1984 Jump Back

It will be a pleasure to be back in the air chair Saturday night for this week’s edition of Those Were the Days. I will be digging through the chart hits from March of 1984. That was a wild time in my life. I was a mild-mannered farm hand by day and a wild and crazy dj at night. The UW Richland Spring production was under way, and I was directed by Jean Birkett and Jim Aagard in a musical called ‘Little Me’. This was a golden era of theatre in Richland Center. It was such a thrill to be around veteran actors and talented college students. It was an honor to dj the Roadrunner dances in the Wallace Student Center that school year. That was the first beer slip ‘n’ slide that I had ever witnessed. The Van Halen album 1984 had just been released and it was smash success. Many young gentlemen would try to replicate the David Lee Roth ‘Flying V Kick’ as the song Jump played. There were many great tunes for mix tape making. I could listen to them on my Walkman while I drove tractors and tried to stay awake so that I could go and get wild again that night. I would be so drained by 7 pm, however, the barn phone would ring, and I would get my second wind. After showering in Brut aftershave, I was ready to impress. Those Were the Days! Other favorites from this week’s 1984 survey include Somebody’s Watching Me-Rockwell, Footloose-Kenny Loggins, That’s All-Genesis, Talking in Your Sleep-Romantics, Owner of a Lonely Heart-Yes, Back Where You Belong-.38 Special, Radio Ga Ga-Queen, and Pink Houses-John Mellencamp.

I hope you will join me for Those Were the Days between six and midnight Saturday night. The request line will be open and the trivia contests will return. Please help me program the show. The best vinyl released between 1955 and 1995 will be back in the spotlight. Hopefully you won’t get hurt trying the Flying V kick this weekend. Kick back, relax, and enjoy music with actual melodies this weekend on WRCO.

Phil