Tag Archives: 1980s psychedela

The Residents – Man’s World

20 Jul

Nina Hagen – Smack Jack

24 Apr

Nina Hagen and some superbly dark 1980s psychedelia.

“Love Letter” by Marc Almond

21 Apr

https://youtu.be/-bTpWcoAB1Y

Before western 80s pop culture went back into full hippie mode with the rave movement, it presented itself mostly decidedly anti-hippie: cold electric or neon lights, urban and nervous, glamorous and vein. Still a lot of visual language of psychedelic culture found its way into the music videos of the time. It’s rather interesting to see how it got transformed.