80's...dO nOt TaKe ThEm fOr GrAnTeD...

Some people say those years were "the lost decade", but some of us see through all that revolution and find much more out than those weird clothes and keyboards.


Music in the 1980s was characterized by unheard of electronic sounds accomplished through the use of synthesizers and keyboards, along with drum machines. This made a dramatic change in music. This kind of music was known by "New Wave".

New Wave in the United States is a popular term used to describe music that emerged in the late 1970s and crested during the 80's period in what was dubbed the second British Invasion when groups deemed “New Wave” scored high on the charts.

Starting in the early 1980s and continuing until around 1988, the term "New Wave" was used in America to describe nearly every new pop or pop rock artist that largely used synthesizers. Examples of artists defined in the United States as New Wave during this period that would not fit the original definition include Duran Duran, A Flock of Seagulls, Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, The Fixx, Thompson Twins, Tears For Fears, The Human League, Men Without Hats, Thomas Dolby, and Culture Club, Sex Pistols, Blondie, The Cure, A-ha, Pet Shop Boys and many others who made those years impossible to forget.
As a little example of what we're talking here it goes a video of A-ha, one of the most popular band of those great years, Duran Duran ( needless to say that this one is my favorite) and The Cure...
I hope you guys enjoy it...

A-ha


Duran Duran


The Cure


Next week, we'll talk about Tv and games in the 80's...Do you remember Atari??? How about Pac-man?
Talk to you all soon...


Ps: Special thanks to Ana, from Inter 1 who suggested this week's post!!!!=D