80s music

The 80s were chockful of New Wave power ballads, synthesizers, drum machines, and no shortage of Madonna and Michael Jackson.

Lost And Found
Lost and Found Manicured lawns and Trimmed hedges was all Rich could think about. A chance to get out of the neighborhood was a dream everyone on Meadow Street dreamed of. This dream became reality for some, others this dream remained a topic of discussion with no answer to the questions at hand.
By Antwan5 years ago in Beat
I Want To Dance With Somebody
Growing up in a small coal mining town in western Pennsylvania there was never much to do so music was very important. One thing I can vividly remember are the weekly dances at an area church hall. I think that was the highlight of the week back in the early eighties. To be honest, I hated those dances! I went for a few years but finally I couldn’t pretend that I enjoyed them anymore so I mustered up enough nerve to tell my best friend I wasn’t going anymore. I was afraid that she would be mad at me and although I don’t think she was mad, our friendship did sort of fizzle out after I stopped going. It wasn’t so much that I didn’t like to dance but I got bored going to the same place week after week. Considering how I felt about these dances it is sort of funny I am writing about a song called I Want to Dance with Somebody.
By Margie Anderson 5 years ago in Beat
Shake Your Thang
The word kismet in Turkish means fate and sometimes it means chance. The only word to describe Salt ‘N’ Pepa’s breakout success, ‘Push It’, is kismet. That does not mean they were lucky, fate involves a lot of hard work and determination. It involves vision and the ability to take control and the ability to see what you want and grab it. There is definitely an element of all the right pieces coming together at exactly the right time.
By Tom Brad5 years ago in Beat
Down to Earth
“Look it happens, you have fallen off the treadmill of this pretend normal life. There are so many cracks in this delicate, false reality that it’s easy to fall through one if you’re not careful. Suddenly, right now, you can’t find any meaning or value. This for you is the first time you have discovered that the life you’re living sucks, but you are lucky because most of us have always known that. You can just as easily have everything you ever wanted except now you know it has absolutely no meaning. You may feel these enormous waves of sadness, emptiness, futility, and terror. You might look around and wonder what you’re doing here. You suddenly don’t feel a connection to anything. Nothing gives you pleasure. You think nothing ever will again. There is nothing to strive for, nothing you can get or experience to fix it. The pointlessness of it all is crushing. Now you have two choices you can keep following that lie you have told yourself forever. About having to always be ‘the best’, where you follow the standards of everybody else. Or you can make yourself answerable to no one but yourself, always striving forward and only striving to ‘be better’.”
By Tom Brad5 years ago in Beat
I Listened to "Temporary Secretary" by Paul McCartney for Five Hours and Had a Brilliantly Miserable Time. Top Story - January 2021.
I’ve begun to believe of late that Paul McCartney is immortal, if not by natural means, then by supernatural means in the very least. In some form or another, Paul McCartney petitioned some eldritch being to grant him eternal life. It’s in the science, and I can prove it. Take a moment to listen to Temporary Secretary by the aforementioned Beatle. Go on. I’ll wait. Now tell me, after listening to that song just once, that the only reason that it exists isn’t to come in contact with some creature from the deepest, darkest recesses of the human psyche, in a plane of existence beyond our very observation. Somehow, Paul McCartney tapped into there, and-
By Steven Christopher McKnight5 years ago in Beat
Edge of ‘21. Top Story - December 2020.
If you’re reading this, you got through 2020 somehow. What did it for you? Was it looking towards the next year, the future? Was it focusing on the things that make you feel most comfortable? Was it exploring your creative outlets? It was probably a combination of all of these things. A lot of us spent this year “hiding”; hiding from the plague, hiding from our feelings, hiding from responsibility. One of the easiest ways to hide is to escape, and escaping is best done through media: television, movies, music, etc.
By Molly Caitlin Long5 years ago in Beat
Totally Radical '80s Workout Montage. Top Story - November 2020.
Y’all. Am I the only one who doesn’t have a set workout routine? When I think of exercise, I don’t imagine a planned list neatly organized in sets of reps. If I tried to workout that way, I would give up after a week. Hour long pilates videos and weight-lifting have never worked out for me. Instead, I like to think of working out as a set of activities that I enjoy doing throughout the day. Everyday.
By Daniela Bishop5 years ago in Beat
Purple Rain: 3:46
It was 1984. Mama and I were on our way to spend some quality time together at the movies. We had originally planned to see the movie “Bambi,” but I had a master plan. My 7 year old mind did not want to see an animation about a deer; I had already had my weekly cartoon fill on Transfomers, Smurfs, and He-Man. Samantha wanted to see a grown up movie, her first, about a man in purple. He wore ruffled shirts and had big, curly hair like the ladies at the beauty shop. As mama drove, I imagined our brown Firebird to be a “Little Red Corvette.” However, unlike in the song, my mom did not drive much too fast. Looking back, she was more like “The Slow and the Curious.” We cruised to the small AMC theater tucked in the back of our local Kmart and parked in front. I had rehearsed my devious, temper tantrum scheme in case mama said no to seeing the movie. As we approached the ticket booth and saw the showtimes, she began to request two tickets to Bambi when I nervously exclaimed, “Ma, I want to see THAT movie!” I pointed to the picture of the man with an intense stare on a motorcycle shrouded in semi-darkness.
By Samantha Moorer5 years ago in Beat
My Radio Show Recap
Greetings everyone, hope you are all well. First off, i just want to thank you for stopping by to read my humble little article. What I will be writing about is basically a recap of the songs I played on my internet radio shows this past week. I do a number of different show throughout a given month featuring all types of music. In this article I will be taking a look back at my shows entitled The Kevin Clarke Show, 80's Flashback, Klassik Kutz and Star 80s.
By Kevin Clarke5 years ago in Beat
Who’s Bad?
Let me give it to you straight. Each decade reflects a turning point in society politically, fashionably, intellectually, technologically, you name it. You wanna know what happened in that decade? Well, skip the history lesson and plug that aux cord in. Every musical decade is known for something, but, only one decade is known for producing true trailblazing, show-stopping icons. Even now you have a person in your head from this decade. That’s right. The 80s all day. Now I was born in the 90s and to be honest, it is my personal favorite. However, I deserve to be arrested for negligence if I do not give credit where credit is due.
By Danielle Champion5 years ago in Beat
"I Love Rock N Roll"
The 80's is the generation of music that never dies. Even teenagers here in 2020 still love the 80's. Many songs today sound the same, but back then, every song and singer has their own style. Guys wore make up, high heels, feminine colors and still got all of the girls. In this article, I will highlight a few of the hit songs and who they are by. I will do it in a form that I believe could make an article. If not, then just enjoy the lyrics that people of all ages still sing today.
By Jax Wolf5 years ago in Beat
10 Albums Which Make the 80's the Best Decade for Music. Third Place in Musical Decades Challenge .
I grew up with music in the house. It was a dysfunctional house at the best of times. The arrival of the all-in-one Radiogram was a welcome relief. It was a long teak cabinet with a radio and a turntable. It began my love affair with vinyl and introduced me to the legends of music, who were to change my life forever.
By Stephen Johansson 5 years ago in Beat