May as well give a shout out to the Stray Cats too. A little hair gel on video on rock-a-Billy was cool for a time. Had a good friend who got a tight perm and rocked the Brian Setzer look in HS.
May as well give a shout out to the Stray Cats too. A little hair gel on video on rock-a-Billy was cool for a time. Had a good friend who got a tight perm and rocked the Brian Setzer look in HS.
And a couple others that I don't think have been mentioned...
- Madness (now that's a version of "Our House" that I could stomach at the end of Duke home games)
- Pet Shop Boys
- Tears for Fears
Definitely getting towards synthpop with the last two but the lines between genres around this time seem pretty blurred.
“Coach said no 3s.” - Zion on The Block
We are horrible people for not giving Devo some well deserved love.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Never much cared for them. I tend to prefer the contents over the packaging.
This thread seems unusually amorphous, even by DBR standards. The Clash and Graham Parker and Dire Straits and others who concentrated on making music of substance never seemed to have much in common with Flock of Seagulls or Berlin, who seemed to me to be Video Stars more than musicians. New Wave Music is such an elastic term that I'm not sure it has much meaning, at least as used in this thread.
Or maybe I'm just Monday cranky.
And you kids get off my lawn.
Devo was a big influence on New Wave music. For me, it was born from Punk, a statement against the blues and rock that was prevalent in the 70s. Defined by heavy use of synthesizers, eventually it gave way to more pop bands that followed, many of them taking inspiration from that early 80's MTV sound and style.
I always thought it was interesting that Disco could also be viewed as a rebellion against the rock n roll genre, yet it suffered a rather harsh death as people rallied against it. Disco died and New Wave flourished in the ashes.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Which reminds me of the '80's hit Der Kommisar, the English version of which was made popular in the US by a band called After the Fire, but the original German version was Falco's. To add to the confusion, Falco also came out with an English version for the US. So, within a period of a few years there were three different versions all played on the radio.
Which version do you like best? (ha ha)
Rich
"Failure is Not a Destination"
Coach K on the Dan Patrick Show, December 22, 2016
Which reminds me of the '80's hit Der Kommisar, the English version of which was made popular in the US by a band called After the Fire, but the original German version was Falco's. To add to the confusion, Falco also came out with an English version for the US. So, within a period of a few years there were three different versions all played on the radio.
Which version do you like best? (ha ha)
Rich
"Failure is Not a Destination"
Coach K on the Dan Patrick Show, December 22, 2016
Which reminds me of the '80's hit Der Kommisar, the English version of which was made popular in the US by a band called After the Fire, but the original German version was Falco's. To add to the confusion, Falco also came out with an English version for the US. So, within a period of a few years there were three different versions all played on the radio.
Which version do you like best? (ha ha)
Rich
"Failure is Not a Destination"
Coach K on the Dan Patrick Show, December 22, 2016
Although 99 Luftballons got some play, my favorite German-translated song of the era was Peter Schilling’s Major Tom:
https://youtu.be/db64QW-rsz4