The Bridesmaids Poll - Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s

Are you kidding me? This is impossible.

cruel summer or pop muzik.is it just me or do pop muzik and video kilt the radio star feel similar to each other and like, NO other songs?

cruel summer actually.

I don't know only one song on here and it's the Let's Active one.

Shut my eyes and went for 'Melt With You'.

Pop Musik, Pass the Dutchie or Poison Arrow

That Let's Active tune is great. Also search their '84 disc, Afoot.

yes (was gonna say room w a view is better tho)

DIS GENERATION

RULES THE NATION

"Change" is by Tears for Fears.

Impossible is right, too much good stuff. Pulled the trigger and voted "Girls On Film."

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Voted. But not telling yet.

Voted Romeo Void. No regrets.

This is the best poll.in face theres only feo i can imagine regretting accidentlu voting for! (Wishing, Taco, or Relax). And two of those might just be overexposure!

“In fact there’s only three i can imagine...accidently” etc. sorry!

every song on this poll is my favourite song :-(

went for thomas dolby because i've been enjoying that one recently and named my new wave disco night after the song

"Pop Muzik" seems to show up on lots of '80s comps despite being a hit in 1979 (early '79 in the UK). I guess sounding like an '80s song is enough for the compilers...

Anyway, Pop Muzik is my #2 bridesmaid, behind Never Say Never.

A few of these are of such a piece with the albums (Big Country, ABC, Furs, TFF) that I have trouble thinking of them as singles. I think I ultimately went Bananarama, not because it's my favorite on here - several are songs I actually voted for before- but I think because lately I've been getting a dark, spooky, definitely evocative undercurrent to the track that helps it stick in my head. Other than that: Romeo Void, Plastic Bertrand, Devo, B-52s, Yaz, Frankie, ... so many great songs.

Really been battling between my standard answer to everything (B-52's) and Romeo Void. "Never Say Never" is ridiculously great, but I went with the one I'm sure I've actually played more.

That was the same battled I faced.

So tough, but narrowed it down to these two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ_p4Z_yVpM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Yu2Ea6YDk

"Pop Muzik" seems to show up on lots of '80s comps despite being a hit in 1979 (early '79 in the UK). I guess sounding like an '80s song is enough for the compilers...

The first volume is pretty much all stuff from '78-9, which they justify in the liner notes by saying those years were the "Year Zero" for the New Wave.

Anyway, Pop Muzik

Wait, that's not a vote, it's just excess material from the c'n'p.

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Hey Bee Ok: will there be any more of these?

one more, Championship round.

Cool.

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