1980s

What Everybody Wants

Thoughts on the Meaning of Life from Retro Pop Music I’ve been brushing up on my 80’s and early 90’s music while pondering the meaning of life, and came up with the following: In 1985, Tears For Fears sang “Everybody wants to rule the world.” A couple years later, in 1987, Love and Rockets sang “Everybody […]

A New Brand of Shock Rock

Shock rocker Monroe Charles began his career in the late 1980s with songs about all things evil: guns, drugs, and satanism. However, a few years ago he realised he was starting to lose ground as his audiences were no longer shocked by the same old themes. Since then he has completely revamped his songwriting to […]