Besides 99 Red Baloons I don't think music from the 80's reflected the events of the decade. Music idols such as Michael Jackson and Madonna usually sing about themselves. In the song Billy Jean he talks mostly about him and his fame and how it has changed him. In Modonna's song Like a Virgin she talks about how she was "touched" for the first time. Michael Jackson and Modonna were two very iconic artists of their time yet the music they produced did not reflect events that occured in th decade. They usually produced music based off their own lives.
OK, but viewing the music of the 80s as Michael Jackson and Madonna is like saying that today's music is encompassed by One Direction and Miley Cyrus. You need to look at a much broader picture if you are going to make any statements about how the music reflects the decade or not.
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