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15 Everyday Things From the ’80s That Seem Fancy Now. Alina A. Wang. September 4, 2024 at 9:00 AM. r/Frago242 via Reddit.com / r/bringmedeadroses via Reddit.com. Old School Gems.
The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1980, and ended on 31 December 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
FRANKIE SAY RELAX. The 1980s was the era of new wave music, diagonal zippers, and zebra print tube tops. It all felt edgy and fashion-forward then, but all that stuff is over 40 years old today.
The Billboard Hot 100 is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Olivia Newton-John's song "Physical" was the Billboard Hot 100's longest running number one of the decade.. Reflecting on changes in the music industry during the 1980s, Robert Christgau later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990):
First things first, just about every household in the ‘80s had a shelf full of board games. But there was one common denominator you could find on nearly every one of those shelves: Trivial Pursuit.
[80] July 11 "Give to Live" Sammy Hagar: 3 [81] August 1 "Touch of Grey" Grateful Dead: 3 [82] August 22 "Paper in Fire" John Cougar Mellencamp: 5 [83] September 26 "Learning to Fly" Pink Floyd: 3 [84] October 17 "Brilliant Disguise" Bruce Springsteen: 1 [85] October 24 "Love Will Find a Way" Yes: 3 [86] November 14 "Cherry Bomb" John Cougar ...