1. All in the Family Sunday nights felt practically sacred when All in the Family was on the schedule. Families […]

1. “American Pie” by Don McLean Some songs feel less like music and more like time machines, and this one

1. Toni Basil For a stretch of the early ’80s, it was impossible to escape Toni Basil and her cheerleader

1. Calgon “Take Me Away” These commercials made it seem completely normal for a woman to escape her entire family

1. “Hey Jude” by The Beatles There was a time when it felt impossible to turn on a radio without

1. Answering Machines Missing a phone call used to feel like a minor crisis. Answering machines sat beside every home

1. Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin Even people who owned only a small stack of records usually had this