Although the makeup was bad and the videos weird, the songs were great.

Anyone else feeling Flock OF Seagulls "I Ran"? The music from some of these acts were short lived, but does anyone have memories of songs they listened to from some of the New Wave acts from the 1980's.

Same for Falco "Rock me Amadeus".

Gotta love 80's New Wave music (I know I did).

Where's NWF? He would love this thread!

Japan was the best new wave act ever..
i mean look how many bands rip them off..

lets name them..

Duran Duran
Depeche Mode
the new romantic scene
and most of the synth pop acts.
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weepingwall said:

How can any talk of the 80's not include the Talking Heads? The music was really enjoyable.

Gotta love the Flock! "Are you a fan of Flock Of Seaguls"? I love that from "The Wedding Singer"! The whole new romantic thing was great. I didn't really live through it but it yeilded some great music.

All 80s music rox!

5 Words

Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing

!!!!!

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

No. But

I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow

was okay.

weepingwall said:

Japan were truly brilliant. Their later albums, Quiet Life, Gentlemen Take Polaroids, and Tin Drum were all masterpieces. Duran Duran clearly idolized them.

Also hugely influential was the last Ultravox album with the original singer, Systems Of Romance. Gary Numan was a big fan of that one.

While David Sylvian and John Foxx both produced excellent solo work, I always felt they left their respective bands too soon.

EmbattledWarrior said:

I think they came right after New Wave. They began kind of new romantic (and sort of returned to it with "Behavoir"). If they started out New Wave, they've certaintly grown. They are definately dance pop.

Check this older thread...

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/189647

TommyRoss said:

Speaking of which, I'm almost done with 1981.

sextonseven said:

1982

Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (Long Version)
The B-52’s - Mesopotamia
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf (Night Version)
Thompson Twins - In The Name Of Love
The Human League - Don’t You Want Me
Yaz - Situation
Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
ABC - The Look Of Love (Dance Version)
Peter Godwin - Images Of Heaven
Depeche Mode - Just Can’t Get Enough (Schizo Mix)
Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One
A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away) (Extended Version)
The Flirts - Jukebox (Don’t Put another Dime) (Remix)
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
Billy Idol - White Wedding (Parts 1 and 2)

That's some major flashback material right there.

I've been getting into early Depeche Mode alot lately. I didn't know that one of the members of Erasure was originally in Depeche Mode. Their first album, Speak & Spell was actually pretty good.

Same with Flock of Seagulls, though alot of their songs sound alike, kind of hooked on Wishing (I Had A Photograph Of You).

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Sorry, I know that these aren't all New Wave, but this thread reminded me of how much was in the air back then:







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Tom said:

I've been playing that a lot lately, myself. That, and "(Its not me) Talking". Its hard( damn near impossible) to sit through an entire lbum by A Flock of Seagulls, but they have some really good songs sprinkled in amongst the so-so stuff.
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paligap said:

i've got to check out some of these albums

Not sure what exactly new wave is... but I like these albums

Yazoo - 'Upstairs at Eric's'
Alphaville - 'Forever Young'
David Bowie - 'Let's Dance'
Tears for Fears - 'Songs from the Big Chair'
Pet Shop Boys - 'Please'
Queen - 'Hot Space'

heartbeatocean said:

My new mixtape, again all taken from the 12" singles:

CLUB ALTERNATIVES - 1981

Spandau Ballet - Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement
Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Night Version)
Lene Lovich - New Toy (Extended Version)
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd (Complete)
Depeche Mode - New Life (Remix)
A Flock Of Seagulls - Telecommunication
U2 - I Will Follow
The Cure - Primary

The Pretenders - Message Of Love
Go-Go's - Our Lips Our Sealed
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
Kraftwerk - Numbers/Computer World
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
The Police - Voices Inside My Head
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper (Party Version)
Blondie - Rapture (Special Disco Mix)

I'll appreciate.

I'm too lazy to post my favorites though right now. Plus, a lot of cool stuff has already been mentioned.

I love that New Wave/English pop like Duran Duran Thompson Twins, Talking Heads, Gary Numan, Wham, Modern English, Devo, Adam Ant, Animotion, The Cars, Culture Club (like when Boy George used to be the bomb), Madness, too much to name.

minneapolisgenius said:

Hey..I bought Zeppelin IV and I was very impressed

Simple Minds' "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)" and Duran Duran's "Rio" are some of my favorite albums ever.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

That's great!

sextonseven said:

Throw in New Order's "Ceremony" and especially "Dreams Never End" in the mix - these 4 songs you can almost sing on top of eachother.

GangstaFam said:

I restricted myself to songs that charted in the top 50 of Billboard's dance chart. That was my only criteria for making these mixtapes.

sextonseven said:

I guess 1982 was the height of my MTV addict phase because I don't recall so much the other years, not like that one. I still love Tainted Love by Soft Cell. That and Rockin' the Casbah, Don't You Want Me, Look of Love, Never Say Never and White Wedding were some of the best songs from that year. Or the 80s for that matter.

lonelygurl8305 said:

Nobody answered my question!!! No!!!!!
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