Comparing the ‘50s and ‘80s Culture.

When I’m listening to music, there’s nothing that I appreciate more than exploring through the decades of 20th Century to nowadays. The hard work of study, investigate and understand the similarities between all 10 years past and make conclusions about how each different generations behave themselves, the way of thinking and lifestyle is heavily influenced by their heroes established by the media. It’s correct to affirm that in spite of all decades had your particularities, in other words, are entirely distinct, they are all influenced and connected such as a chain.

However, you might be thinking “how the hell 39 years past 1950 are linked?”. Well, you’re all right but in the 1980s flourished some nuances linked with 1950s culture and this is my commitment to bring to you.

Movies

Following the box-office success of George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” (1973) and Travolta’s “Grease” (1978), the ‘80s became famous for teenage nostalgic movies like “Back To The Future” (1985), “Peggy Sue Got Married” (1986), “Porky’s” (1981), “The Delinquents” (1989), “Christine” (1982), “Mischief” (1989), “Sixteen Candles” (1984) “My American Cousin” (1985) and biographical movies as “La Bamba” (1987) and “Great Balls of Fire” (1989) bringing a delightful soundtrack with the best ‘50s hits you can imagine.

Music

The advent of punk rock in the middle of age 1970s changed the whole way of making music. The psychedelic and progressive bands with their songs longer than 10 minutes length and hard shape compositions became out of mainstream during the ‘80s. The post-punk, new wave and synth-pop simplicity were the new generation sound as same than the first rock bands and solo artists in the ‘50s. Not to forget the Neo-Rockabilly led by Brian Setzer and his band The Stray Cats that brought back the nostalgia of the youth spirit intrinsic of the 1950s.

Fashion

Can’t you see Brian Setzer, Bruce Springsteen, A-ha, Duran Duran, Billy Idol, Brian Adams, Richard Marx, George Michael, Morrissey, et cetera, and not confused with any veteran greaser from your high school in 1958? Well, the modern pompadour hairstyle and leather jacket were back as a man symbol after a long time of the ‘60s and ‘70s dominant.

Retro and Vintage

Nowadays, retro and vintage culture are very popular because of the nostalgia feeling of the old days even if you never experienced, like me for an example I was born in the middle of the ‘90s. The pop art and the technology from the ‘40s to the ‘60s are simply remarkable since then, and the 1950s are often represented in the fashion and cinematography industry with some attractive elements of fancy hot rods, pretty women and classic rock n’ roll heroes. During the ‘70s and ‘80s, those memories prospered massively expressed in all of the communications media into the youth culture.