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Post by Telso on Aug 20, 2021 3:52:21 GMT 10
One of the biggest pop mysteries in my mind. 1979 had so many quirky, inventive chart toppers that capitalized on the growing synth trend:
1980 had almost none of the that. Instead the charts were filled with some of the most boring snoozefests ever released. No wonder it's regarded as one of the worst years for pop!
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Post by mc98 on Aug 20, 2021 5:55:22 GMT 10
It's weird how 1980 didn't continue the innovation and creativity that 1979 offered.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 20, 2021 10:55:40 GMT 10
Telso , I don't know if you've watched it or not, but there's a new six-part series by Mark Ronson on Apple TV called "Watch The Sound". One of the episodes talks about the history of synths and there's a segment where Mark Ronson interviews Gary Numan for a segment. Numan mentions that when "Cars" was released back in 1979, it was so polarised that the press referred to him as a "tart" and claimed that he was one of the worst things to happen to music. I'd definitely suggest checking out the whole series, it's really good. The point i'm getting to is that even though many of the pop songs from 1979 in particular were innovative and "ahead of the curve" so to speak, many of them weren't exactly well received at the time. It's partly the reason as for why new-wave/synth-pop didn't dominate the charts in 1980 to the extent which it arguably should have. I just think that 1980 was caught in a weird transition of axis. Disco was clearly waning in popularity and slowly on the way out, but because new wave and synths hadn't fully caught on with the general public, there wasn't much else on offer. 1980 didn't know what it wanted to be. Also, '80s pop culture was still in the process of developing it's own identity and sound, which is why yacht-rock and adult-contemporary were largely left to fill the void. I do agree though, 1980 wasn't a particularly great year for music and I personally prefer 1979 as well. That being said, it wasn't all bad though: {Spoiler}
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Post by TheUser98 on Aug 26, 2021 21:44:58 GMT 10
One of the biggest pop mysteries in my mind. 1979 had so many quirky, inventive chart toppers that capitalized on the growing synth trend: 1980 had almost none of the that. Instead the charts were filled with some of the most boring snoozefests ever released. No wonder it's regarded as one of the worst years for pop! Literally I thought I was the only one who noticed this, almost as if there was a regression at the beginning of the 1980s, as if people thought they were progressing too quickly with music and pop culture and they were like “wait, let's take a look back at what we're missing before we say goodbye to the 70s forever”, and hence why 1980 felt as though pop culture suddenly stopped changing after an enormous shift in music and culture in late 1979.
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