I could not take the pop music of the 1980's, so I turned to C&W. Of course, that also aligned with my conservative politics (my first time to vote, I voted for Ronald Reagan!) Now, 1980's pop music is nostalgic, and I can tolerate the better stuff from that era.
If you ask me what I listen to today, it is a little bit of most every popular style. I've been exposed to some music on this thread that I didn't know existed, some of it I liked, some I didn't like. C'est la vie.