The 1980s were the big bang of music videos—a cosmic explosion of creativity, technology and straight-up weirdness. With the launch of MTV in 1981, some artists used the visual art form to sell sex, ...

(CNN) — While a lot of people remember the ’80s for formulaic pop music and solid rock ‘n’ roll, there were some fantastically weird things happening in music as well. The decade’s musical pioneers ...

For me, the '80s were all about the original Strawberry Shortcake, Today's Special, Super Mario Brothers, and some of the best music ever. My only regret is that my parents wouldn't take a ...

The '80s saw the emergence of hard rock and metal, bolstered by a new format -- the music video. The arrival of MTV provided a visual outlet unlike anything that had come before it, making the rock ...

One of my favorite things about looking back on the past is how things that were perhaps state-of-the-art at the time are now so cheesy and dated removed from their original contexts. It should ...

On Wednesday, A-ha's "Take On Me" became the second music video from the '80s to pass one billion views on YouTube, after Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O'Mine." In a tweet, the band thanked their fans ...

There was a time when music videos were as important as the radio in promoting the hottest artists and songs of the day. Back in the '80s and '90s, MTV was one of the most powerful cultural forces in ...

Any devout ‘80s music fan knows that hearing “Beat It,” “Like a Virgin,” “All Night Long (All Night)” or “Dancing in the Dark” incessantly doesn’t exactly fulfill that craving for nostalgia. Radio ...

When it comes to iconic music videos from the 1980s, most people think of neon lights, synth beats, and dance-heavy pop hits. But the most-watched video from that decade on YouTube actually comes from ...

While many of my fellow millennials continually become steeped in nostalgia over the '90s — myself included — there are plenty of us that also enjoy waxing poetic about the tubular decade known as the ...