A Vacation to the Hits of 1982

Break out the confetti and questionable fashion choices—we’re turning six! To mark the occasion, Dave and Milt jump into their chart-shaped time machine and land smack in the neon glow of 1982, where Paul McCartney was still cranking out hits, Air Supply hadn’t yet exhausted their supply of feelings, and the Go-Go’s were busy corrupting the youth on VHS tape.

You’ll get chart commentary, deep cuts of trivia, unsolicited opinions, and a listener email so good it made us want to binge a Billy Joel documentary (and maybe some Billy Joel himself). Also: CSN takes a nap, REO regrets an album, and we discover something called Johnny Aloha which... yeah, you’ll just have to listen.

Oh, and there’s a game at the end where Milt tries to identify artists from insane lists Dave cooked up in a fever dream. It’s harder than it sounds.

Topics & Timestamps:

01:06 – 🎂 Past 10s turns 6! (No cake. Just vibes.)
02:06 – 📬 Listener Mail: Billy Joel, Hawaiian covers, and other detours
07:35 – 🧪 Playing with podcast formats because we can
09:46 – 📻 Countdown begins: Billboard Top 10 of 1982
20:26 – 🎹 Paul McCartney takes it away (but where?)
28:30 – 🎶 Crosby, Stills & Nash still got it... kinda
34:17 – 🏖 The Go-Go’s go on Vacation and never come back
42:08 – 📉 Why that band broke up (and maybe deserved it)
42:42 – 🌺 Johnny Aloha: Hawaiian covers for people who hate normal covers
44:34 – 📼 That infamous Go-Go’s hotel video
46:50 – 👙 Sydney Sweeney controversy (because of course)
50:40 – 🚫 REO Speedwagon wishes this album never happened
56:15 – 💔 The rise and soft-rock fall of Air Supply
01:03:25 – 🎲 Play Date: The music trivia game you didn’t know you needed
01:18:08 – 🧠 Wrap-up and tease for next week (it’s gonna be good)