The 80s – Music’s Greatest Decade: True Originals

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Dylan Jones argues that the 1980s was the greatest decade in the history of pop.

Award-winning author Dylan Jones makes the case that the 1980s was the most radical, innovative and creative decade in the history of pop.

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Dylan Jones selects some of the most iconic performers from the 1980s.

In this music compilation, Dylan Jones celebrates some of the stars who created the timeless legacy of the 1980s, from Prince to Madonna and Duran Duran to Sade.

Dylan Jones has written books about many musical eras - their shining stars and defining moments - but the time that fascinates him most is the 1980s. It was an exciting, explosive super-decade, in which a dazzling array of new genres emerged while video really did kill the radio star. 
 
It was also an age of innovators and icons, of style and substance. Here, Dylan celebrates some of the stars who created the timeless legacy of the 1980s. From stellar BBC archive performances from the likes of Madonna, Depeche Mode, Sade, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys and Tina Turner to iconic MTV-era gems from Billy Idol, Eurythmics, U2, Janet Jackson, Prince and many more.
 
It also features rarely seen archive television footage from the BBC vaults, including Terry Wogan interviewing Grace Jones, Bruce Springsteen on the Old Grey Whistle Test and Adam Ant performing his own stunts in a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Prince Charming video.

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