The Sound of the 80s (opens in new tab)

I graduated high school in 1986 and it recently struck me how music from before I graduated is different in my mind from music that came out later. Perhaps it was the change of mind that accompanies the exit from puberty, the reduction in impressability after childhood’s end. As I did a little exploration of the pop hits of 1985-86, while many brought back memories, they also brought back something of a bad taste in my mouth, musically speaking. That 80s sound got so very overused…