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 +"One of the earliest uses of the [[Roland TR-808]] for a live performance was by [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] in December [[1980]] in the song "[[Thousand Knives]]," composed by [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] in 1978. The hand-clap sound was later publicized by YMO's innovative album ''[[BGM (album)|BGM]]'', released March 1981 in Japan, used again on "Thousand Knives," as well as in another of Sakamoto's songs, "[[Music Plans]]."" --Sholem Stein
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-:[[1980]] - [[1981]] - [[1982]] - [[1983]] - [[1984]] - [[1985]] - [[1986]] - [[1987]] - [[1988]] - [[1989]] - [[1990]]+'''1980''' is the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the [[1980s]] decade.
== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
=== Film === === Film ===
*''[[Return of the Secaucus 7]]'' by John Sayles *''[[Return of the Secaucus 7]]'' by John Sayles
-*''[[Bad Timing]]'' by Roeg+*''[[Bad Timing]]'' by Nicolas Roeg
-*''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' by Ruggero Deodato+*''[[Death Watch]]'' by Bertrand Blier
-*''[[Deathwatch]]'' by Blier+*''[[The Elephant Man (film)|Elephant Man]]'' by David Lynch
-*''[[Elephant Man]]'' by David Lynch+*''[[Dressed to Kill (1980 film)|Dressed to Kill ]]'' by Brian De Palma
-*''[[Dressed to Kill ]]'' by Brian De Palma+
*''[[Forbidden Zone]]'', by Richard Elfman *''[[Forbidden Zone]]'', by Richard Elfman
-*''[[Alligator]]'' by Lewis Teague 
*''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' by Stanley Kubrick *''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' by Stanley Kubrick
-*''[[Sitting Ducks]]'' by [[Henry Jaglom]]+*''[[Sitting Ducks (film)|Sitting Ducks]]'' by Henry Jaglom
-*''[[Battle Beyond the Stars]]'' by Jimmy T. Murakami+
*''[[Altered States]]'' by Ken Russell *''[[Altered States]]'' by Ken Russell
-*''[[Spetters]]'' by Paul Verhoeven 
-*''[[Airplane!]]'' by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker 
*''[[Used Cars]]'' by Robert Zemeckis *''[[Used Cars]]'' by Robert Zemeckis
-===Television===+==== Guilty pleasures ====
-*''[[100 Great Paintings]]''+*''[[Alligator (film)|Alligator]]'' by Lewis Teague
-*''[[King Crab]]''+*''[[Airplane!]]'' by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
-*''[[Newsnight]]''+*''[[Battle Beyond the Stars]]'' by Jimmy T. Murakami
 +*''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' by Ruggero Deodato
 +*''[[Spetters]]'' by Paul Verhoeven
=== Literature === === Literature ===
====Fiction==== ====Fiction====
-*''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' by [[Thomas M. Disch]]+*''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' by Thomas M. Disch
*''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' by John Kennedy Toole first published *''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' by John Kennedy Toole first published
====Non-fiction==== ====Non-fiction====
-*''[[The Third Wave]]'' by Alvin Toffler+*''[[The Third Wave (Toffler book)|The Third Wave]]'' by Alvin Toffler
*''[[The Shock of the New]]'' *''[[The Shock of the New]]''
-*''[[A Thousand Plateaus]]'' by [[Gilles Deleuze]], [[Felix Guattari]]+*''[[A Thousand Plateaus]]'' by Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari
===Visual art=== ===Visual art===
-*[[Tramonto a New York]] by [[Gaetano Pesce]]+*[[Tramonto a New York]] by Gaetano Pesce
*[[After Edward Weston]] by Sherrie Levine *[[After Edward Weston]] by Sherrie Levine
===Music=== ===Music===
-*Disco is a Dirty Word+*Disco becomes a dirty word
-**By 1980, disco had become a dirty word. The term was banished from the language as an added security measure [because remember, the disco that Ron and Frankie played was called 'house' even before house was], but the music was exported to England, where it was de-gayed and re-exported to the States under a new name: "new wave dance music." The rock majority was satisfied by the replacement of explicitly gay Sylvester with flamboyantly closeted Boy George. As the playlist segued from "I'm Coming Out" into "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me," the pulverization of the liberal imagination became a political fact. Ronald Reagan was elected president, and the following June, a mysterious new "gay cancer" appeared. - by [[Peter Braunstein]] +**By 1980, disco had become a dirty word. The term was banished from the language as an added security measure [because remember, the disco that Ron and Frankie played was called 'house' even before house was], but the music was exported to England, where it was de-gayed and re-exported to the States under a new name: "new wave dance music." The rock majority was satisfied by the replacement of explicitly gay Sylvester with flamboyantly closeted Boy George. As the playlist segued from "I'm Coming Out" into "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me," the pulverization of the liberal imagination became a political fact. Ronald Reagan was elected president, and the following June, a mysterious new "gay cancer" appeared. --[[Peter Braunstein]]
*Adrian Sherwood *Adrian Sherwood
-**In 1980, Adrian Sherwood launches On U Sound records. +**In 1980, Adrian Sherwood launches [[On-U Sound Records]].
*Grace Jones *Grace Jones
-**With the dawn of the '80s came a massive anti-disco movement across the U.S., leading to Grace Jones focusing on more new wave and experimental-based work produced by the noted reggae team of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.+**With the dawn of the '80s came a massive [[anti-disco]] movement across the U.S., leading to Grace Jones focusing on more new wave and experimental-based work produced by the noted reggae team of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.
====Singles==== ====Singles====
-* "[[Is It All Over My Face]]" - [[Loose Joints]] +*[[Could You Be Loved]] by Bob Marley
-*"[[You've Got to Have Freedom]]" - [[Pharoah Sanders]] (started the whole [[acid jazz]] thing) +*[[Is It All Over My Face]] by Loose Joints
-*[[Loleatta Holloway]] - [[Love Sensation]] +*[[You've Got to Have Freedom]] by Pharoah Sanders (started the whole acid jazz thing)
-*[[Sylvester]] - [[I Need You]] +*[[More Bounce to the Ounce]] by Zapp
-*[[Ramona Brooks]] - [[I Don't Want You Back]] +*[[Riot in Lagos]] by Ryuichi Sakamoto
-*[[Taana Gardner]] - Work That Body (Levan Remix)+*[[Love Sensation]] by Loleatta Holloway
-*[[More Bounce to the Ounce]] - [[Zapp]]+*[[I Need You]] by Sylvester
-*[[Kinky Foxx]] - So Different +*[[I Don't Want You Back]] by Ramona Brooks
-*[[Sylvia Striplin]] - [[Give Me Your Love]] +*[[Voices Inside My Head]] by The Police
-*[[First Choice]] - [[Breakaway]] +*[[Super Rappin' Theme]] by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
-*[[La Colegiala]] - +*[[Give Me Your Love]] by Sylvia Striplin
-*[[Gayle Adams]] - Stretchin' Out +*[[Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)]] by Talking Heads
-*[[Geraldine Hunt]] - Can't Fake The Feeling +*[[Odyssey (song)|Odyssey]] Johnny Harris
 +*[[La Colegiala]]
 +*[[Suis-je normale?]] by Nini Raviolette
 +*Dance of the Spirit Catchers by [[Ghostwriters]]
 +*[[Rapper Dapper Snapper]] by Edwin Birdsong
 +*[[The Breaks]] by Kurtis Blow
 + 
 +*[[Taana Gardner]] - Work That Body
 +*[[Geraldine Hunt]] - Can't Fake the Feeling
*Trussel - Love Injection *Trussel - Love Injection
-*Invisible Man's Band - All Night Thing +*[[Invisible Man's Band]] - All Night Thing
*Sparkle - Handsome Man (Levan Mix) *Sparkle - Handsome Man (Levan Mix)
-*Fantastic Aleems - Hooked On Your Love  
-*Edwin Birdsong - Rapper Dapper Snapper  
*Visage - Fade To Grey *Visage - Fade To Grey
*Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It *Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It
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*Chaka Khan - Clouds *Chaka Khan - Clouds
*Two Tons Of Fun - Just Us *Two Tons Of Fun - Just Us
-*Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - [[Super Rappin' Theme]]  
*Brothers Johnson - Stomp *Brothers Johnson - Stomp
*The Fantastic Aleems feat. Leroy Burgess - Hooked On Your Love *The Fantastic Aleems feat. Leroy Burgess - Hooked On Your Love
*Billy Frazier & Friends - Billy Who? *Billy Frazier & Friends - Billy Who?
-*Talking Heads - Born Under Punches  
*Yello - Bostich *Yello - Bostich
-*Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot in Lagos  
-*Bob Marley and the Wailers - Could You Be Loved  
*High Frequency - Summertime *High Frequency - Summertime
-*Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots +*Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots
-*All Night Long (1980) - Rainbow+ 
-*Private Life - Grace Jones+
====Albums==== ====Albums====
-*''[[Kurtis Blow]]'' by [[Kurtis Blow]]+*''[[Remain in Light]]'' by Talking Heads
-*''[[Remain in Light]]'' by [[Talking Heads]]+*''[[B2-Unit]]'' by Ryuichi Sakamoto
-*''[[B2-Unit]]'' by [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]]+*''[[Lesson No. 1]]'' by Glenn Branca
-*''[[Closer (Joy Division album)|Closer]]'' by [[Joy Division]]+*''[[Music Of Many Colours]]'', Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti
-*''[[Love Sensation]]'' by [[Loleatta Holloway]]+
-*''[[Lesson 1 for Electric Guitar]]'' by [[Glenn Branca]]+
== Births == == Births ==
-*''[[January 14]]'' - [[Aadeen Khan]], Indian model 
-*''[[September 16]]'' - [[AJ Alexander]], American model and actress 
==Deaths == ==Deaths ==
*[[Roland Barthes]] (1915 - 1980) *[[Roland Barthes]] (1915 - 1980)

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"One of the earliest uses of the Roland TR-808 for a live performance was by Yellow Magic Orchestra in December 1980 in the song "Thousand Knives," composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1978. The hand-clap sound was later publicized by YMO's innovative album BGM, released March 1981 in Japan, used again on "Thousand Knives," as well as in another of Sakamoto's songs, "Music Plans."" --Sholem Stein

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1980 is the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade.

Contents

Art and culture

Film

Guilty pleasures

Literature

Fiction

Non-fiction

Visual art

Music

  • Disco becomes a dirty word
    • By 1980, disco had become a dirty word. The term was banished from the language as an added security measure [because remember, the disco that Ron and Frankie played was called 'house' even before house was], but the music was exported to England, where it was de-gayed and re-exported to the States under a new name: "new wave dance music." The rock majority was satisfied by the replacement of explicitly gay Sylvester with flamboyantly closeted Boy George. As the playlist segued from "I'm Coming Out" into "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me," the pulverization of the liberal imagination became a political fact. Ronald Reagan was elected president, and the following June, a mysterious new "gay cancer" appeared. --Peter Braunstein
  • Adrian Sherwood
  • Grace Jones
    • With the dawn of the '80s came a massive anti-disco movement across the U.S., leading to Grace Jones focusing on more new wave and experimental-based work produced by the noted reggae team of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.

Singles

  • Taana Gardner - Work That Body
  • Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake the Feeling
  • Trussel - Love Injection
  • Invisible Man's Band - All Night Thing
  • Sparkle - Handsome Man (Levan Mix)
  • Visage - Fade To Grey
  • Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It
  • MFSB - Mysteries Of The World
  • Chico Hamilton - Magic Fingers
  • Chaka Khan - Clouds
  • Two Tons Of Fun - Just Us
  • Brothers Johnson - Stomp
  • The Fantastic Aleems feat. Leroy Burgess - Hooked On Your Love
  • Billy Frazier & Friends - Billy Who?
  • Yello - Bostich
  • High Frequency - Summertime
  • Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots

Albums

Births

Deaths





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