The old blockbusters of the 1980s are considered a period of kitsch, where color and shine were primarily in force. Leggings and ankle boots, XXL sweaters and shiny belts were indispensable. The 1980s were a period of fashion for so-called synthesizer music, i.e. hits in the style of Italo Disco, Euro Disco, New Romantic and New Wave. The most popular in the world was the latter trend or New Wave music. Go ahead and see what the most popular songs of the 1980s were.… Read more
New Wave originated from punk rock, but in its final form took on a very pop character, characterized by a mellow sound based on the use of electronic keyboards and percussion instruments and technically clean singing.
Representatives of the new wave include: Joy Division, Kim Wilde, The Buggles, INXS, The Cure, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Devo, Talking Heads, Swans, Blondie, The B-52's, The Police, The Jam, XTC, The dB's, The Pretenders, The Stranglers, Man Go Fish, Cheap Trick, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, The Cars, Split Enz, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet, ABC, Gary Numan, Talk Talk, Ultravox, Classix Nouveaux, The Boomtown Rats, U2.
In Poland, on the other hand, in the 1980s the music of such bands reigned supreme as: Republika, Kryzys, Brygada Kryzys, ERSATZ, Aya RL, Tilt, Madame, Siekiera, 1984, Klaus Mitffoch, Lech Janerka, Variété, Kult, Maanam, Rezerwat, Bikini, Made in Poland, Obywatel G.C., Novelty Poland, None, Control W., or even early Lady Pank. Of course, these are not all the bands because it's impossible to list them all here, feel free to browse our resources in search of good old hits from the 80s music category.
It's also worth mentioning that in Poland the 1980s was a period of boom for rock music, also reaching us mild Italo Disco, which so appealed to the Poles that already in the next decade on its basis we will create our native genre of music Disco Polo.
One might be tempted to say that the 1980s produced the most hits of popular and rock music, which is still listened to eagerly by two generations today, see and listen to the old hits of the 1980s.