1980's

MUsic

• Rap artists began to channel the frustration of urban African Americans into their powerful albums
• Music was more diverse with music categories such as: new wave, synth-pop, hair/ glam metal, goth, thrash, punk, ska, alternative

MUsic

• Rap artists began to channel the frustration of urban African Americans into their powerful albums
• Music was more diverse with music categories such as: new wave, synth-pop, hair/ glam metal, goth, thrash, punk, ska, alternative

Music

• Pop: Madonna, Paula Abdul, Billy Joel
• Rap/Hip-hop: LL Cool J, Ice T, Beastie Boys
• R&B/Urban: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Janet Jackson
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqeC7wzElJk

MTV in the 1980s

• Debut was August 1, 1981
• MTV made megastars like Michael Jackson, whose “Thriller” video sold over 600,000 albums in the five days after its first broadcast
• It influenced fashion : People across the country tried to copy hairstyles and fashions in music videos.

Mtv

• MTV became a forum for those who went against the grain or were left out of the yuppie ideal
• Music videos was a new marketing tool by making new bands and music styles mainstream
• Music videos revived the industry that was declining in 1979

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Slang

• It was a decade that was so kickin’ that it deserved superlatives
• The decade when "bad" came to mean a something that was cooler than cool
• When "like" was so infinitely malleable that it replaced “um” amongst Valley girls and served to punctuate every expression
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOBu63BInvE

Slang

• McFly: way to address someone who was missing the obvious
• Preppy: a person who dressed in upscale clothing
• Gag me a spoon: a phrase used to describe how unpleasant a situation may be
• Yuppie: a white collar worker who has lots of money

FAshion

• The early 80s were subdued in color, with lots of browns and tans and oranges
• Blocky shapes were everywhere and dressing like a tennis player was the cool thing to do
• Velour was hot and velvet was even hotter.
• Dresses often had shoulder pads

fashion

• Bright colored sunglasses, bangles and hoop earrings, teased hair, loud makeup and neon were a necessity
• Leggings and a giant turtleneck sweater one day, parachute pants with a v-neck and high-waist belt the next
• Clothes got baggier as women wanted styles that was more conservative
• Preppy style: Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, blazers and Polo outfits

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Nike

• Nike became one of the most profitable clothing companies in the world in the 1980's
• Reebok vs. Nike was the athletic wear battle of the decade. With the help of Michael Jordan, Nike won the war.
• In 1988, every kid had to have a pair of Air Jordans and a Chicago Bulls baseball cap

Television

• An average household had the television on for seven hours a day
• By 1985, 68% of American households (60 million) had cable television service, while 88% of those subscribed to a pay cable service
• Videocassette recorders (VCRs) became a common feature in American homes. Videotape was introduced in 1956

Television

• Family sitcoms: “The Cosby Show,” “Family Ties,” “Roseanne”
• Popular shows included "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "Sesame Street," "Saturday Night Live," "Fat Albert," "The Golden Girls," and "Happy Days."
• Basic services were CNN, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), USA, MTV, and C-SPAN.

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movies

• The 1980s strengthened the gains made in the seventies rather than initiating new trends
• At the movie theater, the 1980s was the age of the blockbuster
• The films in the era became films called 'classics'

Movies

• Movies like “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Return of the Jedi,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Beverly Hills Cop” made hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office.
• The 1980s was also the heyday of the teen movie. Films like “The Breakfast Club,” “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “Pretty in Pink” are still popular today.

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Bibliography

• http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id13.htm
• http://www.liketotally80s.com
• http://www.history.com/topics/1980s
• http://www.filmsite.org/80sintro.html
• http://www.museum.tv/eotv/cablenetwork.htm
• http://www.inthe80s.com/glossary.shtml
• http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9807/31/encore.mtv/