With this month being the 3 year anniversary of our starting to record these podcasts, I reflect back on the story of how it came about, to begin with, and we can owe it all to Jeff.
I talk a bit about the blog writing I’ve been doing in 2020 and more of that will come up in part 4.
As we discuss a handful of songs that had a big impact on me in 2020, music from the last 30 plus years gets thrown into the mix, we get into a big discussion about Shinedown, Jeff re-discovers a genre that he did not know the name of and Harry Styles does a great impression of Peter Gabriel.
We end on a sea creature and a band with that name.
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My January 11, 1981 Personal Chart
LW/TW/ARTIST/Song
2 1 MICHAEL STANELY BAND He Can’t Love You
1 2 U2 I Will Follow
6 3 ALAN PARSONS PROJECT Games People Play
8 4 THE JACKSONS Heartbreak Hotel
4 5 ATLANTICS Lonely Hearts
9 6 B-52’s Quiche Lorraine
5 7 PAUL McCRANE Dogs In The Yard
10 8 EDDIE RABBITT I Love A Rainy Night
7 9 RANDY MEISNER Deep Inside My Heart
11 10 O.M.D. Enola Gay
3 11 B-52’s Party Out Of Bounds
14 12 DOLLY PARTON 9 To 5
13 13 BARBRA STREISAND & BARRY GIBB Guilty
16 14 ADAM & THE ANTS Ant Music
17 15 AC/DC Back In Black
12 16 BILLY IDOL & GEN X Dancing With Myself
20 17 PAT BENATAR Hell Is For Children
22 18 SPANDAU BALLET To Cut A Long Story Short
38 19 HALL & OATES Kiss On My List
23 20 ANDY GIBB Time Is Time
27 21 DELBERT McCLINTON Giving It Up For Your Love
15 22 THE POLICE De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
24 23 B-52’s Strobe Light
32 24 THE LOOK I Am The Beat
28 25 BOZ SCAGGS Miss Sun
25 26 U2 Out Of Control
29 27 CHEAP TRICK Stop This Game
19 28 JACKSON BROWNE Hold On Hold Out
34 29 REO SPEEDWAGON Keep On Loving You
21 30 JOHN LENNON (Just Like) Starting Over
30 31 THE POLICE When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around
31 32 AMERICA Hangover
18 33 DAN FOGELBERG Wishing On The Moon
40 34 THE GAP BAND Burn Rubber
35 35 CLOUT Substitute
39 36 ABBA Super Trouper
42 37 MADNESS Embarrassment
46 38 NERVOUS EATERS Loretta
43 39 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Out In The Street
44 40 ROBERT PALMER Looking For Clues
26 41 JACKSON BROWNE Disco Apocalypse
79 42 PHIL COLLINS In The Air Tonight
37 43 AMBROSIA No Big Deal
48 44 NEIL DIAMOND Love On The Rocks
49 45 BARRY MANILOW I Made It Through The Rain
51 46 PSYCHEDELIC FURS Sister Europe
56 47 PETER GABRIEL I Don’t Remember
52 48 ADAM & THE ANTS Dog Eat Dog
58 49 DONNA SUMMER Cold Love
95 50 STEVE WINWOOD While You See A Chance
54 51 ELVIS COSTELLO Gettin’ Mighty Crowded
33 52 POCO Made Of Stone
60 53 DAN FOGELBERG Same Old Lang Syne
67 54 ALAN PARSONS PROJECT May Be A Price To Pay
62 55 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Israel
53 56 JOHN MELLENCAMP Hot Night In A Cold World
36 57 THE JACKSONS Lovely One
57 58 ATLANTICS Can’t Wait Forever
64 59 BARBRA STREISAND Life Story
65 60 NEW ENGLAND Explorer Suite
59 61 ROD STEWART Passion
83 62 DIRE STRAITS Skateaway
41 63 BARBRA STREISAND Woman In Love
74 64 FISCHER-Z So Long
76 65 ULTRAVOX Vienna
63 66 ROCKPILE Teacher, Teacher
125 67 ABBA On And On And On
91 68 EARTH, WIND & FIRE Back On The Road
47 69 HALL & OATES You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
68 70 HEART Tell It Like It Is
45 71 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Hungry Heart
72 72 BLONDIE The Tide Is High
73 73 HALL & OATES Big Kids
87 74 STEVIE WONDER I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It
50 75 THE TEARDROP EXPLODES When I Dream
81 76 IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS Sueperman’s Big Sister
94 77 CLIFF RICHARD A Little In Love
86 78 STEELY DAN Hey Nineteen
97 79 NIGHT Love On The Airwaves
55 80 BARBRA STREISAND Run Wild
77 81 RONNIE MILSAP Smokey Mountain Rain
84 82 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS One Step Closer
88 83 LE ROUX Roll Away The Stone
92 84 BARRY GOUDREAU Dreams
100 85 MOON MARTIN Signal For Help
110 86 ENGLISH BEAT Twist And Crawl
78 87 BOB SEGER The Horizontal Bop
111 88 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Ramrod
102 89 SHALAMAR Full Of Fire
61 90 JOHN MELLENCAMP This Time
98 91 ARETHA FRANKLIN What A Fool Believes
71 92 TALKING HEADS Crosseyed And Painless
105 93 BOB WELCH Don’t Rush The Good Things
66 94 DIANA ROSS I’m Coming Out
136 95 THE CLASH Police On My Back
107 96 VISAGE Fade To Grey
80 97 JOHNNY LEE One In A Million
82 98 MELISSA MANCHESTER Without You
113 99 THE OUTLAWS (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
120 100 KANSAS Got To Rock On
69 101 AIR SUPPLY Every Woman In The World
104 102 CLIMAX BLUES BAND Gotta Have More Love
109 103 BONNIE RAITT Don’t It Make You Wanna Dance
75 104 EARTH, WIND & FIRE Let Me Talk
108 105 SPLIT ENZ What’s The Matter With You
132 106 U2 Stories For Boys
70 107 KENNY ROGERS Lady
138 108 EXILE You’re Good For Me
112 109 CHICAGO Song For You
116 110 WHITESNAKE Ain’t No Love in The Heart Of The City
142 111 THE MOTELS Days Are OK (But The Nights Are Made For Love)
115 112 RICK PINETTE & OAK Set The Night On Fire
145 113 XTC Respectable Street
119 114 THE CARS Misfit Kid
126 115 ELVIS COSTELLO Clubland
93 116 HALL & OATES The Woman Comes And Goes
148 117 AMBROSIA Cryin’ In The Rain
124 118 SAD CAFE I’m In Love Again
new 119 ALAN PARSONS PROJECT I Don’t Wanna Go Home
85 120 PAT BENATAR Hit Me With Your Best Shot
121 121 BOZ SCAGGS Simone
128 122 ROSSINGTON COLLINS BAND Getaway
89 123 MADNESS Baggy Trousers
152 124 THE JAM That’s Entertainment
96 125 SPLIT ENZ I Got You
106 126 PETER GABRIEL Not One Of Us
new 127 O.M.D. Electricity
153 128 MOLLY HATCHET The Rambler
156 129 ANDREW GOLD Whirlwind
90 130 BILLY JOEL I Don’t Want To Be Alone
133 131 ERIC CARMEN All For Love
135 132 DEVO Freedom Of Choice
139 133 THE CLASH The Call Up
140 134 ENGLISH BEAT Too Nice To Talk To
151 135 SUPERTRAMP Breakfast In America (Live)
new 136 RANDY MEISNER Hearts On Fire
150 137 THE BUS BOYS Johnny Soul’d Out
158 138 YARBROUGH & PEOPLES Don’t Stop The Music
134 139 GARY MYRICK & THE FIGURES She Talks In Stereo
new 140 HOTEL You’ll Love Again
99 141 QUEEN Need Your Loving Tonight
new 142 B-52’s Devil In My Car
144 143 ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION Silver Eagle
146 144 XTC Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
155 145 DAVID BOWIE Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
new 146 DOLLY PARTON Sing For The Common Man
149 147 BLUES BROTHERS Who’s Making Love
new 148 MICHAEL STANELY BAND Carolyn
new 149 PHIL SEYMOUR Precious To Me
162 150 QUEEN Flash