100 Songs: 1986 - Ep. 1 - I Wanna Talk About Me

About this episode

The hosts discuss selfish country songs from 1986, featuring various artists.

Yes, we have a new podcast. We are going through 100 songs released in 1986, picking one song per artist in an attempt to tell the story of a wild and oft-changing year in music. With each episode we (Tim and Chris) alternate with a 10-song theme. This week we discuss very selfish country songs, tunes that only want to "talk about me." It's a good way to get a lay of the land in 1986 country music, and we'll hear from stars like George Strait, Reba McEntire, Randy Travis and Lyle Lovett, amon...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim Malcolm, Chris Jones

Topics covered

• 1986 music
• country music
• selfish songs
• artist highlights
• music history

Keywords

• 1986
• country music
• selfish songs
• George Strait
• Reba McEntire
• Randy Travis
• Lyle Lovett

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