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I do not like the term New Wave. But, I will grudgingly go along with it and give props to Men At Work-Business As Usual, Adam and the Ants-Prince Charming, Split Enz Waiata, and The Police- Zenyatta Modatta just to name a few. There were tons of great artist from the 70's and the 80's that these hipster wankers can'y replicate no matter how hard they try!
Uncanny - just this past week, I listened to Zenyatta Mondatta driving around and then popped in Prince Charming right after. Listened to Men At Work and Split Enz when I got home. We must have similar taste in music.
Uncanny - just this past week, I listened to Zenyatta Mondatta driving around and then popped in Prince Charming right after. Listened to Men At Work and Split Enz when I got home.
This thread has inspired me to pull out some old records that I haven't listened to in awhile: Squeeze's Sweets from a Stranger, the first B52s record, the Cars' Candy-O, and the Police's Ghost in the Machine.
And one of the best albums to cook dinner to (although not truly New Wave): Boston, Mass., by the Del Fuegos. Try it!
On the subject of New Wave - I completed this little test this morning and posting my results here. Sharing the link in case anyone wants to give it a go themselves. These things are usually just a handful of replies and I inevitably agree with the results each time.
I'm sure a few of the underground bands were called New Wave, but the true New Wave bands are the bands I listed. Actually, a good portion of New Wave wasn't played on the radio, at least in America. Artists like Talking Heads and Elvis Costello struggled to receive airplay. The poppier, synth-driven music that came onto the scene around 82/83 was played on the radio, but this was called Synthpop or New Romantic, artists such as The Human League, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Wham!, etc.
From what I remember (I was an '80s kid/teenager), you wouldn't hear New Wave music on the radio much of anywhere in the country outside of California. In college, I had only one station on my car radio, KROQ in L.A. (San Diego had 91X and San Fran. had a new wave station as well). KROQ started a strictly alternative/modern rock/new wave format in 1982, something unheard of in most of the U.S.
I love listening to the "1st Wave" station on satellite radio. It alays puts me in a good mood. But I'm also liking some of the new music that has strong hints of New Wave. Fitz and the Tantrums sound very New Wave to me.
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I love listening to the "1st Wave" station on satellite radio. It alays puts me in a good mood. But I'm also liking some of the new music that has strong hings of New Wave. Fitz and the Tantrums sound very New Wave to me.
Many Alternative/Indie bands around today have a New Wave-ish sound to them. Vampire Weekend, Franz Ferdinand, and Kaiser Chiefs are also good examples and are in particular all very XTC-influenced.
From what I remember (I was an '80s kid/teenager), you wouldn't hear New Wave music on the radio much of anywhere in the country outside of California. In college, I had only one station on my car radio, KROQ in L.A. (San Diego had 91X and San Fran. had a new wave station as well). KROQ started a strictly alternative/modern rock/new wave format in 1982, something unheard of in most of the U.S.
In NY we had 92.7 WLIR from Long Island. During the 70's they skipped the traditional album rock bands and were the first (and only) in this area to play bands like The Clash and Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Talking Heads. In the early 80's they were huge on Depeche Mode, The Cure, Smiths, New Order, B-52's and even The Bus Boys. I remember them doing something like a 15 minute long mash-up of Pump up the Volume/Edelweiss/and Kon Kan's I Beg Your Pardon.
Perfect area for this music because Long Island had Club Malibu where acts like Billy Idol played. A lot of these acts like Depeche Mode, OMD and Fine Young Cannibals would also play outdoors at the Jones Beach Summer concerts. In the City we still had CBGB's and Gildersleeve's etc playing new music.
I love listening to the "1st Wave" station on satellite radio. It alays puts me in a good mood. But I'm also liking some of the new music that has strong hings of New Wave. Fitz and the Tantrums sound very New Wave to me.
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Many Alternative/Indie bands around today have a New Wave-ish sound to them. Vampire Weekend, Franz Ferdinand, and Kaiser Chiefs are also good examples and are in particular all very XTC-influenced.
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