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“It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by R.E.M.

January 20, 2021January 17, 2021 CPE 0 Comments coronavirus, Covid-19, Document, It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), R.E.M.

“It’s the end of the world as we know it. It’s the end of the world as we know it. It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.”

1980s music Culture Featured History Music

“Pride (In the Name of Love)” by U2

January 18, 2021January 14, 2021 CPE 0 Comments Chrissie Hynde, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, Pride (In the Name of Love), The Unforgettable Fire, U2

“Free at last, they took your life. They could not take your pride. In the name of love, what more in the name of love.”

1980s music Music Rap and Hip Hop

“No One In The World” by Anita Baker

January 13, 2021January 11, 2021 CPE 0 Comments Anita Baker, No One in the World, Rapture

“Cause there’s no one in the world to hold me. No one in the world is gonna move me. No one in the world. Can love me like you do baby.”

1980s music Music Rock

“The Waiting” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

January 6, 2021January 3, 2021 CPE 0 Comments Hard Promises, The Waiting, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

“The waiting is the hardest part. Every day you see one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart. The waiting is the hardest part.”

1980s music Music Pop

“The Winner Takes It All” by ABBA

January 2, 2021December 31, 2020 CPE 0 Comments Abba, Super Trouper, The Winner Takes It All

“The winner takes it all. The loser’s standing small. Beside the victory, that’s her destiny.”

1980s music Culture Music

December by George Winston

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 CPE 0 Comments Carol of the Bells, Christmas, December, George Winston, Johann Pachelbel, Piano, Variations on the Kanon, Windham Hill Records, Winter

This is an album for relaxing and reflecting. We are hard-pressed to think of a record more aptly titled and more evocative of a time and feeling than December.

1980s music Music Rock

“The Ties That Bind” by Bruce Springsteen

December 17, 2020December 11, 2020 CPE 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The River, The Ties That Bind

“The ties that bind. Now you can’t break the ties that bind.”

1980s music Alternative Indie Music Rock

“Blister in the Sun” by Violent Femmes

December 16, 2020December 11, 2020 CPE 0 Comments Blister in the Sun, Violent Femmes

“Let me go on… like I blister in the sun. Let me go on… big hands, I know you’re the one.”

1980s music Music Rock

“Raised on Radio” by Journey

November 19, 2020November 15, 2020 CPE 0 Comments Journey, Raised on Radio, Steve Perry

“We’re all raised on radio, radio.”

1980s music Country Rock Music Pop

“Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak

November 15, 2020November 14, 2020 CPE 0 Comments Chris Isaak, Gemma Hayes, Heart Shaped World, Helena Christensen, London Grammar, Wicked Game

“What a wicked game to play to make me feel this way. What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you.”

1980s music Alternative Music Rock

“No Myth” by Michael Penn

November 2, 2020November 1, 2020 CPE 0 Comments A Revival, March, Michael Penn, No Myth

“What if I was Romeo in black jeans? What if I was Heathcliff? It’s no myth.”

1980s music History Music Pop

“History Will Teach Us Nothing” by Sting

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 CPE 0 Comments History Will Teach Us Nothing, Nothing Like The Sun, Sting

“Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away. Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away. History will teach us nothing. History will teach us nothing.”