Some pretty good bands, individuals and songs, from the '80s.
Really hard to compartmentalize the decade, imo.
MTV vids were sort of at their zenith then, esp. in the early-mid '80s.
Some of my faves, just rolling off the top of my head:
Dire Straits, Springsteen, Clash, Joan Jett, VanHalen, Bryan Adams,
ZZTop, Stones; (lotsa hits), Lynard Skynard, Pink Floyd, SuperTramp,
some Yes...Jeezzzz, the more I think about that time, the more the
groups come back to my addled brain.
I was between Mrs1 and V: single in the early '80s and based in NYC;
if one could not have "fun" then, one was not breathing.
The '80s
tunes just added to the ambiance/bar room shenanigans...