Fifty Years of Pop: How Music Became Simpler and More Stressed
You remember those summer afternoons. The car windows were down. The radio was humming a perfect, catchy tune. Maybe it was a Fleetwood Mac jam from 1977. Or maybe it was a synth-pop groove from 1985. The song may have been about…
Fifty Years of Pop: How Music Became Simpler and More Stressed
You remember those summer afternoons. The car windows were down. The radio was humming a perfect, catchy tune. Maybe it was a Fleetwood Mac jam from 1977. Or maybe it was a synth-pop groove from 1985. The song may have been about heartbreak, but the melody was light. The lyrics were simple. The whole experience felt undeniably bright. This breezy pop soundtrack once defined a huge slice of American music.
