Hmmm. Popular 80s music was very much driven by the power people who decide who gets played and who doesn't. Those people want groups with a cd that has 3 songs that will be played for a 100 years and not an artist who makes a magic cd. That being said I will show u the magic of the 80s. Dier straits- brothers at arms. I'll. dmc- raising he'll and beastie boys- license to ill. Ll cool j- bigger and different. Eddie Brickell and the new bohemians- shooting rubber bands at the stars. Prince- purple rain. U2- Joshua tree. Sonic youth- daydream nation- I guess I could go on and on. The reason 80s music is cool is not because of the cds the power people picked. It's because of the people who sneeked through the cracks and made magic eddie Brickell is the original alanis morissette so check that out.