New wave artists/bands poll

[Guest]

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[iff]

heard of all listed but can't think of any others coming to mind.

 

my favourite is  talking heads

[borkfork]

I could list more, but I'm lazy.

 

Uh... Yaz.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, borkfork said:

Yaz

Oh cool, one of the main songwriters for Depeche Mode is in Yaz. I love Depeche Mode.

[ben8884]

this aint no party, this aint no disco....I like thee Talking Heads

[Guest]

I've noticed quite a few Talking Heads fans on this site, I don't really hear any of the others mentioned. My favorite of the above is either New Order or Depeche Mode.

[Silk Bones]

Although I don't listen to New Wave very often, I do like a lot of the bands listed like The Cure, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Joy Division, New Order, and a couple others. I was also thinking of Blondie, Soft Cell, and A-Ha.

[Grumpy Alien]

I've heard of Depeche Mode, Joy Division, The Cure, Talking Heads, and Duran Duran.

[Guest]

Oh I forgot A Flock Of Seagulls.

[Grumpy Alien]

Just now, Moon Spirit ☽ said:

Oh I forgot A Flock Of Seagulls.

I've heard of them too

[Guest]

@okir fokir You are part English now so it's kind of mandatory

[Grumpy Alien]

2 minutes ago, Moon Spirit ☽ said:

@okir fokir You are part English now so it's kind of mandatory

Just trying to meet minimum requirements  

[RoseGoesToYale]

Men Without Hats

The Buggles

Devo

Men at Work

ABC

Bananarama

Wax (UK)

Kajagoogoo

Bronski Beat (just running through my iTunes now...)

[Guest]

The Jesus & Mary Chain

[SpaceDustbin]

I live in synthpop/New Wave especially love a-ha, ABC, OMD and U'vox

 

other bands...

OMD

The Human League

Aztec Camera

The Jam

Eurythmics

Icehouse

Pet Shop Boys

Level 42

Ultravox

Spandau Ballet

[SpaceDustbin]

13 hours ago, borkfork said:

Yaz.

As in Yazoo?

 

So confusing when bands have to change their name in different countries

[Alejandrogynous]

Others already got the ones I was going to add! Umm... These bleed into post-punk territory, but:

 

The The

Echo and the Bunnymen

[flagsforhippos]

Siouxsie and the Banshees

 

Tubeway Army (though they would be included under Gary Numan I suppose)

 

PiL

 

Joe Jackson

 

 

 

[borkfork]

8 hours ago, SpaceDustbin said:

As in Yazoo?

 

So confusing when bands have to change their name in different countries

Yes. Forgot about that. Kinda like how Bush was Bush-x in Canada.

 

If you have Spotify there's some decent New Wave playlists. I like Amazon because I already have Prime.

 

Some newer bands with New Wave influence: Walk the Moon, Foster the People, MGMT 

[Alejandrogynous]

Adam and the Ants

The Bolshoi 

[Goonie]

Ha this is starting to look like my Pandora playlist

[rinpardee]

On 8/3/2018 at 3:27 PM, iff said:

my favourite is  talking heads

Me too. 

[Skycaptain]

This thread is a fair chunk of my music collection, even if blending synthpop, and new romantics etc with new wave. 

 

This will test folks, "Our Daughter's Wedding" 

[LenaLuthor]

The show Without a Trace had the song Precious by Depeche Mode and after that, I started liking Depeche Mode. What some might find heretical is that I like Lacuna Coil's cover of Enjoy the Silence is better than the original.

[Alejandrogynous]

5 hours ago, Skycaptain said:

This will test folks, "Our Daughter's Wedding" 

Lawnchairs! ..That's the only one I know, I think. Going to fix that today.

[Skycaptain]

40 minutes ago, Alejandrogynous said:

Lawnchairs! ..That's the only one I know, I think. Going to fix that today.

That was their only notable release, I'm surprised anyone else has heard of them. Their studio recording is much better than their live performance 

[Alejandrogynous]

44 minutes ago, Skycaptain said:

That was their only notable release, I'm surprised anyone else has heard of them. Their studio recording is much better than their live performance 

I admit, I needed Google to jog my memory. "Wait, they had that one song....." 

[Maiflower]

I've heard of all of them except Culture Club, and I can only name one song by The Cure and Talking Heads and none by the rest.

[Alejandrogynous]

Wall Of Voodoo, which I was reminded of by @Katto, whether she means it to be a reference or not.

[Alejandrogynous]

6 hours ago, May Flower said:

I've heard of all of them except Culture Club, and I can only name one song by The Cure and Talking Heads and none by the rest.

If I were to recommend any new wave band, it would be Depeche Mode. They're the most accessible to the uninitiated (IMO) and will get you hooked.