Michael Sembello

Um, they, they debuted a new song of the legend of Achilles.

They covered maniac, the classic eighties tune by Michael Sembello.

Um, the, This was maybe I'm showing my ignorance here by not seeing Firewind for the first time until 2026, but they were outstanding.

Maybe the band of the day.

You can see him...

If you go back and you look at some of the Stevie, uh, Stevie Wonder, uh, live performances, you can see one or two where Michael Sembello was the guitarist.

He played with Stevie for a long time, but he did so much other work too.

Songwriter and performer in his own right, Michael Sembello.

Born on this date in 1983.

Of course, this one was from the, uh, film Flashdance.

Maniac 223.

Uh, mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, George Benson, Denise Williams, Niecy, Herbie Hancock, and, uh, Michael Sembello, M- remember of-

Wow

...

Yeah, it's Maniac.

It's [laughs] by a guy called Michael Sembello.

Wow.

But that start of it, that's like a TikTok trend, Bron.

And I was like, "Oh yeah, I didn't realize this was from Flashdance." And I gotta tell you, I'll give you a s- another clue for who's joining us at the Brisbane rave October 29.

Ooh, yes, please do.

It's not Michael Sembello.

[laughs]

[laughs]

Uh, Maniac, Michael Sembello.

We gotta do that one at some point here.

Uh, Sweet Dreams Are Made of This from the Eurythmics.