It's again about time to relive that great time of the early to mid 80s of New Wave music. New Wave is a genre that has quirky people, quairly lyrics and quirky music. It doesn't work all the time, but when it work at it's best the songs are great.
What exactly is/ was New Wave music. Well two things New Wave typically is energetic and fun. New Wave never took itself too seriously. The lyrics weren't serious. New Wave is basically just fun upbeat music to dance to. Who were some of the best New Wave musicians? The Thompson Twins, Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order, Howard Jones and many others have to be considered the best New Wave bands.
You may see this and wonder why I didn't include U2 and The Police- both of who many lumped in with the New Wave movement. However both bands, especially The Police, feel like old fashioned rock bands to me. Other bands that were lumped in with New Wave, that I don't really consider New Wave, include The Talking Heads, Men At Work, Elvis Costello, The Go-Go's, The Eurythmics and David Bowie. Duran Duran was lumped in with the New Wave crowd and I'm not sure they are truly a New Wave band.
52) The Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now":
53) Pete Shelley "Homosapien":
54) The Smiths "How Soon Is Now":
55) The Human League "Human":
56) The English Beat "I Confess":
57) Toto Coelo "I Eat Cannibals":
Just a great, great song. 58) OMD "If You Leave":
59) Mental As Anything "If You Leave Can I Come Too":
60) Split Enz "I Got You":
61) Big Country "In A Big Country":
62) Gang Of Four "I Love A Man In Uniform":
63) Madness "It Must Be Love":
64) Jukebox "Don't Put Another Dime":
65) Oingo Boingo "Just Another Day":
66) The JoBoxers "Just Got Lucky":
67) Kim WIlde "Kids In America":
68) Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon":
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