Music of the 1980s
Music of the 1980s

Author: Thomas Harrison

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-06-16

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0313366004

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Beyond coverage of mainstream 80s music, such as "hair band" hard rock, pop, new wave, and rap, this compilation of essential musical artists also covers genres like classical, jazz, outlaw country, and music theater. Popular music in the United States during the 1980s is well known for imports from abroad, such as A-ha, Def Leppard, Falco, and Men at Work, as well as homegrown American rock acts such as Guns 'N Roses, Huey Lewis and the News, Bon Jovi, and Poison. But there were many other types of genres of music that never received airplay on the radio or MTV that also experienced significant evolutions or growth in that decade. Music of the 1980s examines the key artists in specific genres of popular music: pop, hard rock/heavy metal, rock, and country. No other reference book for students has previously explored the surprisingly diverse categories of hard rock and heavy metal music with such detail and depth. Additionally, a chapter focuses on the prominent artists and composers of less-mainstream genres for specialized audiences, including music theater, jazz, and classical music.

Mad World
Mad World

Author: Lori Majewski

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1613126662

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A “hugely entertaining” history of the 1980s New Wave music scene told through new interviews with its biggest artists (Rolling Stone). Mad World is a compelling oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song and leads to stories of their history and place in the scene, ultimately painting a vivid picture of this colorful, idiosyncratic time. Mixtape suggestions, fashion sidebars, and quotes from famous contemporary admirers help fill out the fun. Participants include members of Duran Duran, New Order, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Adam Ant, Echo, and the Bunnymen, Devo, ABC, Spandau Ballet, A Flock of Seagulls, Thompson Twins, INXS, and more. “One addictive chapter after another.” —Rob Sheffield, author of Talking to Girls About Duran Duran “Tells the tale of some of the decade’s most unforgettable songs . . . in fascinating detail, letting the architects of these memorable records shine a light on how the sound of a generation came to be.” —The Hollywood Reporter “The new wave era is often dismissed for its one-hit wonders and silly haircuts, but [Mad World] examines the period with a great deal of love and reverence.” —Buzzfeed “A really informative and insightful read.” —People

Songs of the 1980s
Songs of the 1980s

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2019-02-01

Total Pages: 746

ISBN-13: 1540049116

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(Easy Piano Songbook). Easy piano arrangements of over 80 songs from the decade of excess where Generation X came of age. Includes: Another Brick in the Wall * Billie Jean * Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) * Chariots of Fire * Don't Stop Believin' * Endless Love * Eye of the Tiger * Flashdance...What a Feeling * Girls Just Want to Have Fun * How Will I Know * I Love Rock 'N Roll * Jump * Karma Chameleon * Let's Hear It for the Boy * Like a Virgin * Missing You * Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now * One More Night * Pour Some Sugar on Me * Right Here Waiting * Sweet Child O' Mine * Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) * Take on Me * Through the Years * Up Where We Belong * What's Love Got to Do with It * When Doves Cry * With or Without You * and more.

Are We Not New Wave?
Are We Not New Wave?

Author: Theodore Cateforis

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2011-06-22

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 047202759X

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“Are We Not New Wave? is destined to become the definitive study of new wave music.” —Mark Spicer, coeditor of Sounding Out Pop New wave emerged at the turn of the 1980s as a pop music movement cast in the image of punk rock’s sneering demeanor, yet rendered more accessible and sophisticated. Artists such as the Cars, Devo, the Talking Heads, and the Human League leapt into the Top 40 with a novel sound that broke with the staid rock clichés of the 1970s and pointed the way to a more modern pop style. In Are We Not New Wave? Theo Cateforis provides the first musical and cultural history of the new wave movement, charting its rise out of mid-1970s punk to its ubiquitous early 1980s MTV presence and downfall in the mid-1980s. The book also explores the meanings behind the music’s distinctive traits—its characteristic whiteness and nervousness; its playful irony, electronic melodies, and crossover experimentations. Cateforis traces new wave’s modern sensibilities back to the space-age consumer culture of the late 1950s/early 1960s. Three decades after its rise and fall, new wave’s influence looms large over the contemporary pop scene, recycled and celebrated not only in reunion tours, VH1 nostalgia specials, and “80s night” dance clubs but in the music of artists as diverse as Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, and the Killers.

The Most Requested Songs of the '80s
The Most Requested Songs of the '80s

Author: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781476886855

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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). The 1980s were all about shoulders pads, parachute pants, and jams like the ones in this rad collection of nearly 60 hits: Africa * Billie Jean * Can't Fight This Feeling * Come On Eileen * Down Under * Every Breath You Take * Every Rose Has Its Thorn * Faith * Footloose * Girls Just Want to Have Fun * Hello * Here I Go Again * I Love Rock 'N Roll * I Want to Know What Love Is * Jessie's Girl * Like a Virgin * Livin' on a Prayer * Open Arms * Right Here Waiting * Rosanna * Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) * Time After Time * Total Eclipse of the Heart * Uptown Girl * and more.

Songs of the 2000s
Songs of the 2000s

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 809

ISBN-13: 1540049035

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(Easy Piano Songbook). 70 songs from the new millenium arranged for easy piano, including: Beautiful * Before He Cheats * Bye Bye Bye * Chasing Pavements * Don't Know Why * Drive * Fallin' * Hey There Delilah * I Gotta Feeling * I'm Yours * Just Dance * Love Story * Mercy * Only Time * The Reason * Rehab * This Love * A Thousand Miles * Umbrella * Viva La Vida * Waiting on the World to Change * With Arms Wide Open * You Raise Me Up * and more.

Marillion In The 1980s
Marillion In The 1980s

Author: Nathaniel Webb

Publisher: Sonicbond Publishing Ltd

Published: 2020-12-04

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1789521149

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Derided as seventies throwbacks upon their arrival and misremembered by the wider population as one-hit wonders, Marillion rode the 1980s as one of the most successful bands in Britain. Delivering the musical and conceptual density of early progressive rock with the caustic energy of punk, the Aylesbury heroes both spearheaded the neo-prog revival and produced its crown jewel in their number one album Misplaced Childhood and its Top 5 singles 'Kayleigh' and 'Lavender.' Musically, their influence reaches from prog legends Dream Theater and Steven Wilson to household names like Radiohead and Muse. The 1980s encapsulated Marillion’s birth, commercial apex, and near-implosion. This book combines meticulous history with careful musical analysis to chronicle their most turbulent decade from their first gig, through the dizzying success and destructive decadence of their time with frontman Fish, to his bitter departure and replacement by Steve Hogarth. It turns an experienced critical eye not only on their five albums of the decade - from the seminal Script For A Jester's Tear to Season's End - Hogarth's debut - and a line up that remains as active as ever. The book also discusses demos, singles, and Fish’s solo debut to dissect a band which critics still love to hate, even as today’s music industry stands upon their shoulders as pioneers of self-promotion and internet-based crowd funding. Nathaniel Webb is an American author, musician, and game designer. As a lead guitarist, he has toured and recorded for numerous acts including Grammy-nominated singers Beth Hart and Jana Mashonee, Colombian pop star Marre, and Talking to Walls. His writing includes the novels Expedition: Summerlands, The Days of Guns and Roses, and Arcadia Mon Amour. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Wesleyan University, Nathaniel lives in Portland, Maine with his wife and son under a big pile of cats. He can be found on Facebook and Twitter @nat20w.

The Last Miles
The Last Miles

Author: George Cole

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2007-07-17

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 9780472032600

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The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century

Greatest Hits the 1980s for Piano
Greatest Hits the 1980s for Piano

Author: Alfred Publishing

Publisher: Greatest Hits

Published: 2015-04

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781470620011

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This collection of over 40 songs highlights the biggest hits from the '80s, by such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Journey, Madonna, The Motels, Toto, Cyndi Lauper, and more. Piano accompaniment, vocal melodies, lyrics, and guitar chord diagrams are included. Titles: Africa (Toto) * Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (Phil Collins) * Anything for You (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine) * Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (from Arthur) (Christopher Cross) * Born in the U.S.A. (Bruce Springsteen) * Circle in the Sand (Belinda Carlisle) * Conga (Miami Sound Machine) * Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen) * Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) * Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Wang Chung) * Footloose (Kenny Loggins) * Get Closer (Linda Ronstadt) * Ghostbusters (Ray Parker, Jr.) * Gloria (Laura Branigan) * Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen) * Glory of Love (Theme from The Karate Kid) (Peter Cetera) * The Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston) * Heart of Mine (Boz Scaggs) * Heart to Heart (Kenny Loggins) * Heaven Is a Place on Earth (Belinda Carlisle) * How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (from Best Friends) (Patti Austin and James Ingram) * I Live for Your Love (Natalie Cole) * I Love L.A. (Randy Newman) * I'm Alright (from Caddyshack) (Kenny Loggins) * Into the Night (Benny Mardones) * Jojo (Boz Scaggs) * Kokomo (The Beach Boys) * Only the Lonely (The Motels) * Open Arms (Journey) * Open Your Heart (Madonna) * Pink Cadillac (Bruce Springsteen) * Rhythm of the Night (DeBarge) * Rosanna (Toto) * Separate Lives (Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin) * Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Journey) * She Bop (Cyndi Lauper) * Solitaire (Laura Branigan) * Suddenly Last Summer (The Motels) * Who Will You Run To (Heart) * Who's Crying Now (Journey) * Words Get in the Way (Miami Sound Machine).

Put the Needle on the Record
Put the Needle on the Record

Author: Matthew Chojnacki

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764338311

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In the 1980s, music defined the moment: "Video Killed The Radio Star" ushered in MTV, "Don't You (Forget About Me)" ruled "The Breakfast Club," and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" became the anthem of a generation. The 1980s were also the most visually provocative era of the last millennium. Every new vinyl single hit the stands wrapped in eye-catching sleeves that reflected the latest trends. Put The Needle On The Record is pop culture historian Matthew Chojnacki's definitive guide to 7- and 12-inch vinyl single artwork from the '80s. He presents and compares more than 250 vinyl single covers representing nearly every prominent musician of the decade. Read the previously untold stories behind the most iconic images from the designers and visual talent behind Madonna, Prince, Pink Floyd, Queen, Adam Ant, Iron Maiden, The Clash, Pet Shop Boys, Van Halen, and more. Coupled with exclusive commentary from more than 100 of the '80s biggest musicians, including Annie Lennox, Duran Duran, Run-DMC, Devo, The B-52's, Erasure, The Human League, Scorpions, The Knack, and Yoko Ono, this is an authoritative journey back to the songs and images that continue to influence our culture.