The Record Of The Year Showdown enters the second "bracket" section with winners from 1975-1990, which means a lot of flashbacks to our America's Damp 40 season; theories about Billy Joel and Rufus Wainwright; Eagles/color-blindness test metaphors; underappreciated dad-bod pop stars; how a cult implicated Steve Winwood; and the necessity of special categories to contain nuclear waste like "We Are The World." It all culminates in a FIVE-way tie amongst cheeses standing alone -- AND outtakes! We've got wind, we've got wings, YOU'VE got an all-new episode of MASTAS.

Our intro is Laura Barger and Jack Baldelli, and our outro is Aimee Mann and your hosts losing their damn minds. For more information/to become a patron of the show, visit patreon.com/mastas.

SHOW NOTES

• Not sure what's going on? ROTYS Episode 1
• America's Damp 40, Episode 04 (ONJ)
• Episode 158: Joni Mitchell, "Help Me"
• "This Masquerade" on The Lost Songs Project
• America's Damp 40, Episode 05 (William Joel)
• Episode 51: Billy Joel, "Sleeping With The Television On"
• America's Damp 40, Episode 02 (SDB's "Baker Street" whoop is at 5:13)
• America's Damp 40, Episode 08 (Barbra)
• Episode 106: Turnerdome!
• "'We Are The World': A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown" at Rolling Stone
• Episode 242: Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car"
• Episode 10: John Parr, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)"