Author Topic: My Forgotten New Wave 80s Thread... Will add songs as mood strikes me. (Read 14969 times)

Cripplecreek · « **Reply #25 on:** August 01, 2017, 07:43:00 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdoiVDN7Eb0

Sighlass · « **Reply #26 on:** August 01, 2017, 07:57:10 pm »

In 1985 I heard this group while record shopping. I learned a new term that day... Dark Wave... But this little ditty verged on sweet and ethereal at times instead of the usual offerings of doom and gloom in that category. Anyway I still love it to this day...

Clan of Xymox - No Worries (1984)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SssYT5FW8Hk

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Cripplecreek - The B-52s (and REM if memory serves) were a big part of the local college scene. Athens Ga. being a rock skip jump away from us. There was lots of local college bands that played a song or two from them every weekend. Thanks for posting.

Cripplecreek · « **Reply #27 on:** August 01, 2017, 08:07:29 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4

Sighlass · « **Reply #28 on:** August 02, 2017, 10:23:07 pm »

Back to 1984... New Wave Chill

The Room - New Dream for Old (12")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WoP5rxHYwU

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Sorta a mix of New Wave and Pop. Female vocalist..

The Voice of the Beehive - I say Nothing (1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noDymT8PCI4

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Scottish Group that went unnoticed... New Wave Rock 1989

Hinterland - Dark Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ypgZXXO7fc

RoosGirl · « **Reply #29 on:** August 02, 2017, 10:38:51 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hGcJA8fXvU

RoosGirl · « **Reply #30 on:** August 02, 2017, 10:52:53 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsNTmjlf1vI

Sighlass · « **Reply #31 on:** August 03, 2017, 06:00:12 am »

Quote from: RoosGirl on August 02, 2017, 10:38:51 pm

Echo & the Bunnymen - Lips like Sugar

Echo and the Bunnymen - Lips like Sugar (especially the 12" remix) was just a work of magic. Would be hard to find anyone who loves the era that would argue against the song. I first heard the song on a compilation album (Just Say Yes)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIaoaIwgoKk

Thanks for sharing @RoosGirl

Now your other song by "The Waterboys" is not exactly New Wave. But who care, they rocked ! I fell in love with the group with early songs they did called "Gala" and "December" back in 1983... The songs even had Christian references in them. Both of which made me a fan for life.

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There was a music label out of England that was basically one fellow working out of his basement. The man had an exceptional ear for new music though, and managed to sign some of the best underground groups around. One such group was "The Essence"... The Essence was a Dutch group that sounded exactly like "The Cure". Formed in 1984 they were unfortunate in that Midnight Music signed them. Because Midnight Music just didn't have the money to promote his bands. All this underground talent and no capital to put it in front of the world. I happened to be one of the rare few that actually got first run copies of their albums before Midnight filed bankruptcy.

They have since had their music purchased and re released thankfully. They have now found a pretty strong following on YouTube. I love about 6 of their songs.

The Essence - Ice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4swvL2m2Ho4

Another group on the Midnight Music label was "Sad Lovers & Giants"...

They were a little more rock oriented but still have strong New Wave vibes...

I collected a couple of albums from them also, but didn't get but a couple.

Songs like Glint and Imagination were strong songs in themselves.

Here is one song by them

Sad Lovers and Giants - 50/50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHRvak30iEs

Sighlass · « **Reply #32 on:** August 04, 2017, 01:52:53 am »

Just a couple of good hard hitting New Wave songs that didn't get a lot of airtime...

Furniture - Brilliant Mind (12" version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSsGttecjBY

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Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Goodbye Bad Times (12")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdVPhyCaVaE

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I liked a few Italian Disco (their term for New Wave) songs..

Grant Miller - Colder than Ice (12")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsw4H-k2FBM

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Any serious 80s Alternative fan knew Kate Bush... She just was in a class by herself with her distinctive vocals.

But there was other artists with her sound... some were eerily similar. This lady was one of them.

Happy Rhodes - When the Rain Came Down (1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ziLXJQPpF0

RoosGirl · « **Reply #33 on:** August 04, 2017, 02:40:23 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on August 03, 2017, 06:00:12 am

Echo and the Bunnymen - Lips like Sugar (especially the 12" remix) was just a work of magic. Would be hard to find anyone who loves the era that would argue against the song. I first heard the song on a compilation album (Just Say Yes)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIaoaIwgoKk

Thanks for sharing @RoosGirl

Now your other song by "The Waterboys" is not exactly New Wave. But who care, they rocked ! I fell in love with the group with early songs they did called "Gala" and "December" back in 1983... The songs even had Christian references in them. Both of which made me a fan for life.

Yeah, I didn't really think that Waterboys fit exactly, but that is such a great song and to me still has a bit of that feel. But, IMO 80's new wave music is an oddity because so much of it got a lot of radio play alongside the more pop and rock stuff. I mean, things that I think of as pop a lot of people would categorize as 80's new wave. Like So Alive by Love & Rockets, that just squeaked into the 80s. Or Red Skies At Night by The Fixx. Some Depeche Mode stuff. Some Tears For Fears stuff, though generally what did not get air play. Etc.

RoosGirl · « **Reply #34 on:** August 04, 2017, 02:46:11 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6jhpaX7fNQ

RoosGirl · « **Reply #35 on:** August 04, 2017, 02:48:55 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImJpqutxOmg

RoosGirl · « **Reply #36 on:** August 04, 2017, 02:50:07 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCOSPtyZAPA

RoosGirl · « **Reply #37 on:** August 04, 2017, 03:15:28 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfI1S0PKJR8

Sighlass · « **Reply #38 on:** August 04, 2017, 03:26:11 am »

Quote from: RoosGirl on August 04, 2017, 02:48:55 am

3 Classic 80s songs...

The Icicle Works song "Whisper to a Scream"... had it all... vocals, guitar, bass, and in my opinion one of the best drummers that was allowed to actually cut loose. I didn't know Soho had done a cover version of it for that scary movie (Scream), it was different but still prefer the original. A friend of mine in college loaned me the cassette (we swapped driving back and forth to college for weekends). Loved the whole thing. Had to get it cd years later, my cassette version had had the lick.

Thanks for sharing.

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New Wave Chill

Hubert Kah - The Picture (12")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHPIPK0vu58

RoosGirl · « **Reply #39 on:** August 04, 2017, 03:56:29 am »

Sorry, I kind of feel like I hijacked your thread a bit. I guess the songs I posted aren't really "forgotten" to new wave fans, and probably not as underground as you seem to like. But that was some damn good music. :)

Sighlass · « **Reply #40 on:** August 04, 2017, 04:24:12 am »

Quote from: RoosGirl on August 04, 2017, 03:56:29 am

Sorry, I kind of feel like I hijacked your thread a bit. I guess the songs I posted aren't really "forgotten" to new wave fans, and probably not as underground as you seem to like. But that was some damn good music. :)

It is all good. Hoping some of my tunes click with others is what it is all about. I lurk some times in the other music threads, and there is no doubt they know their stuff from mostly different eras from me. Shows me just how limited my spectrum really is. But from early 80s to 1994 I just seem to crave the music for some reason. The feeling when you find that one rare song that clicks with you is like a drug that can be relived time and time again. All my boys seem to like the era too, but in my search for that next song, I sure dig through a lot of poo songs. But it is worth it even if I have to dig through 300 songs to find that one gem. Occasionally someone will throw out a song that was top 40 that I somehow missed (or overlooked). In my quest, oddly the one often right in my face gets overlooked. Funny how life is.

I say throw them out there and even if I have heard it, odds are I love it too and it makes for a good memory.

BTW... son liked your New Order video. He said it was strange, but he watched it all the way through.

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The Mood - I don't need your Love Now (12") 1984

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdoiaSQwId8

Cripplecreek · « **Reply #41 on:** August 04, 2017, 04:39:46 am »

I wasn't a big new wave fan but you couldn't really escape them at the time.

I saw 10,000 maniacs at a free concert at MSU when I was spending the weekend with my sister.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53GrfT-cwEo

RoosGirl · « **Reply #42 on:** August 04, 2017, 04:52:49 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGD9i718kBU

Cripplecreek · « **Reply #43 on:** August 04, 2017, 04:56:12 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCM4_5uB1ww

RoosGirl · « **Reply #44 on:** August 04, 2017, 05:03:57 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA2rI6HGb6E

RoosGirl · « **Reply #45 on:** August 04, 2017, 05:08:05 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjBeEyX7tm0

I really liked this whole album, but this song stuck with me the most.

RoosGirl · « **Reply #46 on:** August 04, 2017, 05:11:53 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=657TZDHZqj4

RoosGirl · « **Reply #47 on:** August 04, 2017, 05:43:20 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrfFHzqGBZI

Sighlass · « **Reply #48 on:** August 05, 2017, 12:26:51 am »

Good song by all from 10,000 Manics to Psychedelic Furs to the Human League to The Fixx to the smooth Bryan Ferry to The Fixx to Information Society to crooner Peter Murphy to Big Country.

I could tell a story on each, but perhaps the closest to my heart was the Scottish group Big Country. They fascinated me perhaps the most. They were an obsession for me and a few fellow friends here in the states. So bad were we smitten that we used to put up advertisements in record collector magazines (Gold Mine mag) for pen pals and such to swap rare materials we found. Meet a bunch of fellow fans and we even for a few years produced a fanzine (unofficial) for the group called "All of Us". It was named after a B-side song from the song you linked Roo.

RoosGirl · « **Reply #49 on:** August 05, 2017, 02:32:02 am »

I know Duran Duran is not a forgotten group by any means, but I don't think this song got the attention it deserved compared to some of their more pop style hits. This is not the official video since it is not at all family appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQnSS3H-I5U