Matt & Sheryl's GenExcellent Playlist

Matt & Sheryl
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Two fifty-something music fanatics and entertainment industry veterans work through the decades to create a GenEx playlist and delve deep into the artists and songs that shaped their lives and continue to inspire them today. Listen along with Matt & Sheryl's GenExcellent Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dtoMOrC7FwrSIh70Tqi06?si=2a7bc45a03c44038

  1. NOV 25

    1983 Part 11 REM "Talk About the Passion" and Murmur, Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun", Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton "Islands in the Stream", Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues & 1983 wrap up

    Send us a text Matt and Sheryl reach the end of 1983, bringing Mike along to add his song of the year, Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun" and album, Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues. Matt adds his last two songs to the playlist, Kenny & Dolly's "Islands in the Stream" and REM "Talk About the Passion" from his album of the year REM Murmur and they all discuss their near misses from 1983.

    1h 26m

  2. OCT 13

    1983 Part 10 I Want My MTV!! ZZ Top, Billy Idol, Huey Lewis and The News & Cyndi Lauper

    Send us a text In this special episode, Matt & Sheryl each choose two artists who's careers skyrocketed in 1983 from exposure on MTV.

    1h 36m

  3. SEP 15

    1983 Part 9 Yes "Owner of a Lonely Heart", Genesis self-titled album and Neo Prog

    Send us a text Matt & Sheryl discuss progressive rock in the early 80s adding the only US #1 single from Yes, "Owner of a Lonely Heart" to the play list and revisit the Genesis self-titled album from '83, other 70s prog bands that moved ahead with the times in the 80s and the new neo prog movement bubbling up.

    1h 31m

  4. AUG 24

    1983 Part 8 Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Journey "Faithfully" & The Fixx "One Thing Leads to Another"

    Send us a text Matt & Sheryl get closer to completing their song choices for 1983 with Bonnie Tyler's larger than life rock ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Journey's ode to the difficulties of maintaining relationships at home while on the road, "Faithfully" and The Fixx and their impeccably produced 80s classic "One Thing Leads to Another".

    54 min

  5. AUG 13

    1983 Part 7 Big Country "In a Big Country" and The Crossing & The Tubes "She's a Beauty"

    Send us a text Matt & Sheryl move on with 1983 adding three songs to the playlist, Big Country "In a Big Country", Duran Duran "Is There Something I Should Know" and The Tubes "She's a Beauty" along with Sheryl's album of the year, Big Country The Crossing.

    1 hr

  6. JUL 12

    1983 Part 6 Irene Cara "Flashdance...What a Feeling" & Spandau Ballet "True"

    Send us a text Matt & Sheryl continue their musical journey through 1983 with Matt's global pick for the year, Irene Cara's "Flashdance...What a Feeling" from the iconic movie Flashdance and Sheryl's playlist selection, Spandau Ballet's "True", another song that hit big from the New Romantic movement that included their British rivals, Duran Duran.

    1h 8m

  7. JUN 28

    1983 Part 5 Nena "99 Luftballons" & Peter Schilling "Major Tom (Coming Home)" and Neue Deutsche Welle

    Send us a text Matt & Sheryl do a deep dive into the Neue Deutsche Welle (German New Wave) scene from 1980 - '83 choosing two songs for the playlist from 1983, Nena "99 Luftballons" & Peter Schlling "Major Tom (Coming Home)".

    52 min

  8. JUN 9

    1983 Part 4 Def Leppard "Photograph", glam metal from '83 & Men At Work "Overkill"

    Send us a text Matt & Sheryl open their minds to the glam metal movement that started gaining ground in '83 with the huge success of Def Leppard Pyromania as Matt chooses  "Photograph" for the playlist and Sheryl's playlist pick stays in the new wave vein with Men At Work's "Overkill" from their great second album Cargo.

    1h 6m
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Two fifty-something music fanatics and entertainment industry veterans work through the decades to create a GenEx playlist and delve deep into the artists and songs that shaped their lives and continue to inspire them today. Listen along with Matt & Sheryl's GenExcellent Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dtoMOrC7FwrSIh70Tqi06?si=2a7bc45a03c44038

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