In 1985, pop music was not a forum for the dark subject of abuse, doors were opened leading up to that year to take about deep subjects from Tears for Fears to an awkward singer named Aimee Mann was fronting a New Wave band called Til Tuesday from Boston brought the taboo topic to light with a groundbreaking song about empowerment. Voices Carry was a New Wave revelation. It was one of the most memorable hits of the mid-80s, with an acclaimed music video that was daring & disturbing. When you hear the story of this haunting track, you’ll likely hear it with a whole new understanding & appreciation of its brilliance. But it has a lot of stories… so which one is true? That’s what we’ll be trying to solve. By the way, this may be the most haunting song of 1985 and it also might be the year's catchiest. it’s all coming up NEXT on Professor of Rock.”

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Thinking back on 1985, it was a very exciting time for music. The artistic creativity coming from arguably the peak of the New Wave Era was interesting, thought-provoking, and spiritually absorbing. Artists like Tears For Fears, The Smiths, Talking Heads, Eurythmics, Kate Bush, Dire Straits, and The Cure were breaking through to a larger audience, starving for stimulation that was missing from the doldrums of the musical period from '75 to '82.

There was an abundance of songs with heady themes, such as repressed childhood trauma: Gender role reversal: Social bigotry: Nuclear War: and stalking Had to show that one… these and other “forbidden” topics were becoming sing-a-long conversations that evoked.. a new perspective on subjects that many labeled as taboo to address in popular music.

Record labels were inclined to keep everything light & bouncy, not wanting to give radio programmers an excuse not to play a single.
In '85, a Boston band with a striking, yet shy, front woman, dared to expose the effects of a controlling, abusive relationship. The band was Til Tuesday, featuring lead vocalist & lyricist, Aimee Mann…. The song was their undeniable and haunting top 10 hit…”Voices Carry.”

Aimee Mann went through an incredible ordeal when she was only three years old. After her parents divorced, she was kidnapped by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend. She was rescued after her father hired a private detective that found his little daughter in Europe. Young Aimee was returned to her father’s home in Boston and united with her stepmother and two stepbrothers.

The experience deeply affected Aimee’s childhood and complicated the rest of her life. She was so traumatized by the kidnapping that she didn’t speak for months at a time. Her parents were worried that she had developed serious psychological issues.