My Essay
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Rafael Santos
E-Marketing
Mr. Slominski
May 7, 2013
The 80’s
The 80’s were very important years in music history. Known as the “decade of excess,” the 80’s brought a more visual experience to music. From fireworks at concerts to MTV, the 80’s made sitting next to the radio a thing of the past. Musicians became more into their image than ever before. By the time the 80’s rolled around, people needed something new and crazy. People’s hair was outrageous, and the 80’s got the name, “the big hair decade” from this. Bright colors and flashy clothes. Hair and clothes were a direct reflection of the music people listened to. “I WANT MY MTV!!” was the cry from thousands of teens during the 80’s. MTV, otherwise known as music television, brought videos along with music to TV. MTV brought the artist closer to their fans.
Music was not the only thing that impacted in the 80’s. Pac- Man. An arcade game that came very popular very fast. It was first released on Japan on May 22, 1980. Pac-Man is considered one of the most popular arcade game during the 80’s. This arcade game generated more than $2.5 billion in quarters by the 1990’s. Pac-Man is one of the longest running video game franchises from the golden age of video arcade games. During the 1980’s, the presidents were Ronald Regan and George H.W. Bush.
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Also technology started to develop quickly. Home computers were a class microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user. A home computer often had better graphics and sound than contemporary business computers. Their most common use was playing video games. Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits by allowing people to carry music with them and listen to music through lightweight headphones. In 1979, Sony began selling the popular Walkman in
Rafael Santos
E-Marketing
Mr. Slominski
May 7, 2013
The 80’s
The 80’s were very important years in music history. Known as the “decade of excess,” the 80’s brought a more visual experience to music. From fireworks at concerts to MTV, the 80’s made sitting next to the radio a thing of the past. Musicians became more into their image than ever before. By the time the 80’s rolled around, people needed something new and crazy. People’s hair was outrageous, and the 80’s got the name, “the big hair decade” from this. Bright colors and flashy clothes. Hair and clothes were a direct reflection of the music people listened to. “I WANT MY MTV!!” was the cry from thousands of teens during the 80’s. MTV, otherwise known as music television, brought videos along with music to TV. MTV brought the artist closer to their fans.
Music was not the only thing that impacted in the 80’s. Pac- Man. An arcade game that came very popular very fast. It was first released on Japan on May 22, 1980. Pac-Man is considered one of the most popular arcade game during the 80’s. This arcade game generated more than $2.5 billion in quarters by the 1990’s. Pac-Man is one of the longest running video game franchises from the golden age of video arcade games. During the 1980’s, the presidents were Ronald Regan and George H.W. Bush.
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Also technology started to develop quickly. Home computers were a class microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user. A home computer often had better graphics and sound than contemporary business computers. Their most common use was playing video games. Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits by allowing people to carry music with them and listen to music through lightweight headphones. In 1979, Sony began selling the popular Walkman in