1.0The Hard Timeshttps://thehardtimes.netChris Bowenhttps://thehardtimes.net/author/chris-bowen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GTVaaflvFO"><a href="https://thehardtimes.net/opinion/opinion-pop-songs-existed-in-the-80s-so-nu-metal-bands-could-perfect-them-in-the-late-90s/">Opinion: Pop Songs Existed in the ’80s So Nu-Metal Bands Could Perfect Them in the Late ’90s</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://thehardtimes.net/opinion/opinion-pop-songs-existed-in-the-80s-so-nu-metal-bands-could-perfect-them-in-the-late-90s/embed/#?secret=GTVaaflvFO" width="600" height="338" title="“Opinion: Pop Songs Existed in the ’80s So Nu-Metal Bands Could Perfect Them in the Late ’90s” — The Hard Times" data-secret="GTVaaflvFO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://thehardtimes.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shutterstock_9011005.jpg1200630Many regard the 1980s as the golden age of pop music. Many popular songs of the decade laid the foundation for the mindless, cash-grabbing, soulless radio hits that record companies force on the masses, to be played ad nauseam in grocery stores and dentist office waiting rooms forever. But there is one silver lining at the end of the shit-tunnel of pop song garbage, and it's wearing tripp pants and Invader Zim arm stockings.