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20,847Coming up, we're taking the time machine to the 80s and going on a shopping spree at the record store. We're gonna track down the ten best albums of 1985 including the best song and best hidden gem from each of these masterpieces and along the way we get the Tear for Fears #1 hit Everybody Wants to Rule the World that has an inside joke that almost nobody got that references another song from the same album…later that song they joked about went to #1 and settled a stupid argument with a label exec. Then there’s the conversation guitarist Mark Knopfler heard at a store…The banter was so entertaining he wrote it down word for word, and it became the #1 hit Money For Nothing, but because he used a slur that was said in the real dialogue, it’s still censored on radio. Plus, the record by Kate Bush that took 37 years to hit #1, a song where famous outcast Morrissey got even with all of his bullies with a guitar riff that most shredders could never dream of. And the Heart song These Dreams that was rejected by multiple female icons, including Stevie Nicks, but then Nancy Wilson took up the challenge and made it Heart's first #1 hit! It's all next on Professor of Rock.
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We’re gonna fire up the time machine and head back to the 80s to celebrate a great year in music. Reagan was our president, it was a turning point in the Cold War between the superpowers of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R., a worldwide effort to feed the world through a musical event called Live Aid, and some of the greatest albums of the Rock Era. The year was 1985. So as we got through these iconic albums, I’m going to give you the big hit from each one, my pick for the best song, and the best hidden gem…
Today, as we count down the 10 best albums of that year, we begin with R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction at #10: Fables of the Reconstruction has the deep substance that attracted me to R.E.M. in the first place, but that album was a little more focused on social roots and honest introspection than the previous R.E.M. material. The songwriting on Fables is particularly poetic and evocative. Michael Stipe’s lyrics delve into themes of Southern identity, history, and spirituality, often using imagery centered in the American South.
For me, the best song on Fables is the 2nd single from the record, “Driver 8.” Michael Stipe has mentioned that he was fascinated by the idea of trains as symbols of movement, connection, and sometimes escape. He was specifically singing about the Southern Crescent passenger train operated by the Southern Railroad. I definitely feel that freedom and sense of adventure when I listen to “Driver 8:” The Hidden Gem off Fables of the Reconstruction is "Life and How to Live It." That song is based on the true story of Brev Mekis, a schizophrenic man from Athens who went to extraordinary lengths to split his world into two separate realities.
He literally divided his home into two sides, each filled with its own distinct furniture, books, clothing, and even pets, creating a life where two completely different worlds existed side by side. The song captures the surreal, fragmented experience of mental illness, exploring themes of perception, reality, and the human desire for order amidst chaos. It’s a haunting reflection on the complexity of the mind and the lengths we go to find stability when everything feels… fractured.