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January 8, 2023Blog

Safety Dance by Men Without Hats

Revisit the classic 1982 hit song "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, an anthem for individual expression and resistance to authority
November 2, 2022Blog

Mr. Roboto By Styx

“Mr. Roboto” is a song written by Dennis DeYoung of the band Styx, and was featured on the band’s 11th album, Kilroy Was Here, which also became a rock opera. The song […]
March 20, 2022Uncategorized

Rocking Authority with Twisted Sister

We’re back from long hiatus with one from the Sick Burns vault! Recorded in summer 2021, this episode features a dive into systems of power, their latent hypocrisy, and that […]
October 5, 2021Uncategorized

Tina Turner: Simply the Best

Tina Turner’s “We Don’t Need Another Hero” Takes us Beyond Thunderdome Between multiple interviews, a biopic and a broadway show, Tina Turner’s story is well known. But there’s a fantastic […]
May 13, 2021Uncategorized

Cold War Chess & Show Tunes: One Night in Bangkok

Cold War chess matches and show tunes collide in “One Night in Bangkok” by Murray Head. The song went to number one in many countries and topped out at #3 […]
March 29, 2021Uncategorized

What a Way to Make a Living: Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5

Dolly Parton’s Anthem for Working Women The American treasure that is Dolly Parton wrote “9 to 5” as the theme song for the movie of the same name, in which […]
March 11, 2021Uncategorized

The Alleged Murder of Godfather of Soul James Brown

When digging into our last episode which featured James Brown’s 1985 Grammy-winning comeback hit “Living in America,” we found a curious bit of information that we hadn’t known before: Some […]
January 29, 2021Blog

Pandering to America: Huey Lewis and James Brown List Cities

There's nothing a big stadium concert crowd loves more than hearing the name of their city shouted by their favorite rock star. In the 80's, a few performers figured out how to work the names of many U.S. cities into hit songs, in what can only be described as pandering to audiences hungry for recognition of their American hometowns.
December 19, 2020Uncategorized

A Very Special Christmas – Super Boffo Bonus Episode!

In this Very Special Episode of Sick Burns, we look at one of the biggest charity records of the 1980s — a decade full of charity records. “A Very Special […]
November 27, 2020Uncategorized

The Material Girl: Madonna’s Marilyn Moment

“Material Girl” was the second single from Madonna’s ridiculously successful 1984 album “Like a Virgin,” peaking at #2 in 1985. By borrowing some powerful imagery from another iconic blonde for […]

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