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Branded in the 80s Podcast

The Branded in the 80s podcast is a show that remembers what it was like to be a kid growing up in the 1980s. Nostalgia, cartoons, movies, music, toys, junk food and all the fun stuff that we loved as kids.
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Nov 21, 2017

The All New Branded in the 80s Podcast returns for season 2 with an episode that takes a look at creator attribution behind the scenes of our favorite 80s cartoons.  From voice actors to the musicians behind the theme songs, why is it so difficult to pin down exactly who helped create our favorite animation.  In this episode I focus on why it's so hard to pin down attribution, in particular when it comes to the music we have burned into our heads for our favorite theme songs.

I also give a shout out to a friend in the enamel pin community, Michael, and his site CulturallySignificant.com.

Want to get in touch?  E-mail me at smurfwreck@gmail.com.

Jul 8, 2016

In this episode of the All New Branded in the 80s podcast I dig a little deeper into one of my favorite 80s era anthems, the badass Thunder in Your Heart by John Farnham from the soundtrack to the 1986 cult BMX film Rad.  I recently discovered that two of my other favorite 80s era anthem musicians, Stan Bush (who wrote and performs The Touch for the 1986 Transformers movie) & Joe Esposito (who performed You're the Best from the Karate Kid soundtrack) have also covered this song.  I dig into the three versions, talk a bit about their similarities and differences and then play a new remix that consists of all three versions of the song.

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