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80's

Music The 1980s was a decade of revolutionary changes on the music scene. The two major developments were the advent of MTV and the compact disc. Music became more diverse, with new wave, heavy metal, rap, techno pop, alternative rock and the "new" country sounds. And music became a huge marketing tool as filmmakers, TV producers and manufacturers of everything from sneakers to soft drinks used hit songs and hot performers to sell their products. 1. Love Shack - B-52s 2. What I Like About You - Romantics 3. Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol 4. Rock The Casbah (Mustapha Dance) - the Clash 5. Antmusic - Adam and the Ants 6. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper 7. Train In Vain (Stand By Me) - the Clash 8. Just Like Heaven - The Cure 9. Situation - Yaz (Yazoo) 10. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel

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TV Taboos, Program Standards Change With Values : Broadcasting: TV in the '80s became more frank about sexual issues and grew less tolerant of depictions of smoking, alcohol and drugs, reflecting new attitudes.TV's last decade has certainly reflected changes in American society: more openness about sexual issues and less tolerance of substance abuse. Rock and roll was kinda taboo just all depended on the parents. Usually boys didnt wear earrings because it was badly viewed.

World Events Teenagers In the 80s teenagers liked painting, dancing, going out with friends, listening to music and writing poems. As you can deduce the things have changed a lot from then to now. We like completely different things now. The majority of them didnt like going to school, because they said it was very difficult. The teachers were very strict, they even kicked their students when they didnt do what the teacher wanted them to do. This has also changed during the years, because as you know children laws have changed a lot. The relationship with their parents was quite normal, some of them had a good relationship but others wasnt as good. They usually went out with friends, but normally they had to be at home between 9 and 11 oclock, depending on the age and the freedom their parents gave to them. In their free time they used to go to the cinema or dancing, or to parties, or to a friend's house. They didnt used to go to the disco as much as we do now. The reason was that their parents were much more strict and nobody had been educated like us.
 * "We Are The World" is recorded by USA for Africa, America's response to the British "Do They Know It's Christmas"
 * LIVE AID in London and Philadelphi, beamed around the world
 * Crack coccaine starts to appear.
 * Leaded gas is officially banned in the US