Matt & Sheryl's GenExcellent Playlist
Two fifty-something music fanatics and entertainment industry veterans work through the decades to create a GenEx playlist and delve deep into the artists and songs that shaped their lives and continue to inspire them today. Listen along with Matt & Sheryl's GenExcellent Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2dtoMOrC7FwrSIh70Tqi06?si=2a7bc45a03c44038
Podcasting since 2022 • 70 episodes
Matt & Sheryl's GenExcellent Playlist
Latest Episodes
1983 part 9 Yes "Owner of a Lonely Heart", Genesis self-titled album and Neo Prog
Matt & Sheryl discuss progressive rock in the early 80s adding the only US #1 single from Yes, "Owner of a Lonely Heart" to the play list and revisit the Genesis self-titled album from '83, other 70s prog bands that moved ahead with the tim...
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Season 2
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Episode 70
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1:31:25
1983 part 8 Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Journey "Faithfully" & The Fixx "One Thing Leads to Another"
Matt & Sheryl get closer to completing their song choices for 1983 with Bonnie Tyler's larger than life rock ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Journey's ode to the difficulties of maintaining relationships at home while on the road, "Fai...
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Season 2
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Episode 69
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53:37
1983 Part 7 Big Country "In a Big Country" and The Crossing & The Tubes "She's a Beauty"
Matt & Sheryl move on with 1983 adding three songs to the playlist, Big Country "In a Big Country", Duran Duran "Is There Something I Should Know" and The Tubes "She's a Beauty" along with Sheryl's album of the year, Big Country The
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Season 2
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Episode 68
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59:38
1983 Part 6 Irene Cara "Flashdance...What a Feeling" & Spandau Ballet "True"
Matt & Sheryl continue their musical journey through 1983 with Matt's global pick for the year, Irene Cara's "Flashdance...What a Feeling" from the iconic movie Flashdance and Sheryl's playlist selection, Spandau Ballet's "True", another so...
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Season 2
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Episode 67
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1:07:31
1983 Part 5 Nena "99 Luftballons" & Peter Schilling "Major Tom (Coming Home)" and Neue Deutsche Welle
Matt & Sheryl do a deep dive into the Neue Deutsche Welle (German New Wave) scene from 1980 - '83 choosing two songs for the playlist from 1983, Nena "99 Luftballons" & Peter Schlling "Major Tom (Coming Home)".
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Season 2
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Episode 66
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