The term “one hit wonder” is used to refer to musical acts who’ve had a just about fifteen minutes of fame in the musical world. Artists such as Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Toni Basil, and Tommy Tutone are etched into memory for their singular, yet stellar contributions to the world of pop music. The 1980’s saw ...
1980. It was officially the end of the disco era. Yes, disco was dead. Instead, the decade of the 80’s welcomed New Wave, techno and house dance music (an extension of disco), and the familiar pop brand listeners loved. Smooth jazz was rising. And, the 80’s can claim birth to the beginning of hip hop ...
The billions of single use water bottles being consumed each year by Americans usually end up in landfills, and these single use bottles can cause numerous health problems by leaching Bisphenol A or BPA (which many of them still do). A great and popular alternative is stainless steel reusable water bottles! There are a variety ...
The 80’s was an important time in music history. MTV brought about the music video, giving us a whole new way to enjoy pop music; rap became mainstream and exploded into what we know today as hip hop; the term “one hit wonder” would enter into the vernacular; hair metal bands would rule the country; ...
The music of the 80’s certainly has its fans especially among those who were in high school and college during those years like me. I have put together a list of the top 20 eighties party songs. This list is generated based on great memories of both the author and personal friends. All of the ...
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry,” at least this is what Ali MacGraw’s character say in Love Story. But what if love means something else to another person? And what if it means two different things to one couple? And what does “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” mean anyway? To ...
The French New Wave (FNW) style of filmmaking that reached its height during the late 1950’s and early 1960’s was a revolution in cinema that sought to redefine conventions and standards of classical Hollywood cinema. In James Monaco’s article “The New Wave”, he states: The New Wave filmmakers were all – in different but parallel ...
The new wave movement of the 1980’s was a melding of sorts that came after the demise of disco and punk rock in the earlier part of the decade. This new genre of music blended the rebelliousness of punk rockers with the dance floor affability of those who mourned disco’s loss. Much of it was ...
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