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1980

Roger Waters - Musician - Pink Floyd - 2024

The 1980 Pink Floyd masterpiece Roger Waters said was almost ruined: “Just awful”

Fighting for the right mix.

Tim Coffman
Jun 26, 2026
Wes Anderson - Owen Wilson - Split

The 1980 movie Owen Wilson introduced to Wes Anderson: “He’d never seen it”

Used to watch it back in college.

Tim Bradley
Jun 26, 2026
Eddie Murphy - Richard Pryor - Split

How Richard Pryor setting himself on fire gave Eddie Murphy a movie career: “I’ve got this client”

The domino effect.

Scott Campbell
Jun 26, 2026
Bruce Springsteen - 1977- New Haven Coliseum - Musician - Carl Lender

The Bruce Springsteen reject that became a Warren Zevon 1980 hit

Warren Zevon once brought a lost Bruce Springsteen track to life.

Jordan Potter
Jun 25, 2026
Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime the big misinterpretation about the best one-hit wonder of the 1980s

‘Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime’: the big misinterpretation about the best one-hit wonder of the 1980s

One and done.

Lauren Hunter
Jun 25, 2026
Steely Dan - Mark Knopfler - Split -

The 1980 Steely Dan and Mark Knopfler song that ended in tears: “A strange experience”

Loveable misanthropes.

Arun Starkey
Jun 22, 2026
Geddy Lee - Bassist - Rush - 2019

The 1980 song Geddy Lee fell back in love with: “I got back into that headspace”

Seeing the bright spots all over again.

Tim Coffman
Jun 19, 2026
ACDC - Angus Young - Bon Scott - Malcolm Young - Colin Burgess - 1978

Grave-robbing, not giving up, and the wildest show Bon Scott had ever seen

AC/DC doing things their way.

Reuben Cross
Jun 18, 2026

The 1980 song that became Genesis’ most complex single: “It sounds simple”

As prog-rockers, Genesis enjoyed complex compositions.

Jordan Potter
Jun 14, 2026
The Pretenders - Chrissie Hynde - 2023

Rural thugs, smack, and the story of Chrissie Hynde’s eventual 1980 breakthrough

A landmark success…

Ben Forrest
Jun 11, 2026
Harrison Ford - Actor - 2021

The first Harrison Ford movie he could actually bear watching: “I’m happy”

A classic.

Aimee Ferrier
Jun 9, 2026
Ozzy Osbourne - Solo - 2010s

“Really horrible”: the 1980 song that saved Ozzy Osbourne’s career

A trailblazing track…

Ben Forrest
Jun 8, 2026

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