New Wave Music

[ponyexpress]

I have been interested in discussing New Wave music. The inclusion of synth and simple lyrics (more existential) into the new music was like a breath of fresh air. It's like a marriage between punk and disco. I noticed that many bands that fall into this category come from England - although Talking Heads, The Cars, and Blondie came to prominence in America and worldwide. I guess this might be due to the new technology in mass media like TV that new wave rose to surface.

But it seems that the Britain produced more New Wave bands than America - it could be how music observers saw this new style through bands like the Cure, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode and New Order. Do you have any favourite New Wave bands?

 

[john madden]

Devo - the most hilarious live concert I ever attended!

 

[Hawk256]

The Human League before they got a drummer and bass player were pretty interesting. Just a drum machine, 2 keyboards and 3 vocalists. Dare is the album you want to listen to for some great New Wave.

 

[Bad_azz]

OMD, Eurythmics & INXS are on my playlists, as are Spandau Ballet and Soft Cell and several others.

 

[Wisnu]

Devo - the most hilarious live concert I ever attended!

The first time I heard Devo was in 1983, when I was given the album Freedom of Choice by a friend who had just returned from an AFS program in America. It's weird music but after a while I realy liked it

 

[Bob]

Gary Numan, B-52's, the Cult.

 

[jstar]

The problem with the nomenclature New Wave is it covers a lot of different styles. Hard to compare Post Punk with New Romantic or (Gothic) Rock and Synth Pop and EDM.

Also, many bands developed and evolved over the years; The (Southern Death) Cult is a good example. Not to mention all these bands or performers that have become 14-year old girls idols on a certain moment. (Captain Sensible/ The Damned, Duran2/Spandau, Vince Clark/Yazoo/Erasure/Depeche Mode, OMD, Gary Numan, New Order, Philip Oakley/Human League, Billy Idol/Generation X, Japan/David Sylvian etc. etc.)

I kind of like Bauhaus from that period, as well as Joy Division and Japan.