80s Music 2

The music of the 1980s reflects the events of the decade. A song like Material Girl exemplifies the mentality of the people of the 80s. People spent a lot of money during this decade and were very interested in material things. The songs on the playlist by U2 both talk about deeper topics. Pride talks about pride for one's country, which is a big theme of the 80s, especially with the USA and the USSR and the threat of nuclear war. Sunday Bloody Sunday is of a past event that ended in fighting and blood. This speaks to what may happen if a country sets off a nuclear weapon. Songs such as Like a Virgin and Talk Dirty to Me are more sexually explicit than songs of previous decades, and builds off of the themes set in the 1970s disco era. People are just as open to hearing about and talking about sex as they were in the 70s