The guys get a listener letter asking for some clarity around the rumor that Billy Squire's career got squashed by one bad video (and one very silky blouse).

 

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SHOW NOTES

Songs used in this episode: Billy Squire “Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You”; Piper “Out of Control”; Billy Squire “The Stroke,” “Rock Me Tonight”; The Tubes “She’s A Beauty”  

 

The “Rock Me Tonight” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI 

“Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You” MTV Christmas video (1981): 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn9uBDUOcU

I Want My MTV (book): https://www.amazon.com/Want-My-MTV-Uncensored-Revolution/dp/0452298563/ref=asc_df_0452298563/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Me_Tonite

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/billy-squier-rock-me-tonite-video/

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/billy-squier-christmas-is-the-time-to-say-i-love-you/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signs_of_Life_(Billy_Squier_album)

https://www.cracked.com/article_34809_crackeds-one-hit-blunders-5-ways-one-awful-music-video-ended-billy-squiers-career.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ortega

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tubes

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-debate-that-changed-the-world-of-politics