1980s 'POP'
Bjork
David Bowie
She is an Icelandic singer, songwriter producer, actress, and DJ. She writes in a span of genres. Anything from electronic to trip hop to avant-garde and experimental.
Bjork was born and raised in Reykjavik and first gained international popularity due to her singing career within the band, The Sugarcubes. After the band broke up, she began her solo career as Bjork in 1993.
Emily
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an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in music, he's considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s.
Elton John
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Queen
Pink Floyd
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Her most popular pieces are 'It's Oh So Quiet', 'Hyperballad' and 'Army of Me'.
Bjork explores a wide variety of genres through her music, which makes her composition style difficult to define and restrict due to her wide influence. A lot of her music highlights issues that she has faced in her personal life and experiments with 'classical' instrumentation throughout her music. An example of this is her song 'Utopia'. Her music often involves a driving bass line and drum beat.
She is a soprano singer and has an extraordinarily wide range. Bjork has an incredibly individualistic style of singing as she has unique delivery. She is also largely praised for her scatting ability. Her music is highly experimental and broke the boundaries of music at the time.
he reinvented visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music
Elton John's unique blend of pop and rock styles turned him into one of the 20th century's biggest music icons. He was musically gifted from a young age, and released his first self-titled American album in 1970, making him a huge international star.
While not producing smash hits in the 1980s, John still did well on the charts. Some of the most memorable songs from this period include the ballads "Little Jeannie" and "Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny),"
An English psychedelic rock group formed in London, they were known for their extended songs, sonic experimentation and philosophical lyric. Their key albums known as dark side of the moon, the wall and the division bell.
Michael Jackson
clelbration of sonic juxtapositions
Branching out in different directions, John teamed up with lyricist Tim Rice for several projects. They worked together on the soundtrack for the 1994 animated hit The Lion King, and one of the movie's songs, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," brought John his first Academy Award win for Best Original Song
Queen are a British rock band which famously consisted of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon & Roger Taylor formed in 1970. The band were well known for their innovative inclusion of different styles in their music such as ragtime, baroque pop and folk as well as classic British Rock, taking inspiration from artists including Pink Floyd and David Bowie They are one of the bestselling bands of all time and their 1981 Greatest Hits album is the bestselling album in the UK.
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Bowie paired with Queen in 1981 for a one-off single release, "Under Pressure".
The Circle of Life
Sacrifice
Rocket Man
Tiny Dancer
The Police
The Police were a band from London in 1977. The band included Sting (vocals and bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums). They were influenced by a broad range of genres such as jazz, reggae, and punk and were the leading figures of the British new wave movement. They have one multiple awards and have become one of the most well known British bands in the world. They released many albums, some of the most notable being Regatta de Blanc, Outlandos d'Amour and Ghost In The Machine.
Thriller (1982)
Bad (1987)
The principal members were lead guitarist Syd Barrett, bassist Roger Waters, drummer Nick Mason , keyboard player Rick Wright, and guitarist David Gilmour
Tracklist
Tracklist
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Baby Be Mine
The Girl Is Mine
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Human Nature
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
The Lady In My Life
Queen's iconic sound stems from many elements of their process. The Beatles heavily influenced the ways in which they arranged and produced songs, which explains their experimental methods in the studio.
The band took a theatrical approach to music and truly saw their live shows as a performance. Freddie Mercury famously appeared on stage in elaborate costumes, similar to other artists at the time such as Elton John and David Bowie
Some of their most popular songs were 'Message in a Bottle', 'Every Breath You Take', 'Roxanne', 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' and 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'.
They also has many of their albums being concept albums and composed a few film scores.
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dexterity and unconventionality of his music was changing the industry
his 1980s singles were very eclectic and experimental
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Speed Demon
Liberian Girl
Just Good Friends
Another Part of Me
Man in the Mirror
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Dirty Diana
Smooth Criminal
Leave Me Alone
The Police's music is often known for having a driving drum beat from the legendary drummer, Stewart Copeland. It also includes stabbing guitar chords, especially in 'Walking on the Moon' and guitar solos can become quite dissonant, like in
Pet shop boys
From the mid-1980s, Jackson's appearance began to change dramatically. The changes to his face, particularly his nose, triggered widespread speculation of extensive cosmetic surgery, and his skin tone became much lighter. He was diagnosed with the skin disorder vitiligo in 1983, which results in white patches on the skin and sensitivity to sunlight. To treat the condition, he used fair-coloured makeup and likely skin-bleaching prescription creams to cover up the uneven blotches of colour caused by the illness. The creams would have further lightened his skin. The lighter skin resulted in criticism that he was trying to appear white. Jackson said he had not purposely bleached his skin and that he was not trying to be anything he was not.
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records.
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