the Cars pwn this thread
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
is it just me or has every youtube link in this thread vanished into copious white space?
― Brad C., Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
you can still access the links (though some of the videos have been deleted) if you view this thread with images turned off
― hoostanbank de reason lyrics mp4 hd video download (unregistered), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:30 (four years ago) link
i.e. if you go to Preferences and uncheck "show images"
― hoostanbank de reason lyrics mp4 hd video download (unregistered), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
donnie iris to the rescue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5Arbm47IQ
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
^_^
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
seeing that video after having known the song from childhood was quite a shock there was definitely a time when i thought this song was by the cars (i was a child, going by ears only bc radio) for me it has that rock/new wave sound + fire/desire hilarious lyrics
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
wow, that is a good one - total sub-Cars and a hilariously shitty video too!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
Donnie Iris was in the Jaggerz!
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
Canada represents pretty well in this category, The Kings, Aldo Nova, Max Webster/Kim Mitchell, Tom Cochrane ("Lunatic Fringe"), maybe even "Tom Sawyer"-era Rush.
― henry s, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
remember seeing this in heavy rotation during very early MTV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMNU7yR1Gp8
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
(this is probably one of the white spaces upthread)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
That Donnie Iris song is awesome.
My friend and I talk about this transition era a lot, when the fashions (musical and clothing alike) were sort of hovering between decades. He brings up "Freaks & Geeks" a lot, which he thinks nailed the era perfectly. He's a bit older than me so remembers that period pretty well, when Zeppelin and the Who were still around but people were also getting into new wave and stuff. I mean, Dave Edmunds hovered around in limbo for a long time because he was signed to Led Zeppelin's Swan Song label! (fwiw Rockpile's "Seconds of Pleasure" was released just a couple of weeks after the death of John Bonham.)
Anyway, I want to say just pre-MTV these little subgenres hadn't quite been codified yet. Black music was totally cordoned off, most anything with a guitar was "rock" music, corporate rock ruled but metal and punk and whatnot were coming in from the margins ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
Greg Kihn "The Breakup Song" and others belong in here too? I loved "Jeopardy" when I was a super little kid. IDK which youtubes survived this thread and which don't but that song popped into my mind with Donnie Iris.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAJNwPWVmNc
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
Still can't believe Jeopardy was a big enough hit for Weird Al to parody it!
i want to say some foreigner stuff might fall in appropriately here. maybe somebody who's a bit more knowledgeable can chime in?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
been thinking about this song a lot too -- quarterflash "harden my heart"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNFSED77-GM
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
Lots of nice chords in that one, and a good vocal performance. Def. peak AOR.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
the fixx
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
Red Rider?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, September 17, 2019 2:31 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah stuff like "double vision" totally fits imo.
and thomas dolby did play keys/synth on "waiting for a girl like you", but that's pure soft rock
what about The Outfield?
― brimstead, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 22:45 (four years ago) link
i guess they're more like sub-journey or something
also 80s. NEVERMIND
― brimstead, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 22:46 (four years ago) link
There's a ton of AOR butt rock that might fit, like Foreigner or Loverboy or Billy Squier, but not sure how well they fit the "new wave" criteria.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 00:37 (four years ago) link
Billy Squier is so fucking awesome
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
I got obsessed with the first four Billy Squier albums earlier this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RwVJVjjNA4
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 01:34 (four years ago) link
He's the best ... for about six or seven songs in a row, at least. But that's better than most! "Lonely is the Night" is the best '80s Led Zep song they never got around to recording. "My Kind of Lover" sounds like a lost classic Phil Collins collaboration.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 01:35 (four years ago) link
I used to fucking love this song when I was like 12.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5efImBREpE
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 01:37 (four years ago) link
The Police seem to fit in here. Also I guess like Blondie and Talking Heads. They have songs that were played on classic rock radio.
― o. nate, Thursday, 19 September 2019 01:18 (four years ago) link
About time Billy Squier got some love. Don't Say No is all-time.
I don't think anyone has mentioned "Escalator Of Life" by Robert Hazard and the Heroes, and that definitely for the bill here.
― enochroot, Thursday, 19 September 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
For a power pop band, the Shoes were very contemporary sounding, not retro.
― timellison, Thursday, 19 September 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
Whatabout some of those mid-period Robert Palmer records?
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Thursday, 19 September 2019 02:39 (four years ago) link
Or maybe just the one with “Johnny & Mary” and the Gary Numan cover
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Thursday, 19 September 2019 02:47 (four years ago) link
Not sure this fits the remit precisely but wanted to post it anywayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LnqUfzh-E
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 19 September 2019 10:17 (four years ago) link
Donnie Iris, definitely. Search "Love Is Like A Rock". Loved to roller skate to that one.
More straight-up garage rock than new wave, but I had this record when I was a kid and played it to death. You'll love it, though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkjvKBPQjo
― Seething, Pathological Hatred of Oldies Radio (I M Losted), Thursday, 19 September 2019 10:42 (four years ago) link
― Seething, Pathological Hatred of Oldies Radio (I M Losted), Thursday, 19 September 2019 10:46 (four years ago) link
Okay, it's an 80's track but COME. ON.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3CmO-lCtos
― Seething, Pathological Hatred of Oldies Radio (I M Losted), Thursday, 19 September 2019 10:58 (four years ago) link
That was my 7-year old me jam. That one and J. Geils's "Flamethrower."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 September 2019 12:07 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/W0sNmPPdQ88
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Thursday, 19 September 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
Talking Heads and the Police def not what I had in mind per the original post. Blondie = eh sorta but not always
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 September 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
I know that’ Pat Travers one is 80s, but sounds like he still wants to be in the 70s.
Pete Townshend sort of fits in here doesn’t he?
https://youtu.be/4FZbcoWrUsw
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Thursday, 19 September 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
Switchin to Glide = definitely
vegemite girl is gonna be very upset with this billy squier praise
(he rules)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2019 23:07 (four years ago) link
That Pat Travers track was really good until the vocals came in.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 19 September 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
It was certainly a weird fit on the Valley Girl soundtrack. Came to mind as something caught between eras.
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Thursday, 19 September 2019 23:25 (four years ago) link
this Blondie knockoff is pretty greathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vlqPSsO9fg
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 December 2019 21:58 (four years ago) link
^^^ love that, thanks!
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 5 December 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/kskwZW9iQNM
The Allies were also responsible for "Emma Peel", in my Top 10 tracks of the '80s. Great local band.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 6 December 2019 00:35 (four years ago) link
Oops. Contemporaries with the same name, but not the same band.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 6 December 2019 02:55 (four years ago) link
Reviving because I am slowly working my way through this phase of classic rock and am compiling a playlist. So any fresh suggestions would be appreciated!
― Alpha 666, The Number of the Beast (I M Losted), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 09:21 (four years ago) link