One of the earliest moments in my life was when the videoclip "Take on me" by A-ha was played on a German music show called "Formel Eins". Still love that tune.
My musical alphabet of the 80's is:
A: A-ha, ABBA, Alan Parson's Project, The Art of Noise
B: Bananarama, Bangles, Bryan Adams, Bryan Ferry
C: Crowded House
D: Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Duran Duran
E: Eurythmics, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Erasure
F: Foreigner
G: Genesis, George Michael
H: Herbert Grönemeyer, Human League
I: INXS, Icehouse
J: Joe Jackson, Jean-Michel Jarre
K: Kim Wilde
L: Lionel Richie
M: Michael Jackson, Men at Work, Madonna, Mike Oldfield
N: Nik Kershaw
O: OMD
P: The Police, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Paul Young, Prince
Q: Queen
R: The Rolling Stones, REM, Real Life, Roxy Music
S: The Style Council, Spandau Ballet, Sting, Sade
T: TOTO
U: U2
V:-
W: Wham
X: -
Y:-
Z:-
Oops, I forgot to add Madonna, Bryan Adams, Jean-Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Sade, Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music to the list.