P.M. Dawn
“Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”
vs. Spandau Ballet "True"
Originally titled “True Memories of Bliss”
From the Riffs archive First aired Jan 30, 2019. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
You are about to set adrift on a journey through time, where P.M. Dawn’s romantic rap ballads took hip-hop by storm and the new waves of British pop make a splash. What we geek out over in this episode: The soul music genre, saxophone solos, Bob James “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” (1974) and Run-DMC “Peter Piper” (1986), Joni Mitchell “The Boho Dance” (1975), Christina Applegate, MC KRS-One “The Bridge is Over” (1987) & “South Bronx” (1986), and the Boomerang movie (1992).
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.