- (singing along) ♪ Get your back up off the wall ♪
- (singing along) ♪ That's all they really want ♪
- I have a dancing playlist. You can make fun of me later.
♪ (upbeat theme music) ♪
- (FBE) I hope you've been brushing up
on your music repertoire because we're gonna play you
some songs from the '80s and we'll see how well you know them.
- Oh no!
I will not do great on this at all.
I'm not sure if I've listened to '80s music at all or if any.
- You know I'm horrible at these.
My parents didn't show me any '80s music,
so I'm not up on my '80s music.
- Damn it! That's the decade I don't know.
I know music from before the '80s and after the '80s,
but I have no reference frame for the '80s.
- It's already good enough that I know '90s music,
so having to know '80s music, it's like you have to be taught that.
- I feel like if I get any of these wrong,
my mom will kill me because she always listens
to '80s music.
- I think '80s is such an iconic sound.
I might not know the artist or the title,
but I usually know the song.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ It doesn't make a difference... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...if we make it or not ♪
- ♪ We've got each other and that's a lot... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...for love ♪
♪ We'll give it a shot ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Whoa, we're halfway there ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Whoa, livin' on a prayer ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Whoa... ♪
- ♪ ...livin' on a prayer ♪
- This was my ringtone in 6th grade.
I love that song.
That's always been just a super pump up anthem.
- (FBE) So do you know it? - No, I... (sighing)
Why isn't it coming to me?
This is, like, the one song I know.
- It's "Livin' on a Prayer," but I don't know the artist.
- "Livin' on a Prayer," but I don't know the artist.
- "Livin' on a Prayer," and is it Bon Jovi?
- It's "Livin' on a Prayer"... (uncertainly) Bon Jovi?
- This is "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi.
- (FBE) This is "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi.
- There we go. Bon Jovi's classic.
- Oh, Bon Jovi. Okay.
- I feel like that's the most iconic Bon Jovi song.
- If you play that song and you're in a car, like,
everyone's gonna scream out, like, "Aah-aaah!"
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Girls, they wanna have fun ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Oh, girls, they wanna have ♪
- (singing along) ♪ That's all they really want ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Some fun ♪
This music video, too, is so much fun.
- (singing along) ♪ ...day is done ♪
♪ Oh, girls, they want to have fun ♪
- ♪ Oh, girls, they wanna have ♪
♪ Girls want... ♪
- See, I know the Weird Al version of this song
much better than this version of this song.
- ♪ Girls wanna have... ♪
- This is played at every eight-year-old birthday party.
- (FBE) Do you know it?
- "Girls Wanna Have Fun." I don't know the artist.
- "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
I have no idea who sings it.
- "Girls Wanna Have Fun."
I actually never learned who the artist was.
- "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." Is that Cyndi Lauper?
- "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper?
- "Girls Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper.
- (FBE) So this is "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
by Cyndi Lauper. - Never heard of her.
- Cyndi Lauper. I know her.
I know her face and everything.
- Classic. Love that song.
It was the O.G. girl anthem.
- (FBE) So this song was a huge part of 1980s culture.
It set fashion trends as Lauper wore
bright, outrageous clothes in the music video.
It helped set the stage for artists like Madonna.
So here is an example of the look.
- Ooh! That's a very spicy picture.
That's awesome.
- That's really pretty.
I feel like I dress very similar sometimes.
I wear really bright things
and my makeup normally is done really bright.
So that's pretty cool. I dig it.
- I've said this before, but I'm all about '80s fashion.
(laughing) Like, I love all the colors.
It's super bright. I like her hairdo.
It's kind of wild and she just wants to have fun.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ I just called... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...to say I love you ♪
- I like the little piano.
- ♪ I just called... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...to say how much I care ♪
- I don't think I've ever heard this song before.
- (singing along) ♪ I just called (sniffling) to say... ♪
(squealing) My heart!
- ♪ ...I love you ♪
♪ And I mean it from the bottom... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...of my heart ♪
Aww. I love that song.
Every time I hear anything by him, it makes me just want
to go out and find love and just have a happy life.
- (FBE) So do you know this one? - No, I don't.
- I've heard it, I'm sure. I just don't know who it's by.
- "I Just Called to Say I Love You"?
Stevie Wonder?
- It's Stevie Wonder, for sure.
"I Just Called to Say I Love You"?
- "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder.
- (FBE) So this is "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
by Stevie Wonder. - That was Stevie Wonder?
How did I not recognize his voice?
- Oh wow. It's by Stevie Wonder?
Oh man, I'm so bad at this.
- Oh, that one hurts.
I love Stevie Wonder, too.
I just don't remember that song at all.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Every rose... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...has its thorn ♪
♪ (guitar solo) ♪
- ♪ Just like every night... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...has its dawn ♪
I've heard this song.
- ♪ Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song ♪
- It sounds pretty country.
- ♪ Every rose has its thorn ♪
- It's such a weird combination of peaceful and happy,
but also kind of angsty and upset.
It's like you're upset, but you're accepting it.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- I don't know the title or the artist.
- "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"?
Oh my gosh, who sang this?
- "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"?
But I don't remember who sings it.
Oh, my mom's gonna be so disappointed.
- "Every Rose Has Its Thorns," and it's Bret Michaels' band.
- "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison.
I've just always seen the word "Poison"
next to that song whenever it comes on the radio or something.
- (FBE) This is "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
by Poison. - Never heard of it.
- Poison's a rock band, isn't it?
They need to stay in their lane.
- Poison! Okay, yeah.
See, I know Bret Michaels' sound.
I just forgot the name of his band.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ In the same boat ♪
♪ With a lot of your friends ♪
♪ Waiting for the day ♪
♪ Your ship will come in ♪
♪ And the tide's gonna turn ♪
♪ An' it's all gonna roll you away ♪
♪ Workin' 9 to 5 ♪
♪ What a way to make a living ♪
- This is from the movie.
- ♪ Barely gettin' by ♪
♪ It's all taking ♪
♪ And no giving ♪
- This makes you want to dance.
- ♪ ...use your mind ♪
♪ And they never give you credit ♪
♪ It's enough to drive you ♪
♪ Crazy if you let it ♪
- It has kind of a silly vibe to it.
That's cool. I've never heard that before.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - I don't know.
- Uh-uh.
- No, I do not know the song or the artist.
- "9 to 5"?
I don't know who it's by.
- "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton.
- "9 to 5," Dolly Parton.
- "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton.
- (FBE) This is "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton.
- Yeah, never heard of Dolly Parton.
It's good music, though.
- She just has such a unique voice that it's like,
when you hear it, you know it's Dolly Parton.
- Dolly Parton, okay.
She did a great guest spot on Hannah Montana,
but other than that, I don't know too much about her.
- I just love her.
I think it's probably because she was on Hannah Montana.
And then when I looked more into her,
she was just magical.
- (FBE) So the inspiration for this song
actually came from Dolly's long acrylic nails.
When tapping them together, she realized it sounded like
a typewriter and she even played her fingernails as percussion
when she recorded the track. - Really?
That is so cool. That's so creative.
- Cool, yeah.
Use the world as your instrument.
- That's so crazy.
Actually using your nails as drums.
It's innovative, dang.
You go, Dolly Parton. You go, girl.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ How you gonna do it if you really don't... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...want to dance ♪
- ♪ By standing... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...on the wall ♪
♪ Get your back up off the wall ♪
- ♪ Tell me ♪
- Oh, that's funky.
- ♪ How you gonna do it if you really don't wanna dance ♪
♪ By standing on the wall ♪
- My mom's gonna kill me.
- ♪ I heard all the people sayin' ♪
♪ Get down on it, come on... ♪ - Yeah.
(singing along) ♪ Get down it ♪
Okay.
- (singing along) ♪ Get down on it if you want it ♪
♪ Get down on it ♪
- ♪ Get down on it ♪
♪ Get down on it ♪
- I like '80s music. I should listen to this more.
- ♪ ...baby, baby ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Get down on it ♪
- ♪ Get on it ♪
♪ Get down on it ♪ - Awesome.
I'm gonna actively look for that song.
That's sick. I like that. That's funky.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- It's "Get Down on It," but I don't know the artist.
- Definitely "Get Down on It," but I don't know who it is.
- "Get Down on It." I don't know who sings it.
- (FBE) This is "Get Down on It" by Kool and the Gang.
- Yeah, I would've never gotten that.
- Kool and the Gang is a band that I have heard those words before.
- I've heard the name.
I haven't heard anything else by them.
- Oh! (laughing and groaning)
I have this on my Spotify playlist.
I have a dancing playlist. You can make fun of me later.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ You're so fine ♪
♪ And you're mine ♪
♪ Make me strong ♪
♪ Yeah, you make me bold ♪
♪ Oh, your love thawed me out ♪ - Oh, okay.
I feel like I know this song.
- ♪ Yeah, your love thawed out... ♪
- See, another Weird Al song.
- ♪ ...scared and cold ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Like a virgin ♪ - ♪ Hey ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Touched for the very first time ♪
- ♪ Like a virgin ♪ - It's bad.
I've heard this song before.
- ♪ With your heartbeat next to mine ♪
- (groaning)
This is always the hardest part, identifying who it is.
I feel like a detective right now.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - Nope.
- It's "Like a Virgin." I don't know who it is.
- That's "Like a Virgin" by... is it Madonna?
- "Like a Virgin" by Madonna?
- "Like a Virgin" by Madonna.
- It's "Like a Virgin" by Madonna.
- It's Madonna, "Like a Virgin."
- (FBE) So this is "Like a Virgin" by Madonna.
- Okay, I know who Madonna is.
- Classic. Classic Madonna.
She was just the "it" artist for girls.
My mom was obsessed with Madonna. Are you kidding me?
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
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