BBC SoundsSounds home pageMenuHomeMusicPodcastsMy SoundsUse BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.Find out how to listen to other BBC stationsSounds of the 80s with Gary DaviesGary Davies takes you back to the best decade in music, with a diverse mix of classic pop, dance, rock, hip-hop and alternative pop.Radio 2,·6 episodesSubscribeSubscribeEpisodesListGridBookmarkBookmarkBookmarkBookmarkBookmarkBookmarkBookmarkBookmarkBookmarkBookmarkBookmarkBookmark, There is something about early ’80s songs that have the power to transport us to a simpler, more care-free and wild time: In 1981, the first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched, the Cold War was ending and MTV hit the air. By showing videos around the clock, MTV introduced a whole new way to experience popular music, and ultimately defined a generation. Those early ’80s songs began , Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies Gary Davies takes you back to the best decade in music, with a diverse mix of classic pop, dance, rock, hip-hop and alternative pop. Radio 2 · 7 episodes.