This is purely for selfish purposes cause I want to get some more New Wave tunes on my Ipod yet I've hit a mental block and can't think of any more titles. Sooo, list your top 5 picks. It will stir up some ideas and maybe we'll all get reminded of some tunes we have forgotten about. Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
I like the way you are thinking...
My top 5 (sort of)
Fade to Grey - Visage (just something different) New toy - Lene Lovich (good song) The Backyard - the Miracle Legion Gut Feeling -DEVO (it's in every trailer all the time) Imagination - Belouis Some
There you go to start, We are DEVO
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
1)Kraftwerk-Computer World 2)Fad gadget-Lady Shave 3)John Foxx-Underpass 4)OMD-Statues 5)Psychedelic Furs-Here come cowboys
Posted by Muffy Tepperman (Member # 1551) on :
it's hard to pick a top five but i'll give some favs: What are the classifications to make it "NewWave" huh?
SexDwarf- Soft Cell So Long-Fischer Z Generals and Majors-XTC Angst in my Pants-Sparks Close to Me- The Cure (new wave?) haha
Posted by TKO (Member # 1471) on :
Aye, there's way too many to choose from, to just pick 5. But here are a few I never get tired of.
1. Billy Idol - Eyes Without a Face 2. Ice House - Hey Little Girl 3. Talk Talk - Such a Shame 4. Gary Numan - We Take Mystery (to Bed) 5. Robert Hazard - Escalator of Life
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Cindy, New Wave huh?, the term is hard to pin down, so I don't know if these are New Wave, but here's a few:
1. Echo and the Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar 2. Erasure - Sometimes 3. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 4. New Order - True Faith 5. Romeo Void - Never Say Never
Posted by Sam 'The Made Man' Hain (Member # 3150) on :
Gary Numan--Cars The Replacements-Ba$tards of Young Kraftwerk--The Model Violent Femmes--Blister in the Sun Nails--88 Lines About 44 Women XTC--Dear God Joy Division--Love Will Tear Us Apart Devo--Jocko H0mo The Fixx--Red Skies at Night Roxy Music--Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover; very awesome version!!!!) Split Enz--I Got You Echo and the Bunnymen--Killing Moon Missing Persons--Destination Unknown Killing Joke--Eighties
I guess I was never too sure as what actually constitutes as being new wave. Always felt that it was a pretty broad but yet vague title.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
btw Cindy, update us on your New Wave ipod choices!
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
Is "New Wave" like dance music? Pop? Techno? I never really understood the term. Alot of the songs on the lists above, I always termed as "Pop Music." I don't know.
Posted by TKO (Member # 1471) on :
I looked it up, cause I wasn’t really sure myself. It IS a vague term and according to Wikipedia a source of much confusion. New Wave describes pretty much every hard to classify (pop) song made between 1977 and 1988. I guess most alternative, synthpop music and post punk is to be concidered 'New Wave' as well.
Wow, okay I love you guys!! This is awesome feedback! I am humbled because I can honestly say I don't know most of these titles! I can't wait to get them now!!!! Yes!!! And TKO, thanks for Wikipeding the info on New Wave...radical!!
I'll be back with some of my own songs...
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
New wave was a really broad term to be used more for radio programmers who didn't want to play punk. As incredible as it seems, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were classified under the new wave banner as well. Nowadays we consider them classic rock? Even bands like the Knack have been termed power pop instead of new wave. So we seem to have more factions.
Posted by NowhereGirl (Member # 465) on :
as i understood it, new wave was what happened when a lot of punkish bands had that synth sound to their music - who couldn't quite be considered to be catagorized as punk music because they were more ..pop? or post punk i guess.
i never considered tom petty to be new wave? how odd.. even his early 80s tunes were just.. pop/rock to me.
how about retro? was retro considered a genre?
i guess there are different ways of describing music from the 80s.. freestyle was considered 'dance pop'.. depeche mode - synth pop or post punk..
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
TKO, some sad news about Robert Hazard, he died on Aug. 5th. He was also the writer of stone cold 80's song classic Girls just Want to have fun.
Posted by TKO (Member # 1471) on :
Wow, that is sad and shocking news indeed. I was on his website only a week ago.
Posted by TKO (Member # 1471) on :
Cindy,
I was at this New Wave party last week and I rediscovered a whole bunch of great (be it more obscure) New Wave songs. I'm not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, as these are more Electro Wave or Club Wave kinda tunes. But should you have some extra time on your hands, it's sure worth checking out the playlist
Stellar choices TKO, I really love the Sound, never understood their baffling lack of commercial success. When I hear their music I think they were as good as U2 or Echo and the Bunnymen. Fad Gadget is way underrated too, so sad that he succumbed to heart attack a few years ago during his comeback opening for Depeche Mode on tour. Early Front 242 has some gems too.
Posted by TKO (Member # 1471) on :
Totally agree on The Sound Riptide. They deserve much better.
I heard so many great music that night that I almost forgot about and other fantastic stuff I never even heard before. It's incredible how much there is still to discover within only one decade.
BTW I really liked your choises too. Fad Gadget's 'Lady Shave' and even John Foxx's 'Underpass' were unknown by me until this topic.
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
Cindy....there's a box set called "Left Of The Dial".....best of the 80's Underground...you may want to check it out.....very very good. I've included the entire track list below, but my five favorites are:
1. Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 2. Vienna - Ultravox 3. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 4. Going Underground - The Jam 5. The Charming Man - The Smiths
When I think New Wave, I automatically think of British/English bands. hope the list helps.
Disc: 1 1. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M. 2. Going Underground - The Jam 3. A Forest - The Cure 4. Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys 5. I'm In Love With A German Film Star - Passions 6. I Will Dare - The Replacements 7. That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission Of Burma 8. Johny Hit And Run Paulene - x 9. Just Like Honey - The Jesus And Mary Chain 10. Black Celebration - Depeche Mode 11. Tell Me When It's Over - The Dream Syndicate 12. Hollywood (Africa) - The Red Hot Chili Peppers 13. Temptation - New Order 14. Ghosts - Japan 15. A Song From Under The Floorboards - Magazine 16. Oblivious - Aztec Camera 17. Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely - Husker Du 18. Rise Above - Black Flag 19. Back In Flesh - Wall Of Voodoo 20. Cattle And Cane - The Go-Betweens Disc: 2 1. Message Of Love - The Pretenders 2. Vienna - Ultravox 3. Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr. 4. The Charming Man - The Smiths 5. Stigmata - Ministry 6. Ways To Be Wicked - Lone Justice 7. Wardance - Killing Joke 8. Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 9. Mirror In The Bathroom - The English Beat 10. Fairytale In The Supermarket - The Raincoats 11. Behind The Wall Of Sleep - The Smithereens 12. Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing - Minutemen 13. Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen 14. Still In Hollywood - Concrete Blonde 15. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division 16. Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes 17. Lake Of Fire - Meat Puppets 18. Amplifier - The DB's 19. When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout 20. Goo Goo Muck - The Cramps 21. This Corrosion - Sisters Of Mercy 22. Senses Working Overtime - XTC Disc: 3 1. The Cutter - Echo & The Bunnymen 2. Pay To ***! - Bad Brains 3. Birthday - The Sugarcubes 4. Madonna Of The Wasps - Robyn Hitch**** 'n' The Egyptians 5. We Care A Lot - Faith No More 6. Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth 7. To Hell With Poverty - Gang Of Four 8. Fa Ce-La - The Feelies 9. Ana Ng - They Might Be Giants 10. Swamp Thing - The Chameleons UK 11. The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 12. I Look Around - The Rain Parade 13. All That Money Wants - Psychedelic Furs 14. Under The Milky Way - The Church 15. Rise - Public Image Ltd. 16. Kundalini Express - Love And Rockets 17. Gravity Talks - Green On Red 18. Adrenalin - Throbbing Gristle 19. She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses Disc: 4 1. Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies 2. Uncertain Smile (Original 7 Inch Version) - The The 3. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus 4. Christine - Siouxsie And The Banshees 5. Straight Edge - Minor Threat 6. I Want To Help You Ann - The Lyres 7. Our Secret - Beat Happening 8. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction 9. World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope 10. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush 11. Sex Beat - Gun Club 12. Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven 13. Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies 14. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops - Cocteau Twins 15. 24 Hour Party People - Happy Mondays 16. I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus 17. Suburban Home - Descendents 18. A Pair Of Brown Eyes - The Pogues 19. Jet Fighter - The Three O'Clock 20. Moving To Florida - Butthole Surfers 21. A New England - Billy Bragg
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Kevdugp73, that box set is really good, a good mix of Brit/American alternative acts.
TKO, the Sound were bigger in Europe, in fact they were huge in Rotterdam, they actually only toured North America once. They could have had a huge break opening for U2 around each acts first few albums, but a band member got injured so they had to pull out. They could have maybe reached a larger audience. Another great group from that era similar was Comsat Angels, they are know for one song on the Real genius sndtrck, but they have a lot of strong material.
John Foxx was another one who kind of got left behind, he sang on the first three Ultravox albums which are highly recommended, they have a great early electro/punk kind of sound, Gary Numan borrowed a lot from him in style and subject matter, so when Foxx went solo he was kind of caught in that catch 22, where people think you were the follower not the leader. The same applied to Japan who predated Duran Duran but some years, but DD ran with their look and sound and did much better in commercial terms.
Posted by TKO (Member # 1471) on :
Riptide, I'm exploring the Comsat Angels repertoire right now. Great stuff! Thanks.
As to The Sound, I did some research myself and found out that lead singer Adrian Borland was a very troubled individual with an obsession for Jim Morrison. He suffered a nervous breakdown on stage and the band fell apart soon after. Eventually he threw himself underneath a train in 1999. This reminds me so much of the Ian Curtis story. Too bad I missed the height of their popularity around these regions.
Fad Gadget, Gary Numan, Ultravox, John Foxx... All of their music is amazing. But for some odd reason the music of Japan never appealed to me. Even though, I think David Sylvian is gifted with a fantastic voice. I own his solo album ‘Brilliant Trees’ which I do like.
Posted by xchazx (Member # 7158) on :
that's a pretty solid box set.
Posted by NowhereGirl (Member # 465) on :
great list kevdugp73! that's my idea of new wave, punk & industrial.
i love the cramps, bauhaus, JD & siouxsie sioux!
good to see some punk in there.. black flag, bad brains, dead kennedys..
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
Thanks for the tip kevdugp73!! Looks like an interesting collection. I wonder how much it costs...I'll have to research it !!
I've been downloading alot of the stuff you guys recommended and I'm liking it!!! Thank you, this idea worked!!!
Some of the happy surprises for me are:
Red Skies-The Fixx Wiener Blut-Falco Lips Like Sugar-Echo and The Bunnymen I Engineer-Animotion
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
My playlsit seems to change every day.
45 Grave-Riboflavin (80's Halloween sndtrcks start here) Bow Wow Wow-(I'm a) TV Savage Divinyls-Sleeping Beauty Orange Juice-Rip it Up Strawberry Switchblade-10 James Orr Street
Posted by Leslie Ann (Member # 7387) on :
These are my favorite 80's songs. More than 5 obviously. I'm sure 90% of them probably aren't "New Wave". But These are songs I love. Maybe you'll like them too!
In no particular order...
Gary Numan - Cars The Sparks - Angst In My Pants The B52's - Rock Lobster Wang Chung - Fire In The Twilight Simple Minds - Don't You[Forget About Me] Men At Work - Down Under Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf Adam Ant - Goodie Two Shoes Blondie - Heart Of Glass Modern English - I Melt With You Coelo - I Eat Cannibals Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way The B52's - Love Shack Toni Basil - Mickey The Go Go's - Vacation The Go Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed The Clash - London Calling The Clash - Rock The Casbah Billy Idol - White Wedding David Bowie - Let's Dance Aha - Take On Me Vapors - Turning Japanese Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now The Plimsouls - Million Miles Away Josie Cotton - Johnny Are You Queer?
Posted by saturnchick (Member # 7524) on :
Don't know if I can limit it to just 5!
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys Take On Me - A-ha Under the Milky Way - The Church Something About You - Level 42 Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Posted by Pyromantic (Member # 7658) on :
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy Talk Talk - Talk Talk The Vapors - Turning Japanese Burning Sensations - Belly of the Whale Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio The Church - Under the Milky Way Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella Dexys Midnight Runner - Come On Eileen Real Life - Send me an Angel Dead or Alive - You Spin me Round (Like a Record) Combo Audio - Romanticide Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl Corey Hart - I wear my Sunglasses at Night Bananarama - Cruel Summer Eurythmics - Sweet Dream (Are made of These) Debby Harry - The Jam was Moving Missing Persons - Destination Unknown The Motels - Only the Lonely Naked Eyes - Always Something there to Remind me Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town The Jacksons - Torture Oingo Boingo - Weird Science E.G. Daily - Say it, Say it
...oops...sorry..guess I went a wee bit past 5 there...anyway, yeah..there's my list..and it still goes on.
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Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
tainted love-soft cell, B-52's- rock lobster, the motels-only the lonely, western girls sorry forgot the name of the band, missing persons-destination unknown, naked eyes- always something there to remind me, talk talk, aha- take on me etc etc. lol
Posted by saturnchick (Member # 7524) on :
Nice list, buffalo-girl. The song "West End Girls" is performed by The Pet Shop Boys. I love that song!
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
that's it!! thank-you saturnchick i had a brain freeze lol have a great friday!!! i did forget only the lonely by the motels too!!
Posted by cube_monkey (Member # 7675) on :
Speaking of new wave songs. I have an obscure one for ya. I'd be shocked ( and happy) if anyone had any idea about this album.
I think it came out in LP in the UK either very late 70's or 1980 or so. It was a collection of very strange (but funny) electro pop-minimilist songs on it. "robot...." something was the title of it. Red and blue striped cover with i think a robot (of course) on it. very campy stuff. it had Somnambulist by XTC, Being Boiled by Tubeway Army, and my personal favorite Making love to my wife I (i fear i will have to do it all my life) on about the cheeziest keyboards they could find. No "hits" on this baby Its not quite the Ralph Records (Residents, tuxedo moon, Renaldo and the Loaf) sampler, but pretty dang close. This stuff is probably all out of print long ago, i have done searches ect. allmusic.com, google, nothing. I thought what the heck, ask here. thank you.
Jay
Jay
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
wow that is interesting i don't think i ever heard it? or heard of it for that matter? did you try e bay? sometimes they have alot of older stuff on there too? and very cheap i might add i get alot of my ratt and fixx cd's from there!
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
quote:Originally posted by cube_monkey: Speaking of new wave songs. I have an obscure one for ya. I'd be shocked ( and happy) if anyone had any idea about this album.
I think it came out in LP in the UK either very late 70's or 1980 or so. It was a collection of very strange (but funny) electro pop-minimilist songs on it. "robot...." something was the title of it. Red and blue striped cover with i think a robot (of course) on it. very campy stuff. it had Somnambulist by XTC, Being Boiled by Tubeway Army, and my personal favorite Making love to my wife I (i fear i will have to do it all my life) on about the cheeziest keyboards they could find. No "hits" on this baby Its not quite the Ralph Records (Residents, tuxedo moon, Renaldo and the Loaf) sampler, but pretty dang close. This stuff is probably all out of print long ago, i have done searches ect. allmusic.com, google, nothing. I thought what the heck, ask here. thank you.
Thank you Thank you Thank you. i know this is pathetic, but as you get older you go, man, that was a great album...what was it? lol. and you can't quite remember enough to google it!
Mystery solved! thanks again Jay
Posted by cube_monkey (Member # 7675) on :
OMG...some of the stuff is available. LMAO LMAO. the classification is " Synth-pop, Leftfield"...and it's just as funny today to me. I think its albums like this that influenced me way too much as a musician. And heck, why title a song "Let it be" or "wind beneath my wings" when you could title it "Ricky's Hand". bizarre stuff. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
thanks again. Jay
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No "hits" on this baby 