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Ongoing History of New Music

Introducing "Everything 80's"

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

Music History, History, Music, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.8604 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It was a classic battle between good and evil and it gave us one of the greatest toys of all time. Today, we journey back to revisit the history of the iconic Transformers. From their early days in Japan to dominating TVs and toy shelves in North America, this is another defining 1980s toys franchise that was also a masterclass in marketing. So hit play and let's roll out! Support the show and get bonus audio content at Patreon.com/80s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

0:04.3

history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

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0:39.0

Hey, it's Alan Cross, and I want to introduce you to another podcast that I think you'll like.

0:43.7

It's called Everything 80s.

0:46.0

And host Jamie Lodge takes you on a dizzying journey full of excess and discovery and innovation

0:51.6

that forever changed the way we dressed, consumed, and connected.

0:56.0

On his weekly podcast, he covers everything from the explosion of Blockbuster movies to the birth

1:00.1

of cable networks and the MTV generation.

1:02.9

We sat front row to groundbreaking leaps in science and technology with the creation of Apple,

1:07.9

the space shuttle, the compact disc. The world would never be the same again.

1:12.4

So, great Scott, jump into your DeLorean and buckle up as he brings you the story.

1:16.9

This is the Transformers.

1:20.9

An alien race in search of new sources of energy, crash lands on Earth, where they remain

1:27.0

in tomb for four million years.

1:30.3

That is, until 1984.

1:35.3

That's when Megatron's evil Decepticons wake up and set about to pillage Earth to revitalize

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