I, as you all know, like a lot of New Wave, but there is a lot of crap there too.  Bands I like:

1. Devo
a-ha's "Take on Me" is better than anything I've heard from Devo but I would buy any Devo album, whereas with a-ha I wouldn't buy anything past "Scoundel Days".  Move aside Duran Duran, these guys are the REAL kings of New Wave.

2. a-ha
These guys have so much talent, it's too bad they moved away from their synth-pop roots.  "Take on Me" is one of the best songs of all time and most of the songs on "Hunting High and Low" are at least half as good.  Their later stuff sounds weak though.  Jazz?  Wtf?

3. Depeche Mode
Pure New Romanticism at its best.  Strangely their later stuff is their best work, although their old stuff is good too.  None of their songs are my very favorite songs, but then again I haven't heard much by them.  Enjoy The Silence is genius.

I also like Talk Talk, Simple Minds, A Flock of Seagulls, the Go-Go's, and a slough of singles from other bands.

1) Duran Duran
2) Split Enz
3) Adam and the Ants
4) XTC
5) Psychadelic Furs

OMD
ultravox
new order
depeche mode
psychadelic furs

ULTRAVOX and DEPECHE MODE!!!!!!!!

Absolutely Vile

Echo and the Bunnymen

also...
b-52's
The Motels
Devo
Siouxsie and the Banshees
English Beat
Fine Young Cannibals
New Order
The Smiths
The Cure
Joy Division
Depeche Mode
Talking Heads
Tears for Fears (not quite New Wave, but close enough)
Simpe Minds
Missing Persons
Adam and the Ants
good U2
Early REM
Psychedelic Furs

Anything good really.

Duran Duran
A-ha
Breathe
Wham
The Motels
Simpe Minds
OMD
Depeche Mode
Talking Heads
Too many to say.

Too many to mention as New Wave is a very wide genre that includes many sub-genres. But to mention some here I go:

Joy Division
New Order
Bauhaus
Siouxsie & The Banshees
The Cure
The Sisters Of Mercy
The Birthday Party
Blondie
The Pretenders
Echo & The Bunnymen
Depeche Mode
Ultravox
Simple Minds
Talk Talk
The Police
Duran Duran
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
The Human League
Heaven 17
Gary Numan
Go Gos
Madness
The Specials
The Selector
Devo
Killing Joke

...etc etc.

1. Tears For Fears
2. Peter Schilling
3. The Cure (I do not consider these guys new wave, though)
4. Thomas Dolby
5. Talking Heads
6. Duran Duran

A-ha
Simple Minds
Devo
The Police
The Pretenders
Depeche Mode
Talking Heads
Go Go's
Madness
Tears For Fears
Duran Duran
Fine Young Cannibals
REM

A-ha
Simple Minds
Devo
The Police
The Pretenders
Depeche Mode
Talking Heads
Go Go's
Madness
Tears For Fears
Duran Duran
Fine Young Cannibals
REM


Except for DD, you have the same taste in New Wave as me :)

Except for DD, you have the same taste in New Wave as me :)


Thanks!  :)

Thanks! :)


You're Welcome :) 

Does anyone here think Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" switched between happy and serious too much? Good song, just an observation.  8)

You're Welcome :) 

Does anyone here think Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" switched between happy and serious too much? Good song, just an observation.  8)


I think the same thing too, my observation "Every Breath You Take" seems like a "creepy, psycho, stalker anthem" but it could be just me !!!!!  ::)  ;D

I think the same thing too, my observation "Every Breath You Take" seems like a "creepy, psycho, stalker anthem" but it could be just me !!!!! ::) ;D


Yeah I've noticed that too.  It's funny, everyone here blabs about how "innocent" eighties music is, but SO MANY love songs from the 80s have stalker/rapist undertones.  And George Michael and Michael Jackson acted on it.  hmmmm......

The Eighties sounds fun and serious at the same time, almost negligent.  The 90s just took itself too seriously, and today is controversial but isn't serious enough.  ???