The 1980's are my favourite decade for many reasons. While there was a lot of crap in this era, there was also a lot of brilliance.
For starters, it was the peak for my favourite band (Rush) and through those ten years they kept producing amazing albums and songs. Ex.
Mystic Rhythms - 1985 Subdivisions- 1982 Afterimage - 1984
Aside from Rush, the 1980's is my favourite decade for music because of bands like: The Fixx, English Beat, Tom Cochrane, U2, Peter Gabriel, The Police, A-ha, YES and many more.
English Beat - Too Nice To Talk To You - 1980 The Fixx - Red Skies - 1987 The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another - 1983 Talking Heads - Once in A Lifetime - 1983 The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - 1981 The Police - Invisible Sun - 1981 Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - 1985 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing - 1985 A-ha - Take on Me - 1985 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer - 1986 U2 - With or Without You - 1987 U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name - 1987 Tom Cochrane - Big League - 1989