Chuck, how do you remember the 80s that well? You must have got into music early on.
My parents had me listening to the radio when I was still in single digits, in the 70's. Mom was a "dancing queen" and loved 70s disco.
I grew up listening to Donna Summer, Chic, France Joli, Abba, Village People....all that good stuff.
Round about high school, I started listening to pop/new wave stuff like Duran Duran, Motels, Flock of Seagulls, Nena, as well as the dance music that was big like Shannon, Alisha, Cover Girls, Taylor Dayne, Stacey Q., Sweet Sensation, Stevie B.
I still love dance music, and listen to pop stuff, but like rock now as well, Nickelback, Evanesence, Daughtry, 3 Doors Down.
Oh, and because of BBM and my trip to Texas, I now listen to country.