Raised on Records

Jimmy

More than a melody, the music of the 1980s carries memories, stories, and cultural moments that shaped those songs. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in a family that owned a record shop where the '80s unfolded one record at a time. Each episode revisits a song, its artist, the world around it, and my memories of the decade. And whether you lived through the '80s or discovered its music years later, its familiar songs may still have something new to reveal. Because a record can do more than remind us of where we've been. Sometimes, it can rewind us to a time we thought we'd forgotten.

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More than a melody, the music of the 1980s carries memories, stories, and cultural moments that shaped those songs. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in a family that owned a record shop where the '80s unfolded one record at a time. Each episode revisits a song, its artist, the world around it, and my memories of the decade. And whether you lived through the '80s or discovered its music years later, its familiar songs may still have something new to reveal. Because a record can do more than remind us of where we've been. Sometimes, it can rewind us to a time we thought we'd forgotten.