Since I'm told the people like the 1980s and can't get enough of them, I've decided to look into the first half of the decade and pull out the most popular songs of the era. Never mind the underground, here's the pop chart. Cogent commentators can make sense out of this stuff, but I don't think anything means anything. It's all crap. Music happens and money and power and people's tastes mix together until a bizarre consensus is reached and everyone can go home. Sure, college radio rose up during these years and bands not listed here came to prominence with their albums, but this list is what you heard everywhere. Black Flag were known to a small circle of friends, while the rest of the world...
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