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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.
Part 5 of this blog is essential the same as this blog, but I had added most of the videos for Part 6 so I'm just going to go with it.
If this is a duplicate it's okay as this is an amazing song. 87) Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon":
88) The Thompson Twins "King For A Day":
89) Tin Tin "Kiss Me":
90) The Thompson Twins "Lay Your Hands On Me":
From "Pretty In Pink", quite likely the greatest New Wave soundtrack ever. 91) Suzanne Vega "Left of Center":
92) Heaven 17 "Let Me Go":
93) David Bowie "Let's Dance":
94) The Thompson Twins "Lies":
95) The Dream Academy "Life In A Northern Town":
96) Living In A Box "Living In A Box":
97) Blancmange "Living On The Ceiling":
98) The Psychedelic Furs "Lips Like Sugar":
99) The Human League "Love Action (Believe In Love)":
100) The Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way
101) The Thompson Twins "Love On Your Side":
102) Haircut 100 "Love Plus One":
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