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The 100 Greatest “New Wave” songs 1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World-Tears for Fears (3 Viewers)
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Mike Damone
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Damn no Polecats They’re rockabilly but most certainly new wave . Saw them open for The Clash at the orpheum in Boston
Nice Bowie cover here
#funfact guitarist Boz Boorer would later go on to be Morrissey’s longtime collaborator
timschochet
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88. “Do You Wanna Hold Me” Bow Wow Wow (1983, from When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going)
https://youtu.be/VDXi4yqVd9g
Ah, Annabelle. She wants to warn ya, she’s been to California. Great song, worst video yet. What’s with Spider-Man dancing around? Why is Ronald Reagan playing lead guitar? But Annabelle makes up for it.
https://youtu.be/VDXi4yqVd9g
Ah, Annabelle. She wants to warn ya, she’s been to California. Great song, worst video yet. What’s with Spider-Man dancing around? Why is Ronald Reagan playing lead guitar? But Annabelle makes up for it.
zamboni
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otb_lifer
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first
from me!!!!awesome pick, woukda slotted a tad higher, maybe even over "Candy"
Osaurus
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wikkidpissah
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noticeably less flouncing & bouncing & flaunting & taunting in this vid
getting the feeling my "left out"s will considerably exceed my "good in"s. but it aint my list...
Osaurus
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Mike Damone
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Candy is much betterfirst
awesome pick, woukda slotted a tad higher, maybe even over "Candy"
otb_lifer
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El Floppo
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Andy Dufresne
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Now THAT'S a great song. Kate Pierson's voice is amazing in that one.
Osaurus
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Doug B
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Going through those Top 80 lists from KROQ that were linked in here yesterday. I see what you mean.
It's interesting that KROQ seemed almost to intentionally lift up some band's less-commercial material at the expense of whatever song by that band was rocketing up the mainstream Hot 100 Singles chart. I see that time and time again throughout their lists.
otb_lifer
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... took me a week or so to get used to "relationship shtick" Osterberg, but ... yeah, song stuck with me for quite some time after it hit. definite gem.
on a somewhat related note (Pierson), soooooo glad Timbo set an '85ish cutoff - i'd be slicing out eyeballs (<----- hopefully not spotlighting) if the most vile sack of #### song to ever trouble daylight made it here (i'm lookin' at YOU, "Love Shack")
Gr00vus
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Early days KROQ would give the DJs a ton of leeway in what they'd play. They devoted large amounts of time (mostly late night) to shows focusing on unknown/underground stuff - particularly Swedish Eagle's show (he's one of the First Wave DJs now) and Rodney Bingenheimer's (who I believe DJs on the Ungerground Garage channel now), I think Dusty Street is also now kicking around one of the XM channels too.
But Freddy Snakeskin was my favorite. He'd mix a few obscure things into the more mainstream playlist, but every now and then he'd also throw in Rolling Stones tunes, Lynn Collins, all kinds of stuff.
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zamboni
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Doug B
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Something's different about the methodology of the two sets of lists. The one you just linked has A LOT more straight-ahead rock (Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Van Halen, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, etc.).
EDIT: Hmmm ... looks like that really only describes the "robust list's" 1980 songs. Seems like they started dropping mainstream rock by 1981-82.
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Dr. Octopus
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I actually saw the show - can't say I hated it. Ruben Blades and Marc Anthony were good at least.for "Capeman"
zamboni
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Yeah, I think KROQ started finding its niche in the early ‘80s when New Wave really started to emerge.
Brony
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timschochet
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87. “Gone Daddy Gone” Violent Femmes (1983, from Violent Femmes)
https://youtu.be/ekL7o8BQkZM
Best ever use of a xylophone in a rock song? I think so. Sadly, Gordon Gano never achieved again the greatness of his debut album. Hard not to sing along when this tune comes on.
https://youtu.be/ekL7o8BQkZM
Best ever use of a xylophone in a rock song? I think so. Sadly, Gordon Gano never achieved again the greatness of his debut album. Hard not to sing along when this tune comes on.
Brony
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Leroy Hoard
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Things I learned today on Wikipedia,
Gano played Mr. Zank, the first of many substitute mathematics teachers, in an episode of The Adventures of Pete & Pete, entitled "X=Why?"
Gano appears as a fictional version of himself, under a love spell, in the 1997 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch episode "Hilda and Zelda: the Teenage Years"'.
Gano voices a newborn baby singer in the 1998 animated film The Rugrats Movie.
Gr00vus
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wikkidpissah
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dang! nobody responded in a way that would set up my "Kihn-dread spirits" joke......
...dang!
nirad3
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Huh. One of my most played CDs during college and I'm obviously not as well-versed as a lot of you folks but I never considered the Femmes "New Wave".
Leroy Hoard
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That kind of response was always in jeopardy.dang! nobody responded in a way that would set up my "Kihn-dread spirits" joke......
Osaurus
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Was never a fan at all. I’ve seen them live once and all I can say is meh. Not New Wave to me, but whatever at this point.
wikkidpissah
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betcha anything Threadmsater had Love Plus One slated for the #87 slot but we butched him into scrambling for this in its place
joey
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Nice guitar! Buy it!
i have owned a Gretsch Tennessee Rose for years now. Love it’s warm full bodied tone. The Bigsby whammy bar doesn’t have locking nuts at the top of the neck but somehow it doesn’t need them. Stays in tune just fine when using it, but it’s not like I was leaning on it often. It’s not my main axe (I’m a Tele guy) but love how the tone of the Gretsch is at the opposite spectrum from my Tele (warm vs twangy)
as for Violent Femmes. I’d probably put 3 or 4 songs in my top 100 list. They’re in WLIR’s top 100 list and represent exactly the quirky, offbeat sounds that make up the rainbow of music that I personally consider New Wave.
rockaction
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Do you need a date to the prom? I need a date to the prom...
zamboni
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Not sure of the connection, but you have my attention with the image of Betsy Russell riding a horse.
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Osaurus
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Dr. Octopus
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I’m not sure how to classify them really. What would you call them if not New Wave? Was “alternative” used yet in ‘83? Can’t recall.
rockaction
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Gnarls Barkley's sublime St. Elsewhere's only false step was a cover of "Gone Daddy Gone." I just felt like it broke up an otherwise fantastic psychedelic/soul album.
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Doug B
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timschochet
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86. “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” Squeeze (1980, from Argybargy)
https://youtu.be/3WngGeI9lnA
What a great sense of pop melody these guys had. And fine musicianship as well. Just a terrific, underrated band, largely forgotten now. Too damn bad.
https://youtu.be/3WngGeI9lnA
What a great sense of pop melody these guys had. And fine musicianship as well. Just a terrific, underrated band, largely forgotten now. Too damn bad.
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Osaurus
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Saw them live last Labor Day weekend in Milwaukee and they’re opening for Hall and Oates this summer. They are still amazing and definitely an underrated band.
Dr. Octopus
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When I was at Seton Hall as a freshma they played in a grass area in front of our science building in ‘86. I worked security so I could get in free and I then let about 8-10 of my friends in. A woman security guard asked me if I let those guys in for free. When I said “yes” she said “we don’t need you to work anymore”. I said “great” took my staff shirt off and stayed for the rest of the show.
Saw them the following year coming on after Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam (sorry for the spotlight
) and before Bowie at Giants Stadium.Tillbrook/Holland used to get compared to Lennon/McCartney as song writers back then. But as @timschochet said they’ve kind of been all but forgotten now. Very underrated band.
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Mike Damone
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Great pop song ranked embarrassingly too low here. Even though Squeeze was ushered in on the punk/new wave bandwagon, they hardly had any relation to either camp.
Glenn Tilbrook is one of the most unsung guitar players out there. If you ever saw Squeeze live, you saw Tilbrook play intricate leads while simultaneously singing intricate vocal melodies in a way that was quite amazing
Osaurus
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Absolutely agree. I couldn’t believe how tight they were and it seemed like he never lost one step.
joey
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Nice pick.
Squeeze could have 3 or 4 songs in the top 100.
agree that their songwriting and musicianship are top freakin notch. Everyone should go and find a live video of them and prepare to be stunned at how talented and tight they were, and still ARE.
Squeeze could have 3 or 4 songs in the top 100.
I was at that Bowie/Giants stadium show as well. Maybe we ran into each other there. Cozy venueSaw them the following year coming on after Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam (sorry for the spotlight
Tillbrook/Holland used to get compared to Lennon/McCartney as song writers back then. But as @timschochet said they’ve kind of been all but forgotten now. Very underrated band.
agree that their songwriting and musicianship are top freakin notch. Everyone should go and find a live video of them and prepare to be stunned at how talented and tight they were, and still ARE.
Chaos Commish
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Love Squeeze. This isn't a New Wave list, but enjoying the memories.
zamboni
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AcerFC
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A couple of takeaways from a 2 hour 30 minute drive to PA tonight. Had First wave on the whole time.
They sure do love The Smithereens and Depache Mode. Heard these guys 3 times each today.
Ton of Australians who were New Wave. Did Australians have some sort of affinity for New Wave.
Pulling mussels was played in my first hour of the drive. Great tune
Shes crafty by the Beastie Boys kind of stuck out like a sore thumb.
Regardless of whether this draft is new wave or not, thanks Tim for giving me a new preset on my radio. Would not have given it a chance.
They sure do love The Smithereens and Depache Mode. Heard these guys 3 times each today.
Ton of Australians who were New Wave. Did Australians have some sort of affinity for New Wave.
Pulling mussels was played in my first hour of the drive. Great tune
Shes crafty by the Beastie Boys kind of stuck out like a sore thumb.
Regardless of whether this draft is new wave or not, thanks Tim for giving me a new preset on my radio. Would not have given it a chance.
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