Duran Duran vs Bauhaus is some kinda next level "Daddy vs Chips" for me, but, erm... I never particularly liked their cover of Ziggy Stardust (admired it, for being both so note perfect and yet so distinctly filled with their personality) and Girls On Film is, well it's ~problematic~ as all hell but that never stopped me from loving it. In fact, probably Duran Duran videos were the lens through which I learned as a teenager to interrogate pop culture more deeply.
That Soft Cell song is a beast that dominated my childhood (especially the extended remix where he busts into the Supremes?) but it's not quite so *personal* as Duran and Bauhaus.
― Branwell Bell, Thursday, 17 April 2014 08:16 (ten years ago) link
Undertones easy
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Thursday, 17 April 2014 08:22 (ten years ago) link
the kings!
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 17 April 2014 08:44 (ten years ago) link
soft cell
― balls, Thursday, 17 April 2014 09:47 (ten years ago) link
1. Devo2. Translator3. Altered Images
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:01 (ten years ago) link
Generals and Majors
― 1 pONO 3v3Ry+h1n G!!!1 (dog latin), Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:09 (ten years ago) link
Just an embarrassment of riches here, but I think I'll give the nod to "What Do All the People Know." How can a song so good remain so obscure in this day and age?
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:36 (ten years ago) link
This was a piece of piss for me: 'Generals and Majors'.
― Toni Braxton-Hicks (Turrican), Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:05 (ten years ago) link
Sometimes I appreciate the genius of XTC. Sometimes the band annoys the hell out of me. This song rides the divide, imo.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
Translator!
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:41 (ten years ago) link
Love that undertones song, monroes and xtc
― political correctness reins (Hunt3r), Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
i don't know a lot of these songs, anyone want to do a Spotify?
― Bee OK, Friday, 18 April 2014 00:38 (ten years ago) link
God I forgot about the existence of "Everywhere That I'm Not" until this second. There are flaws (e.g. I can't accept "imposs") but in many ways, still, wow, what a song.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 18 April 2014 01:32 (ten years ago) link
1. Devo2. Translator3. Soft Cell
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Friday, 18 April 2014 01:49 (ten years ago) link
Someone's already created YouTube playlists of all the volumes of this series. Search for 'Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s' and then select the Playlist filter (under Result Type). Not sure if this will work:
http://www.youtube.com/results?filters=playlist&search_query=just+can%27t+get+enough%3A+new+wave+hits+of+the+%2780s&lclk=playlist
― agnosy, Friday, 18 April 2014 02:23 (ten years ago) link
That Translator song is like a great lost Go-Betweens track.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 18 April 2014 02:55 (ten years ago) link
Soft Cell. But Translator a close second. That song was ubiquitous on modern rock radio right up until probably 1991, I don't know if I've heard it since?
― akm, Friday, 18 April 2014 04:58 (ten years ago) link
Greg Kihn for me.
― that's not my post, Friday, 18 April 2014 04:59 (ten years ago) link
thanks for that youtube link agnosy!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 19 April 2014 01:32 (ten years ago) link
Really got into this series last year. I even got the 2 vhs video volumes. Volume 3 is best, think the series takes a big quality dip after vol. 5.
― Real Compton City G, Sunday, 20 April 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 21 April 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
ended up voting for "Girls on Film."
― Bee OK, Monday, 21 April 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
there are a lot of real good ones here but "Freedom of Choice" is the only one that gets lodged in my brain for a month at a time (well, "Generals and Majors" does too, but in a much more obnoxious way)
― frogbs, Monday, 21 April 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
High five to two other Kings voters!
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
I almost voted for The Kings. Ended up voting for The Members. Songs about having or not having a job.
― Zachary Taylor, Thursday, 24 April 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link