The 80's were a great time.
But it wasn't all flowery.
Today people think the 1980's were just like today, except with funny pants and haircuts, but reality was much different. We were close to nuclear war in several occasions, people all over the world were still divided, in 1987 or so nobody had any money and oil and gas cost an arm and a leg, there were bloody dictatorships all over latin america and about 3 or 4 wars going on at once in Iran/Iraq, India/Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc....
The 80's were great culturally and we were headed towards the end of the Cold War, which is cool in hidsight, but we didn't know that yet and there were many difficult times. The music reflected a lot of that too, there was a lot of protest music, some of it veiled, there was a lot of art and freedom movements and that made it more special.
So no, we'll never have the 1980's back, but sadly we can still have a nuclear war.....