Dan, Manny, & Billy put 8 oldies from the 50s & 60s to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
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“The fact that [“The Twist”] goes on for more than a minute boggles my mind because at weddings usually it's in a mix of oldies. Right? [...] So imagine twisting over the whole length of this song.”
-Manny Coelho
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This is a fun look back at the oldies from the 50s and 60s that filled the streets of the boys’ black parties (also, are block parties only a NY thing?), weddings, family BBQs, and their homes. It’s music that was playing daily on 101.1 FM on Long Island. The songs that Dan, Manny, and Billy put rank and put to the test are, Bobby Darin’s “Splish Splash,” Little Richard’s “Rip It Up,” The Four Tops’ “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” Aretha Franklin’s “Think,” The Supremes’ “Baby Love,” The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” Sinatra’s “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and Chubby Checker’s “The Twist.” They also talk about some honorable mentions, their favorite cocktails, mob movies and the music that made them so memorable, and more block party talk.
This is an episode that opens a whole new part of The Nostalgia Test Podcast because these are songs that were popular way before any of the hosts were born, so can these be nostalgic? Is nostalgia period specific for the individual? This episode answers these questions with a lot of reflections on family and those free concerts in the part that if you were from Long Island your parents dragged you to during the summer. Sometimes there were fireworks, sometimes there were drunken adults dancing the lindy with each other, and most times there was a collection of Igloo coolers being carried with folding chairs and blankets.
See, these songs create a time capsule of both the moment they were released and the moments of childhood for kids from the 80s and 90s.
So, grab your most comfortable folding chairs, a chill group of friends, set up in the street out front on your block, crack a few domestic beers, and wait to be called in when it’s too late. This is a good one.
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Approximate Rundown
00:00 Oldies Episode Kickoff
00:16 Sweatin Headband Debate
00:47 Podcast Intro and Setup
01:27 Why 50s 60s Oldies
05:43 Songs List Breakdown
10:38 Ranking Rules Begin
10:43 Number Eight Picks
14:19 Twist Wedding Memories
17:02 Number Seven and Block Parties
23:25 Number Six Sinatra Talk
27:06 Cocktails and Martini Tangent
29:50 Number Five Starts Baby Love
30:10 Baby Love Debate
32:34 Top Four Begins
32:47 Rip It Up Reactions
37:08 Little Richard Lyrics Lore
40:07 Top Three Rankings
42:42 Four Tops at Number Two
48:30 Aretha and Ronettes Number One
52:36 Honorable Mentions
55:36 Mob Movie Music Tangent
58:46 Wrap Up and Block Parties
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The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic.
The Lithology Brewing ad music ("Red, White, Black, & Blue") is by PEG and the Rejected
