Hello everyone! It has been a while since my last post, sorry for the wait! Wait no longer, in this post I am going to talk about Metal during the 80’s as well as the emergence of women pop stars. Metal in the 1980s the legacy is carried forward from the 1970’s. The Transgressive aspects are greatly emphasized during Metal in the 1980’s. The music is very virtuosic and driven by guitar. Some types of Metal are more serious, dark and committed to the “metal sound”. Bands such as Metallica are an example a more committed to metal sound and dark appeal. Hair Metal is the more pop oriented form of metal. Hair metal is more closely related to glam rock. It has a flamboyant feeling to the music and performance but without the homosexual stereotype. We watched a video in class that was new to the scene and out of the ordinary. “I Wanna Rock” by Twisted Sister hit the scene and became very popular. The music video takes place in school, where the mean teacher calls a young man out and asked him what he wants to do with his life. Of course he “wants to rock!” It represents teens being independent and rather being somewhere else other than school. The video was a little scary, the look, makeup and outfits of Twisted Sister took be my surprise. I have heard this song a lot throughout my life and had no clue that they looked like this! It did not change my mind about the song, just took me by surprise… I still think its a great song. The hair on these guys is hilarious, I found myself asking…Is that hair real or a wig? Next I will cover Madonna, who is without a doubt a women known for her sex appeal, but also for paving the way in pop culture for women. Madonna had a unique image in pop culture and she defined herself in her own image. She almost seemed to use it as a kind of political statement or something. One of her songs that really caught peoples eyes and caused a large amount of controversy was “Like a Prayer”. This video was very different and in a way weird and uncomfortable. The lyrics alone talk evoke sexual feelings and the video goes along with it. It is very unusual to mix sex, and religion. The next thing that is odd and created a lot of tension was the racial aspect. In the video Madonna is singing to a African American priest who was behind bars and seemed to be a statue that came to life. She seemed to start having sexual relations with the priest. The choir is also all black. The interesting thing about the video is that at the end of the song a curtain comes down. This was done to show people that it was just a video and not meant to be taken completely serious. There are a lot of syblinial messages and feelings that she was attempting to get across to viewers in this song/video. This is the case with a lot of her videos and songs. She still continues to be popular in todays modern pop music scene and with women all around. She has done a lot for women in the music industry and pop culture.