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Daily Dirt for Friday, October 25, 2024 year

It was 1984, and the Boss was… well, the boss. Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Tom. 1096 The Daily Dirt.

1. Welcome to the second day of our three-part special dedicated to the sweetest sounds of late summer and early autumn 50, 40 and 30 years ago.

Today we’re looking at The Daily Dirt’s personal top 10 from 40 years ago, 1984, which, in addition to being George Orwell’s favorite year, offered some tunes especially dear to the hearts of all baby boomers.

Here’s the best from four decades ago, when we were all a little wiser, probably a lot thinner, and had a lot more hair:

• 1. “Glory Days” by Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band: Of all the Springsteen videos of that era, this was the best. Not only was it a great song, but it also prominently featured Little Stephen and his evil guitar. I also liked how it ended with the Boss on that pitcher’s mound talking about Greig Nettles.
• 2. “Let’s Go Crazy”, Prince: Best song from the album “Purple Rain”? Is this the title track? For me it would depend on what mood I was in.
• 3. “Summer Boys”, Don Henley: Henley never got much respect as a vocalist.
• 4. “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid: Around the 1:35 mark, Bono joins in and the song takes on “instant classic” status.
• 5. “All My Scandalous Friends Are Coming Over Tonight,” Hank Williams Jr.: One of my top 10 favorite country songs from the genre’s best decade.
• 6. Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr.: Who will you call?
• 7. “Stupid Heart” by Steve Perry: I vote this as Perry’s best solo performance.
• 8. “I Can’t Fight This Feeling” by REO Speedwagon: One of two #1 songs for Speedwagon. The other was “Keep Living You.”
• 9. “Drive” by The Cars: Benjamin Orr sang lead on this, not Rick Ocasek.
• 10. “The baby is wearing blue jeans”, Mel McDaniel: “Lord, have mercy…on her baby blue jeans.”

Next: 1994.

2. Do you know (part 164) …

• If tomatoes are a fruit, and they are, then ketchup should probably be considered a smoothie.
• Caitlin Clark gets to keep $53,988 of her $76,535 salary for Indiana Fever after taxes.
• The real name of actor Vin Diesel is Mark Sinclair.
• Kirk Douglas, the late movie star, was named Issur Danielovich at birth.
• Honey is technically bee vomit.

3. This Week’s Best Found on Facebook:

• “My friend David had his ID stolen. Now he just gave.”
• “If a witch is a twin, how can you tell which witch is which?”
• “Indiana is higher than Alabama in football right now. Let that sink in.”
• “A bicycle in the city constantly knocks me down. It’s a vicious circle.”
• “Before Mount Rushmore was carved, its beauty was unpredictable.”

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Steve Aiginger writes daily for the Muddy River News. Steve was a great baseball player in high school. He could throw that speedball past you and make a fool of you, kid.