The Best of 1985

It was the era of massive reverb, big snares, and synths. So. Many. Synths.

TV and Film

The Dukes of Hazzard aired its final episode in February, and Miami Vice was quickly becoming the hottest show on TV. By 1985, it was obvious that the zeitgeist had shifted from good ol’ boys in a modified Dodge Charger yee-hawing through the backroads of a fictional county in Georgia to the slick and stylish MTV-inspired adventures of two vice cops cruising through Miami—on land and by sea—and taking down high...