Good Times, Bad Fiddles: Hits of '79

It’s time travel, disco balls, and questionable fashion choices as Dave, Milt, and our buddy Adam Ya Ooh Ya crack open the Billboard Top 10 from September 8, 1979. What holds up? What makes us cringe? What still makes us want to roller-skate in short-shorts? We’ve got opinions.

Expect heated debates on “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” vs. “My Sharona,” detours into random trivia, and the usual cocktail of nostalgia, snark, and stories you didn’t ask for but can’t stop listening to. Spoiler: Bruce makes an accidental cameo.

Highlights include:

• 🎲 Dave stumbles into Lady Gaga while prepping for ’79. Don’t ask.
  
  
• 🎬 Licorice Pizza, John Peters, and other Hollywood detours.
  
  
• 🎤 Yacht Rock therapy session.
  
  
• 🎻 Devil vs. Fiddle Showdown.
  
  
• ⚡ ELO teaches us not to bring them down (but we do anyway).
  
  
• 💍 Celebrity marriages, Taylor Swift tangents, and Bar Mitzvah flashbacks.
  
  
• 🎶 Chic’s “Good Times” and why it’s secretly behind everything.
  
  
• 🎸 The Knack still smacking us with “My Sharona.”
  
  

And of course, the Past Tens patented Substitution Segment™—where we rip out one of the so-called “hits” and jam in a better one from that week. Then we slap a grade on the whole list like we’re back in homeroom.

Settle in. This episode’s longer than a disco 12-inch single.