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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