Pomp & Circumstance, Inc.

This photo encapsulates the aesthetics I most loved about the 80s.

(Yeah, there are only two of them. But it was–it is–a strong love.)

That New Romantic thing, considerably stripped down and made much hipper by Mr Cave here, on the left, and the unapologetic,  industrial-punk toughness of Mr Bargeld on the right–collectively, the best of those days.  (I was in grade school when this photo was taken, busily buying English music magazines and dressing like a freak, much to the concern of many a well-meaning adult.)

So go on, tell me: what were your favorite things about the 80s?