1984 is roundly considered to be one of the greatest years in pop music history, a year that produced an embarrassment of riches in both the mainstream and underground. It was a year where the echoes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What was the greatest decade in pop music? Well, we think that’s easily the ’60s. Motown, the Beatles, and psychedelic rock, are ...

If you ask any adult ‘80s kid how they’d define their childhood, they likely wouldn’t list shoulder pads and fluorescent leg warmers. Instead, it would be key cultural moments. In 1984 we couldn’t ...

Although MTV was barely two years old at the start of 1984, the channel had already completely flipped the music industry on its head. Whether they wanted to or not, rock's biggest stars now needed to ...

In a peak moment of pop monoculture, synthesizers pumped up songs and MTV forever changed how artists were seen. Here’s how — and why. Credit... Supported by By Jon Pareles Forty years ago, the ...

The summer of 1984 delivered something for everybody, as an array of timeless tracks filled the airwaves. Advancements in electronic music gave rock its newest sound, and the summer of 1984 saw plenty ...

1984 was a huge year for Hollywood movies, rivaled perhaps only by 1982. Like the toys, comics, cartoons, and music of that year, so many of the ’84 films have a staying power that’s simply uncanny.

What was the greatest decade in pop music? Well, we think that’s easily the ’60s. Motown, the Beatles, and psychedelic rock, are all game-changing moments in popular music. But the greatest single ...