Monday, September 22, 2008

Genre

It could be said that 'eighties' is a genre in itself but researching into it a bit deeper I've found that in the early 80s the most popular genre was 'disco' and for the rest of the 80s hard rock, glam rock and 'hairbands' dominated

THIS website gives a list of songs and bands who were very popular in the eighties
Further research -http://80music.about.com/cs/tp.htm

The Music Scene
Taken from here ...

The 1980s was a decade of revolutionary changes on the music scene. The two major developments were the advent of MTV and the compact disc. Music became more diverse, with new wave, heavy metal, rap, techno pop, alternative rock and the "new" country sounds. And music became a huge marketing tool as filmmakers, TV producers and manufacturers of everything from sneakers to soft drinks used hit songs and hot performers to sell their products.

MTV was called "illustrated radio" and a "subliminal fashion show" by its detractors, who complained that it elevated image over music. Daryl Hall, of the pop duo Hall and Oates, said that "the visual has begun to overpower the music." But music videos revived an industry that was in decline in 1979, when revenues plunged 10% in a single year. Video dance clubs sprang up everywhere. Radio played a wider variety of music. Many artists acknowledged the impact of MTV on their careers; Duran Duran understood that their appeal depended on music video exposure. No artist surpassed Madonna in terms of taking advantage of the decade's image-based music revolution.

U2, Tina Turner

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