jaawwnn said:

SomewhereHereOnEarth said:

well we play artists like nirvana, smashing pumpkins, arctic monkeys, the cars, cake, mumford and sons, the lumineers, green day, the cure, duran duran, the thompson twins to name a few.

The Cars famously got new wave into rock fan's stereos so leaving them aside for the moment... if you play the Cure and Duran Duran then you can play anything off Dirty Mind up to and including Purple Rain.

Alternatively just whack on Endorphinmachine and tell your manager to cop on.

DING! There it is!

The answer, obviously, is to play Prince's version of The Cars' "Let's Go". As an added bonus, tell your listeners that's Orger Milty going nuts in the background!

Can't Stop This Feelin I Got (eary version)

Horny Toad

No Call U

Turn It Up

Let's Go Crazy!!!!

Private Joy

etc

etc....

is this a college radio station?

kinda thought the point was to let the dj's play what they want, to get all that idealism out of their system before they got a real-world radio job.

rdhull said:

khemseraph said:

...When You Were Mine,Something In The Water,You,Make Up(Vanity6)

They arent going to play no V6 even though 75% of that album IS new wave

When U Were Mine is pop

So was a lot of New Wave.Duran Duran,The Cars,Blondie,Flock of Seaguls..all we as much Pop as they were New Wave

rdhull said:

Graycap23 said:

Learning early 2 follow rules like a lil robot..................not good advice in my book.

Nukka when your boss tells you to do something you do it.

Go head and listen to these orgers and getcherself fired.

Doing what you're asupposed to do in a job is not considered a negative. It doesnt mean you cant be creative, cant expand, cant find job enrichment or self fulfillment etc.

Fuck outta here with this anarchy freebird do what you will attitude...unless you going to support folks or pay their mortage etc when theyre assed out fo a job.

The OP said that she "volunteers". She's not getting paid...

Fuck those college radio hipsters thinking Prince never did anything else than stuff like Batdance and Cream.

kenkamken said:

You could play some alternative bands covering Prince, Foo Fighters "Darling Nikki", Of Montreal "Computer Blue", Dump "The Beautiful Ones", Souls "Take Me With You", Brett Anderson (Suede) "When Doves Cry", Sufjan Stevens "Alphabet St." and then throw some of the originals in. Private Joy is a great choice, also Beautiful Strange, Joy in Repetition, Brother Can U Paradigm? etc.

rdhull said:

Graycap23 said:

Learning early 2 follow rules like a lil robot..................not good advice in my book.

Nukka when your boss tells you to do something you do it.

Go head and listen to these orgers and getcherself fired.

Doing what you're asupposed to do in a job is not considered a negative. It doesnt mean you cant be creative, cant expand, cant find job enrichment or self fulfillment etc.

Fuck outta here with this anarchy freebird do what you will attitude...unless you going to support folks or pay their mortage etc when theyre assed out fo a job.

rdhull knows what it takes to keep a damn job.

jaawwnn said:

SomewhereHereOnEarth said:

well we play artists like nirvana, smashing pumpkins, arctic monkeys, the cars, cake, mumford and sons, the lumineers, green day, the cure, duran duran, the thompson twins to name a few.

The Cars famously got new wave into rock fan's stereos so leaving them aside for the moment... if you play the Cure and Duran Duran then you can play anything off Dirty Mind up to and including Purple Rain.

Alternatively just whack on Endorphinmachine and tell your manager to cop on.

Don't forget The Knack. Their first album "Get the Knack" is not only great - "My Sharona" is the number one single from 1979.

Genesia said:

rdhull said:

Nukka when your boss tells you to do something you do it.

Go head and listen to these orgers and getcherself fired.

Doing what you're asupposed to do in a job is not considered a negative. It doesnt mean you cant be creative, cant expand, cant find job enrichment or self fulfillment etc.

Fuck outta here with this anarchy freebird do what you will attitude...unless you going to support folks or pay their mortage etc when theyre assed out fo a job.

rdhull knows what it takes to keep a damn job.

lol.....job: Just Over Broke.

Graycap23 said:

Genesia said:

rdhull knows what it takes to keep a damn job.

lol.....job: Just Over Broke.

Yeah, well...if you work hard and keep your nose clean (ie, play by the rules), it won't be Just Over Broke for long.

And that goes for any kind of job - even a volunteer one. Nobody's going to recommend a malcontent.

The most and best "New Wave" type song by Prince is............................. "She's always in my Hair"

ufoclub said:

The most and best "New Wave" type song by Prince is............................. "She's always in my Hair"

I would say Automatic, but of course he puts his own spin on matters

ufoclub said:

I think you need to accept that your station manager is interpreting "new wave" as "popular music by white people from the 80s that is neither heavy metal or top 40 pop."

I tend to agree with the posters saying that, while some of Prince's 80s stuff has some things in common with alt-rock, and even though a lot of alt-rockers like Prince, he is not considered an "alt-rock artist" by most people who are concerned with such things, like your station manager.

It's up to you if you want to work within such limitations. I'd be tempted to play Warm Leatherette three times per show but that's just me. Oh and make sure you use the Normal version not the Grace Jones one - The Normal were white, and thus, can be safely classified as New Wave.

prince says...

ufoclub said:

The most and best "New Wave" type song by Prince is............................. "She's always in my Hair"

Thats aint no damn New Wave lol

Genesia said:

rdhull said:

ufoclub said:

The most and best "New Wave" type song by Prince is............................. "She's always in my Hair"

Thats aint no damn New Wave lol

New Wave evolved to the specifics of New Romance: from B52's to Blondie to Devo. It uses synth on catchy pop melodies often with a fat or funky bassline (check all the Duran Duran songs) and of course David Bowie. The vocals are effected, the flange, the synth, the pop structure, the sharp EQ, but ESPECIALLY those keyboards. It's like The Romantics or something (you know "Secrets While You Sleep)... Prince version.

Genesia said:

jaawwnn said:

The Cars famously got new wave into rock fan's stereos so leaving them aside for the moment... if you play the Cure and Duran Duran then you can play anything off Dirty Mind up to and including Purple Rain.

Alternatively just whack on Endorphinmachine and tell your manager to cop on.

Don't forget The Knack. Their first album "Get the Knack" is not only great - "My Sharona" is the number one single from 1979.

Yeah fair point.

I guess based on the examples given we're talking 90's/2000's alternative rock with a few 80's classics that can't be ignored thrown in. Realistically i'd be surprised if a song like Raspberry Beret wouldn't be allowed.

I'd say When U Were Mine would be the best bet overall for a station like this.

If all else fails that Richard Swift cover of Paisley Park would probably work but this seems an unnecessarily covert way of getting prince out there.

errant said:

is this a college radio station?

kinda thought the point was to let the dj's play what they want, to get all that idealism out of their system before they got a real-world radio job.

yes it's a college radio station. the college had another station where they would let the DJ's play whatever they wanted from whatever genre but things got way out of hand that they went into only playing one genre of music and switch the name from Dangerous to Alt Radio. It's not FCC regulated but the advisors want the DJ's to act like it is so that excludes a lot of suggestions that you all are talking about for me to play since they have at least one cuss word that ruins the possibilty of it being played.

gold31 said:

Gotta Stop (Messin' About) might qualify as New Wave.

Beat me to it!

I always wanted to make an 80s teen sex-comedy with that song playing over the opening credits. Luckily, I know that Prince would never allow it, anyway.

kenkamken said:

ufoclub said:

The most and best "New Wave" type song by Prince is............................. "She's always in my Hair"

I would say Automatic, but of course he puts his own spin on matters

Yeah, that synth is totally new wave.

I'd say Let's Pretend We're Married has that Molly-Ringwald-dance kind of beat to it too

Play "Tick Tick Bang" then throw a pint of heavy CREAM in HIS FACE!!

NDRU said:

kenkamken said:

I would say Automatic, but of course he puts his own spin on matters

Yeah, that synth is totally new wave.

I'd say Let's Pretend We're Married has that Molly-Ringwald-dance kind of beat to it too

i agree about Let's Pretend

Be true to yourself, play those Purple Sounds xx

Just try playing him that one song, "She's Always in My Hair". It's the one Prince song that really breaks into a New Wave Synth pop mode without the falsetto, without the overt R&B funk elements. Without the the funk chords.

It's the most like Duran Duran, Aha, The Pretenders, The Romantics, etc...

In fact it is akin to when The Eagles guy, put out "Dirty Laundry" breaking oddly into a New Wave top 40 vibe.

ravewithdawn said: