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Our journey through 1999 continues with pop punk sensation blink-182 and their smash hit, “All the Small Things“. It’s two minutes of romantic pop-punk sensibilities filled with bombastic drum fills and nasally declarations of love. And the video is supremely 1999, even if that means that you won’t get half of the references. Join Wes… Continue reading blink-182 – All the Small Things Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

Our coverage of 1999 continues with the song that The Ringer ranked 22nd on its list of the biggest singles from 1999: Eminem’s “My Name Is”. It was our introduction to the Slim Shady persona, platinum blond hair, and endless controversies of a young man named Marshall Mathers aka Eminem. Eminem would later call the… Continue reading Eminem – My Name Is Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

In today’s episode, Wes and Clay discuss Santana and Rob Thomas’ 1999 smash hit, “Smooth”! It’s one of the most successful songs of all-time, it brought Santana back into the cultural consciousness, and it allowed Rob Thomas to brag about having a smoking hot Latina for a girlfriend! The guys discuss yet another video from… Continue reading Santana Ft. Rob Thomas – Smooth Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

Is a desperate plea to keep a lover from slipping away? Or is it the cry of a woman who needs some domestic violence to make herself feel alive? Whatever the case may be, it’s a catchy little diddy from 1999 that sparked the career of a pop star who burned too brightly in the… Continue reading Britney Spears – … Baby One More Time Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

SUM BUDDY once told me… To kick off their celebration of the musical styling of 1999, Wes and Clay do a deep dive into “All Star” which entered the public consciousness and has never really found its way out. It was a huge hit for Smash Mouth and was included in numerous film soundtracks, cementing… Continue reading Smash Mouth – All Star Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghosts! It’s the mantra of the 80s, and it’s the brain child of Ray Parker Jr. The theme song to Ghostbusters is arguably as important as the film (who doesn’t know how to answer “Who you gonna call?) and it’s an earworm that you’re never able to forget. The music… Continue reading Ray Parker Jr – Ghostbusters Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” was a massive hit that helped to propel James Cameron’s Titanic to the top of the box office charts. A simple love song that mimics Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” in both cadence and structure, Dion’s mega-hit features vague lyrics, soaring vocals, and a half-assed music… Continue reading Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

As we continue with our movie-themed music video coverage, we’re moving into the mid 90s and the height of Arnold Schwarzenegger! “Big Gun” is an AC/DC song that was written for Last Action Hero – it has not appeared on any of their studio albums. The brawny riffs of one of the greatest rock n’… Continue reading AC/DC – Big Gun Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

West Coast hip-hop had a strong showing in the mid ’90s, and one of the most iconic songs to come from the era was “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio. It was the theme song for the Michelle Pfeiffer-led Dangerous Minds film, and it won a handful of Grammys and has become a staple of pop culture.… Continue reading Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

Cyndi Lauper is an iconic pop star of the ’80s who penned a number of huge hits, including “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Time After Time”. Unfortunately, she also performed “The Goonies ‘r’ Good Enough“. It’s a song based in the film The Goonies, except it has nothing to do with that film (except… Continue reading Cyndi Lauper – The Goonies ‘r’ Good Enough Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

Blues Traveler made a big splash in the mid-90s with their bluesy, folk-rock harmonica driven sound (and larger than life front man, John Popper). They had a string of hits that started with “Run-Around“, a whimsical and upbeat pop song that features ferocious harp playing and borderline nonsensical lyrics. The video is a play on… Continue reading Blues Traveler – Run-Around Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

One of the finest albums of the 1980s (in the opinion of Wes), Songs from the Big Chair spawned a number of hits, including the iconic “Shout“. Tears for Fears is an almost perfect amalgam of the decade: big hair, big teeth, big clothes, and great songwriting. It’s frequently considered to be an “emo” song,… Continue reading Tears for Fears – Shout Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

If you’ve got a pretty generic band with a pretty generic song, the only solution might be to spend $35 and shoot yourself one helluva music video. Queensryche is a modestly influential metal band from the 1980s, but what they lacked in musical panache they more than made up for with their music video for… Continue reading Queensryche – Queen of the Reich Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

Change my pitch up, smack my bitch up. That’s the entirety of lyrics for this song, so you know that the video is going to have to do some heavy lifting. The Prodigy are the 90s electronic band that Wes remembers the most, and he remembers this video being “too disturbing” for MTV to air… Continue reading The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

This week, Wes and Clay discuss the musical stylings of the inimitable Meat Loaf! Meat Loaf became famous due to his Bat Out of Hell trilogy, and his biggest hit during that stretch of albums was the Grammy-winning I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That). It’s a Michael Bay directed masterpiece: a… Continue reading Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

In the premiere episode of The Radio Star Murders, Wes and Clay go for something to get the kids interested: the bombastic overconfidence of “Thunder” by Imagine Dragons. Imagine Dragons has dominated the charts over the past few years, and at the same time have come under heavy criticism for their production values and advertiser… Continue reading Imagine Dragons – Thunder Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com

In the 1980s, a crime wave rocked the music world. A new kind of technology enabled the systematic murder of hundreds of musicians, artist’s whose only crime was having a face for radio. In this podcast, internet sleuths Wes and Clay review hundreds of case files in an effort to solve a mystery that has… Continue reading The Radio Star Murders – Introduction Find all of our content at The Pensky File Links! • https://thepenskyfile.com/links • e-Mail : thepenskyfilevideo@gmail.com