I thought I'd never say this, because when I was in High School during the earlier part of the eighties, I thought the music was great. I was turned on to New Wave scene, got my first punk hairdo and then dicovered Punk, Power Pop, and World music. Sure, I watched MTV and purchased a ton of shite music!!! The are a few that I've held on to in my collection.  I would have to say, that for the most part The 80's music was just as sugar sweet and mind-less as 70's Top 40 Pop and as overblown and pompous  as 70's Prog. Rock

A sellection of a few Artists from the 80's(some of them formed/started in the 70')s that I still own today:

The Jam, The Style Council, The Clash, Joy Division, New Order, U2, OMD, The Eurythmics, The Motels, Wire Train, Romeovoid, Modern English, Echo and The Bunnymen, Altered Images, Talk Talk, Sinead O'Connor, The Stone Roses, Lone Justice(Maria McKee), Galaxie 500, Midnight Oil, Crowded House, The Go-Betweens, The Chills, The Clean, The Bats, Joan Armatrading.

Cheers, Kevin (from Arizona)