The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

This is one of our favorite topics of discussion at NPR Music: What was the worst and best decade for pop music? We'll post a survey later asking you what you think, but I say the worst is the '80s.

Here are the five best Rush songs from the 1980s! Like many progressive rock bands in the 1980s — and as previously mentioned in our The History of Rush in 10 Songs feature — Rush went through a ...