The ’80 music is the best

I’m not an old fart! I’m not nostalgic! I can’t even be nostalgic about the music of the ’80s because I was a child then, growing up in Soviet Moscow. My dad listened to a lot of Western Rock but it wasn’t specific to the eighties. Queen, Pink Floyd, Dire Straights. So I’m not reminiscing, not nostalgizing.

The statement about the ’80 music being the best actually came from my son a few months ago. My son! Born in the new millennium. And it’s not like he likes the stuff from the ’80 because I play a lot of it at home or in our car. I play all kinds of things. My love of pop music spans many decades and different genres.

I argued with him then. I said that every decade has its masterpieces and icons.

He disagreed. “Name me an artist or a song from the 2000s!”

Of course, I could name many artists or songs, but had a point — nothing seems as timeless or iconic as some 80s hits.

Every breath you take

Africa

Don’t stop believing

Running up that hill

West End Girls

Livin’ on a prayer

Sweet Child O’Mine

Dancing in the Dark

Summer of 69

Time after time

I could list many more. Pure timeless pop.

Again — I can think of some songs from the subsequent decades. For the 1990s, “Wonderwall” by Oasis…