Anybody into 80s big music?

Not "Big Music", more " post-post-punk", but Red Lorry Yellow Lorry had a great debut LP featuring "Hallow eyes" and "Talk about the weather." Definite Joy Division connection.

So "big music" is actually not music. It's simply pop that has nothing to do with music. I think music is something else but 80's pop.

Love the genre. Every now and then I dust off a few of these and offend the neighbors:

The Cult- Love
U2- the first 3 or 4 albums
Chameleons UK- the first 3 or 4
The Cure- Disintegration is my favorite
Hoodoo Gurus- Mars Needs Guitars
The Bolshoi- (Trevor Tanner's solo works are great too)
Simple Minds-
The Church
Gene Loves Jezebel
Waterboys- first couple of albums (I agree with Marty about World Party)

Even though a lot of these are pretty electric, I preferred them over the "hair' bands.

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry were so awesome, now you're talking the Leeds connection; Sisters of Mercy, March Violets, Mission UK, The Sisterhood, James Ray. Gothic/Post-punk, none would exist w/o Joy Division.

Still don't understand the definition of "Big Music," no Wiki page for it.

Attending college in the mid 80's vastly increased my exposure to new music. Had I not attended college, I'd probably still be listening to Van Halen and driving a Camaro.

Some of my fav's from that period:
The Romantics
The Call
The Replacements
Hoodoo Gurus
Squeeze
General Public
The Smiths
REM
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Fixx
INXS