So I volunteer at the school's radio station (it's an alternative rock station) as a DJ and one day I asked the radio manager if Prince is acceptable to play since New Wave is a branch off of Alternative Rock and well we play some New Wave (80's new wave that is) but no Prince. The manager told me straight out no that he's not new wave so we can't play him.

i went to wikipedia and read him off the genres that Prince is in and well New Wave is one of them. He still didn't agree with wikipedia and how you can't really trust everything wikipedia says.

being a Fan of Prince I know that he IS New Wave (pre Purple Rain years that is). sure he's more funk and r&b but he DID create the MPLS sound which is basically a form of New Wave.

who agrees with me??

who agrees with him??

I'd play it anyway...........

I can't think of any prince songs off hand that I would classify as new wave.

I wouldn't expect to hear Prince on an alt-rock station.

Fuck him. Play Pussy Control .

But yes Prince isn't new wave and im glad he ain't.

Play him the original version of Tick, Tick, Bang. That oughta settle the question.

Whatever songs you think are New Wave, play them for the radio manager and see what he says.

Myself, I wouldn't place Prince in New Wave but I can see how some would.

Play the sucka m.c. Annie Christian, Delierious, Lets Pretend Were Married, Sexuality, Automatic, All The Critics..

rdhull said:

Play the sucka m.c. Annie Christian, Delierious, Lets Pretend Were Married, Sexuality, Automatic, All The Critics..

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

khemseraph said:

rdhull said:

Play the sucka m.c. Annie Christian, Delierious, Lets Pretend Were Married, Sexuality, Automatic, All The Critics..

...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

Give us some examples of the stuff they do play regularly.

he just doesnt like Prince and for him to say that Prince isnt new wave is a sorry excuse for him not being a fan because everybody that has ever heard SEXUALITY knows that this song is new wave all the way. I know because Ive been calling q100 radio station here in atlanta,georgia requesting rock n roll love affair and they will say " we dont usually play him but we will try and get it on" and they never play the song.

SomewhereHereOnEarth said:

So I volunteer at the school's radio station (it's an alternative rock station) as a DJ and one day I asked the radio manager if Prince is acceptable to play since New Wave is a branch off of Alternative Rock and well we play some New Wave (80's new wave that is) but no Prince. The manager told me straight out no that he's not new wave so we can't play him.

i went to wikipedia and read him off the genres that Prince is in and well New Wave is one of them. He still didn't agree with wikipedia and how you can't really trust everything wikipedia says.

being a Fan of Prince I know that he IS New Wave (pre Purple Rain years that is). sure he's more funk and r&b but he DID create the MPLS sound which is basically a form of New Wave.

who agrees with me??

who agrees with him??

I think that is the gift and the curse with... his music is really eclectic. It's really hard to catagorize him in any one genre. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, I personally embrace this about him. Yea you can play a song like Bambi or even I'm Yours on an Alt Rock Radio station; Hell just throw them the Undertaker album. Then you could easily play songs like Kiss or LRC on a pop station and songs like Adore on and RNB Station. I think the issue lies with the ignorance of your Manager. I would say don't try to push it as "New Wave" and try to convince him that Prince can play any genre. Play him something like Dreamer, Endorphinmachine, Tick, Tick, Bang (1980 Controversy outtack version like Genesia previously mentioned), I Like It There, Pruple House, Fury (SNL) Good luck and let know how things work out

I've never been great at genres, but when I was a kid I used to buy magazines that claimed to be covering New Wave mainly, and Prince popped up there back in the early (pre-Purple Rain) 80's. Saw Andre there to--they seemed to think he was New Wave (not just because of the album title).

Don't really know though. I stopped thinking of him as anything but Pop years ago. Sure, lots of other things are there, but the mind that puts them together is a pop mind. Pop synthesises from everywhere, whatever works, with no bs purity of genre. A pop artist is pretty much open to everything. That's what Prince is. Or at least, what he used to be. If there's a weakness anymore, it's that it feels like he sets out to write a specific genre when he starts a tune. More often than he used to. So there's not as much surprise--certainly for us, as listeners, but I'm guessing he doesn't surprise himself much anymore either. That's probably sad.

It's hardly unique to Prince--lots of people lose the ability or desire to pull disparate elements together. But it seems more of a change for him, because the elements once seemed to disparate and it was so exciting to see them come together.

Graycap23 said:

I'd play it anyway...........

khemseraph said:

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

Songs that could reasonably fit alternative rock format:

Dolphin, Interactive, Endorphinmachine, Chaos and Disorder, I Like It There, Family Name. I would play Family Name just to piss off the radio station manager.

Graycap23 said:

I'd play it anyway...........

There ya go.

NouveauDance said:

Give us some examples of the stuff they do play regularly.

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.

gold31 said:

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

That song is about as New Wave as you can get...

Let me try a different tack.

What are the 5 or 6 top songs in rotation right now? Maybe that will give us a hint as to what the station considers "New Wave".

But absent that, I'd say you're best chances are songs from "Dirty Mind" and "Controversy".

Genesia said:

Play him the original version of Tick, Tick, Bang. That oughta settle the question.

Billmenever said:

Prince has a job. Keep yours.

Word

Billmenever said:

Prince has a job. Keep yours.

LOL excellent advice!

rdhull said:

Billmenever said:

Prince has a job. Keep yours.

Word

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

SomewhereHereOnEarth said:

NouveauDance said:

Give us some examples of the stuff they do play regularly.

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.

Graycap23 said:

rdhull said:

Word

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 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.