you know and a fun story.
Of course it's fantasy.
It's like, you know, you don'texpect it to be too realistic,
but it has that slapstick,almost like Marx Brothers or
(32:11):
Three Stooges or Looney Tuneskind of vibe, the way the kids
interact with each other andit's really fun.
I liked the bad guys too.
You know everybody did a greatjob, so really fun movie.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Well, I'm really glad that you watched it.
That's very good to hear andyour family liked it as well.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
Yes, everybody loved it.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
So thanks for goading me into watching it, jim, and
to the listener that wrote in toprompt me.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Well, it worked.
I like it Awesome.
That was a fantastic Minutewith worked.
I like it Awesome.
That was a fantastic Minutewith Jimmy, minute with Jimmy.
Let's revisit some more goodmusic, because what would be
better than revisiting more goodmusic?
Speaker 1 (33:00):
It's literally in the name of the podcast.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
There you go.
I feel the music in my shoesNow.
I'm feeling it come out of mymouth as I speak about it.
Rem Fables of theReconstruction, released on June
10th 1985.
A couple episodes ago, jimmyspoke about the song Life and
how to Live it during his Minutewith Jimmy.
I'm not a big fan of the album.
(33:23):
All right, jimmy, you and Ihave talked a little bit about
that.
All right, jimmy, you and Ihave talked a little bit about
that.
I did like the first twosingles.
I dig those.
Can't Get there From heresounds like REM kind of going in
a new direction.
And Driver 8, which sounds likeit's a song from the past, like
I always think it's actuallyfrom, you know, reckoning or
(33:46):
something like that.
Like it just sounds like alittle bit older song.
Love it though I mean I reallydo.
So what do you think about thealbum?
Speaker 1 (33:56):
I really like this album.
Now, what I've always heardover the years is that REM
almost broke up after this album.
So I think they were goingthrough some inner band conflict
and whatever it was whetherit's growing pains of, you know,
going from playing the smallclubs in athens, georgia, to
touring all the time but that itwas a big turning point for
(34:20):
them, like when they stayedtogether and then they put out
the next.
Like several albums were justhuge, but but.
But this one, it's a darkeralbum.
It's it's got a lot Um, I mean,maybe not dark is the right
word, but it's it's got amelancholy over it that not
necessarily, uh, anything beforeor after had, and so maybe
(34:44):
that's what you're not likingabout it.
I don't know.
To me it just has a lot ofreally, really great songs on it
.
I love the first track Feeling,Gravity's Pull and Wendell G.
I mean, I'm not looking at thetitles of the songs on there
right now, but a bunch of goodsongs on this record.
Speaker 2 (35:08):
You know that's.
What's good about music is thatyou can release an album and
then eventually, if you put outanother album, it has a new
direction or the same direction,and you can have opportunities
to really like an album or, youknow, not like it as much.
I don't hate it by any means,it's just not one of my favorite
albums by them when you put ittogether.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
Yeah, and I would probably agree with that as far
as the first.
If you look at the first, likefive, six, seven REM albums,
it's probably in my bottom twoof those, but that's a high bar,
like to me, I love all theearly rem albums.
So, yeah, I see what you'resaying.
(35:53):
Now my wife share loves thisrecord because when she lived in
los angeles after high schooland you know she was an actress
and she would be like drivingthrough like mulholland drive
and the hollywood hills andstuff, and she that tape was in
her car and she would be likedriving through like Mulholland
Drive and the Hollywood Hillsand stuff, and that tape was in
her car and she was alwayslistening to this record.
(36:14):
So she just associates it withgreat memories and you know
that's the cool thing aboutmusic.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
That is the cool thing about music.
Another cool thing is that thesame day that that album was
released, talking Heads, littleCreatures, was released, and
it's their first studio albumsince 1983, speaking in Tongues
and I have to be honest, Iforgot how much I like this
album.
And it's not just a couple ofsongs.
(36:40):
I like every single song and Ilike the way the order that they
put them in that you can listenfrom.
Not that it's not related, it'snot a concept or anything like
that, but it's just a cool orderand a cool way to enjoy the
album.
The lady don't mind.
Road to nowhere a crazy videowith David Byrne running in
(37:04):
place in David Byrne style andhe's kind, kind of like inside
of a square at the bottom of thevideo.
So while other things aretaking place, if you look at the
bottom there's David Byrne kindof running like his David Byrne
way.
We're on a road to nowhere.
Come on inside Taking that rideto nowhere.
(37:25):
We'll take that ride.
And she was With another crazyvideo.
It reached number 54 onBillboard in November and it's
hard to believe that none ofthese songs really kind of
caught on anywhere, like theyjust weren't.
It is a fantastic album.
(37:46):
It really is good.
Stay Up Late it was a WLIRScreamer of the Week, first week
of July 1985.
And it's just a song.
It's about a baby and I'veheard all different things about
what it's about, but he'ssinging about a baby and keeping
the baby up all night and looksso good in his cute red suit or
(38:09):
whatever.
I never thought that I wouldjust like a song where they talk
about a baby, you know, butthat's what the talking heads do
, you know.
They have a good beat.
Song sounds good and you justare singing along with it.
You know, give Me Back my Name.
Creatures of Love, perfectWorld, walk it Down.
(38:30):
Television man.
Not a bad song.
I highly recommend listening toit.
If you haven't in a while or ifyou're looking for something
that's new to you, listen to it.
Mc Hammer, you Can't Touch thispeaked at number eight on
Billboard Hot 100 June 16th 1990.
Sample Rick James Super Freakand I mean.
(38:55):
All I can really say it's thatsideways dancing in the video in
the Hammer pants.
I think watching the videomakes the song better.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
Oh, for sure.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
If you just put the song on and you're just kind of
like standing there.
That's what I think.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
MC Hammer was great.
You know, he had thosewire-rimmed glasses so he looked
kind of studious Uh-huh, andthen he had those crazy pants on
and he was a great dancer and agreat rapper.
It was funny.
Speaker 2 (39:25):
I think when he was a kid he was like a ball boy or a
bat boy for the OaklandAthletics baseball team.
Regardless if he was a bat boyor a ball boy, I know it was for
the Oakland Athletics, butregardless of that, you can't
touch this.
What you can do is reach out tous at musicinmyshoes at
gmailcom.
Please like and follow theMusic in my Shoes Facebook and
(39:47):
Instagram pages and share thepodcast with your friends.
That's it for episode 84 ofMusic In my Shoes.
I'd like to thank Jimmy Guthrie, show producer and owner of
Arcade 160 Studios located herein Atlanta, georgia, and Vic
Thrill for our podcast music.
This is Jim Boge, and I hopeyou learned something new or
(40:07):
remembered something old.
We'll meet again on our nextepisode.
Until then, live life and keepthe music playing.
Thank you.
He's got the feeling in his toe-toe.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
He's got the feeling and it's out there growing.
Hey everybody, this is Jim Boge, and you're listening to Music
In my Shoes.
That was Vic Thrill kicking offepisode 84.
As always, I'm thrilled to behere with you.
Let's learn something new orremember something old.
So, jimmy, the Blues Brothersmovie was released on June 20th
(00:54):
1980, 45 years ago.
I really like this movie, and Ilike it for multiple reasons,
and when you take all thosereasons and put them together,
it just equals me really likingit.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah, I don't blame you, it's a good movie.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
So Jake and Elwood Blues, otherwise known as John
Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and I'mnot going to tell the whole
story here, but you know thepremise is that they visit their
orphanage that they grew up inwhen they were young, and they
find out there's some back taxesowed I think it's about five
grand or so and they decide thatthey're going to get the band
(01:36):
back together.
Now they had a band, they didblues songs, but Jake went to
prison.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Juliet, if I recall.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I think you're right.
Yeah, and he goes to prison andeverybody moves on with their
life and they realize, you know,they've got to do stuff to make
money and take care of theirown.
I guess you would say Right.
So they, they decide to get theband back together.
And that's where the wholeadventure begins, of trying to
(02:10):
convince people to get the bandback together.
And dealing with people thatare like I've got a job, I don't
want to do this.
Dealing with people'sgirlfriends or spouses and and
the whole nine yards right, andit makes it fun, as well as the
hijinks of them running into thelaw and different you know
(02:32):
groups and all kinds of stuff.
That makes this movie just fun.
I mean, it's got music, carwrecks, celebrity guests, and to
me that's a win, win, win.
I can't go wrong with that.
Like I can handle that.
That's something that I enjoy.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And it has John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Who are funny, yeah, but at the same time they do a
great straight-laced person.
You know, in the movie whenthey kind of had to be serious
about different things.
I thought they worked welltogether.
I think it was really good.
I really liked the movie.
I still like the movie Now.
I did not watch this movierecently.
(03:14):
Now a lot of times we'll talkabout a movie.
It will be something I've seen.
I've seen it a hundred times,probably Not recently.
I just love it, love the, thesoundtrack.
I think it's fantastic.
But the other thing is is thatyou can't go wrong when you have
people starring in the moviewith them that are james brown,
(03:40):
cab calloway.
I mean the scene with CabCalloway when he does the hidey,
hidey ho thing.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Oh, yeah, so like.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I could just watch that scene.
I could just watch that overand over.
It is just so much fun.
And to to think what it musthave been like to be an extra.
Hey, you got to come down tothis place in Chicago, fill this
theater up and watch like, wow,no, don't make me do that.
You know Like I really would belike wow, you know, ray Charles
(04:10):
was in it.
It had Steve Cropper, donaldDuck Dunn those were the guys
that were with Booker T and theMGs.
You know just a ton of people.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Did you mention Aretha Franklin?
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I did not mention Aretha Franklin.
She did the scene where I thinkshe sang Think when it was
their turn to try and convinceher man to get back with the
band and so forth.
Yeah, you know, Carrie Fisherwas in it.
John Candy, Twiggy so Twiggy'ssomeone that was popular I guess
(04:49):
in the 60s or 70s kind of was amodel and so forth.
She was in the movie John LeeHooker, Steve Lawrence.
I mean, this is anaction-packed comedy film with
some of the top names from onepoint in time.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Right, yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
I guess from different points in time, but
just put all together in onemovie.
I mean just a ton of people.
And I'm telling you I couldwatch it over and over again.
And I know that we've talkedabout other movies maybe you
haven't seen, and so forth.
For anyone out there, if youlike music and you like all
(05:30):
different types of music, youlike the blues, you like a
little Cab Calloway from back inthe day, this is a movie to
watch.
It's good, it's not hokey, it'snot hokey at all, it's not
cheesy.
I think it's put togetherreally well.
Now, they spent a whole lotmore money than what they
(05:51):
thought they were going to spend.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Did they?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Yes, when they started adding all of the car
chases, the police car, like,think about how many cars were
wrecked, you know, in some ofthose scenes.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
But I love movies.
It's kind of the era of Smokeyand the Bandit and everything
it's like hey, if you're goingto do some car chases, you
better wreck some of them.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
That's correct.
I agree with you, and I lovemovies that they're filming, you
know, on site.
They're filming in Chicago andthey're going through and you
know I've been to Chicagoseveral times, so familiar with
some of the streets there andit's just cool to see the action
happening around real things.
(06:32):
You know, I like that so muchmore than when they film in
Hollywood and it's just kind oflike a fake thing or it's
supposed to be this or whatever.
But man, I can't say enoughabout this movie.
I really do like it.
It's hard to believe it's 45years later that it came out.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
You know, as a fake address in the movie.
They did, they did and I tookthat page from the Blues
Brothers when the internet camearound and you'd have to fill
out things and put your address,but you didn't really trust the
(07:12):
person Right.
I put 755 Hank Aaron Drive,which is the address of Turner
Field in Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Where the Braves used to play, where the Braves used
to play.
Did you really do that?
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Apparently, the stadium now has a 755 address as
well.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Does it really?
Yeah, so at one point and Idon't remember, but somebody
actually was it the police whoactually goes there in the movie
?
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I can't remember but somebody it's got to be the
police.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
They're parked right in front of Wrigley.
That was funny.
Yeah, it's a good movie.
I really do like it.
So, anyway, if you're into ityou haven't seen it, you want to
revisit it.
I highly recommend it.
I really do.
It's just one of those movies.
It definitely stands the testof time and it's also a snapshot
.
Like I said earlier, it's asnapshot of different periods of
(08:04):
time all put into one, with alot of cool people that are
guesting in it.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Yeah, well, those guys really loved that earlier
era of music, yeah.
And like Cab Calloway, hewasn't really blues, he was kind
of like a jazz band leaderreally, but they loved it right.
So they made it all worktogether band leader really, but
they loved it right.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
So they made it all work together.
Hey, if I could have CabCalloway in a film with me,
regardless of what kind of musicI was in, I would definitely do
it.
It's a win right there.
So we talked about that beingJune 20th 1980.
Eight days later, june 28th1980, coming becomes the number
one song on the Billboard Hot100.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
I know we talked about that a few episodes Talked
about the music video.
Speaker 2 (08:49):
Yes, we talked about the music video.
So the song actually plays arole in new friendships for me
and my whole musical experienceof taking in so many new bands
and songs and albums and maybenot necessarily new, but new to
(09:12):
me, and 1980 was just thispivotal year.
I really loved being able totalk about different things.
So I learned about New YorkCity radio station WPLJ 95.5, a
big rock station back then,really kind of in 1980, and
(09:35):
listened to all this differentstuff Paul McCartney they were
playing Coming Up live on there.
Well, the last day of school Iwas in eighth grade and I'm
about to walk home and I see aguy you know I had friends that
you were friends with in schoolbut you never hung out with
outside of school yeah you hadyour outside of school friends
(09:58):
and then all of a sudden schoolstarted, boom, hey, you're right
back talking to these peopleand we were talking on, a mic
coming up and you know he was aBeatles fan and we're talking
about it and it all was, youknow, circling around, coming up
, the song coming up, and youknow kind of comparing the
studio version versus the liveversion and so glad Paul
(10:22):
McCartney's doing something new,and blah, blah, blah, blah.
Hey, will he come play?
Or you know just things thatyou talk about.
And it just was a cool timebecause it ended up the guy
lived not that far from me.
I didn't know that.
So he ends up walking by youknow my house, because then he
(10:42):
can kind of continue to go home,can buy you know my house,
because that then he can kind ofcontinue to go home.
And I want to say we probablyhung out six out of seven days
of the week the entire summerafter that day, after talking
about coming up, and you knowthen meeting some people that I
also knew from school, that hewas friends with, that he hung
(11:04):
out with, and just this wholebig thing.
Now what I will say is that oneof the girls that we were
hanging out with at the time.
She would take in stray catsand she would have not the band.
She didn't take the band in allright Legit stray cats and she
got a cat one time shortly afterI started hanging out, shortly
(11:29):
after coming up by.
Paul McCartney was number oneand she's like I don't know what
the name of the cat I'm like.
Name it Paul McCartney.
So she named the cat PaulMcCartney.
A little stupid trivia there.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Or you could have done Paul McCartney.
Oh, there you go.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
I like that too.
If I go back in time someday,maybe I'll use that.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
You never know.
I mean the Bill and Ted machinemight get invented.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
There you go, but it was really a cool time for me
and while April of 1980, therewas a lot of discovery of stuff
by myself listening to WPLJ in,you know, the end of June and
going into the beginning of July, through August we didn't go
back to school until the dayafter Labor Day back then and
(12:18):
just all of the music.
It was just amazing that I wasable to grasp of the music.
It was just amazing that I wasable to grasp.
And I think 1980, if you lookat it, I learned more about
music, more about bands, moreabout everything you know that
year than any other year of mylife.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Yeah, and eighth grade is a great time for that
too.
You know, it's a reallytransformative time in most
people's life and sometimes itcan be a really bad year for
people because there's so muchchange.
But it sounds like you foundsome new friends.
I did find some new friends andnew music.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
And new music and it was great.
And some of the new music thatI found okay was listening to my
stereo, not my stereo, myparents' stereo, let me clarify
that.
All right, they had a muchbetter stereo than what I had,
so our stereo was in a back roomthat used to be my old bedroom
(13:11):
and my brother and I shared itand then my dad finished the
upstairs.
When my town was built theyonly built and finished the
first floor and the upstairs wasnot finished.
You could go up it.
It kind of almost had like aswing door controlled by like a
(13:33):
weight, almost like a dungeondoor, but in reverse.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
How weird, oh weird.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Yeah, really it was very bizarre.
Anyway, he finishes it off andyou know they move upstairs, we
move upstairs and the stereo wasby a window so we could bring
the speakers outside.
That was we did that all thetime.
We always bring the speakersout and my dad got like the
longest speaker cable that you'dever seen in your life.
(14:01):
You know how you get in andit's like six feet, 10 feet.
We could put it anywhere in myyard, anywhere and it was just
super cool.
Sometimes we would take it allthe way to the back and turn the
speakers towards the house andjust put that volume on 10, you
know, and just you know you'relike the, the max L ad.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
You remember that yes .
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Really, it's true.
So it just was super cool thatwe were able to do that, cause
other people were like yeah,yeah, I can't, you know I can't
move the speakers more than thisthis is were like yeah, yeah, I
can't, you know, I can't movethe speakers more than this this
is.
We were like you know we wereready, you know, we were ready.
So one day I have WPLJ on andthis song with these heavy
(14:47):
chords and drums it comes on andthen killer bass and I was like
this doesn't sound like anysong that I've heard on this
radio station.
Now I've only been listening toit for a few months, but
nothing like anything I've heardand it almost sounds like
Armageddon.
(15:07):
And I know that's tough.
Like how does a song sound likeArmageddon?
All right, london calling tothe faraway towns Now war is
declared and battle come down.
London calling to theunderworld Come out of the
cupboard, your boys and girls.
My 13-year-old ears are like wow, what is this?
(15:30):
This is unbelievable.
I had known Train in Vain, okay, which is very different, very,
very different.
Mick Jones sings that, whereyou have Joe Strummer on this
and then the lines LondonCalling now don't look to us,
phony, beatlemania has bittenthe dust.
(15:51):
And then I'm like whoa, whatdid he just say?
Did he say phony Beatlemania?
Because, I think that's what hesaid and I'm like, I like this
song.
But how could he say phonyBeatlemania?
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Well, because some people were phony fans, right.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Yeah, I get it, but you know what, when you're 13,
you're digesting it, but you'renot.
You're digesting it the bestthat you can.
So I went the whole summer.
I would sing the song, but Iwouldn't say phony, beatlemania,
that's fitting the dust.
I would just not sing the oneline.
It's silly, I know, but that'svery you though.
(16:33):
It is me.
You're right.
So it was released in the US.
It was the B-side of Train andBane, because in different
countries they released itdifferent ways.
This was definitely not myparents' rock and roll Very cool
video that they shot for it.
It was cool, love it.
The ice age is coming, thesun's zooming in, meltdown
(16:54):
expected, the weed is growingthin.
So June 23, 1980, the RollingStones' Emotional Rescue album
is released.
I mean all this music, all thisstuff, because the Blues
Brothers movie is music.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Right, it's a musical really.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
I bought the cassette and I don't know why, but I
bought the cassette forEmotional Rescue.
It comes out.
I buy the cassette and manydays after my parents would
leave for work like 7.30 in themorning, something like that I'd
go to the front of my house,open up the window and I had
(17:35):
that radio cassette combo.
It wasn't a boom box but it wasjust like the one speaker.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yes, all right, and I put it bythe front window and blast the
song Emotional Rescue, joiningMick Jagger and singing in that
high falsetto, which I cannot donow.
I've been practicing and itdoesn't work.
(17:58):
I'm not saying that I could doit good back then, but I can't
do it now.
I don't know if your voice hadchanged by then it had, but my
voice definitely was a lothigher, I would say, than it is
now Now trying to do it.
It almost hurts to try and doit.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Yeah, I can't do falsetto stuff either.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Is there anything I can say?
Nothing I can do.
Change your mind.
I'm so in love with you.
And that's the beginning of thesong.
It was a summer hit.
It peaked at number three onBillboard Hot 100, september 6th
of 1980.
You know, eventually MickJagger returns to his normal
voice.
(18:42):
Yes, you could be mine.
Tonight and every night I willbe your knight in shining armor
coming to your emotional rescue.
Second single, she so Cold,peaked at number 26 on Billboard
Hot 100 in November of 80.
And I remember a guy, alan, whowould sing this song or he'd
(19:07):
play it on his tape thing.
You know I can't remembereverything, but because a girl,
debbie, she didn't even shewouldn't date him or she broke
up with him and so he would, youknow, be like oh, you know,
she's so cold, I'm so hot forher.
And you know, he and again, Idon't remember all the details
with them because it wasn't me,so it doesn't matter all that
(19:30):
much, but I just remember himplaying this over and over and
over and over and the album'ssimilar to a lot of other 1980
rock albums by having a tinge ofa disco beat to it at times.
We've talked about that, youknow, for the last few months.
You know a bunch of episodesabout these different bands that
(19:51):
would have a song.
You know that had this disco,even though disco by 1980 was
really kind of dead on the wayout, for sure you know it was
kind of over.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Yeah, but it was still kind of embedded into
people's brains so it soundednormal still to have like
Emotional Rescue.
The song has kind of that discodrum kind of thing going on.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Right and a lot of the people that were releasing
these songs, rock bands.
A lot of them were hanging outat Studio 54, which were playing
all of the disco music.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
So, anyway.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
So you know the title track, Emotional Rescue.
It's got the disco beat, theopening song on the album Dance
part one.
Imagine that having a discobeat the opening song on the
album Dance part one.
Imagine that having a discobeat.
Then there's Summer Romance LetMe Go, let Me Go, great song.
That's a great song when theBoys Go a bluesy down in the
hole.
(20:48):
I appreciate that a lot morenow than I did when the album
came out.
It's a good album.
The second in what I call thetrifecta, 1978, some Girls,
emotional Rescue, and then1981's Tattoo you.
They're all combined and Tattooyou actually has a bunch of
(21:09):
songs that didn't make EmotionalRescue.
It was easy to make the Tattooyou album because they had a
bunch of songs ready, all readyto go already.
So that's a little bit ofsummer 1980, all wrapped up in a
nice little box with a bow,from movies and music, to new
friends, to all kinds of songs.
(21:29):
It was just fun.
I love it.
So june 23rd 1990, 10 yearslater, I'm living in atlanta.
(21:51):
We talked a few episodes agohow I moved down here and I go
to see fleetwood mac and squeezeat lakewood Amphitheater, first
concert that I go to in Atlanta.
I went to it by myself and itseemed like an odd billing at
the time.
Back then they didn't put a lotof bands together that weren't
kind of like the same, like thesame group of people where today
(22:12):
they do it.
It's not a big deal.
People accept that because theyjust want to see the different
bands and I don't think many ofFleetwood Mac's fans knew or
really cared about Squeeze.
To be quite honest with you, no, I'm sure they didn't.
So some songs they played wereFootprints, hourglass, black
Coffee in Bed, another Nail inmy Heart Take Me, I'm Yours,
(22:33):
tempted.
You know a lot of the hits.
It was great, loved it, reallydid.
It was a night of normalcy forme after moving, like I was at
the show and it just felt likeit was a normal night, because
after moving, you move, youdon't know anybody, you can't do
the things that you normally do, but I was able to do that.
(22:54):
Fleetwood Mac seemed to playhit after hit, including Say you
Love Me, the Chain Dreams.
Oh Well, rhiannon Gold, dustWoman, little Lies.
Stevie Nicks did her solo.
Stand Back.
You Make Lovin' Fun.
Go your Own Way, don't Stop.
I mean, it's just hit after hit, like I said you know, when
(23:16):
you're Fleetwood Mac, you can dothat.
Yeah, you definitely can.
I'm not Fleetwood Mac, but youknow what, jimmy?
It's music in my shoes, mailbagtime.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
Music in my shoes mailbag.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
So, Jimmy, I've been hearing a lot from listeners
lately.
Episode 80, Billboard hits ofJune 1980, Take Me to Funky Town
.
That was the episode name.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Ingrid from Olympia Washington says that Casablanca
label brings back memories.
She says this because FunkyTown was released on Casablanca.
James from New York commentsmemories.
She says this because funkytown was released on casablanca.
James from new york commentsyeah, frank sinatra performing
new york new york could hearthat song at the end of new york
(24:06):
yankees wins.
Same for ringing in the newyear at times square.
Right, you know, it is one ofthe songs for the new year at
times square and the yankees doplay it.
When they used to play it afterevery game.
I think now they only play itif they win.
Not 100%, sure, but I thinkthat's what happened.
(24:27):
And Tom, I love this one, jimmyTom, who lists his profession on
social media as the mayor ofFunkytown and his profile pic
says Mayor of Funkytown.
And his profile pic says Mayorof Funkytown writes as the mayor
of Funkytown.
I'm incredibly proud of thissong.
I mean, how can you not laugh?
(24:50):
That is great, mr Mayor.
I am sure you are as you shouldbe.
Yes, episode 81, the Goonies APsychedelic Rolls and Wooly
Bully A listener message.
Hey, you guys, which is one ofthe lines from the Goonies?
Oh, okay, there you go, jimmy.
(25:12):
One day you'll watch it andyou'll come in here and be like
hey, you guys, great episode.
I have so much to say.
I love the Goonies.
I agree with you about thetheme song a cute song for the
movie but otherwise horrible.
By the way, cyndi Lauper alsosang the theme song to Pee Wee's
(25:33):
Playhouse, which I don't thinkyou know a lot of people knew at
the time.
I didn't know at the time, butI think she was trying to keep
her world separate at the time,you know, because that wasn't
something that was looked uponas well as it became and as it
is today, if that makes sense.
Sure Listener says I'm withJimmy.
(25:56):
The Cowboy Junkies version ofSweet Jane is top notch.
Yeah, john, in Arizona I'veseen John Lennon's car in person
on display at the Auburn CordDuesenberg Automobile Museum
back in the 80s.
So I looked it up because Ithink that's pretty cool that he
(26:17):
got to see it.
It was located well, it islocated in Indiana, the museum
the car's not there anymore, butthe museum, because I'm
thinking he must have been inlike Germany or somewhere with a
museum name like that itsounded.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Yeah it's a mouthful.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Yeah.
Episode 82, music Midtown 2005and David Lowry Live in
Asheville.
Review.
Lucas says, in reference toDavid Lowry I like to pull low
out when I'm playing a set.
Obviously, a musician, I'm abit of a jammy guy, so I toss in
(26:57):
a two to eight minute soloafter the second verse,
depending on how I'm feeling.
Okay, that's pretty cool.
I like that.
We haven't had anyone tell usbefore that they play and blah,
blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
We like it Keep it coming.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Yeah, and regarding our last episode, Sue writes I
love the Beach Boys.
Their songs just lendthemselves to be covered.
Jimmy is right about AmyWinehouse and Valerie.
It's definitely a songassociated with her, and I can't
tell you how many people havesaid how do you not know Valerie
(27:38):
?
And it's funny, I mean, I heardit today.
People that just listened tothe episode.
They're like how can you notknow that song?
Yeah, it's really surprising.
So I've listened to the songmultiple times and no matter how
many times I listen to it, Istill don't know it.
I've never heard it before,Right?
Speaker 1 (28:00):
But I mean, you remember just hearing it the
last time you listened to it,right?
It's not like you have faceblindness or something.
No, no, no.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
Yes, I just put it on again.
Just let me.
Let me give this another go.
But the amount of people and Idon't have enough time to go
through the list of people thathave reached out to me like I'm
crazy for not knowing this song.
Speaker 1 (28:22):
Well, it was a little shocking.
It's probably the most shockedI've ever been on the show.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
Really.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Don't you think my reaction was a little over the
top?
Speaker 2 (28:35):
I thought it was over the top.
You had no idea either.
You were trying to make fun ofme, but at the same time you
were feeling the same way.
But that was not the casewhatsoever.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
That was not the case .
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Not the case.
So our last Music in my Shoesmailbag piece Hi, mims, I like
it.
Music in my Shoes.
They have abbreviated it toMims.
Last episode you all talkedabout some of your favorite
covers of songs and I thoughtI'd share some of mine.
Number one Summer Breeze.
(29:05):
Typo negative covering Sealsand Crofts.
Summer Breeze plays in theopening scene of I Know what you
Did Last Summer and is a sceneI watch on YouTube often, as the
music and opening shot of theCalifornia coast perfectly set
the tone for the thriller.
(29:25):
For me, music can truly enhancethe scene and I think this
scene in particular is a greatexample of that.
That's pretty cool yeah.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
I like that.
I gotta listen to that.
I haven't heard that.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
I've heard it before.
It's pretty cool.
I looked up Type O Negativejust in case people were
wondering what kind of music itwas listed as doom rock.
Speaker 1 (29:53):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
I just thought, you know.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
So it's not a Seals and Croft.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
No, it's so different because, you know, I think it
was like metal.
Doom rock, like I don't know ofmany bands that have been
listed as doom rock, um.
Number two, smooth criminal,alien ant farm covering michael
jackson.
Number three, wild horses, therolling stone song done by the
sundays.
I really like that, reallyslowed it down.
Good, good song.
The sundays version is 33 yearsold.
(30:27):
Can Can you believe that?
No, you know, we talk about the80s, it's no problem.
We've talked about this before,that 40-something.
But when you talk about the 90sbeing 30-something, wow, yeah.
Number four, dear Prudence,suzy and the Banshees covering
the Beatles.
And number five Can't Take myEyes Off of you the Frankie
(30:48):
Valli song done by Lauryn Hill.
I've never heard Lauryn Hill'sversion.
I haven't either.
I didn't know that she had one,so I'll have to take a listen
to this and see if it's anythinglike Valerie by Amy Winehouse.
You know, I don't know.
So this is from Jessica inTexas and actually, just to be
(31:09):
transparent here, jessica inTexas also happens to be my
daughter.
All right, so thank you, jess.
We appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Music in my shoes mailbag.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Tick, tick, tick.
It's Minute with Jimmy.
It's time for Minute with Jimmy.
Minute with Jimmy.
Minute with Jimmy.
It's time for Minute withJimmyimmy.
With jimmy, with jimmy.
It's time for a minute withjimmy with jimmy.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Well, surprise, surprise, I watched a little
movie from 1985 called thegoonies, and watched it with my
wife and my son, alec, who's 20,almost 24.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Had either of them seen it.
Speaker 1 (31:48):
Neither one of them had ever seen it, and so we
watched it and we all reallyenjoyed it.
It was a good movie, reallygood acting from those kids oh
yeah, you know and a fun story.
Of course it's fantasy.
It's like, you know, you don'texpect it to be too realistic,
but it has that slapstick,almost like Marx Brothers or
(32:11):
Three Stooges or Looney Tuneskind of vibe, the way the kids
interact with each other andit's really fun.
I liked the bad guys too.
You know everybody did a greatjob, so really fun movie.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Well, I'm really glad that you watched it.
That's very good to hear andyour family liked it as well.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
Yes, everybody loved it.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
So thanks for goading me into watching it, jim, and
to the listener that wrote in toprompt me.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Well, it worked.
I like it Awesome.
That was a fantastic Minutewith worked.
I like it Awesome.
That was a fantastic Minutewith Jimmy, minute with Jimmy.
Let's revisit some more goodmusic, because what would be
better than revisiting more goodmusic?
Speaker 1 (33:00):
It's literally in the name of the podcast.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
There you go.
I feel the music in my shoesNow.
I'm feeling it come out of mymouth as I speak about it.
Rem Fables of theReconstruction, released on June
10th 1985.
A couple episodes ago, jimmyspoke about the song Life and
how to Live it during his Minutewith Jimmy.
I'm not a big fan of the album.
(33:23):
All right, jimmy, you and Ihave talked a little bit about
that.
All right, jimmy, you and Ihave talked a little bit about
that.
I did like the first twosingles.
I dig those.
Can't Get there From heresounds like REM kind of going in
a new direction.
And Driver 8, which sounds likeit's a song from the past, like
I always think it's actuallyfrom, you know, reckoning or
(33:46):
something like that.
Like it just sounds like alittle bit older song.
Love it though I mean I reallydo.
So what do you think about thealbum?
Speaker 1 (33:56):
I really like this album.
Now, what I've always heardover the years is that REM
almost broke up after this album.
So I think they were goingthrough some inner band conflict
and whatever it was whetherit's growing pains of, you know,
going from playing the smallclubs in athens, georgia, to
touring all the time but that itwas a big turning point for
(34:20):
them, like when they stayedtogether and then they put out
the next.
Like several albums were justhuge, but but.
But this one, it's a darkeralbum.
It's it's got a lot Um, I mean,maybe not dark is the right
word, but it's it's got amelancholy over it that not
necessarily, uh, anything beforeor after had, and so maybe
(34:44):
that's what you're not likingabout it.
I don't know.
To me it just has a lot ofreally, really great songs on it
.
I love the first track Feeling,Gravity's Pull and Wendell G.
I mean, I'm not looking at thetitles of the songs on there
right now, but a bunch of goodsongs on this record.
Speaker 2 (35:08):
You know that's.
What's good about music is thatyou can release an album and
then eventually, if you put outanother album, it has a new
direction or the same direction,and you can have opportunities
to really like an album or, youknow, not like it as much.
I don't hate it by any means,it's just not one of my favorite
albums by them when you put ittogether.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
Yeah, and I would probably agree with that as far
as the first.
If you look at the first, likefive, six, seven REM albums,
it's probably in my bottom twoof those, but that's a high bar,
like to me, I love all theearly rem albums.
So, yeah, I see what you'resaying.
(35:53):
Now my wife share loves thisrecord because when she lived in
los angeles after high schooland you know she was an actress
and she would be like drivingthrough like mulholland drive
and the hollywood hills andstuff, and she that tape was in
her car and she would be likedriving through like Mulholland
Drive and the Hollywood Hillsand stuff, and that tape was in
her car and she was alwayslistening to this record.
(36:14):
So she just associates it withgreat memories and you know
that's the cool thing aboutmusic.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
That is the cool thing about music.
Another cool thing is that thesame day that that album was
released, talking Heads, littleCreatures, was released, and
it's their first studio albumsince 1983, speaking in Tongues
and I have to be honest, Iforgot how much I like this
album.
And it's not just a couple ofsongs.
(36:40):
I like every single song and Ilike the way the order that they
put them in that you can listenfrom.
Not that it's not related, it'snot a concept or anything like
that, but it's just a cool orderand a cool way to enjoy the
album.
The lady don't mind.
Road to nowhere a crazy videowith David Byrne running in
(37:04):
place in David Byrne style andhe's kind, kind of like inside
of a square at the bottom of thevideo.
So while other things aretaking place, if you look at the
bottom there's David Byrne kindof running like his David Byrne
way.
We're on a road to nowhere.
Come on inside Taking that rideto nowhere.
(37:25):
We'll take that ride.
And she was With another crazyvideo.
It reached number 54 onBillboard in November and it's
hard to believe that none ofthese songs really kind of
caught on anywhere, like theyjust weren't.
It is a fantastic album.
(37:46):
It really is good.
Stay Up Late it was a WLIRScreamer of the Week, first week
of July 1985.
And it's just a song.
It's about a baby and I'veheard all different things about
what it's about, but he'ssinging about a baby and keeping
the baby up all night and looksso good in his cute red suit or
(38:09):
whatever.
I never thought that I wouldjust like a song where they talk
about a baby, you know, butthat's what the talking heads do
, you know.
They have a good beat.
Song sounds good and you justare singing along with it.
You know, give Me Back my Name.
Creatures of Love, perfectWorld, walk it Down.
(38:30):
Television man.
Not a bad song.
I highly recommend listening toit.
If you haven't in a while or ifyou're looking for something
that's new to you, listen to it.
Mc Hammer, you Can't Touch thispeaked at number eight on
Billboard Hot 100 June 16th 1990.
Sample Rick James Super Freakand I mean.
(38:55):
All I can really say it's thatsideways dancing in the video in
the Hammer pants.
I think watching the videomakes the song better.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
Oh, for sure.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
If you just put the song on and you're just kind of
like standing there.
That's what I think.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
MC Hammer was great.
You know, he had thosewire-rimmed glasses so he looked
kind of studious Uh-huh, andthen he had those crazy pants on
and he was a great dancer and agreat rapper.
It was funny.
Speaker 2 (39:25):
I think when he was a kid he was like a ball boy or a
bat boy for the OaklandAthletics baseball team.
Regardless if he was a bat boyor a ball boy, I know it was for
the Oakland Athletics, butregardless of that, you can't
touch this.
What you can do is reach out tous at musicinmyshoes at
gmailcom.
Please like and follow theMusic in my Shoes Facebook and
(39:47):
Instagram pages and share thepodcast with your friends.
That's it for episode 84 ofMusic In my Shoes.
I'd like to thank Jimmy Guthrie, show producer and owner of
Arcade 160 Studios located herein Atlanta, georgia, and Vic
Thrill for our podcast music.
This is Jim Boge, and I hopeyou learned something new or
(40:07):
remembered something old.
We'll meet again on our nextepisode.
Until then, live life and keepthe music playing.
Thank you.
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