![]() ![]() So straight away I’m going to break my pop-only rule and talk about metal. It’s all hyperlinked, so please have a listen to what pop music was like thirty years ago (Jesus Christ, I’m getting old): 1. At the height of the Special Purposes: First Strike Weapon. I’m talking about mainstream top-ten pop hits in all their excessively-hair-sprayed glory. I’m not talking about some floppy-haired angst-ridden indie bands, or angry protest rock/metal. It’s very telling, then, that so many of the pop songs of the ’eighties were less to do with boys-meeting-girls, or broken hearts, as they were about being turned to ash in a nuclear firestorm. This is in no way a denigration of today’s tunes: pop music is always something of a reflection of the era that it exists in. ![]() As a kid you tend to be exposed to pop music first, but the pop music of the ’eighties was different to the pop music of today. It’s no real secret that I’m a big fan of alternative, rock and metal music but I do like a good pop song as well. I have written about how important music is to me when I write a couple of times before.
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