Posted on 07/23/2019 6:59:49 AM PDT by C19fan
In an excellent essay making the case that pop music was at its zenith in 1984, Julie Kelly writes that the era represented a patriotic swoon. She might also have mentioned that the same year, Lee Greenwood released “God Bless the U.S.A.,” the most patriotic song of the year though it was not, strictly speaking, a pop song.
The year 1984 may have been the high point of pop and rock, but that is not saying much. The entire decade is more notable for the musical malaise it created. As a music director for radio stations during that decade, I should know. It was during the ’80s that radio stations began to tighten their playlists all to the happy applause of corporate music execs. The rapid creativity of the 1970s radio stations died, to be replaced by preplanned and survey-tested radio formats. The most significant of these were the songs stations received from the radio syndication company Drake-Chenault.
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Rap music in the 1980s sucked and still sucks.
They actually didn't release a studio album in the 1980s but Henley has a pretty good solo career in the decade.
There is also gems like home grown tomatoes https://youtu.be/etuszlplwpg
“SCIENCE!!”
That’s not a problem. Flip to the dial to the rock station. Let the disco folks dance at home to music on the disco station. What you are saying may be true with pop stations, but ROCK stations did not play disco. Ever.
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