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Thread started 07/31/16 12:21pm

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Examples of New Wave&B (R&B and new wave)?

I'm a big fan of the S.O.S. Band's On The Rise album (it's my favorite release of their's) and every time I listen to it it bugs me how it's labeled as a plain R&B album.

If you've ever listened to OTR, you'll know it's more than just an R&B album. Besides the funk the group is known for, the album also possesses a lot of new wave sounds which seem to go overlooked. Songs like the title track, "I'm Not Runnin'" and "If You Want My Love" are just as much new wave as they are R&B and they sound amazing.

Are there any other examples of New Wave&B outside of the S.O.S. Band and this album because the two genres together create an ear-pleasing hybrid of sound.
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Reply #1 posted 07/31/16 1:43pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #2 posted 07/31/16 1:47pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #3 posted 07/31/16 4:49pm

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I don't know how much actual classic new wave was featured in 80's R&B records, but there was a whole lot of synth music in both, and a lot of bands got heavily into synth music.











And then there were actual new wave tracks which crossed over into the early hip hop dance mixes.







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Reply #4 posted 07/31/16 11:37pm

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Andre Cymone - Livin in the New Wave.
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Reply #5 posted 08/01/16 6:20am

scratchtasia

The Jermaine Jackson/Devo collaboration "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" comes to mind.

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Reply #6 posted 08/01/16 9:09am

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The System's 4 best albums,

"Sweat"
"X-Periment"
"Pleasure Seekers"
"Dont Disturb This Groove"
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Reply #7 posted 08/01/16 9:14am

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Cameo - "Word Up"
Nile Rodgers - "B-Movie Matinee"
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Reply #8 posted 08/01/16 11:52pm

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Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #9 posted 08/02/16 10:28am

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #10 posted 08/02/16 10:37am

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #11 posted 08/02/16 10:45am

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[Edited 8/2/16 10:46am]

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #12 posted 08/02/16 11:02am

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Thank you everybody for these examples. I'll check them out when I got time.
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Reply #13 posted 08/02/16 11:05am

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728huey said:

I don't know how much actual classic new wave was featured in 80's R&B records, but there was a whole lot of synth music in both, and a lot of bands got heavily into synth music.











And then there were actual new wave tracks which crossed over into the early hip hop dance mixes.







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I'm familiar with how synths were heavily used by R&B groups at the turn of the 1980's but there's synth-driven R&B and then there is new wave mixed with R&B. All new wave is synth but not all synth is new wave.
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Reply #14 posted 08/02/16 11:27am

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Growing up in the 80s, I used to love this band from UK called Loose Ends, they were pretty Synth'n'B, https://youtu.be/yz1kvk9qeWI

Also I think Imagination "Just an Illusion" falls under R&B/New Wave

https://youtu.be/pj4k0j97thM

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Reply #15 posted 08/02/16 11:33am

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Here's a Detroit "techno" classic, which is actually new wave & r&b-ish: Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principal "Your Love" https://youtu.be/hPrGnh7QUDo

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Reply #16 posted 08/02/16 11:40am

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Does electro funk count as New Wave & B? These guys Sexual Harassment were inspired by Prince. "I Need a Freak" https://youtu.be/79awR3hfayg - this is very New Wave, so sparse and minimal & spoken word, so cold smile

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Reply #17 posted 08/02/16 11:47am

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #18 posted 08/02/16 11:48am

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hezekinap said:

Growing up in the 80s, I used to love this band from UK called Loose Ends, they were pretty Synth'n'B, https://youtu.be/yz1kvk9qeWI



Also I think Imagination "Just an Illusion" falls under R&B/New Wave


https://youtu.be/pj4k0j97thM


I've heard of Loose Ends. Many people on here describe them as a British S.O.S. Band.
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Reply #19 posted 08/02/16 11:50am

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scratchtasia said:

The Jermaine Jackson/Devo collaboration "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" comes to mind.

Nice! Funky Stuff! Seeing Jermaine Jackson and Devo took me off guard! Sounds familiar though....very cool!

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MotownSubdivision said:

I'm a big fan of the S.O.S. Band's On The Rise album (it's my favorite release of their's) and every time I listen to it it bugs me how it's labeled as a plain R&B album. If you've ever listened to OTR, you'll know it's more than just an R&B album. Besides the funk the group is known for, the album also possesses a lot of new wave sounds which seem to go overlooked. Songs like the title track, "I'm Not Runnin'" and "If You Want My Love" are just as much new wave as they are R&B and they sound amazing. Are there any other examples of New Wave&B outside of the S.O.S. Band and this album because the two genres together create an ear-pleasing hybrid of sound. [Edited 7/31/16 12:28pm]

Yeah I remember when I first SOS band, my impression was that the sound was something "new" & innovative at the time.

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Reply #21 posted 08/02/16 11:53am

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MotownSubdivision said:

hezekinap said:

Growing up in the 80s, I used to love this band from UK called Loose Ends, they were pretty Synth'n'B, https://youtu.be/yz1kvk9qeWI

Also I think Imagination "Just an Illusion" falls under R&B/New Wave

https://youtu.be/pj4k0j97thM

I've heard of Loose Ends. Many people on here describe them as a British S.O.S. Band.

Yeah, I heard Loose Ends and SOS about the same time, and was really into this futuristic funk synthesized R&B, I thought that was the future....

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Reply #22 posted 08/02/16 11:55am

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hey you guys! think this KING song "The Greatest" definitely falls into SynthNB, if not New Wave & B

I am definitely feeling this....i LOVE Synths!!!!! https://youtu.be/UbpSV3gB...iQAk-AGzdY

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Reply #23 posted 08/02/16 12:08pm

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I have a lot of 1980s movie soundtracks, and it seems like the blend you are talking about was made for it.

Here's one from a John Candy movie produced by Maurice White:

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Reply #24 posted 08/02/16 12:14pm

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The first name I thought of was Andre Cymone. Besides his work with early Prince and solo stuff, even his productions seemed to have that angle... not quite the Minneapolis sound.


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Reply #25 posted 08/02/16 12:24pm

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I found Solange's music very much a blend of R&B and new wave, especially with Blood Orange's arrangements.

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Reply #26 posted 08/02/16 2:23pm

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MickyDolenz said:

yeah Beverly Hills Cop soundtracks had that vibe, which reminded me of the inclusion of "Neutron Dance".

Pointer Sisters pop breakthrough was very much R&B and new wave:

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Reply #27 posted 08/02/16 10:01pm

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Cinny said:

I found Solange's music very much a blend of R&B and new wave, especially with Blood Orange's arrangements.

hey the solange song is nice!

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Reply #28 posted 08/02/16 10:22pm

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hezekinap said:



Cinny said:


I found Solange's music very much a blend of R&B and new wave, especially with Blood Orange's arrangements.



hey the solange song is nice!

I do too.

I'm getting vague Sonic the Hedgehog vibes from it lol
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Reply #29 posted 08/03/16 7:44am

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Shalamar - The Look

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