Anybody into 80s big music?

80's way better than most of the trash now days.
They had originality, catchy rhythms and music you could actually listen to.

Talk Talk: The Colour Of Spring

Frida: Something's Going On

Daryl Hall John Oates: The Very Best Of

How about 70-80's bubblebgum crap with buckingham/nicks trashing version of fleetwood Mac? Top forty kasey kasem all the way.boogie woogie.
Chew on that marty lindsey stevie wannabe rock stars..

OP defines it as anthemic with big guitars and drums, so. . .

Asia
Dire Straits
The Outfield

"Big Music" was a term applied to 80s music that was a bit heavy handed at times (passionate), gated drums, chorus heavy, guitar/keyboard driven rock...it was a sub genre of what was then called college rock in the mid 80s... Which a precursor to the "alternative" movement of the early 90s...very few bands made the leap from college radio to the big-time...although REM, the Cure and U2 made the transition. A few skirted on the fringe. Those being Echoe & the bunnymen, Big Country, the Alarm, Jesus and Mary Chain, the Church,etc. Tears for Fears qualifies! Great band!

. . . And a few others:

INXS
The Ramones
REO Speedwagon
Midnight Oil
The Pretenders
Scandal
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers