There was a lot of really interesting music in the 80s, and there was also synth pop. It really shows what I’m talking about. Sure there was Culture Club and Michael Jackson and Madonna. But there was also Oingo Boingo, X, Social Distortion, and PIL. There were the really good creative years of The Police, and there were the really popular boring years of The Police/ Sting.
And XTC, Andy Partridge wrote a ton of gems.