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Pat MacDonald: Looking Back at “The Future’s So Bright”
Leo Sidran
Forty years ago this summer, singer songwriter Pat MacDonald released one of the defining pop songs of the 1980s: “The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades.” Today Leo Sidran considers the song’s legacy.
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Ray Long
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