Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80s

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Shiny and New: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the '80sFuture classic pop cultural history of the 80s, told through the ten defining singles one from each year of the decade. The '80s were about big ideas writ large new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Dylan Jones' history of the decade in pop frames the '80s through some of its

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