1980s Music - A Look at the 80s Through Its Music366265

For everyone who grew up in the the 80s, the background music of this decade will continue the soundtrack for the key moments of our own lives. Music provides a time machine, transporting us back over the years and rekindling memories, the two good and bad, and 1980s music provided a tune for each event in this tumultuous decade.

The 80s began in turmoil and social unrest and also the music reflected this need for change. The last decade began hanging onto the coattails in the Punk revolution that took direct action up against the bland musical fare with the late seventies, but finished stadium rock, manufactured mass produced pop as well as a confidence and swagger that matched our planet's mood once we entered the 90's inside a spirit of optimism and hope with falling in the Iron Curtain in 1989. The dawn with the MTV era resulted in the look and feel of your band was as critical as their musical ability and this principle was seized upon with the New Romantic Movement, who dressed flamboyantly and daubed themselves with makeup -annoying their elders as much as it delighted their peers. Having begun in such a condition of flux, 1980s music continued to evolve as technology emerged and artists, musicians and film makers started to experiment. However, because the decade unfurled, therefore the mainstream music, yet again, returned to some formulaic approach using the production companies, just like the phenomenally successful 'Stock, Aitkin and Waterman' manufacture hit after hit after hit of disposable pop. This saw an upswing from the producer - the leading women and men in the bands selected as much for their eye candy appeal just like any talent or ability to write songs and play instruments. Music had truly become just as much a visible medium as a possible aural one. Nevertheless, a robust 'alternative' scene survived with these times, as diverse as Indie rock and pop, Goth, Reggae and House. 1980s music laid the principles for therefore high of the music we tune in to today.