BBC - The 80s Musics Greatest Decade? (2021) Part 1 The 80s with Dylan Jones

Love it or hate it, the pop decade that brought us, variously, Wham!, Bananarama, Annie Lennox, Morrissey, Michael Jackson, S'Express and, er, Joe Dolce certainly had variety. Award-winning author Dylan Jones is in the driving seat for this authoritative four-part look back. No stone (rose) remains unturned, as he revisits the New Romantics, hip-hop, indie jingle, synth-pop and club culture. Not to mention Culture Club… He makes the case that the 1980s was the most radical, innovative and creative decade in the history of pop, when New Romantic, synth pop, house music and hip hop were introduced to the charts. It was 10 years that the taste was forgotten. But the major new BBC series would argue that the 80's was actually the pinnacle of pop music achievement. The 80s, unlike other decades, was undefinable by monolithic musical movements such as punk, disco or Britpop, and unleashed a myriad of new musical genres in just 10 years. Bananarama, Spandau Ballet, and Schick Nile Rodgers are one of the most iconic stars of the BBC Two series in the 80's, the biggest decade of music, and a highly maligned music era. The 80's artists explored in the series include Madonna, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, hip-hop pioneers The Sugarhill Gang, Public Enemy, Bronski Beat and Erasure, with contributions from Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Jazzie B, Trevor Horn, Bananarama’s Sara Dallin & Keren Woodward, Gary Kemp, Mark Moore, Cookie Crew's Cookie Pryce and Suzie Q, Bobby Gillespie, UB40's Ali Campbell & Astro, The Fall's Brix Smith, Sarah Jane Morris and more.

Part 1 The 80s with Dylan Jones

Eighties music is often dismissed as a joke - all drum machines and big hair. But - as acclaimed author Dylan Jones argues in this film – the 1980s should be looked on as the most creative, radical and innovative decade in pop. This was the decade when the world-conquering genres of rap, hip-hop and modern dance music were launched, while guitar-driven indie flourished in a constellation of scenes spread out across the UK that sowed the seeds of Britpop. And a technological revolution was changing how music was made, filling the charts with a starburst of innovative records. Meanwhile, the launch of MTV turned pop into a visual medium, allowing artists as varied as U2 and Eurythmics to take charge of how they presented themselves. Featuring interviews with Nile Rodgers, Bananarama, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, Mark Ronson, Trevor Horn and Soul II Soul's Jazzie B.

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