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Loverboy - "Get Lucky" - the off-the-rails special Valentine's Episode!

Episode 80

“Get Lucky” from 1981 is about wanting everything—success, sex, attention—and not feeling even slightly bad about it.

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

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LIVE- "Throwing Copper"- is Throwing Copper a "90s Top 10 Album," or kind of over-rated?

Episode 79

Join the Bourbon Brothers this week as they discuss Throwing Copper.

This album is one of the most nakedly confessional rock albums of the ’90s — jea…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Imagine Dragons- "Night Visions"- does ChatGPT still get royalties for creating Imagine Dragons?!?

Episode 78

We debate Night Visions. 

Is Imagine Dragons unfairly criticized because they’re successful—or fairly criticized because their sound feels engineere…

5 months ago

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COMMERCIAL- "Classic Rocktails"

Episode 77

5 months ago

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Tom Petty & HB - "Into the Great Wide Open"- Is this secretly a concept album about fame and disillusionment?

Episode 76

Is this secretly a concept album about fame and disillusionment? Eddie’s rise, success, moral compromise, and emotional fallout — intentional narrat…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Billy Squier- "Don't Say No"- is this the greatest cock rock album ever made?

Episode 75

Billy Squier's iconic debut album "Don't Say No," featuring The Stroke, My Kind of Lover, In the Dark...

Is this Cock Rock-- or actually vulnerable? …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Eric Clapton, "Journeyman"- do you like your Clapton fiery or cool?

Episode 74

Clapton's comeback album, Journeyman. A polished gem-- or does the gloss make it sound trapped in the 80's?

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Prince- "Purple Rain"- the most dominant single-artist power move in rock history?

Episode 73

Is Purple Rain a perfect album—or an untouchable myth we’re afraid to question?

In this episode of Classic Rocktails, we revisit Prince’s Purple Rain…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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38 Special- "Tour de Force"- an under-appreciated piece of pure early-80s muscle rock?

Episode 72

Is Tour de Force an under-appreciated piece of pure early-80s muscle rock?

“If I’d Been the One” alone makes Tour de Force worth revisiting. Big hoo…

6 months ago

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The 2025 Holiday Episode

Episode 71

Cocktails flow, a holiday gift exchange gets competitive, and rock legends land on the Naughty or Nice list. Laughs, hot takes, and holiday chaos—Cla…

6 months, 1 week ago

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