Music of the 80s IntroI Love the 80s

Music in the 1980s continued the diversity that began in the late 60s-70s.

Musical genres such as New Wave, Heavy Metal and Hip-Hop became commercially successful.

Summary Introduction

Much of the music of the 80s was characterized by unheard of electronic sounds accomplished through the use of synthesizers and keyboards, along with drum machines.

Unique Characteristic

In the United States, MTV was launched and music videos began to have a huge effect on the record industry. U.S. Pop artists such as Duran Duran, Madonna and Michael Jackson mastered the format and turned it into big business.

MTV

MTV appears on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 a.m. and begins to influence and change the recording industry.

MTV 2

Criticism of MTV◦ Quality of music suffered◦ Racist/sexist

Criticism

New Wave and Synthpop were developed by many British and American artists, and became popular phenomena throughout the decade, especially in the early and mid eighties.

New Wave and Synthpop

Hard rock, heavy metal, Big Hair Bands and Glam metal, experienced extreme popularity in 1980s, becoming one of the most dominating music genres of the 1980s.

Big Hair

The Hip hop scene continued to evolve, gaining recognition and exhibiting a stronger influence on the music industry.

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with backing beats.

Hip Hop

Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans. The term rap music is often used synonymously with hip hop music.

Hip Hop Cont.

Punk rock continued to make strives in the musical community, it gave birth to many sub-genres like hardcore and emo.

More Punk

11. Early pioneers of MTV

a. Michael Jackson

b. Madonna

c. Prince

More Styles of Music Overview

◦ Bruce Springsteen: The Boss◦ Tom Petty◦ John Mellancamp◦ J. Giles Band◦ Bob Seger

Working Class Rockers

◦ U2

◦ R.E.M.◦ Dead Kennedys

Punk, Underground and Alternative Rock

◦ The Police◦ Elvis Costello◦ Talking Heads◦ The Human League◦ Men at Work

New Wave in a new phase

◦ Ozzy Osbourne ◦ Iron Maiden◦ Metallica◦ Megadeth

Heavy, Thrash, Power Metal

◦ Van Halen◦ Def Leppard◦ Bon Jovi◦ Guns N’ Roses◦ Motley Crue

Glam-Metal Hair Bands

Rick Springfield George Michael and Wham Duran Duran

Teen Idols

◦ Joan Jett

◦ Pat Benatar ◦ Cyndi Lauper

◦ Annie Lennox◦ The Go-Go’s

◦ Heart

Women Rockers in the 80s

Rap◦ Run-D.M.C.◦ Grandmaster Flash◦ The Beastie Boys◦ Public Enemy

Rap Artists

Salt-N-Pepa Queen Latifah

Women Rappers

R&B/Soul in the 80s ◦ Chaka Kahn◦ Earth, Wind and Fire◦ The Gap Band◦ Luther Vandross◦ Patti LaBelle◦ Whitney Houston

R&B / Soul in the 80s