1980-1989 dante robinson decades. aspects of the eighties flashy birth revival introduction
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1980-1989
D A N T E R O B I N S O N
D E C A D E S
ASPECTS OF THE EIGHTIES
• Flashy
• Birth
• Revival
• Introduction
FADS
• Jumpstarted struggling products
• Lexa Doig on the eighties
• Return of the eighties
• Some examples of eighties fads• Strawberry Short Cake• Video Games
Atari Computers
THE NEW FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT
• Studies done in Spring 2008
• First Video Game, 1958
• Atari Computers started in 1972
• Video Games in Copyright office, 1980
• Take a Look Around You!Photo of William Higinbotham
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
• Designed in 1980
• Surprising Success
• $500 million by 1981
• Many faces of Strawberry• House Wares and Apparels
CARE BARES• Similar to Strawberry
Shortcake
• American Greetings
• Marketing Approach
• Rioting in early release
• $2 billion, 5 years
• Also marketed many ways
MUSIC AND DANCE
• Defined the Eighties
• Spawned Alternative Genres
• Created New Genres
• Brought Existing Genres to Light
• Revived Dying Genres
HIP-HOP MAKES A NAME
• Familiar to only underground audiences
• Fought to be heard
• MTV opens a door
• A few breakthrough artists• Queen Latifah, Run DMC, LL Cool J
• Controversial Genre
CREATION OF POP MUSIC
• Born in the eighties
• Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Madonna
• Defining Pop Music
• Overlaps other genres
• Dominates music today
MUSIC…ON TELEVISION?
• What was MTV?
• Introduced new ways of marketing music
• Stepping Stone in Music
• Carries on today
THE MAN
• Jackson 5, 1960’s
• Solo Career begins, late 1970’s
• Thriller(1982)
• Choreographed music videos + performances
THE MYTH
THE LEGEND
THE END
• Eighties all around
• Flashiness remains
• Utilized many things
• Brought life
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