In the s, the threat was much more immediate. An ICBM can fly from Moscow to Washington in less than 30 minutes , and that meant that in the s, we were all 30 minutes from doom as out politicians kept helpfully reminding us.
Being under threat all the time brings about strong emotions, and strong emotions inspire a lot of good music. During much of the s, the economy was booming, bringing newfound wealth to the middle class. While young executives bought BMWs and bragged about monthly bonuses, artists sulked in the background, complaining that all this consumption was spiritually empty and leading to a high-stress, planet-destroying lifestyle.
Others pointed out that most of the wealth, as usual, was going to educated, middle-class white men, leaving women and people of color largely behind. This was a perfect environment for the establishment of a new music underground as a protest movement. And boy, did we get one. Actually, we got several. Whole high schools were filled with kids wearing stonewashed jeans and Metallica jackets. However, the '80s were still largely ruled by the record label.
This was a mixed blessing. They wanted to find massive talents who would have massive careers, people who would change the music game. Search for '80s artists and listen to their recordings that you might have missed. For example, Midnight Oil had one really big album in the US market, Diesel and Dust , but they had four other albums during the decade that were just as good.
Jesse Sterling Harrison is an author, recording artist, and part-time farmer. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, three daughters, and a herd of ducks. Topics: opinion. Third, the rise of technology in music. Theatrical hits, such as Star Wars , ET , and Die Hard had incredibly sweeping musical scores that led to their success at the box office, while others, such as The Terminator and the films of John Carpenter took advantage of computer-synthesized music for their scores.
The music of film during the era was revolutionary and truly changed the way movies are made. When people judge a decade, they often do so years afterward. Feb 13 Arts and Life. They were almost exactly the same age but can all three really have hit their straps in the same decade? Ambassador, you are spoiling us…. There was a commitment to all music genres across all the terrestrial channels.
The burgeoning Channel Four has to take a lot of credit and had a lot to prove — The Tube was a brilliant statement of intent and later in the decade Sounds of Surprise and The Late Shift showcased superb jazz and blues documentaries. Imagine turning on the TV at 6.
New Romantics, Goths, Soulboys, Ravers, Casuals, Psychobillies, Brosettes, Durannies, metal kids — they all had an instantly-recognisable uniform and ethos. The DIY punk spirit had came to the fore again, but this time with added musical spice. And this time there was so much to go around that no-one could be accused of being a fashion victim. Blues, soul, funk, jazz, electro, go-go, house and hip-hop were setting the agenda.
Like Like. The singer from the Associates was clearly taking his style cues from that Resistance lady from Allo Allo. Very good points but the one you missed out was that the 80s was also the golden age of heavy metal with bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Dio, Motley Crue, Ratt, etc.
One great independent label that ruled in the mid 80s was Combat Records. Like Liked by 1 person. I shall look forward to reading it. On a shameless self publicising note. Damned straight. While the 70s and 60s would probably come in second and third for any musical contest, no generation beats the 80s for Pure raw music Talent and Exposition.
You might have focused a bit more on the punk rock explosion that really got its team in the early to mid 80s, and the musical offerings from Gen-X and Transvision Vamp, for example, followed by solo Acts from Billy Idol and Joan Jett after they came into their own, but the 80s had so much to offer, one article could never possibly cover it all.
It was truly a cornucopia of musical goodness. I was unbelievably lucky to live through such an era, especially when you compare it to such lackluster, talentless, over-vocalized, and recycled music offerings from the 90s forward with few exceptions and for such stodgy offerings overall prior to the sixties.
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