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The 1980s Musical Revolution



Fascinating 90-minute documentary about the synth(pop) revolution of the 1980s.

I am a hater of the 1970s and a lover of the 1980s.  I see the (mid) 1970s as the time when old Western culture had completely died in every single area, and there was nothing to replace it.  While people overall were richer than early in the 20th century, I feel that Western culture reached a low in the 1970s.  Sure, there was war and genocide in the 1940s, and I'm not saying that the 1970s was more violent, but at least in the 1940s, there appeared something to fight against, and hope at the end of the tunnel.  The 1970s had none of that.

You never know when you have reached a cultural low until that trend reverses.  In hindsight, the only good thing about reaching a low point in your culture is that things will get better in the future.  And I believe that the 1980s was the beginning of a mini-Renaissance that continues to this day in many ways.  

Architecturally, the 1990s improved on what had come earlier.  Unfortunately, 1980s influence did not continue in music, as the 90s turned into a "reaction against" '80s music (to put it in the terms of art critics).  And I've never liked Anglo music as much since.

I admire what these people in the 1980s built.

http://youtu.be/69Wjc6QYuKI

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