erm yeah, if you listened to radio pop and top of the pops only, sure. the 80s was also the decade of metal … post-punk … industrial … hip-hop … electro … acid house …
not sure joy division, the smiths or the fall were ‘camp’.
i’m not saying that a-ha are the critical piece of incriminating evidence, here: just saying that, inter alia, you’re building quite a profile.