'80s Roll

Nate Wilcox and music writer Ed Legge discuss the historical significance of the 1980s in music as detailed in Michaelangelo Matos' book, "Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year."

‘80s Roll Episodes

• 80s Roll 20: Queen, Bowie & Jagger and other highs and lows of Live Aid

• 80s Roll 19: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones led “We Are The World”

• 80s Roll 18: British stars came together wrap up a huge 1984 with “Do They Know It’s Christmas”

• 80s Roll 17: Classic Rockers Like Don Henley, Foreigner and Steve Perry Had a Big 1984 Too

• 80s Roll 16: Bruce Springsteen broke all the way through with Born in the USA

• 80s Roll 15: Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper & Madonna at the First Ever MTV Awards

• 80s Roll 14: The Olympics, Lionel Richie, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and R&B Radio

• 80s Roll 13: Madonna comes out of the NYC club scene, 1st House records come out of Chicago, Hi-NRG is go, Electro becomes Freestyle

• 80s Roll 12: R.E.M., Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen and the Meat Puppets charted an alternative course

• 80s Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign

• 80s Roll 10: The Jackson's Victory Tour was anything but

• 80s Roll 9: Run-DMC revolutionized hip-hop in the year of "Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”

• 80s Roll 8: Willie Nelson ruled the country music roost but George Strait and the Judds were coming up fast

• 80s Roll 7: Bob Marley's Legend album was the biggest reissue of 1984

• 80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984

• 80s Roll 5: Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Boy George and Cyndi Lauper at the Grammy Awards

• 80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge

• 80s Roll 3: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, The Human League, Duran Duran and The Police Led the 2nd British Invasion

• 80s Roll 2: How the Late 70s Disco Implosion and Early 80's Stagnation of AOR Radio Made 1984 Possible

• 80s Roll 1: How Great a Year Was 1984 for Pop Music?