Michael Douglas shares these two lesser known soundtrack songs from the mid-1980s ... in a word or two, polished pop. Enjoy.

He's Back! That's right. Michael Douglas is back with another season (#3) of the podcast, Music Makes Me High! He kicks off the season with the classic, seminal New Wave album from 1982, Forever Now, from the Psychedelic Furs, his intro into early 1980s alternative music. Enjoy!

In this edition of the podcast, Michael Douglas discusses his second fave Simply Red album, A New Flame, and how it was a refreshing release in the summer of 1989, perfectly complementing other major releases during that period.

On this episode of the podcast, Michael Douglas discusses the eponymous effort from the New Jack/R&B duo Damian Dame, a largely coherent album whose content never had a successor. He talks about what could've been ... had the duo's life not been eerily cut short.

On this episode of the Music Makes Me High! podcast, Michael Douglas recounts his decision to buy Janet Jackson's eponymous debut album on vinyl 40 years ago, and why, despite its faults, it is an essential album to him ... as the album firmly announced to the world Janet Jackson could, indeed, sing on her own!

Join Michael Douglas on this edition of the MMMH podcast, as he discusses one of his essential albums from the 1980s, Reckless, from Bryan Adams.  Among other things, he explains why this album captures the pop/rock hybrid to perfection right smack dab in the middle of the 1980s -- perfecting the energy and sound of music within pop culture zeitgeist at the time.

Michael Douglas gives his reasons for appreciating these two tracks from Rupert Holmes' 1979 album, Partners In Crime.

On this edition of the podcast, Michael Douglas gleefully describes why he likes this game-changer (Rapture) from one of the 1980's finest female voices in jazz/R&B, Anita Baker.