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Wembley and JFK Stadiums filled with concert crowds and connected across the sky.

Live Aid 1985 and The Day Two Stadiums Shared One Screen

On July 13, 1985, a concert became a phone bank, a satellite experiment, a rock-and-roll relay race, and a shared lump in the throat. The concert wasn't the literal day…

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80s Power Ballads That Made Every Car Ride a Concert

One piano chord, one glowing dashboard, one empty stretch of highway, and suddenly your little car had concert-hall acoustics. Back when a cassette's Side B could decide the whole mood,…

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How MTV Music Videos Took Over 80s Afternoons

At 4 p.m., the TV set could be a battlefield. Cartoons, sitcom reruns, local game shows, Mom's soap opera, Dad's news. Then MTV arrived as a new music channel, with…

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New Wave Bands That Defined the 80s Sound

Some 80s songs don't merely play, they strut into the room wearing eyeliner, a skinny tie, and one excellent pair of boots. The artists behind them made pop feel futuristic,…

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Labyrinth and David Bowie cast The Goblin King’s Spell

Say "Labyrinth David Bowie" to an 80s movie fan and watch what happens. Somebody will do the "Magic Dance" shoulder shuffle. Somebody else will whisper, "You have no power over…