These controversial songs from the 1980s might elicit a love-hate response from the general public, but I'm firmly in the "love" camp.

The 1980s were both a strange and fun time to be a music fan. It is perhaps the oddest decade for popular music since maybe the 2020s. There was rock, glam, the beginnings of rap, new wave, the rise ...

The 1980s were a decade of tremendous growth and monumental societal change. The rise of the Reagan right, the AIDS epidemic, the Cold War's conclusion and famine in Africa brought on a new form of ...

In the 1980s, more than ever before, country artists and songwriters were perfecting the art of the story song. They learned to draw fans with a gripping narrative — and often, that made already sad ...

It started with the fact that I really need to stick to a budget, and it ended with "Never Surrender" by Corey Hart. I was going through a major review of spending and savings this week, just sitting ...

It was all about big hair, malls and... Randy Travis? The 1980s saw a shift in country music as collabs crossed genres, pulling in new listeners and new artists from all over the musical world. We ...

The 1980s had many twists and turns musically. We were still very much in classic rock territory. New Wave had taken us on ...