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
Started my day with this album...and check out this video. So punque! Why did French TV have all the fun?
https://youtu.be/O62larcuPeg
― Alpha 666, The Number of the Beast (I M Losted), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 11:31 (four years ago) link
https://imageevent.com/halpen/1977montypunk
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
‘Driver’s Seat’ by Sniff n’ the Tears, little too polished for punk, bit too edgy for classic rock. No surprise PTA used it on Boogie Nights when things started going south.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpo_BO5vFII
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:37 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzOrbhiaw_s
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B0hmevx1R8
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
1980, but Alice Cooper - "Clones (We're All)" is classic
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
― Together Again Or (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 20:38 (four years ago) link
Dug out the Pretty Things 1980 reunion LP (and cheapie bin perennial) Cross Talk. Quite Costello-y, Post-Pub Rock. Phil May even affects a tongue in cheek Sting accent at one point.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 April 2020 01:43 (four years ago) link
1980: X-Teens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqnonXMqstw
― that's not my post, Thursday, 23 April 2020 01:56 (four years ago) link