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About The Author:
Jay PhilpottWeekends: Sat 10a-3p, Sun 12n-4p CT
jphilpott@1065thearch.com
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I was born in St. Louis and grew up here, Minneapolis and San Jose, California...a multi-city childhood that prepared me well for the rock band-style, gypsy touring life that is a career in radio.
It's been a blast seeing America by working and living in all quadrants of the USA - I've been to 46 of our states and seen a lot of our amazing country, living and working in places like San Jose/San Francisco, Minneapolis, Seattle, Milwaukee, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Springfield, IL, Dallas and Charleston, SC. I previously worked in St. Louis radio from 1995-97 when KSD was classic rock - (I think they play Polkas of the Antarctic now).
I came back to StL for good in 2006 to take care of family matters and have been with THE ARCH since June of 2007. It is the most perfect music station I have ever worked for, allowing me to indulge my rawk side as much as my love for pop music. It's my passion to bring all kinds of music to you and to dig around for the fun facts and stories behind the tunes and the people who make them.
I'm really lucky to be on TEAM ARCH, and I really appreciate that YOU listen. Thanks!
INSIDE 1985
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As I played “1985” by BOWLING FOR SOUP today, I offered a fun game we could all play together while the song was on…it’s simple: Just count the number of references that BFS makes of other bands or recording artists. Several calls were close, but no one got it exactly, so here’s the count:
12 Bands…3 John Hughes movies and 1 cable network!
In order, “1985” namechecks:
WHITESNAKE
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
MADONNA
NIRVANA
U2
BLONDIE
WHAM!
LIMP BIZKIT
DURAN DURAN
VAN HALEN
MOTLEY CRUE
OZZY OSBOURNE
I think the only band that doesn’t really belong on this list is Whitesnake, who weren’t really all that famous in 1985 – their big success (at least to the level of the other bands included) didn’t come until 1987!
The three John Hughes movies were: The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink and St. Elmo’s Fire. And of course, MTV gets a shout out a few times because they’re still famous for something they don’t do anymore – play music videos!
And YES, that is really Tawny Kitaen in the video – enjoy it and see if you can name the performers they imitiate (several were not mentioned in the song)!
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