A mechanistic drum pounds out a steady, basic thump. Keyboards make noises -- blips, pings, squirts, hums -- that sound strange and spartan and alien while still somehow resolving into catchy melodies ...
Released in 1979, Pop Muzik, the hit single released by Robin Scott under his M alias, provided a template for the pop sound of the eighties, pre-empting the MTV generation with a global message and ...
These well-loved pop songs from the 1970s aren't exactly direct in their meaning. Fans are still interpreting them differently, decades later.