Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard uplifts and reminiscences on the music video era that is the ’80s. Talking to SPIN for our collaboration with Bose, Gibbard says it is his favorite decade of sound, even though he missed out on being part of it.
“I would’ve enjoyed being at the forefront of the music video era,” Gibbard says. “There were no rules, people were doing crazy stuff, the concepts for the videos were just wild, and I think that that would’ve been a lot fun to be a part of.”
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While his dream collaboration is with Robert Smith of The Cure, Gibbard also credits Joy Divison and New Order as some of the most influential artists of the decade.
“Joy Divison and New Order are a yin and yang of influence that affected American music from that point on,” Gibbard says.
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