Music Banter - New Wave

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Originally Posted by IWP (Post 639435)

Haven't really heard The Human League yet. What do you think they're best album is?

It depends what you want

If you want poptastic hits get 'Dare'

If you want ultra-hip experimental electronica before they became commercially successful get 'Reproduction'

I think I'll go for Dare and then see what Reproduction sounds like.

If you want New Wave so far to the pop side that it's more like Pop leaning towards New Wave, you could try Cyndi Lauper.

Then on the opposite of the extreme hard to even call it new wave spectrum, you have someone like the Talking Heads.

I'm already into Cyndi Lauper and even 80s Madonna. Both I kinda consider guilty pleasures though.

Now that Cindi Lauper and Madonna have been mentioned, absolutely. I'll move it...

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Originally Posted by IWP (Post 639311)

Honestly, I could've posted this thread in either the punk or electronica forums since it draws elements from both genres, but enough about that.

Anyone here a fan of new wave music? This genre just keeps growing on me. The first bands I got into were Duran Duran and Animotion, but I'm really starting to get into a **** load of other bands as well, especially The Cars who in my opinion are one of the best in the genre. Other bands I like are A Flock of Seagulls, a-Ha, Depeche Mode, Devo, Pet Shop Boys, Eurythmics, and Kajagoogoo. Sure, this music is pretty much the pop-punk of the 80s, but damn is it good. I like it mainly, because of the nice groove and cheesy but fun synths, and because it's rock music that you can dance to.

no, the best place to put it is definitely the pop section. yes, it is influenced by punk, post-punk, electronica and so forth but at its heart most of it is good old-fashioned pop music with the focus on melody, and not on trying to be clever or excessively arty.

it really irritates me actually just how much music is put in the punk section that really does NOT belong there. sure, punk was really influential and is the basic thought behind the main body of alternative music that emerged from the early 80s up to the present day; that does NOT qualify all that music as punk.

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen (Post 640695)

it really irritates me actually just how much music is put in the punk section that really does NOT belong there. sure, punk was really influential and is the basic thought behind the main body of alternative music that emerged from the early 80s up to the present day; that does NOT qualify all that music as punk.

This thread was in the rock & metal forum not the punk forum.

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen (Post 640695)

It there like a lot of music in there that would really be like pop-punk or something?

I think your taste might lie more with Pop or New Romantic than New Wave, but here are a few suggestions which might broaden your scope a bit-

New Order
Joy Division
Scritti Politti
Heaven 17
Siouxie And the Banshees

This is Joy Division at their Best

And New Order, Blue Monday