Sorry. (Although do check out those Walsh clips, his New Wave stuff is batshit)
ZZ Top's El Loco don't get mentioned enough...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYlFMAl1bI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozJ3FCZqc8
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
the one ZZ Top album I've never owned, weirdly
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
yeah that's a good example, decent album too
― sleeve, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
pretty much everything on the Stiff Records Akron complilation
http://akronness.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/akroncomp1.jpg?w=497
also Drastic Plastic, the last album by Bill Nelson's pre-Red Noise band Be Bop Deluxe. 'Panic In The World' is particularly Cars-esque
― soref, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
is Ma Me O Beach by Joan Armatrading the right kind of thing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o3EevV0dB0
― soref, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
Todd Rundgren's late 70s albums with Utopia should be considered here—there was a time between full prog and full new wave when they pretty adeptly straddled the fence.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
I think this may be one of my favourite genres of music
― soref, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
This might work for you: they were a pretty big deal in Mpls/St. Paul, unknown elsewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n67RxunBNMw
― Deliciously hard yet very accessible (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
The ShirtsSkafish, though there is not much Skafish stuff on the internet
― soref, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
every time I listen to it , I think the first Skafish record is my favourite album
http://rymimg.com/lk/f/a/28b362cb09b564c2c1398856995b69ea/1711232.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
lol that Joan Armitrading track totally works but yeah that was not a name I was expecting to pop up here
Gary Numan/Tubeway Army obviously on this tip as well
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
Late 70s albums by Horslips (Short Stories..., The Man Who...)
Also, the first few Arista albums by The Kinks are the definition of this.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4
― Lee626, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
(I may be lumping more power pop in with my new wave, though.)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
sort of feel like The Motels are the most perfect example of this thing
― soref, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, not a bad call.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
first Motel album at least
― soref, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
I was just thinking The Motels too
― Lee626, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
lots of Stiff records related stuff is this kind of stuff, i think?
English Boys / Working Girls era Deaf School
http://youtu.be/ujylEBjZOlU
Clive Langer and the Boxes:
http://youtu.be/ISSH8wX1ECE
― soref, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
Head East--Never Been Any Reason fits this perfectly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEkWa96pBkw
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V88yyayq6AYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb-2gFO1uUc
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
Men At Work's first couple of records perhaps?
Tuff Darts
― The 5 FPs (MaresNest), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
Oh and maybe some early/mid period Nits records would suit.
― The 5 FPs (MaresNest), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
Oh man, Sniff'nThe Tears totally.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
Doll by Doll were maybe too much their own thing, but I guess some of their music might fit here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSajH3ijMgQ
― soref, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
The Brains - Money Changes Everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLWbp3w2eqM
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
beat me to it!
― Brad C., Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:25 (nine years ago) link
'82, but may be what you're looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRI_02EOsyI
Also in searching for that I found an NJ cover band from 1983:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKsIFLfB64
― forbodingly titled It's True! It's True! (Eazy), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
This is 80s, but it still fits. Translator--Everywhere That I'm Not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEwwc1Vovkk
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 18 November 2014 22:33 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XdaYYQZesY
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 01:34 (nine years ago) link
Hawkwind had always been synth-y, but this was like they decided to be Sparks for 3 1/2 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFPLgGWMndc
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:01 (nine years ago) link
Looking at that clip makes me wish Marc Bolan had lived long enough to have gone full New Wave.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 02:05 (nine years ago) link
I don't know how new wave Mad Love was in the long run, but Ronstadt absolutely nailed "Party Girl."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxJib9v0buk
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 03:35 (nine years ago) link
Wait, "Never Been Any Reason" was number TWO FREAKING HUNDRED in the classic rock poll??? That's wrong by an order of magnitude.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 04:09 (nine years ago) link
(1981 technically)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-rEVVAw3-0
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 04:21 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVpSoj-kHEU
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 04:24 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m17rt_xo9x0
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 04:41 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xwSp1HVRE
― cock chirea, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 04:43 (nine years ago) link
it's from the early 80s but what about greg kihn's break up song?
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 20 November 2014 03:01 (nine years ago) link
so was Trans the apex or nadir of this stuff?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om2Lt94Ltw4
― saki, Thursday, 20 November 2014 03:39 (nine years ago) link
Arlyn Gale. Kinda dumb song/video & maybe not classic rock enough, but look at this fuckin guy. Also Omar Hakim is on drums!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkVW-y1pbME
― nakh nakh nakhin on chivan's door (crüt), Thursday, 20 November 2014 03:48 (nine years ago) link
Gotta post some dB's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWN-adiDNtM
― that's not my post, Thursday, 20 November 2014 07:16 (nine years ago) link
and the Mystery Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTS09Wo1xhI
― that's not my post, Thursday, 20 November 2014 07:31 (nine years ago) link
Random Hold
― rising tones cross (anagram), Thursday, 20 November 2014 08:57 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRFKRHa9ky0
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 20 November 2014 09:52 (nine years ago) link
Wait, "Never Been Any Reason" was number TWO FREAKING HUNDRED in the classic rock poll???
I think that song only got played on FM in the midwest. It was never on NY radio. Too bad, because it's a masterpiece.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 20 November 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
The Plugz would fit I think, although it's been a while since I heard any records.
― Rita, Sue and Peter Gabriel Two (MaresNest), Thursday, 20 November 2014 14:46 (nine years ago) link
Loved the Plugz I could find, but did they use keyboards? Mostly remember stomping beats and Tito's wail. For crate digging, try 15-60-75 The Numbers Band's Among The Wandering, in there between Graham Parker & The Roumour and a really butch Huey Lewis and The News, esp. on tracks like "High Heels Are Dangerous."But not to forget the obvious, overlooked since this thread's original references: Blondie. Parallel Lines and Eat To The Beat were the ones I've played the hell out of; s/t debut is good too, in a tres-garage-y way, though they're better w bigger production; Best of Blondie is handy car disc and has some remixes;Essential Blondie: Picture This Live has shows from their prime; No Exit is an unusually strong come-back album, though I've neglected it.
― dow, Thursday, 20 November 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
"Rumour," that is (jeez)
― dow, Thursday, 20 November 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I knew "Never Been Any Reason" before I moved to Europe in the late 90s. (was east coast US before then).
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 20 November 2014 18:21 (nine 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 (three 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.
― Together Again Or (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 20:38 (three 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 (three years ago) link
1980: X-Teens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqnonXMqstw
― that's not my post, Thursday, 23 April 2020 01:56 (three years ago) link
Now spinning Phil Lynott's Solo In Soho, a good bit of which fits in here.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 April 2020 03:23 (three years ago) link
Carolyne Mas? His first three albums were in an album haul given to me. Surprised that I still remembered "Stillsane," which only made it to #71 in the States, but turns out it was Top 10 in Toronto (the follow-up, "Quote Goodbye Quote" was a hit here too). I suspect she has completely vanished from playlists by now. She's 65 and keeps a homepage.
https://carolynemas.com/
― clemenza, Saturday, 16 January 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
"Her first three albums..."
Okay, Shaun Cassidy has zero rock cred...but I had no idea about his bit w Todd Rundgren.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgT98lU7aws
― Santiago de Compostelo (I M Losted), Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
...really caught on to the new wave "paranoid man" theme going around at the time.
― Santiago de Compostelo (I M Losted), Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
Is he trying to sound like Iggy Pop?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:10 (three years ago) link
(ctrl+f "the only ones" zero results)
hrmph.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
yeah I like that Shaun album it’s cool!!
― brimstead, Sunday, 7 February 2021 00:25 (three years ago) link
think utopia plays on it?
My friend does a '80s Rock video TwitchStream every Saturday night. Tonight my socks were knocked off by Heart's 1980 B-52's move "Break" (see what they did there?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygM6rQebOoM
Not sure if the promo vid is up. It's a cheapie performance clip on a white set with Nancy rocking some tight tartan trousers.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 June 2021 02:50 (two years ago) link
I think this thread is mainly looking for power pop bands that embraced synths. Only thing I can really suggest is the band 20/20 and their self titled debut album.
― ClimbingThieves, Monday, 7 June 2021 22:17 (two years ago) link
There was another thread strictly about Classic Rock bands and their New Wave moves, but this thread's been revived more often.
There were a couple of really good examples of what this thread was really about in that TwitchStream; I'll DM my friend to see what they were, as I didn't take good enough notes.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 June 2021 23:04 (two years ago) link
This is waaay too late, but HOLY FUCK at this Devo/B-52's move by...Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx2xB4CJj5U
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 13 June 2021 00:18 (two years ago) link
More early Oingo Boingo than B-52s IMO. Terrible either way.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 13 June 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
I forget that Oingo covered a lot of the same junk culture territory the B's did.
Of course the song is terrible, but of all the dinosaur bands to go out the New Wave window, was not expecting STYX to commit so fully (was one of their final singles before the first breakup, a studio bait track on a double live set).
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 13 June 2021 01:15 (two years ago) link
of all the dinosaur bands to go out the New Wave window, was not expecting STYX to commit so fully
It's kind of amazing the other four guys didn't just back Dennis DeYoung into a corner and beat his ass whenever he brought one of these stupid faux-Broadway ideas in.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 13 June 2021 01:47 (two years ago) link
“Music Time” is my all-time favorite “sorry bout the last album!” single
― I Occasionally Post on ILX (2x5), Sunday, 13 June 2021 03:10 (two years ago) link
There's a couple of songs on the Woman Love LP (1980) by Burton Cummings that fit this: "Feels All Wrong" and maybe "Mile a Second". The rest is the typical ballads and 50s style rockers. In my defence, I found this record in a box on the street with no cover.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 13 June 2021 03:12 (two years ago) link
1983, but still, how many of Mitch’s contemporaries could cover Prince this well?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJOy8oT20qs
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 13 June 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
xhuxk's essay pertains:
https://accidentalevolution.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/150-best-albums-of-1979/
― Thus Sang Freud, Sunday, 13 June 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
I have an obsession with this genre / period...and had forgotten all about this! Not an obscurity - I remember this from the radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK4zm7SLvbk
― Night of Olay: The Resurrection (I M Losted), Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:27 (two years ago) link
That's great, sounds as if La Düsseldorf is his backing band!
― willem, Monday, 13 December 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
It's most probably Midge Ure?
― Maresn3st, Monday, 13 December 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
Yep, Midge Ure. Wikipedia also says this was used as the TOTP theme song for 5 years:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Pearl_(song)
― enochroot, Monday, 13 December 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
1984, but...NEW WAVE RONNIE MILSAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aiim9sVWWXA
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 5 March 2022 02:07 (two years ago) link
Herve is that you?
― calstars, Saturday, 5 March 2022 02:14 (two years ago) link
Belated thanks for that Ronnie Milsap video, unbelievably, wonderfully, over-the-top 80s.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 21:31 (two years ago) link
Yes, everything about it is deeply of its moment. If it was indeed the first country video played on MTV, they checked every single box for a veteran act’s makeover.
― bendy, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:11 (two years ago) link
Good faux-Cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVrILDo5CZg
Clocks: "She Looks Alot Like You", 1982
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 March 2022 03:07 (two years ago) link
Not quite 1970s (1980) and never played on classic rock stations afaik, but I've always had a soft spot for Gary Myrick's "She Talks in Stereo." I saw him back then for like a dollar for some low-admission record label promotion night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKhmK_sD2uo
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 14 March 2022 20:18 (two years ago) link