The Siren Song of 1980s Pop Music: Turn It Off

Wham! back in what is referred to as "the day."

The pop music of the 1980s “...had immensely seductive ideas about sex, relationships, family life, work and personal style. It told us that nothing should stand in the way of having a good time. If anyone tells you to knuckle down, to work hard, to put others first, to feel sorry or ashamed, to think of the future - ignore them. They are conformist oppressors who don't know what life is really about. It is an addictive outlook. It picks up accurately on what, at moments of high excitement, feels like the truth. It lashes out at anything that causes resentment, boredom or disappointment.” And it’s all dead wrong.

Here, philosopher Alain de Botton talks about someone who fell off the stage of pop music stardom onto the substance of reality.