80s music
The 80s were chockful of New Wave power ballads, synthesizers, drum machines, and no shortage of Madonna and Michael Jackson.
Bananarama: 'In Stereo'
“Been a long time, been a, been a long time…” Britain’s all-time best-selling female group Bananarama, has just returned from a decade of radio silence with a fabtastic all new full-length titled In Stereo. The 10-track set is Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin’s first studio album since 2009’s vivacious Viva and it’s 36 minutes of pure dance pop perfection.
Eric AllenPublished 5 years ago in Beat'21 at 33'
21 at 33, Elton John's first album of the 1980s, was released on May 13, 1980. The album title refers to the fact that this was Elton's 21st release at the age of 33—a pretty good pace for a 12-year period. (Had he kept up that pace, there'd be over 70 albums by now.) 21 was recorded at Super Bear Studios in Nice, France, which was home base for the currently hot album The Wall by Pink Floyd, with additional work done at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, California. It was produced by Elton with Clive Franks.
Sean CallaghanPublished 5 years ago in BeatThe Top Ten Best One-Hit Wonders from the 1980s
The 80s probably had the most one-hit wonders in music history. It also had the most iconic novelty acts and singles. In honor of the big and crazy 80s, I made a top 10 list of the decade's best one-hit wonders. Time for the giant hair and neon colors.
Sarah LoydPublished 5 years ago in BeatConcert Review: Cheap Trick Still Amazes Fans at The Capitol Theatre
Cheap Trick is still rocking and entertaining their fans Cheap Trick is still at it after all these years, making albums and performing for their loyal fans. The band is currently on tour and one of their stops was The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York on February 22. They were literally “on fire” and gave the most unforgettable performance of a lifetime. The venue was filled to its capacity. I was lucky enough to be on the general admission floor and had the best ‘seat’ in the house even though it was “standing room only” which I didn’t mind at all because I could see everything! I love being on the floor it’s my favorite spot!
Suzanne RothbergPublished 5 years ago in BeatTop 10 Queen Songs
They will rock you. Welcome to WatchMojo.com and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 Queen songs. Penned by bassist John Deacon, this rousing single off The Works brought many people around the world together thanks to its strong message about freedom and liberty. It’s particularly notable for its synthesizer and guitar solos and for being a top five hit in the UK. Though it was well received in many other countries, its music video featuring Queen members dressed-in-drag was less well-received and actually banned by MTV.
Top 10 Cheesiest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s
Who says cheesy has to be bad? Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’re counting down our picks for the top 10 cheesiest one-hit wonders of the 1980s.
Rock and Roll with Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams is a Canadian musician, singer, actor, and producer. He came into this world as Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959. Both of his parents were Britishand relocated from Englandto Canada. It was there that his father became a Canadian diplomat to the United Nations.
Rasma RaistersPublished 5 years ago in BeatA Musical History: 1982
So, here we are at 1982—a year that I always credit with helping me become me. I've tried something different this time and for the rest of these posts—I'm giving you some personal background to the year, and listing the tracks and will be posting a Youtube link to the tracks there too.
80s Songs You Might Have Loved but Make You Cringe Today
The 1980s get a bad rap when it comes to pop music, but the decade actually produced some great sing-along and dance-along tunes. Anyone who doesn't recognize the genius of "Come on Eileen" doesn't understand what makes some pop songs great and others forgettable.
Girl Groups to Listen To
From the Spice Girls in the 90s to Little Mix now, the world has seen a whole lot of girl groups. The Fader released an article in June of 2018 hosting the question, "Where are all the girl groups?" In the article, they mentioned that it seemed like the world had a plethora of boy bands, but the girl groups were nowhere to be found. Then, they spent half of the article talking about boybands. Here's a hint: maybe, if they hadn't done so much in-depth research on the boybands of today, they would've been able to find some girl groups like the ones I'm about to mention. Here, the Fader, I did the dirty work for you!
Mina JohnsonPublished 6 years ago in BeatA Musical History: 1981
Following on from my trip down memory lane for 1980, now it's time to delve into 1981 and the gems this year produced. By this time, synth music had taken its hold and the charts were flooded with all kinds of versions, from the sleazy antics of Soft Cell to the pop antics of Adam & The Ants.
A Musical History: 1980
Following on from my recent piece about growing up in the 80s, I wanted to share my favourite music from each year in a series of posts. Going back like this, for me anyway, shows the progress of bands and artists in terms of sounds and success. It also shows how music adopts techniques and sounds and they become "mainstream" and a something else takes its place as the radical, new sound.