I was only young when I started listening to Music around 1984/5 though I think one of the first albums I got on Tape was one of the Culture Club Albums which my Dad Destroyed because he gave my brother one album and me another and my brother wanted to get his meathooks on my album.
But around that time I got a lot of Various Artists albums, so I was being exposed to all kinds of 80s music (including Madonna), but I remember being fond of Dire Straits, The Models (85-86), Mental as Anthing (85), Go West (85), Icehouse (86-87), Tears for Fears (85), Toto, Simple Minds (85-86), Split Enz were winding up, so I remember hearing "I Walk Away" & "Years Go By" on the Radio when they were on the Hit Parade around '84-85 which were songs from their last album, it was more or less the same with Cold Chisel winding down (84), after that it was Jimmy Barnes by himself.
I'd probably say I didn't mind Pet Shop Boys or Kids in the Kitchen nor Inxs, it really depends on the song I guess, I probably favoured Hoodoo Gurus or Hunters & Collectors more back then even though I could probably still listen to those to 80s bands.