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Bill and Frank’s Guilt-Free Pleasures

We celebrate and defend the songs unfairly maligned by the gatekeepers of musical taste. We are storming the city gates. Come and join us!

Berlin: ”Take My Breath Away” (Love Theme from Top Gun) - [Synth Forward, Tongue Forward]

67 hours 1 min; May 21, 2022

The Heights: ”How Do You Talk To An Angel” (ProTip: Use Cue Cards)

40 mins; May 14, 2022

Leo Sayer: ”You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” (A Roller Rink Song)

35 mins; May 07, 2022

The Jeff Healey Band: ”Angel Eyes” (Don’t Look A Gift Universe In The Mouth)

68 hours 27 mins; April 30, 2022

Van Halen: ”Why Can’t This Be Love” (We love Van Hagar)

51 mins; April 23, 2022

Out Of Office Message 2 (with apologies to George Costanza)

17 secs; April 16, 2022

Out Of Office Message (Frank won’t make Bill become a Marty Jannetty)

4 mins; April 09, 2022

The B-52’s:”Roam” (Mark Twain and Wine Moms)

39 mins; April 03, 2022

Atlantic Starr: ”Always” (This Out-hallmarks Hallmark)

37 mins; March 26, 2022

Chris Isaak: ”Wicked Game” (Nobody loves no one)

53 mins; March 20, 2022

Marc Cohn: ”Walking in Memphis” (We got a prayer in Memphis)

46 mins; March 13, 2022

Stevie Wonder: ”I Just Called To Say I Love You” (You’re wrong, Jack Black!)

38 mins; March 06, 2022

Charles & Eddie: ”Would I Lie To You?” (No Good Dirty Doctor!)

36 mins; February 27, 2022

Bad English: ”When I See You Smile” (Frank’s First Dance)

40 mins; February 19, 2022

Heart: ”These Dreams” (Werewolves in the Mist)

64 hours 1 min; February 13, 2022

Take That: ”Back For Good” (Lipstick marks on coffee cups)

52 mins; February 05, 2022

Starship: ”We Built This City” (Best of the Worst or Worst of the Best?)

54 mins; January 29, 2022

Philip Bailey & Phil Collins: ”Easy Lover” (A Banger of Bangers)

42 mins; January 23, 2022

Enya: ”Orinoco Flow” (Spa Rock featuring The Ross Dependencies)

51 mins; January 15, 2022

Go West: ”King of Wishful Thinking” (Sometime you’ve got to fool yourself)

41 mins; January 08, 2022

”She’s Like The Wind” Revisited: Interview with Co-Writer Stacy Widelitz

64 hours 51 mins; January 01, 2022

Amy Grant: ”Baby Baby” (It’s actually about a baby!)

47 mins; December 25, 2021

Paul McCartney: ”Wonderful Christmastime” (Christmas joy covers a multitude of synths)

31 mins; December 18, 2021

Wham! : ”Last Christmas” (George Michael should have just gone skiing)

44 mins; December 11, 2021

Jennifer Paige: ”Crush” (Dedicated to those crushing and those being crushed)

37 mins; December 04, 2021

Patrick Swayze: ”She‘s Like The Wind” (This one‘s for you, Marianne!)

40 mins; November 28, 2021

Rickroll with it, baby (Rick Astley Appreciation Day)

53 mins; November 21, 2021

Seal: ”Kiss From A Rose” (A cinematic spectacular!)

45 mins; November 14, 2021

Andy Kim: ”Rock Me Gently” (This is not a lullaby)

32 mins; November 07, 2021

Carly Rae Jepsen: ”Call Me Maybe” (The patron saint of waiting for a boy to call)

36 mins; October 31, 2021

Meat Loaf: ”I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won‘t Do That)”

42 mins; October 24, 2021

BONUS EPISODE: Hiatus (but not for long!)

5 mins; October 11, 2021

Lionel Richie: ”Stuck On You” (This is so good!)

40 mins; October 03, 2021

Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, and Alphaville: ”Forever Young” (Triple Threat Match)

50 mins; September 25, 2021

Gregory Abbott: ”Shake You Down” (The steely intensity of a Siberian Husky from a Jack London novel)

28 mins; September 19, 2021

Color Me Badd: ”All 4 Love” (Waves of Nostalgia / Riptide of Regret)

36 mins; September 12, 2021

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: ”Summertime” (Dislike this at your peril)

44 mins; September 05, 2021

Shanice: ”I Love Your Smile” (Who doesn‘t love kittens?)

33 mins; August 29, 2021

Boy Meets Girl’s ”Waiting For A Star To Fall” (True Love Waits For A Star To Fall)

36 mins; August 21, 2021

Bryan Adams: ”(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” (Kevin Costner Depreciation Day)

43 mins; August 15, 2021

Richard Marx: ”Endless Summer Nights” (A ‘Hallmark After Dark‘ Winter Song)

34 mins; August 08, 2021

Boyz II Men: ”Motownphilly” (Back Again)

33 mins; August 01, 2021

Peter Cetera and Amy Grant: ”The Next Time I Fall” (The Grant-Cetera Paradox)

39 mins; July 25, 2021

Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville: Duelling Duets (An Impossible Decision)

34 mins; July 19, 2021

The Michael Bolton Solution

39 mins; July 12, 2021

”Never Surrender” (Corey Hart Appreciation Day)

32 mins; July 12, 2021

Jon Secada’s ”Just Another Day” (A Supermarket Song)

28 mins; July 12, 2021

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