If the '70s was my decade as a young impressionable lad then the '80s was as a discerning listener of music. Ignoring the usual comparisons based on what hit the rigged charts, some bloody good music. Yes, Dire Straits amongst them. OK, my possible favourite album of all time was from the '70s (Ziggy Stardust) but consistent good music by those who started in punk in the late '70s and turned it into good rock meant I could be at an Ian Dury gig on the Saturday and at my local folk club watching Martin Carthy on the Sunday.
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