At some point in the ’80s pop parade, the subtle became bloated, the charmingly-naive became coarse and the modest became overblown. As the decade’s greats and not-so-greats limbered up for Live Aid, artistic judgement started getting skewed, recording budgets sky-rocketed and egos rampaged out of control. The blueprints were drawn up for pop travesties of … Continue reading Where ’80s Pop Went Wrong (In Five Songs)