are men at work new wave? I never thought so.
― akm, Saturday, 3 March 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
Never Say Never is probably objectively the best, but I voted Wot.
― how's life, Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
dunno any of these (although I really like the first Bongos album, I've never heard anything after it):
7. Face to Face - Code Blue9. Numbers with Wings - The Bongos12. Never Say Never - Romeo Void13. The Unguarded Moment - The Church14. Second Choice - Any Trouble15. A Woman's Got the Power - The A's
any good? presumably Never Say Never is worth a listen since 3 people like it already
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
JOHNNY ARE YOU QUEER?
― flappy bird, Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:33 (six years ago) link
Talk Talk or Sparks I reckon
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
It was between 'The Look of Love' and one other one, and I decided to go with the one that I wanted to listen to right now - so 'Talk Talk' it is.
― Full of bile and Blue Nile denial (Turrican), Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:43 (six years ago) link
Never Say Never is great!
― had (crüt), Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link
One gripe: the comp used the censored version of the song for some reason.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
What a fantastic series this is. New wave music is so fucking good.
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:27 (six years ago) link
XP The proper version of NSN landed on the JCGE New Wave Women set that dropped a few years later.
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 4 March 2018 00:32 (six years ago) link
Tough call, but I'll never miss the opportunity to vote for Romeo Void.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Sunday, 4 March 2018 02:03 (six years ago) link
Johnny are you Queer?
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Sunday, 4 March 2018 02:14 (six years ago) link
Twilight Zone is an odd inclusion, it's not new wave at all.
― Siegbran, Sunday, 4 March 2018 09:32 (six years ago) link
The video was.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 4 March 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
Never Say Never or Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, but possibly People Who Died. Of course, the ABC song is sublime, but I don't think it's fair to put it in the running.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 4 March 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
The piledriver man drove me berserk.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 4 March 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
I think these were designed with a US audience in mind, so Twilight Zone and Who Can It Be Now? were definitely considered new wave to our ears compared to, like, Journey and Earth, Wind & Fire.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 4 March 2018 14:33 (six years ago) link
Even if it is the edited version, I voted Never Say Never. I'm never not gonna vote for Never Say Never.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 4 March 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
He said 'Tombot'I said 'Wot?'
― how's life, Sunday, 4 March 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
White Girl
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 4 March 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
Johnny, Are You Queer? - Josie Cotton
Eh?
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 March 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
Was going White Girl for certain then saw Never Say Never. Hurts my brain on Sunday morning to have to choose. Staying with White Girl.
― that's not my post, Sunday, 4 March 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
yeah this is ABC.
― campreverb, Sunday, 4 March 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link
Great Read: http://magnetmagazine.com/2006/09/09/josie-cotton-the-story-of-’80s-new-wave-hit-“johnny-are-you-queer”/
― ...some of y'all too woke to function (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 4 March 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
(Really it should be "Never Say Never" but...) One of the very few times I've heard a song for the first time and said "This should be an enormous hit" was "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me."
Actually, I saw the video, and the full thought was "This should be an enormous hit, and that is one unattractive woman."
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 4 March 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
the three of these that I've loved the most would be White Girl, the Look of Love and Numbers with Wings. doesn't seem right to call White Girl new wave, for me (never seen this studio footage with Ray Manzarek before), so ABC.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Sunday, 4 March 2018 21:04 (six years ago) link
Maybe that young man was made uncomfortable by Josie Cotton's advances because she looked like Liza Minneli.
― how's life, Sunday, 4 March 2018 23:37 (six years ago) link
White Girl. (Lot of good songs here)
― o. nate, Monday, 5 March 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
Hey C. Gris thank you for that link. I had no idea about any of that esp the Go-Gos version. :D
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 5 March 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
I will be the lone vote for "People Who Died."
― the future is now, Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:24 (six years ago) link
I may vote for that!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 March 2018 01:33 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 9 March 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Nice work everyone. How about Volume 7?
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 9 March 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
By all means...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 9 March 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
Volume 7
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Friday, 9 March 2018 22:38 (six years ago) link