“Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs. And what’s wrong with that?” Paul McCartney and Wings threw that question out in 1976, and thankfully a cavalcade of artists a decade later ...

Much like a smell or a picture, a song can bring back so many memories. Sometimes, it's just the first note that makes you reminisce about the past, especially when it's about relationships long lost ...

The ’80s were nothing short of magical (at least when viewing with rose-colored glasses). Music in this decade wasn’t bad either. Thanks to numerous new technologies, a unique sound was curated that ...

Welcome to our list of the 200 best songs of the 1980s. A great deal of today's music looks to the '80s for inspiration, but there are so many different ideas of what "'80s" as a descriptor can mean.

The best ’80s songs are somehow equal parts timeless and very of their time. After all, this was a decade of excess—big hair, big shoulder pads, and big egos—so it makes sense that music of the period ...

The era of 1980s pop music might just be the most mutually despised genre of all time. People who agree with this notion seemingly believe the genre to be overdone, shallow, overly corny, cliché, and ...

Any devout ‘80s music fan knows that hearing “Beat It,” “Like a Virgin,” “All Night Long (All Night)” or “Dancing in the Dark” incessantly doesn’t exactly fulfill that craving for nostalgia. Radio ...

There can be something deeply satisfying about gut-wrenching music and lovesick ballads. From singing, or sometimes screaming, along with the musicians to the poetic lyrics telling the story or ...

“I hated the ’80s, except for the sex and drugs” — Iggy pop (Music in the ‘80s, by Lynn Goldsmith) When Aspen recording artist, talent manager, fine artist, filmmaker, and rock ‘n’ roll photographer ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Love Tractor guitarist Mark Cline distinctly remembers the first show the band ...

Remember when parachute pants were cool, and the Walkman was the peak of portable music? If you grew up in the 80s, you lived through a unique blend of technological innovation, cultural shifts, and ...