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•Cindy Lauper•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A
1980s Youth Culture
What to be thinking about…
How does music reflect the mood of a generation?
How did music videos impact culture?What would be different if MTV hadn’t
come about?Looking and listening to the music of the time, what do you think the ‘80s was like
for someone your age?
Brief Pop Music History
• 1936: Electric Guitar• 1951: term “Rock’n’Roll• 1955: Elvis• 1959: Motown Records
– Marvin Gaye– Stevie Wonder
• 1961: Patsy Cline brings Country and Pop together
• 1964: Beatles release “I Want to Hold Your Hand” = British Invasion
• 1969: Woodstock– Music with a “message”
• 1970s: New Genres (UK and US)• Psychedelic: Jefferson Airplane• New “Folk”: Bob Dylan, Neil Young• Disco• Punk: Rolling Stones• UK: Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd
Sheena is a Punk Rocker…– Garage bands of the 1960s– Reflected political and economic unrest
“Nihilism” – reject current moral and established beliefs
– NYC: Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Velvet Underground
– UK: Sex Pistols– 1980s: Hard Core: Black Flag
Hip Hop Culture
• Born out of South Bronx block parties• Merges Rock, Jazz, Soul and African
Drumming– Hip Hop Culture:
RappingDJ-ingBreakdancingGraffiti
New York• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
pioneered DJ-ing techniques– “The Message” becomes 1st major song of hip-hop
with a social commentary
• Public Enemy: 1982 – Political and social commentary– African American Empowerment– 1989 Fight the Power
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj9SeMZE_Yw
Going Back to Cali
• 1965 Watts Race Riots
• Formation of the Watts Writers Workshop– Place for people to express themselves
• 1978: Hip Hop Scene– “Unique Entertainment Group”
• 1988 NWA: Pioneers of Gangsta Rap
Ain’t Nuthin but a G Thang
- Commentary on street life- Inequality- Popularity due to fascination with gangster life-Influenced by Black Panthers-Dr. Dre pioneered G-sound
I WANT MY MTV!!!!
• 1979 Sony Walkman
• 1981 MTV airs• 1983 CDs• 1985 Michael
Jackson’s “Thriller” video
1987
1988
SO WHAT??
• What was going on in the country?– Economic Unrest– Unemployment– New Conservative President– Economic and Racial Divides
– Deregulation• Rise of Cable TV• Ironically, Parents Music Resource Center (1985)
want a music rating system (Parental Advisory Label)
Video Killed the Radio... And Changed Youth Culture
• MTV put a “Face” to music• People could copy their favorite stars
– Reflected in the fashion, hair & dance
• Exposed people to different kinds of music
• Worked to morph music, as well as make certain types “mainstream”
Impact of MTV
• The “One Hit Wonder”• Old artists got new careers• Madonna – new female confidence• Run DMC and Aerosmith knocked down
walls between Rock and Rap• Michael Jackson broke racial barriers • U2 made social awareness popular• Shift from music focus to theatrics• Country music declined
1st Music Video on MTV:1981
• August 1, 1981
• The Buggles’– “Video Killed the Radio Star”
New Pop Stars are born
• Madonna’s first video was “Borderline”– But “Like a Virgin” was ground breaking
• Female confidence• Paved way for modern singers (Gaga, etc.)• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4iZfQ9YZx4
Crossing the Racial Divide
• MTV was seen as racist because no Black artists– “Nothing to choose from”
• Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” 1st widely played video opened the door
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y
• New generation of Black Pop Stars: Prince, Whitney Houston, etc.
Rap Moves Beyond the Coasts
• Michael Jackson paves the way for Black musicians on MTV
• Commercialization of Rap• New audience• LL Cool J• Biz Markie• Run DMC• Fusion of Rap and Rock• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_UYYPb-Gk&index=6&list=PLpiEH3_VexzEC
gXa4fiHNhux3hpstFze1
And Beyond Race• Rap crosses racial lines
– Beastie Boys•Originally a hard core NY Punk Band•Transitioned into Hip Hop•Toured with Madonna post MTV debut•Fight For Your Right became an MTV
staple•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBShN
8qT4lk
•Laid groundwork for Eminem
One Hit Wonders
• Fast moving music industry• Labels could make just as much with
1 hit as investing in a long term contract hoping for more hits
• Devo “Whip It”• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo&index=2&list=
PLpiEH3_VexzECgXa4fiHNhux3hpstFze1
• MC Hammer “Can’t Touch This”• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo&list=PLpiEH3_V
exzECgXa4fiHNhux3hpstFze1&index=2
Made Their Identity
Cars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Kv6vxZwL8
Changes• New Wave formed from punk and
morphed to pop– Artistic styling– Use of technology to create different
music
• Talking Heads: Punk turned New Wave• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM
• Glam Style: Blurring of gender lines– David Bowie– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4d7Wp9kKjA
Old Dogs, New Tricks?
• Artists who had been popular in a group now had a better shot at solo career:– Tina Turner, Cher, Diana Ross, Lionel Ritchie– Drew in an older audienceTina Turner: What’s Love Got to Do With It?– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu8KFlfzk3Y
Peter Gabriel went solo from Genesis known pretty much for his creative videoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBAl9cchQac
Flowing locks and eyeliner• Glam Rock: morphs out of NY Punk
scene/Rock/Heavy Metal into Hair Metal– Sunset Strip in L.A.– Represent excess of ‘80s– Drugs/Women/Law (Groupies)– Power Ballads– Range from pop to heavy– Bon Jovi to Metallica and all the mullets in
between…– https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=a_tfq0qTDDE&index=7&list=PLpiEH3_VexzECgXa4fiHNhux3hpstFze1
For a Good Cause
The flip side of the excesses of the 1980s… the poverty
Huge charity concerts Videos with many artists performing
togetherFarm AidLive AidHands Across America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoDY8ce_3zk
1990s: Changed the Game again…
• Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit– Reflected Apathy
•Late 1980s•Bush era conservatism•Drew on anarchism, punk attitudes
= Grungehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg
And Today
• Between the Reality and Awards Shows… MTV occasionally plays music…– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zWAuir7Krk
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