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
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 69
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
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 ma…
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 w…
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 …
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 "…
1983 Part 4 Def Leppard "Photograph", glam metal from '83 & Men At Work "Overkill"
Matt & Sheryl open their minds to the glam metal movement that started gaining ground in '83 with the huge success of Def Leppard Pyromania as Matt chooses "Photograph" for the playlis…
1983 Part 3 Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", New Order "Blue Monday" & Naked Eyes "Always Something There to Remind Me"
Matt and Sheryl continue with 1983 adding Matt's picks, the Eurythmics breakthrough hit single "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and the Bacharach/David classic "Always Something There …
1983 Part 2 U2 "New Year's Day" & Echo & the Bunnymen "The Cutter"
Matt & Sheryl add U2 "New Year's Day" and Echo & the Bunnymen "The Cutter" as their first playlist picks for 1983
New Year Bonus - Favorite Albums of 2024
Mike joins Matt & Sheryl to discuss their favorite albums and songs released in 2024
1983 Michael Jackson Thriller and Prince 1999 albums
Matt & Sheryl start a new year with 2 albums released in late 1982 that found their popularity in 1983 and beyond, Michael Jackson's Thriller and Prince's 1999
1982 Part 9 Elvis Costello "Beyond Belief", Modern English "I Melt With You", John Cougar "Jack & Diane", XTC English Settlement & 1982 wrap up
Matt, Sheryl & Mike wrap up 1982 with Mike's song pick, Elvis Costello "Beyond Belief" and album XTC English Settlement, Matt's final song, John Cougar "Jack & Diane", Sheryl's final so…
1982 Part 8 Donna Summer "Love is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" & The Who "Eminence Front"
Matt & Sheryl near the end of 1982 with their penultimate episode bringing back a song they previously discussed featuring the Toto guys backing Donna Summer with Quincy Jones producing…
1982 Part 7 Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me With Science", The English Beat Special Beat Service & one hit wonders with deeper catalogs
Matt & Sheryl divert from 1982 and discuss one hit wonders with deeper catalogs that fall within the playlist years of '72 - '99 as well as Sheryl's 1982 playlist song pick, Thomas Dolb…
1982 Part 6 America "You Can Do Magic" & Duran Duran Rio
Matt & Sheryl push through 1982 with one of the last yacht rock songs to chart in the US top 10, America's "You Can Do Magic" and Sheryl's album pick for '82, an album that shook the mu…
1982 Part 5 Dexys Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen", Kim Wilde "Kids in America" & Haircut 100 "Love Plus One"
Matt & Sheryl make their way further into 1982 with songs that were considered one hit wonders in the US but had more success in the UK as the second British Invasion starts to take ove…
1982 Part 4 The English Beat "Save it for Later" & Van Halen "Dancing in the Street"
Matt & Sheryl continue adding to the playlist with The English Beat's beloved "Save it for Later" and Van Halen's cover of Martha and the Vandella's "Dancing in the Street" from one of …
1982 Part 3 Toto "Rosanna" & Don Henley "Dirty Laundry"
Matt & Sheryl focus on Toto in 1982, adding their hit single "Rosanna" to the playlist and Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry", featuring the Toto guys as session musicians, and discuss other …
1982 Part 2 Asia "Heat of the Moment", XTC "Senses Working Overtime" & The Go-Go's "We Got the Beat"
Matt and Sheryl move a little deeper into '82 with Matt's picks, supergroup Asia's "Heat of the Moment", The Go-Go's "We Got the Beat" and Sheryl's choice XTC's melodic masterpiece "Sen…
1982 The Human League "Don't You Want Me" & Men at Work "Down Under"
Matt & Sheryl move into a new year with Sheryl's first 1982 choice "Don't You Want Me" and Matt's pick "Down Under", both songs that were released in 1981 but became huge hits in '82.
1981 Part 9 Laurie Anderson "O Superman", Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "The Waiting", The Police Ghost in the Machine, King Crimson Discipline and 1981 wrap up
Mike joins Matt & Sheryl as they wrap up another year with Mike's song pick and Mike and Matt's album choices, along with near misses for the playlist from 1981.
1981 Part 8 Daryl Hall & John Oates "Private Eyes" & Chilliwack "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)
Matt & Sheryl choose their last two songs for the playlist for 1981, an iconic 80s hit single by the most popular duo in music history and a throwback one hit (or two hit) wonder in the…