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Dear god I had forgotten that one.

Fun fact: "We Built This City" was written by Martin Page, a guy I'm 1000% bipolar about. He also wrote Heart's "These Dreams," one of my favorite 80s songs of all time, and the incredible 90s album, "In the House of Stone and Light," and has since followed that up with some of the most unbelievable dreck ever.

There is precisely one Train song I like - "How to Say Goodbye" - and the ONLY reason I like it is because when I sing along with the chorus, I'm secretly imagining Train getting run over by a crappy purple Scion, et al.

"Hysteria" is such an underrated song (and really dirty if you look at the lyrics). It's my second-favorite ballad of theirs, behind "Long Long Way to Go."

"Streets of Philadelphia" is only cheesy if you look at how it was turned into "Thank You" by that 90s chick I can't ever remember the name of.

Jane Wiedlin's "Rush Hour" is a secret guilty pleasure of mine.

Did David Paich sing "Bottom of Your Soul"? Did he sing "Burn"? Did he sing "Pamela"?

Mike + the Mechanics is the band responsible for "Living Years," a nice piece of 80s schmaltz, and "All I Need is a Miracle." I always laugh when people bag on Phil Collins as if he was the only Genesis member to sell out, because M+TM exist.

I'm kind of conflicted about 80s music in general. It's the music I grew up on. Now that I'm in my mid-40s I can see (and hear) how cheesy it all is… and yet, I feel compelled to defend some of it against younger haters because of the context I have with it.

There's an argument that Steve Lukather is the lead singer of Toto. WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH.

So continue my educational direction that includes having them read @nihilist_arbys, then?

In fairness, look at the Doctors pre-reboot. Comparatively speaking, Capaldi is a frickin' dreamboat.

That sounds like a drink from Cocktail.

Well, let me clarify. They picked up on Dr. Who when Christopher Ecclestone was the Doctor. From that point it was "AAAAAHHH DREAMYYYYY!"

I would actually watch Dr. Who again if Hayley Atwell was put in the role.

They could add a lot of veritas by getting a cameo from Kelsey Grammer's career.

Those longer-lasting sitcoms eventually needed a change of set to "mix it up" and the best way to explain it was a devastating fire. Definitely a trope.

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For me, it wasn't The Shark that was the nadir of Happy Days - it was The Fire.

I had this book as a kid and loved it. It was much, much better than the movie.