Remembering
80s Pop Music
A
culture long gone but 1980s
popular music is still
alive
What do you
recall about 80s pop music? Do
the names George Michael,
Madonna, Bon Jovi and the
legendary Michael Jackson ring a
bell? Well, these are just some
of the names that reverberated in
the music scene of 80s and early
nineties.
The 1980s
popular music scene was a
revolutionary step to the
popularity of present-day music
and its pioneers deserve all the
credit. A new wave introduced and
made such genres as punk rock,
rap and the MTV show popular and
more commercialized.
As much as
it was an end to old 60s and 70s
styles, it was also the beginning
of something big. The popularity
of music videos with MTV wave
kicking in meant that artists now
replaced their guitar-based music
with visual displays and as a
result, much of the music began
to show serious shelf life. A new
wave of artists came on the scene
and the entire industry gained
momentum.
The most
notable 80s pop music video is
unmistakably Michael
Jackson’s
‘Thriller’. Introduced
in 1982, few people can forget
the video not only because of its
never-before-seen graphics, but
also due to the popularity and
the publicity it received, thanks
to MTV.
Think too
of how this musical genre changed
the lives of people who grew and
became teenagers in the 1980
decade. Ask a youth today to tell
you the names of the ‘New
Kids On The Block’ and they
will start spouting off the
neighborhood kids who just moved
in.
Better yet,
ask them if they know what
Bananarama is and they will
probably tell you it is an ice
cream flavor. These are not the
answers you might have heard in
the 80s. Well despite the fact
that today’s youth does not
recognize how cool 80s pop music
was, most people will always
remember it for what it was and
these are precious memories they
will always cherish.
Some of the
80s popular music legends include
Madonna who embodied audacity and
confidence, U2 who continue to
evolve and maintain their
attitude, AeroSmith and of course
the King of Pop Michael Jackson.
Let us not forget Prince, Tina
Turner, Phil Collins and from
Motown Lionel Ritchie.
Some of
these musicians played music that
has stood the test of time and
still rule the airwaves.
Undoubtedly, the 80s pop music
scene will live on in the form of
cds and videos for many more
years to come.
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