I got a soft spot for some of the music.... what can I say, it was the first music I remember hearing and being in tune with, having been born in the late 70s.
I think the golf courses of the era are obviously a product of the time.... TV coverage went from a few holes on the weekend into four day coverage with the advent of cable + the majors starting showing full 18 hole coverage, so the courses became more exposed, and there was more of a need for them to look good on TV. Dye's original TPC had a lot to do with that..... the concept of designing courses for tournament golf and television set the trend. Of course, now we look at it in hindsight and realize perhaps those weren't the greatest courses to build, in terms of maintenance, playability or timeless qualities, since a lot of them look pretty badly dated as products of their era, save for Sawgrass itself which has actually aged quite well and become appreciated.... certainly much more so than when it opened. But a lot of that is Dye and his style which is distinctive and one he's repeated and carried.....the TPC concept caused a lot of Sawgrass copycats.
I don't think you will see much nostalgia for 80s architecture considering that there was such a widespread saturation of courses built in that style and so many of them are still around today and occasionally hosting events, so it isn't like something you couldn't find anymore if you weren't looking for it.