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Post by stu77 on Oct 25, 2021 2:48:54 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00110rnAnyone seen this ? I don't really think this decade v decade debate is helpful. We all know there was a peak period in every decade . I think the late 80s were pretty awful for pop music personally. And the '80s' sort of started with the punk and post punk period but was a bit jaded by 82/83. The blurb here doesn't mention the innovation in alt rock / post punk and just mentions MTV and a few pretty lightweight bands.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 25, 2021 8:16:46 GMT
A friend told me yesterday that he enjoyed it
I suspect I'll find it annoying for the reasons you outline Stu
I'll have a peek on iPLayer if I remember
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00110rn/the-80s-musics-greatest-decade-series-1-1-with-dylan-jones
Eighties music is often dismissed as a joke - all drum machines and big hair. But - as acclaimed author Dylan Jones argues in this film – the 1980s should be looked on as the most creative, radical and innovative decade in pop.
This was the decade when the world-conquering genres of rap, hip-hop and modern dance music were launched, while guitar-driven indie flourished in a constellation of scenes spread out across the UK that sowed the seeds of Britpop. And a technological revolution was changing how music was made, filling the charts with a starburst of innovative records.
Meanwhile, the launch of MTV turned pop into a visual medium, allowing artists as varied as U2 and Eurythmics to take charge of how they presented themselves.
Featuring interviews with Nile Rodgers, Bananarama, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Mark Ronson, Trevor Horn and Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B.
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