DANTE ROBINSON DECADES
ASPECTS OF THE EIGHTIES Flashy Birth Revival Introduction
FADS Jumpstarted struggling products Lexa Doig on the eighties Return of the eighties Some examples of eighties fads Strawberry Short Cake Video Games Atari Computers
THE NEW FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT Studies done in Spring 2008 First Video Game, 1958 Atari Computers started in 1972 Video Games in Copyright office, 1980 Take a Look Around You! Photo of William Higinbotham
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE Designed in 1980 Surprising Success $500 million by 1981 Many faces of Strawberry House Wares and Apparels
CARE BARES Similar to Strawberry Shortcake American Greetings Marketing Approach Rioting in early release $2 billion, 5 years Also marketed many ways
MUSIC AND DANCE Defined the Eighties Spawned Alternative Genres Created New Genres Brought Existing Genres to Light Revived Dying Genres
HIP-HOP MAKES A NAME Familiar to only underground audiences Fought to be heard MTV opens a door A few breakthrough artists Queen Latifah, Run DMC, LL Cool J Controversial Genre
CREATION OF POP MUSIC Born in the eighties Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Madonna Defining Pop Music Overlaps other genres Dominates music today
MUSIC…ON TELEVISION? What was MTV? Introduced new ways of marketing music Stepping Stone in Music Carries on today
THE MAN Jackson 5, 1960’s Solo Career begins, late 1970’s Thriller(1982) Choreographed music videos + performances THE MYTH
THE END Eighties all around Flashiness remains Utilized many things Brought life