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h2. New Wave Wednesday!!This being the brainchild of Brooklyn's own "Misstee":http://mog.com/Misstee, who I'm assuming is queued up in the rain trying to get in to see the Ian Curtis biopic "Control":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUz6y6ANIgE.In honour of that why don't we start with this, something we all know and love and what better way to start off our first **New Wave Wednesdays**:
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  1. fistula spume
    fistula spume says I'm down.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  2. katsuzak
    katsuzak says Hooray for New Wave Wednesday! I am really dying to see "Control"- hopefully it will make it's way to Nashville.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  3. annieander
    annieander says As I am at work and I don't have access to my music collection....I can only offer this. I love this band and their covers!
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  4. Dale
    Dale says I could be down for a New Wave day, why not?
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  5. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says Here's my treat to you good sir... a cover that floors me each & every time I listen... *oh, in case you didn't figure it out already - I am SO TOTALLY DOWN WITH NEW WAVE WEDNESDAYS... I was in the Wars of NEW WAVE you know ???*
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  6. dachmo
    dachmo says ...and you lived to tell about it. Brave warrior, tell us a tale.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  7. James12
    James12 says New Wave Wednesdays...sounds alright, I mean it sounds alright, just what exactly is new wave, I've never really been able to understand what it is, I'm gonna have to wikipedia it, or google it or something, but great idea....
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  8. dachmo
    dachmo says Dude, what are you 18? oh ...you are! "New Wave":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_music. Great, now I feel old.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  9. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says PopeyePete, Contra & I (along with a few other) made it to about 23 a piece before we both collapsed in appreciation of each others deep & pure love of all things waving newly ;) *James12:* definitely WIKI it - it will help you get a feel - there are so many veins & bands that comprise New Wave, one of the reasons I am such a lover of the "style"... "*+WIKI NEW WAVE HERE+*":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_music But you can link all over that for ideas. descriptions & bands... the quick link to the bands listed on "+*WIKI new wave BANDS*+":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Wave_bands_and_artists
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  10. Misstee
    Misstee says Thanks for the shout out - i unfortunately am tied to my desk this week(staff cuts and the only other person in my dept is on vacation) so no 'Control' for me! And YEAH! New Wave Wednesdays! If you can find Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy's 'Unkiss That Kiss' you'd be my hero!
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  11. James12
    James12 says geez, dachmo, you made me feel young here...thanks for the links everone
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  12. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says Well... your name is James*_12_* (I keed, I keed)... there are plenty of us here all quite grand fans of the New Wave movement... so you gots questions - ask away :)
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  13. Anna
    Anna says God, I do hate genres sometimes; wiki doesn't mention JD in the new wave section (c'mon, wiki people...), but it does mention Depeche Mode's Everything Counts, but in the wiki entry DM of Everything Counts the song is classified as synth pop an early industrial music. Confusion! Bah. Fuck 'em. I'll post what I feel like.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  14. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says h1. ANNA is my HEROINE !!!! The depth & breadth of my love for you girlfriend is exponential !!! & I do agree - figure it's a good way to start out if you're not sure the term... but I've always thought DM NW, screwem all - we make our own definitions & we have the ability to go against it !!!
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  15. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says The lads were babies in that video - ahhhhh does my heart good !!!
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  16. dachmo
    dachmo says Purists will say that New Wave was a term used for bands that fell into the poppier post punk catagory. Modern English was New Wave, Howard Jones is not. Altered Images is, Erasure is not. To put an official time stamp on it, it went from 1978 to 1982. But then a lot of these bands, who were orinally considered New Wave, started incorporating keyboards and synths and their sound started to change. At the same time new bands like Depeche Mode where starting up and immediately started using synths and keyboards so they started out being known as New Wavers as well, then the whole thing blew up and New Wave became the term used for all alternative music that came out between the years 1978 - 1988, roughly. and in a nutshell.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  17. fistula spume
    fistula spume says Hooray for New Wave Day. And YouTube.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  18. dachmo
    dachmo says Visage nice!
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  19. dachmo
    dachmo says Now Visage was a band that was around in the late '70s and they were all into Bowie and Roxy Music. They were in the New Romantic movement that spawned Duran Duran, Icehouse, Spandau Ballet. The New Romantic sound melmed with the poppy post punk New Wavers and that lead to the birth of what most people consider new wave today.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  20. Anna
    Anna says :D You are all shades of cool, Lizzieness! I got it for ya, too, you know: Damn right! We. Do. What. We. Want! Thanks for the clarification, D :)
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  21. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says So then the question begs to be asked - shall we be _PURE_ or h1. NAUGHTY ???? ;) Take a guess as to which one I prefer !!!! I needed a little *+CHAOS+* in my cheerios this morning... might as well have some this afternoon as well ;P
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  22. dachmo
    dachmo says Works for me! "New Newer Newest Wave"
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  23. Girlcrawl
    Girlcrawl says Off to contribute my New Wave Wednesday post - thanks dachmo!!
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  24. dachmo
    dachmo says Sweet!
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  25. Misstee
    Misstee says I love that Seymour Stein head of Sire records at that time gave us the term 'New Wave'. He also gave us Madonna. Blessing? Or a curse?
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  26. dachmo
    dachmo says Madonna was kind of New Wave-ish in the beginning. She used to be in this band, briefly (before the recording contract): I think it was the drummer from this band that went on to write some of her biggest hits in the mid-late '80s
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  27. goodmusiconly
    goodmusiconly says I'm in! And kudos for starting your own day - I did the same when Tuesdays were a blank slate :) Fisty snagged what I was going to post already ... so, how 'bout a little Midge Ure? I've been scarce around here and I don't think we've officially met ... thought I'd swing over and say hi. Good to meet you Dachmo! - Erin
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  28. goodmusiconly
    goodmusiconly says I actually should have titled that Ultravox, but obviously fronted by Midge Ure ...
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  29. walkingthecow
    walkingthecow says love it. JD was very influential in so many different ways.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  30. Misstee
    Misstee says Actually she was in another band with Stephen Bray who started the Breakfast Club. Dancing chickens in the video basically guaranteed they were going to be a one hit wonder.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  31. Bartleby
    Bartleby says Here's my contribution your "New Wave Wednesday", dach. And also PiL - This Is Not A Love Song
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  32. dachmo
    dachmo says Is it punk rock to want to smash John Lydon in the face with a parking meter? Because I like his music but I would just rather not have to look at his face.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  33. soulrocket
    soulrocket says im in for a new wave day. anna- i guess joy division is not listed as new wave in wiki because it might have been tagged as after-punk or post-punk. the cure was on that bag too, along killing joke and other british bands. the new wave bands had a happier sound.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  34. Sam The Artist
    Sam The Artist says damn youve been busy! i dont think i can handle all the NW post ive heard today! lol.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  35. dachmo
    dachmo says Yeah, I'm pretty much toast.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  36. fistula spume
    fistula spume says You know I always felt that New Wave was over hyped. Old Wave really is the way to go. Post Modern Wave was cool too but it just didn't have that Rockefeller feel to it like Old Wave did. ;)
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  37. dachmo
    dachmo says I can create a time line if you'd like.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  38. fistula spume
    fistula spume says No I'm just kidding. Actually you could though. That would be an interesting post.
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  39. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says glad to see another day of the week get its own musical theme!
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  40. dachmo
    dachmo says we'll see how long we can keep this one going
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  41. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says well HHT is still around, so I am betting it will be a while
    Permalink posted 10/10/2007
  42. artificialflower
    artificialflower says johnny makes me laugh most of the time ... i like his face. what about a sweet little pillow fight? (i know what you're thinking ... no bricks!) i have to see 'control'. i love anton's work. 'dead souls' is one of my favourite joy division songs.
    Permalink posted 10/11/2007

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