New Wave of the 80 s
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Topic: New Wave of the 80 s
Posted By: markosherrera
Subject: New Wave of the 80 s
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 14:54
| well this a list of the most relevant artist of the 80 in pop and new wave others are The Cure,A-HA,Oingo Boingo,The PRETENDERS,,THE ROMANTICS,INXS, XTC, SPLIT ENZ, ORCHESTRAL MANEOUVRES IN THE DARK, PSYCHEDELIC FURS, LOVERBOY. BLONDIE, PAT BENATAR,FLOCK OF SEAGULLS.BERLIN,KIM WILDE etc choice your favorite and write if is better change some artist of the list for the others mentioned in the message. |
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 15:14
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I don't know if all of these fit into the same category (well, obviously they don't, but also they do if you say 80's bands...I would take the new wave out). Some are Ok, some even good. I've heard only the classic hits from The Police, so I don't know. I like Tears for Fears but again I've only heard the classics, so I'll go with YouToo. ------------- 
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Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 15:52
Where are New Order, The Cure and Siouxsie ? 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 16:10
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Even though Talk Talk made the best album out of the lot, it's a toss-up between The Jam and U2. I'll go for The Jam, although since they started in 1977 they're hardly "New Wave of the 80s". I mean, they split in '82. |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 16:38
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Damn you for making me remember how much I like some of these bands. For me it's a tie between:
Tears for Fears (who I think are good in the 80's, GREAT in the 90's and beyond)
Madness (c'mon, how can anyone not like Madness?)
Eurythmics (Dave Stewart is a genious, is solo albums are gems)
Duran Duran (for the Taylor Brothers and Nick Rhodes hair)
and the unmentioned Spandau Ballet (Tony Hatley had the best vocals of the 80's) ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 16:42
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I like quite a few of the artists mentionned here, but I go with The Police, if only for Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity, a quintessential 80's album by a quintessential 80's band.
Spandau Ballet ?  ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 17:06
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Are We Not Men? We Are DEVO! Gotta love that album. -------------  |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 17:14
| Swingout Sister seriously under-rated. |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 17:21
What? "Journeys to Glory" is a great album. And the rest is not so bad either. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Melomaniac wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 17:26
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I think we had this same poll a couple of weeks ago.... still the same... dead heat between the Talking Heads and Duran Duran. Tina over John. ..... Talking Heads... by the width of a G string hahhahahhaha ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 18:19
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From this list....The Jam, even though it covers the end of their career.
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 20:55
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The Cure ------------- 
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Posted By: gong
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 03:22
| voted The Jam |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 07:55
Immaculate taste as always, Ian.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 08:16
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 08:51
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Don't forget "Missing Persons" with Terry Bozzio on drums. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 08:57
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Maybe too experimental to be New Wave? This is favorite: 1. Lemon Kittens Too punk? 2. Athletico Spizz Love these to: Ultravox Devo Human League... more or less the rest, but defenatly not Simply Red, Huey Lewis and the News or Mr. Mister! What are they doing here? ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 09:00
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Tears for Fears
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 09:43
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The Talking Heads for me,what a great band.
I also really used to like the Cars and Joe Jackson,who I still think is pretty awesome. -------------  |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 01 2007 at 13:37
Ditto!  Personally, I'd mention Talking Heads as well. I don't think U2 are new wave, though. I would've also added one of my favourite '80s band to the list - that is, The Pretenders. |
Posted By: Rushman
Date Posted: February 01 2007 at 14:44
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I went with Joe Jackson, although I think of his first two as straight ahead punk than 80's new wave, they both came out in '79 I believe. I was a bit of a punker back then.
PS - Shouldn't Rush be on this list? (See Power Windows, Hold Your Fire)
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 01 2007 at 14:52
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I don't really like any of these bands, but if forced to vote I will raise my hand for Ultravox. The music all these bands made was strangely cold and emotionless (which of course was fashionable at the time it was made; showing no emotions was definitely en vogue). Typical and very descriptive of that aera is the song "Eiszeit" ("Ice Age") by German band Ideal, which contains the lines: "Alle Worte tausendmal gesagt, alle Fragen tausendmal gefragt, alle Gefühle tausendmal gefühlt, tiefgefroren, tiefgekühlt" Translation: "All words already said a thousand times, all questions already asked a thousand times, all feelings already felt a thousand times, deep frozen, low temperature cooled". -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 01 2007 at 14:58
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^^Tha Jam....Squeeze....cold and emotionless??? Definitely NOT!!! Even U2 not, methinks.
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: February 01 2007 at 16:52
| U2 is anything but cold and emotionless. I say if you call The Joshua Tree that, it's you who's cold and emotionless. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 01 2007 at 17:05
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I dislike U2 for other reasons. Maybe they are not cold and emotionless, but they are uninspired, in my opinion.
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Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: February 02 2007 at 00:32
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where's XTC?
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Posted By: tdbark
Date Posted: February 04 2007 at 18:00
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Hmmmm.... The following bands, in my opinion, do not belong under the heading of "new wave": The Police, U2, Men at Work. The Police and U2 are far more "world music" and Men at Work were a straight forward pop-rock band. I chose The Cars because in my neck of the woods, they were the 1st new wave band to get regular airplay on the radio, establishing new wave as a sound to take notice of. ------------- Twenty men crossing a bridge into a village, are twenty men crossing twenty bridges into twenty villages. Wallace Stevens |
Posted By: blaughida
Date Posted: February 05 2007 at 10:51
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Talking Heads are absolutely my favorite new wave band, though the two albums I listen to the most are from the late '70s, not the '80s. I enjoy many of the bands on this list, even Duran Duran in moderation when I'm in the right mood. New wave is kind of my other genre. I've never seen Huey Lewis and the News classified as new wave, but it's a label that has been put on a lot of music from the 1977-1985 period, so I won't object as it's something everyone defines differently (hmm, never heard of a genre like that before). |
Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: February 05 2007 at 10:57
I like (liked at the time) quite a few from that list.........
I tihnk it is VERY difficult to say who is the best but maybe my favourites are/were Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, Ultravox, U2, The Eurythmics.
I still listen to at least two of these bands fairly regularly..............
but as to who is best........I don't know!
P-C
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: February 05 2007 at 23:28
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simple minds ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: February 05 2007 at 23:30
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Devo times a gazillion! ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 23:19
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Police and Talking Heads, the Cure was ok as well. ------------- |
Posted By: Alibongo
Date Posted: March 12 2007 at 06:58
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OMD and the Cure are my two favourite groups of then, and also at a close third is the Police ------------- 
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Posted By: r-u-n
Date Posted: March 12 2007 at 08:45
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I went with Tears for Fears simply because as a youngster, I liked most of their songs, especially The Working Hour. Other good ones which aren't mentioned are The Wild Swans, Joy Division, The Chameleons UK, The Adventures, The Church, and The Bolshoi, among some others. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 12 2007 at 09:13
My friends laugh at me when I say it, but I don't care: I always loved the two Buggles albums 
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Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: March 12 2007 at 10:02
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I went with the Simple Minds, allthough I like a lot of bands from this list.
Some nice ones which are not in the list: Fisher Z, Echo & the Bunnymen, Joy Division ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 03:43
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This is hardly a list of New Wave groups from 80s. Devo...U2...Talk Talk...and many others on that list are NOT new wave. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 11:03
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Where is the best band of the 80's.. The Smiths ?!
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 20:21
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Posted By: spo1977
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 02:55
| I like The Fixx. |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: June 23 2007 at 14:05
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OK TALKING HEADS,U2,POLICE,TEARS FOR FEARS are winning... some one talk me about flying lizards? because I check in Amazon ..they appea r but without samplers,.. I readed that Michael Nyman ,the same of The Piano..picture, friend of Brian Eno, play in one album of this band.. .somebody in the forum know something about this group? |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: June 23 2007 at 14:16
Flying Lizards were formed by David Cunningham, who has also worked with people like John Greaves, and they specialised in bizarre cover versions of pop classics with some equally quirky songs of their own. I'm not sure about Nyman, but sundry free jazz improvisors from the London Musicians Collective (David Toop, Steve Beresford and others) worked with them and even got to appear on Top Of The Pops as a result.
Their debut album (4th Wall if I remember rightly) sits nicely alongside Morgan Fisher's Hybrid Kids as an example of avant garde musicians applying the punk/new wave DIY aesthetic to pop music and having a lot of fun with it. It's a long time since I heard it, but if you like Residents cover versions or Slapp happy's skewed pop you'll probably enjoy it. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: June 23 2007 at 15:44
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 23 2007 at 18:08
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Although the Flying Lizards were still trundling along in the 80's, their two big "hits" Summertime Blues and Money happened in the late 70. The two singers were Deborah Evans and Patti Paladin (formerly of Snatch).
To most they were a novelty act, doing off-beat minimalist cover songs, however they did pave the way for advantgarde synth groups like The Art Of Noise.
Amazon states that Nyman and Fripp played on the 4th Wall - but I cannot confirm that. ------------- What? |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 01:25
| I like 'Police' and 'Ultravox', |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 15:32
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 15:39
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In the 80s, U2 no doubt.
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 15:49
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A lot of good ones, but had to go with U2. Love Simple Minds, The Police, Tears For Fears and Squeeze though. E ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 15:52
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Other notable mentions: Echo and the Bunnymen Chameleons (UK) Psychedelic Furs ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 15:53
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I prefer The Police myself.
But I also love the music of Squeeze,Talking Heads,The Cars,SImple Minds,Joe Jackson and Tears for Fears. ------------- |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 16:26
| The Police is my favorite on this list. |
Posted By: pelican
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 20:14
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I can't decide. There are too many that I love! Just last night we were listening to the Cars Candy-o while putting up the christmas tree. I hadn't played their album in years and I forgot how much I like them.
I also love Devo, Gary Numan, U2, Talk Talk, Ultravox, Simple Minds, Missing Persons, Joe Jackson -well, I love all of them. (Teenager in the 80's so forgive me). Ah - I'll go with the police. Love new wave (but not as much as Prog - but it's close!)
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 20:15
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Men at work are good, but this one go's to 80's u2, War is a great album. ------------- 
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Posted By: pelican
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 20:17
| War is a great album!! That's my favorite U2 album. I love their 80's work. |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: December 14 2007 at 06:27
An early incarnation of Huey Lewis & the News (called Clover) was the backing band on Elvis Costello's first album. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: December 14 2007 at 06:34
I heard The Flying Lizards singer described as sounding like a kidnap victim being forced to make a ransom video.
Have you heard The (Hypothetical) Prophets? Their Person To Person single is a favourite of mine. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 15 2007 at 02:28
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If anyone has a chance to pick up Glen Tilbrook's (Squeeze) The Incomplete Glen Tilbrook and Transatlantic Ping Pong, I highly urge you to do so. Absolutely spectacular discs, and "Genitalia Of A Fool" will have you gasping for air from laughter. E -------------
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 03:54
I had the priviledge of seeing Glenn Tilbrook play a small acoustic gig a while back (the gig was small, the acoustic was normal size). He played an amazingly varied set which included Squeeze classics and covers like Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well. And when he played Genitalia of a Fool I nearly wet myself! ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 04:23
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I voted Tears For Fears but my favourites are Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Propaganda. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 04:48
I LOVE Frankie Goes to Hollywood! Incidentally, Steve Howe collaborated with them too - on YouTube you can find a video of them performing "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" (my favourite song by the band), with Steve on steel guitar. |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: December 17 2007 at 22:47
| ULTRAVOX FOR ME!! Their 'Vienna' song is top class British pop-rock at its artiest, combining electronic techno-pop, new romantics and sheer symphonic prog in a very fluid manner. Their "Rage in Eden" album is their absolute peak, and the peak of British pop of all time. Kins regards. |
Posted By: zicIy
Date Posted: December 18 2007 at 03:12
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The Jam. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 15:18
| Mr. Mister |
Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 22:06
| oh u love em too? Mr Mister rulez!!!!! though i love Simple Minds for the consistency and ideas but Mr Mister is cheese heaven!!! |