What if Boston never had More Than A Feeling?

What if Madonna hadn't been a Material Girl?

What if Falco had never been Rocked by Amadeus?


*keep this going with artists and songs from the 80's.*

What if Boston, more than a feeling was released in September 1976?

With the decline of disco in the early 1980s rap became a new form of expression. Rap arose from musical experimentation with rhyming, rhythmic speech. Rap was a departure from disco. Sherley Anne Williams refers to the development of rap as "anti-Disco" in style and means of reproduction. The early productions of Rap after Disco sought a more simplified manner of producing the tracks they were to sing over. ~ wiki

While rap existed in the 70s it gained a true following during the 80s.
If the 80s didn't happen, rap might not have become popular and disco might have survived. I remember pre80s rap but it wasn't called rap.
I also remember early 80s rap that had actual musical instrument accompaniment. Sounded more like 'songs' than today's rap. Like a hip hop rap.

By the mid-1980s, country music audiences were beginning to tire of country pop. Although some pop-country artists continued to record and release successful songs and albums, the genre in general was beginning to suffer. By 1985, a New York Times article declared country music "dead". However, by this time, several newcomers were working behind the scenes to reverse this perception. ~ wiki

Without the 80s, who knows what type of music would be popular today.

Then neither would today..

What if Elvis Costello couldn't find the blueprints for building a ship?

MTV started in the 80's. That had to change something for music. I think some bands/singers wouldn't have become as big because teens were always saying, "did you see that song on MTV?" I was a big radio listener in the 80's. It came down to "video killed the radio star".

Money & Cigarettes - Eric Clapton

One of the best albums of the 1980s.

The Queen.
Best band ever.

What if Prince had never partied like it was 1999?

What if you could check out and actually leave hotel California

To be a bit more specific, without the 2 live crew, where would we be with censorship and would we have some other great works of comedy?

What if Poison needed something more than a Good Time?