The thread about Berlin's song "Sex (I'm A...)" has got me in a New Wave mood,so I decided to pull out some of my favorite 80s New Wave jams.Do you guys remember these songs?

"Love Plus One" by Haircut One Hundred
"Just Got Lucky" by Jo Boxers
"I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock Of Seagulls
"Promises,Promises" by Naked Eyes
"Poison Arrow" by ABC
"Love Is A Battlefield" by Pat Benatar
"Burning down The House" by Talking Heads
"Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo
"Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
"She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby

I'm sure that NWF will be here soon

So,let's see your lists...

"Never Say Never"...Romeo Void
"Dont Change"...INXS
"People Are People"...Depeche Mode
"Mad World"...Tears for Fears
"I Scare Myself"...Thomas Dolby
"Christine"...Siouxsie And The Banshees
"Angst in my Pants"...The Sparks
"Mirror Man"...Human League
"Nothing to Fear"...Oingo Boingo
"Race of Doom"...Devo

crazyhorse said:

David you're not supposed doing NWF's work!

- someone somewhere in summertime - Simple Minds
- dance this mess around - the B52s
- the look of love - ABC
- everything count - Depeche Mode
- this is the day - The The
- there is a light that never goes out - The Smiths
- bizarre love triangle - New Order
- pale shelter - Tears For Fears
- the first picture of you - The Lotus Eaters ( beautiful!)
and let's say.. forest fire - Llyod Cole & The Commotions
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[This message was edited Tue May 4 14:04:04 2004 by jn2]

DavidEye- Pat Benatar new wave? Hmmm....I have to disagree.

Here's my list (and feel free to disagree with mine! )

How soon is now - smiths
der kamizar- after the fire/falco
wouldn't it be good - nik kershaw
if you leave - omd
forever young - alphaville
words - missing persons
atomic - blondie
save a prayer- duran duran
under the milky way - the church
space age love song - flock of seagulls

The Smiths-"How Soon Is Now"
Naked Eyes- "Promises Promises"
Gary Numan- "Cars"
Kajagoogoo-"Too Shy"
Thomas Dolby- " Europa and the Pirate Twins"
Howard Jones- " What Is Love"
Oingo Boingo-" Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me"
The Fixx- "Saved By Zero"
Kajagoogoo-" Hang On Now"
XTC- " This World Over"
Oingo Boingo-" Goodbye, Goodbye"
Nik Kershaw-"Don Quixote"
Siouxsie and the Banshees- " Cities In Dust"
Adam Ant- " Friend Or Foe"
The Eurogliders-" Heaven Must Be There"

I'm sorry that wasn't 10, was it...

I almost can't even consider narrowing this down to 10 songs, lol.

Well, here goes...

Melt With You - Modern English
Blister In the Sun - Violent Femes
One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx
Close to the Edge - Art Of Noise
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Election Day - Arcadia
Church Of the Poison Mind - Culture Club
Like to Get To Know You Well - Howard Jones
What You Need - INXS
Union Of the Snake - Duran Duran

The Nails--88 lines about 44 women
Kim Wilde-Kids in America
Inxs-Just keep Walking
Gary Numan-Cars
The Fixx-Red Skies(Mtv live version)
Stray Cats-Stray cat strut
Madness-One Step Beyond
Adam & the Ants-Prince Charming
Flock of Seagulls-I ran
Berlin-SEX(I'm A)

level 42-somethin about you
mr. mister-is it love?
the system-don't disturb this groove
wang chung-to live and die in l.a.
the time-after high school
rush-tom sawyer
herbie hancock-hardrock
prince-delirious
robert palmer-hyperactive
ohio players-funky worm

"Dont Go" by Yazoo
"The Reflex" by Duran Duran
"Here Comes The Rain Again" by Eurythmics
"Dont Get Me Wrong" by The Pretenders
"Urgent" by Foreigner
"Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
"Promises,Promises" by Naked Eyes
"To Cut A Long Story Short" by Spandau Ballet
"West End Girls" by The Pet Shop Boys
"Shout" by Tears For Fears

THE EIGHTIES ROCK!

Wow, How could I forget "One Thing Leads To Another" by The Fixx
One of my favorites as well.

Love is a Stranger - Eurythmics
You Remind Me of Gold - Human League
One of my Submarines - Thomas Dolby
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Final Solution - Pere Ubu
The Metro - Berlin
Saved by Zero - The Fixx
Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure
A Girl In Trouble - Romeo Void.


Those are some of my faves

Seeing all of these makes me sad....Every 80s nite I go to plays the same ol' crap when the could be filtering ALL of these classics through...bastard dj's!!!

1. Cars - Gary Numan
2. Sex (I'm A) - Berlin
3. Never Say Never - Romeo Void
4. Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
5. 99 Red Balloons - Nena (Nina? I forget)
6. Der Kommissar - Falco
7. Our House - Madness
8. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
9. Whip It - Devo
10. Demolition Man - Gracey Baby

Shit! Shit! Shit!

And RAPTURE by Blondie, because Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody's fly!!!

Definitely Depeche Mode.

Don't know if you'd consider Level 42 to be New Wave???

Don't ask me to pick songs, it's too difficult for my brain at this moment.

Anxiety said:

I love this thread...reading the names of all those old songs has been a neat trip down memory lane!

VinaBlue said:

it don't get anymore mainstream than duran duran, culture club ,arcadia, and inxs NOT NEW WAVE!!!!!

stray cats : great band . NOT NEW WAVE

New Wave was over by the time Rock Me Amedaous came out.

chrisslope9 said:

INXS,Duran Duran yes new wave.
The movement might of been over but the bands were still there.....

crazyhorse said:

duran duran was a corprate creation and never about a musical movement Plus, they arrived wayyyyy after New Wave.
[This message was edited Tue May 4 22:28:56 2004 by chrisslope9]

inxs - great band NOT NEW WAVE. good 80's funk/rock band.
[This message was edited Tue May 4 22:29:39 2004 by chrisslope9]

chrisslope9 said:

I dont think so. Duran Duran's first single 1981?
INXS funk,lol?

hungry like the wolf ain't new wave. inxs was a pop band and not part of any movement.
[This message was edited Tue May 4 23:12:13 2004 by chrisslope9]

one of my kind, suicide blonde, what you need have funk undertones

Thats all fine and dandy ,but there still under the genre of new wave.

"During the late '70s and early '80s, New Wave was a catch-all term for the music that directly followed punk rock; often, the term encompassed punk itself, as well. In retrospect, it's became clear that the music that followed punk could be divided, more or less, into two categories — post-punk and new wave. Where post-punk was arty, difficult, and challenging, new wave was pop music, pure and simple. It retained the fresh vigor and irreverence of punk music, as well as a fascination with electronics, style, and art. Therefore, there was a lot of stylistic diversity to new wave. It meant the nervy power pop of bands like XTC and Nick Lowe, but it also meant synth rockers like Gary Numan or rock revivalists like Graham Parker and Rockpile. There were edgy new wave songwriters like Elvis Costello, pop bands like Squeeze, tough rock & rollers like the Pretenders, pop-reggae like the Police, mainstream rockers like the Cars, and ska revivalists like the Specials and Madness. As important as these major artists were, there were also countless one-hit wonders that emerged during early new wave. These one-hit groups were as diverse as the major artists, but they all shared a love of pop hooks, modernist, synthesized production, and a fascination for being slightly left of center. By the early '80s, new wave described nearly every new pop/rock artist, especially those that used synthesizers like the Human League and Duran Duran. New wave received a boost in the early '80s by MTV, who broadcast endless hours of new wave videos in order to keep themselves on the air. Therefore, new wave got a second life in 1982, when it probably would have died out. Instead, 1982 and 1983 were boom years for polished, MTV-radio new wave outfits like Culture Club, Adam Ant, Spandau Ballet, Haircut 100, and A Flock of Seagulls. New wave finally died out in 1985, when established artists began to make professional videos and a new crop of guitar-oriented bands like the Smiths and R.E.M. emerged to capture the attention of college-radio and underground rock fans. Nevertheless, new wave proved more influential than many of its critics would have suspected, as the mid-'90s were dominated by bands — from Blur to Weezer — that were raised on the music."
AMG MUSIC

Wicked thread, just as I was burning some CD's of my favorite musical era.
In no particular order:

1. The Pretenders - Middle of the Road
2. Duran Duran - My Own Way
3. Icicle Works - Whisper To A Scream
4. Bow Wow Wow - Do You Wanna Hold Me?
5. X - Breathless
6. The Smiths - This Charming Man
7. Josie Cotton - Johnny Are You Queer?
8. The B-52's - Strobelight
9. The Clash - Radio Clash
10. The Go-Go's - Can't Stop The World

And just for the hell of it:
11. Prince - Horny Toad
12. Split Enz - Message To My Girl

I'll leave it to the experts to decide when the new wave era began or when a band became too big to be called new wave...

Awww...most of these new waves songs are near and dear to my ears even though I was never hard core. As for the subgenre, according to All Music Guide, some of the groups that are being disputed have been embraced under the new wave umbrella or have recorded new wavish songs. Some of these fall more under the New Romantic subgenre, and some came out of the punk side. At some point they all just blended. Then at some point these same acts picked up dance, rap, raggae,and jazz influences early or later in their careers. So maybe there are very few that would be considered 100% new wavers. Is it a crime? It would be nice to know who are the true new wave acts for schooling sake? Ok moving on...

BTW: Thanks everybody for taking some of my faves. Makes my list a little bit harder to do, and more than likely less than 10% is official new wave style.

Shame - The Motels
Call Me - Blondie
Our House - Madness
Driven to Tears - The Police
Time (Clock of the Heart) - Culture Club
Hold Back the Rain - Duran Duran
Strangelove - Depeche Mode
It's My Life - Talk Talk