80's music, what happened to it?

[Misterian]

I don't understand it, I first heard 80's music in my early childhood on the radio, I immediately fell in love with it to this day.

Bands like Starship, Culture Club, WHAM!, or star singers like Bon Jovi, Micheal Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and Pat Benatar all introduced to the world amazing songs, they had a fun, bright tone that can boost your mood, songs that you can find yourself repeating in your head in the good way, and voices that I, personally, must've implied that singers like Phil Collins have the vocal cords of gods.

But what happened to that kind of music? the 90's had a fair share of good tracks, but not as much as the 80's did, and mostly it seemed that the music industry is going down hill every passing year.


What happened to the sort of music the 1980's introduced us? did the mainstream change? did it have something to do with the whole 'Rickroll" thing? what was it?

 

[MiracleOfSound]

1990 happened to it.

Seriously though... I despair of pop music nowadays. In the 80s and 90s a song had to have a strong melody and a great singer to be a hit. Not anymore.

 

[Misterian]

1990 happened to it.

Seriously though... I despair of pop music nowadays. In the 80s and 90s a song had to have a strong melody and a great singer to be a hit. Not anymore.

Ahh, someone who understands my struggle.

Someone should remind the music industry why it was riding high in the 80's.

 

[wolfapocalypse]

Ah the 80's were a great time for music. Anybody know Depeche Mode?

 

[MiracleOfSound]

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Someone should remind the music industry why it was riding high in the 80's.

Thing is, nowadays music is all just a part of a bigger product. Rhianna and Lady Gaga albums are really only there to promote the franchises of each.

Anybody know Depeche Mode?

Hell yes.

They're rather popular here in Europe! (more on the continent than here in Ireland though)

 

[Benmonkey7]

Music changes I suppose. Hopefully it will be back because I miss that kind of music being popular and I can't stand rap or pop.

 

[Hwoof]

Auto tune happened.

 

[AvsJoe]

Anybody know Depeche Mode?

I only know them as the final two letters of KMFDM. And the one song on Radio X.

 

[Oldmanwillow]

I don't understand it, I first heard 80's music in my early childhood on the radio, I immediately fell in love with it to this day.

Bands like Starship, Culture Club, WHAM!, or star singers like Bon Jovi, Micheal Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and Pat Benatar all introduced to the world amazing songs, they had a fun, bright tone that can boost your mood, songs that you can find yourself repeating in your head in the good way, and voices that I, personally, must've implied that singers like Phil Collins have the vocal cords of gods.

But what happened to that kind of music? the 90's had a fair share of good tracks, but not as much as the 80's did, and mostly it seemed that the music industry is going down hill every passing year.


What happened to the sort of music the 1980's introduced us? did the mainstream change? did it have something to do with the whole 'Rickroll" thing? what was it?

I see for some reason you failed to mention the actual bands like Judas priest, Manowar, Iron Maiden, and Dio, ect. Pop music has always been shit and we should just learn to accept it. Pop= lowest common denominator and ever since the Beetles it has gotten lower and lower. When you are bitching about pop music being to simple go back to the beetles they started this shit. Pre beetles you actually had to be a skilled musician to make it and your music had to be "more" complex.

 

[duedmen]

early 90's gave birth to some F****ing great music in the states/Canada until the boy band/pop singer faze started out side of the north america the music scene was brilliant I mean you to see the coming of oasis blur the london suede the refused beat crusaders and from the states itself NIR-FREAKING-VANA

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

Maybe music hasnt gotten worse? Its possible that tastes have just changed, for instance a lot of my preffered music is from the 80s but that doesnt mean that new music is shit it just means that different things are popular

 

[smithy_2045]

Bands like Starship, Culture Club, WHAM!, or star singers like Bon Jovi, Micheal Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and Pat Benatar all introduced to the world amazing songs

If that's the best you've got from the 80s, I'm very happy for the music from that decade to remain dead.

 

[Yureina]

I just don't pay attention to present-day music. 80's stuff works for me, even though I barely actually listen to any music.

 

[soniceric]

I don't understand it, I first heard 80's music in my early childhood on the radio, I immediately fell in love with it to this day.

Bands like Starship, Culture Club, WHAM!, or star singers like Bon Jovi, Micheal Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and Pat Benatar all introduced to the world amazing songs, they had a fun, bright tone that can boost your mood, songs that you can find yourself repeating in your head in the good way, and voices that I, personally, must've implied that singers like Phil Collins have the vocal cords of gods.

But what happened to that kind of music? the 90's had a fair share of good tracks, but not as much as the 80's did, and mostly it seemed that the music industry is going down hill every passing year.


What happened to the sort of music the 1980's introduced us? did the mainstream change? did it have something to do with the whole 'Rickroll" thing? what was it?

I see for some reason you failed to mention the actual bands like Judas priest, Manowar, Iron Maiden, and Dio, ect. Pop music has always been shit and we should just learn to accept it. Pop= lowest common denominator and ever since the Beetles it has gotten lower and lower. When you are bitching about pop music being to simple go back to the beetles they started this shit. Pre beetles you actually had to be a skilled musician to make it and your music had to be "more" complex.

I agree with your point and love those bands especially Manowar so your awesome!

 

[krimson_dropz]

people stopped taking so many drugs? then again music today also sucks...ah well

 

[SimuLord]

What happened to the Eighties? Nirvana happened, that's what. Kurt Cobain and rock n' roll was a murder-suicide.

 

[Something Amyss]

Someone should remind the music industry why it was riding high in the 80's.

Kinda the opposite was true, especially towards the end of the decade. The music industry probably would have had a crash much sooner had they not managed to latch on to Grunge and Alternative when they did.

I see for some reason you failed to mention the actual bands like Judas priest, Manowar, Iron Maiden, and Dio, ect. Pop music has always been shit and we should just learn to accept it. Pop= lowest common denominator and ever since the Beetles it has gotten lower and lower. When you are bitching about pop music being to simple go back to the beetles they started this shit. Pre beetles you actually had to be a skilled musician to make it and your music had to be "more" complex.

Are you joking? Do you know what came out of the decade Pre-Beatles? A lot of the biggest rock songs were straight up blues progressions in their simplest forms. Lennon/McCartney managed to evolve pop music, not devolve it. All I'm getting from your list is that you like cliché metal instead of cliché pop.

 

[Dark Knifer]

It's not all bad. I mean SOAD was formed in late 1990s and they were quite popular. Not pop culture obviously, but not all music these days is bad. Just don't expect the media to be covering it.

You see, the problem is that label companies are refusing to take risks with new artists, therefore many talented musicians simply can't make it into the spotlight because they are considered too much of a risk. So it's simply the corperations changing to adapt to their new audience better to make more money.

 

[Merkavar]

auto fucking tune happened

 

[Wing Dairu]

Ah the 80's were a great time for music. Anybody know Depeche Mode?

"Depeche Mode? I love that guy!"
Sorry, I just had to use the Francis quote.