Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the music of 1984.

Show notes:

• Recorded via Zoom

• Phil was 14 going on 15, Jay was 16 going on 17 in '84

• Phil: Watched a lot of MTV

• "College rock" was emerging

• Music was drenched in synths

• Jay: Saw my first concerts

• Hair metal was making a splash

• Thrash metal was new and exciting

• Billy Squier's tough year

• Phil's non-top 5 albums: Bowie, Kinks, Deep Purple, Dio, Van Halen, Ratt, Springsteen, Los Lobos, Sade, Meat Puppets, Husker Du, Minutemen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Replacements, R.E.M., Run DMC

• Phil loves him some Ratt

• Jay's non-top 5s: Rush, Iron Maiden, The Cars, INXS

• Saw INXS a few years later at Radio City Music Hall

• To be continued

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.