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The 80s, myth and reality?

rogueclimber

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Aside from Don Johnson, I guess, HE was "the man of the hour" for all the teenage boys in the 80s, right?


Is the scene iconic?
Did white rib-undershirts and Zippos boom after the movie started? I wouldn't wonder.


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tamoko

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Oi!
I filling it was thri worlds in same time and perhaps most creative time. Jes a lot of mainstream crap but best time of underground and alternative culture. It was time as postwar pures was ower people get money and anything digital was just a toy. Amazing films worldwide.
Jes Punk was already in 70s but became worldwide subculture in 80s, new wave, hard rock, even skating and surfing (not in California only) Hawk, Peralta, Laird Hamilton ...
Music and Film list a huge
David Lynch Dune, Ridley Scott Blade Runner .... and all without computer graphics. Was for sure pretty boring in province but a lot of creativ live in large cities. In 90s started to dead 60 to 70 post war pure time.
 
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But there's another thing, I don't get.
What is the explanation of Madonna's big commercial success in the 80s? I mean, was there anything unique or special on this superficial, cheesy dance pop?? Or could her music videos be an explanation?

She wasn't the only pop musician, so what was the thing on her?
When I look on her first three albums, I only see stuff "from the pop retort".
 
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But there's another thing, I don't get.
What is the explanation of Madonna's big commercial success in the 80s? I mean, was there anything unique or special on this superficial, cheesy dance pop?? Or could her music videos be an explanation?

She wasn't the only pop musician, so what was the thing on her?
When I look on her first three albums, I only see stuff "from the pop retort".
Her songs were usually heavy on the "beat box" rhythm machines, so they were easy to dance to. Straight men thought she was attractive in a "sleazy" kind of way, and women seemed to find her "fashionable" enough to want to copy her style. Her songs were/are too "Top 40" for me, produced only to make money and allow her and her dancers to gyrate on stage during live performances. I thought she was one of the better things about that 1990 Dick Tracy movie starring Boring Beatty, but that's not saying much.
 

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