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This was the first western pop music concert in China. Wham claims their 1985 concert was the first, that is not correct as this predated it by 4 years. Also, J
by droithomme 10y ago
This was the first western pop music concert in China. Wham claims their 1985 concert was the first, that is not correct as this predated it by 4 years. Also, Jarre was invited by the Chinese government to play, unlike Wham he did not have his publicists petitioning for it. He had gone over to a university there to meet students and show them synthesizer technology. He even left some schematics so they could build their own.
It was also said to be the most widely listened to live broadcast in history, with over 1 billion listeners, though this is tricky to confirm.
- coldtea 10y ago>This was the first western pop music concert in China. Wham claims their 1985 concert was the first, that is not correct as this predated it by 4 years. Well, Jarre is not exactly pop music though. Not compared to Wham!
- teh_klev 10y agoWell, Oxygene reached number two in the UK album charts and Oxygene IV was a hit single reaching number 4 in the UK singles charts. Those were popular music charts, and back then there was a much wider variety of genres of music occupying the top 40's, especially in the UK. I was ~11 years old and for a while you couldn't avoid Jarre on the radio and Top of The Pops.
- jacquesm 10y agoDon't forget ABBA and the BeeGees. Sometimes it was as if those three were on continuous high-rotation.
- coldtea 10y agoSure, but "pop music" is also used as a stylistic term, not just about mere popularity. Some jazz and classical works have been on the top-40, but that doesn't make them "pop music" in the first sense. Wham, however, where a pure 80s pop group, if there ever was one.