1980’s Popular Culture, part two Bubble skirts And silk blazers for men. Don’t forget about the big hair!
August 1, 1981 MTV begins broadcasting 24 hours a day music videos Buggles (Video Killed the Radio Star) News, music videos and interviews Tn_TMTHH_PMhttp:// Tn_TMTHH_PM
Atari, NES/Nintendo Technology: 8-bit CPU running at just a little bit over 1Mhz and 128 bytes of RAM Modern games operate with around 1526
Fads of the 80’s Rubik’s Cube Swatch Watches Care Bears Jelly shoes Bandana legs and and spandex
Hello Kitty came to the US in 1976
“Where’s the Beef?” EyiA0http:// EyiA0
Trivial Pursuit, Garbage Pail Kids and He-man and Thundercats dolls came out in the 80’s watch?v=zp5n7qyH2cc&f eature=relatedhttp:// watch?v=zp5n7qyH2cc&f eature=related
But on the serious side, some great music and dance came out of the 80’s Disco is still holding strong, and artists like Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince come out of the 80’s
Madonna Material Girl (1985) AU63ghttp:// AU63g
Prince Prince Rogers Nelson Purple Rain (1984) xqNMhttp:// xqNM
The King of Pop TMaA&ob=av2nhttp:// TMaA&ob=av2n A return to iconic “big dance scenes” originated on film in the 30’s, culminated in dance scenes like “West Side Story” and brought back within the framework of music videos.