This week, Jim McGuinn promises to play promising songs on Teenage Kicks — really! Jim got a request from listener Steve, for Echo and the Bunnymen's song "A Promise," released 40 years ago this week, and Jim realized there are a number of Kicks era classics with the word "promise" in the title! What was it about the '80s that everyone was promising? From Bruce to Benatar, Naked Eyes to Hüsker Dü , Echo and the Bunnymen and more, you'll hear songs … with a lot of promise.

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Playlist, hour 1

Playlist, hour 2