These story songs from the 1980s likely threw most of their listeners for a loop with those lyrical twists and turns.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The 1980s were a strange and glorious time in popular music. Compared to the 1970s, pop music became what rock and roll was – a larger-than-life stadium genre that ruled over popular ...

The music of the 1980s reflected the era’s sweeping cultural shifts and technological advancements, producing a diverse array of sounds and styles that continue to influence contemporary music.

Fine Young Cannibals was one of the best rock bands from the 1980s that has unfortunately been forgotten in favor of their pop-rock contemporaries. Formed in England, FYC was all over MTV in the late ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Everything felt bigger in the Eighties. The stars were more famous. The singles stuck around much longer. The albums arrived like a full-blown pop culture event. In looking at the ...

Classic rock may have been on the decline in terms of popularity in the 1980s, but a handful of tracks proved to be popular ...

Progressive rock bands going pop is a well-established phenomenon. And it's one that still happens today, believe it or not. Do you have a favorite prog band that subsequently dabbled in popular music ...

Headshot of American pop and R&B singer Janet Jackson singing on stage during a concert, circa 1991. (Photo by Fotos International/Getty Images) Olivia Rodrigo may be a teenage pop star who works ...

The 1980s were heady times for synthesizers and drum machines. Ushering out the distorted three-chord guitars and traditional ...

Popular music was splintering in about a dozen directions as the '70s came to an end. The decade's buildups of pop, rock, new wave, punk, disco, soul and any number of variations on those genres ...