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Rock In The Video Age

When MTV launched in 1981, music and image were linked like never before. Videogenic newcomers like Madonna and Boy George rode their outrageousness to the top; others swore off the medium altogether. VH1 looks at the phenomenon.
Cyndi Lauper
 
 
Artist Interview
 
  John Taylor
John Taylor
Duran Duran's bassist explains how the band turned the music video into an art form.
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Essential Albums
 
  Thriller
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982, Epic)
Quincy and Michael's masterpiece may also be the most mercilessly precise hit machine of all time.
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Listen to great '80s music on Retrograde Radio!
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Read Q&As with The B-52's and Duran Duran.
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