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Hailing skies of sunshine from his glorious excrescence, great leader has returned!

Listen, I enjoy driving around with my kids in the car with the radio cranked just as much as any dad worth his salt does...

Okay, in 1984, thirty years prior was 1954. A vast difference in time, seemingly, full of wars and massive societal upheaval. Thirty years forward from 1984 is...now. And that bends my brain noodle man. I may be in denial here. Back then, I was a junior in high school, Reagan was napping in the White House and this was the newly minted number one song in the country...

Chicago Band. Jumpy rocking too damn smart for their own good kinda music. Great stuff. And their videos are like none other.

I guess you could say, musically, I was a child of the eighties, particularly what came to be called "Synth Pop." And this is where that started.

Dave here, from The K1017 Poor Excuse For A Morning Show, smoothly easing around the curb with your Song Of The Day.

Dave here! On the K1017 Poor Excuse For A Morning Show. classic hits and useless musical trivia are both our breads and various butters.

I'll keep this brief. Everybody's got that musical skeleton shoved way back in their wardrobe.

If I ever thought about the Ukulele at all, it was probably in that episode of the Brady Bunch where Mike Brady tossed on a straw boater and a crazed out raccoon coat and played 1920's Joe College.

Today's song is a barn burner, a foot stomper, a "new wave" thrasher. It's also about a topic near and dear to my little heart.