I cannot explain the depth of my love for Bill Nelson's 70s and 80s work, so him.
But X's "Blue Spark" is all-time. That whole "Bluuuuuuue SPARK!" chorus kills me.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 10 March 2018 04:29 (six years ago) link
Chicken Outlaw purely because it's got Slang Teacher on the B-Side
― groovypanda, Saturday, 10 March 2018 07:08 (six years ago) link
Da Da Da slightly ahead of Pass the Dutchie and O Superman.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Saturday, 10 March 2018 10:02 (six years ago) link
Is the question "which of these songs is most awesome," "which of these songs is your favorite,"
how is this two questions? They're the same question.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 March 2018 12:08 (six years ago) link
idk, I can imagine someone who e.g. has a sentimental affection for Party Weekend but still doesn't think it's as awesome as O Superman
― soref, Saturday, 10 March 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
favorite line in O SUPERMAN by laurie anderson vs favorite line in PARTY WEEKEND by joe "king" carrasco & the crowns
it's a party
it's a party party
― soref, Saturday, 10 March 2018 13:00 (six years ago) link
Ahagh
― Mark G, Saturday, 10 March 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
x
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 March 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
I'm regularly baffled by statements of 'xyz band was all over MTV' and then xyz is a band I've never even heard of, or never saw a video for. Yet I considered myself pretty much an MTV addict from about 1983 through 1990 - though with slightly less access from 88 onward due to college... Joe King Carrasco? And 6 of these bands I've honestly never heard of, and I worked in a record shop in the late 80s! (Maybe that just speaks to me being a bit clueless.)
I've gotta vote Bill Nelson - loooove that era of his stuff,. He gets lots of play still on my radio show.
― christopher.ivan, Saturday, 10 March 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
Maybe you should have been watching in 1982
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ndTPah0YK20
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 10 March 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
In the mid-1980s, Joe moved to Nicaragua and his songs turned more political as they addressed the political climate of Central America.
imagining an album full of songs that all start with an intro that sounds exactly like the beginning of Party Weekend then "Ah said uh-hey little girl [SOME LYRICS ABOUT THE SANDINISTAS]"
― soref, Saturday, 10 March 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
C Ivan - what's your radio show?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 11 March 2018 03:02 (six years ago) link
Carrasco was on mtv loads. Probably never ever after 1984 or so though?
― mr.raffles, Sunday, 11 March 2018 05:34 (six years ago) link
I do 2 hours of mostly new wave & synth-pop (70s to now) every Sunday morning on a low power FM station in Rochester, NY. The show is called "Are Friends Electric?" of course... here's a word cloud of the stuff I played in 2017 - bigger = more airtime. Tune in here if that's your thing... https://wayofm.org/shows/are-friends-electric
― christopher.ivan, Sunday, 11 March 2018 11:10 (six years ago) link
whoops - did that image post? https://wayofm.org/shows/are-friends-electric
― christopher.ivan, Sunday, 11 March 2018 11:11 (six years ago) link
whoops again... sigh: https://imgur.com/a/JjVwa
― christopher.ivan, Sunday, 11 March 2018 11:12 (six years ago) link
Your word salad looks tasty, I will sample.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 11 March 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 11 March 2018 13:20 (six years ago) link
voted Trio. the song is huge and massively influential. the 99cent casio beat hits this aesthetic that is just everywhere now. love that song. its so futuristic yet DIY! like im looking at that thumbnail and this could almost be Stereo Total.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 11 March 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
otm, it's monumental
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 March 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
and utterly disposable
is there a german expression for c'est la vie?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 March 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
Trio are on another level but that's not my favorite song by them
― had (crüt), Sunday, 11 March 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
pop is supposed to be disposable.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 11 March 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
so is life!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 March 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
crut otm for me too
― Hunt3r, Sunday, 11 March 2018 22:55 (six years ago) link
Live Is LifeNa na na na na
― Siegbran, Sunday, 11 March 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Voting Pass the Dutchie, but under what possible taxonomy is that a new wave song?
― enochroot, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 01:38 (six years ago) link
reggae leaning songs were played on new wave stations
― maura, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 01:44 (six years ago) link
"Favorite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" is my fav on here.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 02:35 (six years ago) link
also pass the dutchie was a big mtv hit! and musical youth were in the video for donna summer’s “unconditional love” too
― maura, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
I agree with all that, still don't buy "Pass the Dutchie" as new wave, even as elastic as the term was back then. But then, my favorite song on here, then and now, is a straightforward cover of a Little Willie John R&B song from 1960, so...
Still have a soft spot for Joe King, but voting for Trio.
― No energy, only great chaos (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
well these comps seemed to be very informed by the wlir/kroq aesthetic and “pass the dutchie” was a shriek of the week...http://www.advancedspecialties.net/wlir.htm
― maura, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
neat to see the evolution of those picks btw. prob too many choices for a poll but maybe year by year...
― maura, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link
Holy crap my lir roots are almost directly to that moment but i didnt remember that as a screamer at all
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
I’m with Bee, that whole H100 record is solid (picked up a Nick Heyward solo record just last week).
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 14:39 (six years ago) link
"Pass the Dutchie" obv. isn't new wave, unlike Paul Carrack, for instance.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
lol yes, but Paul was in Squeeze, who were "new" and were not REO Speedwagon. And his album cover was colorful. It's all a rich tapestry.
https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/500/0000/284/0000284412.jpg
― No energy, only great chaos (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 16:14 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 15 March 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Top 6 is pretty legit even tho contextually i voted for 5 just over 3.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:15 (six years ago) link
Didn't get a vote but was a summer jam in '82:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICcbPSoTels
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 15 March 2018 06:03 (six years ago) link
Volume 8
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Saturday, 17 March 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link
Oh if I'd seen this I'd have been tempted to vote Bill Nelson as that track has been a minor latter-day revelation. Terrific proto-techno production, sounds like Neuropolitique or something. Check the extended mix.
― If I Could Only Rename My Member (Noel Emits), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
Or Chris & Cosy more contemporaneously, I guess.
― If I Could Only Rename My Member (Noel Emits), Thursday, 22 March 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
15 minute interview on tyne tees tv!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBBu3eMRBB4
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 22 March 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
He was always such an awkward "rock star". It's good that he's ploughed his own field for so long, even if I lost interest yonks ago.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 22 March 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link