Eighties Pop (specifically New Wave) Fans- Questions:

[thom1102]

What do you think of No Doubt's remake of the Talk Talk song "It's My Life"? I personally like it. Gwen Stefani constantly surprises me. Everytime I think that I hate her, she and No Doubt do something that I like.

What New Wave artist would you like to see make a comeback?

What eighties New Wave song would you like to see remade, and what modern band would you like to see remake it?

What New Wave band would you most like to see in concert?

[Catch22Dem]

1. I'm all about Gwen

My biggest celebrity crush. Love the remake.

Would like to see Soft Cell or Duran Duran

Someone should remake New Moon on Monday

[thom1102]

2. I tell ya...

she could almost turn me straight... almost!

[a_random_joel]

3. I like what I've heard

Only heard bits and pieces, but I think the original is the best.

That said, I have always liked Duran Duran as one of the best.

I would like to see good remakes of the following songs...

Der Kommisar - Falco
Space Age Love Song - Flock of Seagulls
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
And as I said, there is a ton of good Duran stuff to try.

I don't know if anyone could do better than the originals, but if a creative enough effort is given, I'd love to see it tried.

[truthseeker1]

6. Duran Duran is supposedly making a comeback

Space Age Love Song is my favorite Flock of Seagulls song!!!!

[Nlighten1]

13. FoS

I saw them back in 1992 at Tipitina's in New Orleans.

[Nlighten1]

10. Those are some very cool songs.

I hear DD is coming out with a new CD soon.

[a_random_joel]

37. Cool

I hope it's better than their last couple. I liked everything up to and including the one with Ordinary World and Love Voodoo - everything after that has been kinda mediocre.

But their 80s stuff is great!

[jpgray]

70. What, no "Tainted Love"? :-) (nt)

[Saudade]

4. Contortions

James Chance/Contortions

[a_random_joel]

34. Speaking of 80s bands

Love and Rockets did an instrumental called Saudade. One of my favs.

Ever hear it?

[salin]

52. Once had a Love and Rockets cassette...

wonder what ever happened to it.

[truthseeker1]

5. I like the song but she was pretty bad the other night singing live

I'm glad to hear the song again, but it's not as good as the original. And did you see/hear her on the billboard awards last week? She was off, really really bad. They kicked off the show with their performance and it was a bad decision. Sounded like they skipped rehearsals (either that, or she really is just tone deaf).

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. That or her monitor wasn't working

She can carry a tune and is actually a good live performer. They started out playing small bars here in Anaheim...but if one's monitor is not turned up sufficiently, then one can't hear one's own voice when performing and they are likely to go off key.

[truthseeker1]

20. You know what? You're probably right

We were noticing the volume for the lead singers in most of the bands was low - or something was off and we couldn't put our finger on it exactly, but it sure seemed like that was it.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

33. Glad I could salvage poor Gwen's rep

She's about as lifeless as a wet noodle on stage but is usually on key :D

[thom1102]

8. I loved the Human League, personally...

Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, New Order (though probably not considered New Wave), Howard Jones. They need a radio station with just these guys and I would never turn it off.

[salin]

12. oh oh oh-o-o-o oh oh oh oh

Wasn't that Howard Jones? Used to have a lot of fun with that song (both enjoying it... and sorta mocking it simultaneously.)

[Nlighten1]

16. Nooo one noooo one no one ever...is to blame...

Howard Jones ruled

[thom1102]

17. Things can only get better!

Yup. I saw him about 10 years ago in a bar in Solana Beach CA just north of San Diego (SD DUers Help! What is the name of the bar, it's very well known, in Solana Beach that has shows for touring bands that can't fill stadiums anymore, and up and coming bands? anyway.) It was a great show, made even better by the small crowds, and his mom and dad at the door selling his latest CD. I love Howard Jones.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. I saw him back then..loved his first two cd's but then after he let

Phil Collins retool NO ONE EVER IS TO BLAME so that it had more pop appeal, he lost his own sound and became boring sounding.

[thom1102]

24. Love what South Park did to Phil Collins after they lost the Oscar to him

That was a classic SP episode!

[truthseeker1]

23. I wanna say Belly Up??

The Belly Up Tavern? My God, I can't believe I remember that (if that's right!) I went to school at SDSU and frequented the beach bar scene quite frequently.

[thom1102]

27. YES!!!! THAT'S IT!! THE BELLY UP, THANK YOU!

That was going to drive me crazy all night! That was a great place to see a small show.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

35. Hey I know that place!

Dang...BTW we are going to get together with Prolesunited when she comes to SD..there's a thread here in the lounge

[thom1102]

42. I was just in SD in November (For my Birthday ...11/02 get it, Thom1102)

Anyway, I live in CT now. Wish I could join you.

[truthseeker1]

46. I would love to go!

Haven't been down to SD in years! Really! I know, it's only a 3 hour drive......

can you post the link?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

51. I'll PM it to you

IF you want to drive to Anaheim and ride down with me you can

[Capn Sunshine]

61. Yeah baby!!

Belly UP
SDSU alum also 1972-74

[truthseeker1]

68. SDSU Class of '91 here!

[Melsky]

67. I have been there a few times

on edit, never mind I think I am confusing it with the bar Brick by Brick. Actually, all these memories are kind of hazy, I think I drank a lot all the times I have been to those types of bars

[the_boxer_]

25. Absolutely!

[a_random_joel]

39. Depeche and New Order

are technically called techno-pop, but they still fit, IMO

And they are also on my list!

[thom1102]

45. I had an album when I was just a kid called "The Beat"...

It was the best of New Wave by K-Tel... It had Duran Duran, Bow Wow Wow, the Go Go's, Flock of Seagulls, Howard Jones, Billy Idol, and I thought it had DM, but I could be wrong... Great album, long gone.

[Nlighten1]

9. I've always wanted to do a remake of "One Thing Leads To Another"

By The Fixx.

[thom1102]

11. Why don't you do what they say, say what they mean...

one thing leads to another! Great song!

[sistersofmercy]

18. Love The Fixx!

[salin]

14. Not sure new wave... but Squeeze and Oingo Boingo

what fun was had...

[thom1102]

19. Boingo!!! It's a dead mans party!

leave your body and soul at the door! And squeeze is one of my fav's. How about Crowded House?

[salin]

22. Believe it or not...

I almost added them to that short list. Weren't they also "related" the Split Enz (or something like that?)

And the list isn't complete with the Psychodelic Furs (mentioned above).

Oh - and for the hell of it... throw in the Bangles.

And I am SO at this party!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

38. Yep Neil and Tim Finn were Split Enz and Crowded House

and I am a HUGE Split Enz fan.

Love the Bangles too....and the Go-Go's

[truthseeker1]

47. Didn't someone from the Split Enz go on to do something else???

God, I wish I could remember...maybe it will come to me.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

56. Peter Greene formed Swingers..they had a hit tune called Counting the Beat

Kmart used it in their commercials for a while and yes I love the new version of Don't Dream

[salin]

53. Can you hear this?

They're talking 'bout us...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

55. telling lies?

[salin]

57. georgie needs a disguise

...oops... guess dissing w has become second nature...

[truthseeker1]

69. My first concert

My first concert was the Go-Go's - in St. Louis - I was 15
Good memories :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[truthseeker1]

26. I love Crowded House

Did you know Sixpence None The Richer did a remake of Don't Dream It's Over recently? It's pretty good.

[thom1102]

28. Yea, it was pretty good,

but to me, that is a song that I don't think anyone can make any better than the original. But it was a really good effort by SPNTR.

[Abe Linkman]

15. "China"

by Red Rockers

[TheBlob]

29. Yeah, they were pretty good

kinda "Clash-lite"

[sendero]

30. My favorite...

.... new wave act hands down is the Stranglers. They recorded from the late seventies until, well, now :) but in the early 80s they did a couple of new-wave albums that are peerless (their style was not new-wave for most of their career).

One album is called "MenInBlack", a somewhat silly concept album about people on earth being grown for food by the extraterrestrial MenInBlack. Lyrically not that great but musically incredible.

Same for "The Raven", which I love despite some questionable racist/fascist lyrics.

[truthseeker1]

71. The Stranglers had a great remake of All Day and All of the Night

in the late 80s.

I also like Skin Deep....

[truthseeker1]

31. R.E.M., Echo, Peter Murphy, Laid Back, Wang Chung.....

Songs I would like to see remade:
It's The End of the World - R.E.M.
Lips Like Sugar - Echo & The Bunnymen
All Night Long - Peter Murphy
White Horse - Laid Back
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
The Sun Always Shines on T.V. - a-ha
Metropolis - The Church
The Promise - When In Rome

I could keep going, but I better stop! As for who should remake these songs, I'll have to keep thinking about that.....

By the way, I absolutely love T.A.T.U.'s remake of The Smiths's How Soon Is Now (and Snake River Conspiracy's remake is great as well).

[thom1102]

40. The Church- Under the Milky Way Tonight...

another of my fav's.

I don't think I've heard T.A.T.U.'s remake, but I LOVE the Love-Spit-Love version of that song... LSL, btw, is an incarnation of ex P-Furs members.

And who could forget a-Ha's "Take Me On" I love that song too!

[truthseeker1]

49. It's a tough pick between Metropolis and Milky Way

I like them both....and yes you're right....hard to think of any of today's bands doing these songs justice.

[a_random_joel]

41. Good calls

Lips Like Sugar - Echo & The Bunnymen
White Horse - Laid Back
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung

Under the Milky Way by the Church is a great song - not sure if anyone can make it any better.

[a_random_joel]

43. Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Now that would be one hell of an interesting cover!

[thom1102]

32. OOOH, I meant to add Peter Murphy!

I almost forgot about Peter Murphy, and early Ministry. No eighties retrospective would be complete without them.

[truthseeker1]

36. OHH! Love & Rockets!

And Depeche Mode, and New Order and and and and.......

[a_random_joel]

44. & Bauhaus & Tones on Tail

Anyone catch "GO!" (Tones)on the new car commercial?

That'd be an interesting song to cover.

[truthseeker1]

48. YES! I did actually

I was blown away. That's about the only song on my Tones On Tail CD that I really, really like. And I'm about the only one that I know who even knows who Tones On Tail is.....glad to be in good company :)

[a_random_joel]

54. Thanks!

Actually, I like quite a few of the other tunes, but GO! is a jump-starter.

For all the commercial success L&R achieved, Bauhaus and Tones can only be appreciated by a select segment of music fans. Interesting that they are all the same guys pretty much.

On a side note, I do think Daniel Ash is a better singer than Peter Murphy.

[truthseeker1]

72. Mmmm....I have to go with Peter Murphy

It may not be purely his voice, but I just love all of his music. It's so smooth and mysterious.

Daniel Ash seems to have more of a British post-punk edge going on. Still great, but between the two, I would have to go with Murphy. So maybe it's just that I prefer the goth sound a little bit more than the post-punk...or maybe it's just that I have really great memories from Murphy's music. I dunno! They're both good!!

Just for fun......
Peter Murphy favorites:
All Night Long
Cuts You Up
Indigo Eyes
Dragnet Drag
Final Solution

Love & Rockets favorites:
No Big Deal
Bound For Hell
So Alive
Yin and Yang (The Flower Pot Man)
Ball of Confusion

(This is a nice diversion from obsessing over politics :))

[Athletic Grrl]

50. Listening to Stranglers right now.

I sure miss them. :-(

[Character Assassin]

58. No Doubt's version destroyed a great song. It sucks donkey balls

God, what a pitiful gesture from an otherwise crappy band.

[thom1102]

59. Don't hold back, it's unhealthy...

Say what you really feel. :-)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

60. That's what I like about you

So non judgemental :D

OK but the CAKE version of I Will Survive kicks ass! :D
and so does the Kronos Quartet version of Purple Haze

[mitchum]

81. I couldn't have said it any better

[salin]

62. Spin Doctors...

Two princes (what a bopping groove) completely inane song... but I love it! Would be fun to catch these guys again.

[truthseeker1]

74. You *do* know you're in the wrong decade, right?

:)
S'ok with me, as long as Thom1102 is ok with it!

[salin]

63. I hear they never toured... but would love to sit in on a session with XTC

SkyLarking.... more than a lark.

[thom1102]

64. great great great CD!

one of my personal faves!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

78. Yeah XTC and Bronski Beat..I would love to see do something again

[Squeech]

65. I miss Thomas Dolby

There's a bunch of great stuff on The Golden Age of Wireless. In the last few years I've really gotten into the song "Airwaves," which I now understand as the soliloquy of an urban terrorist. And I've always liked "One of Our Submarines."

I saw Peter Gabriel once in the '80s, when he was doing songs like "Jeux Sans Frontieres"-- politically astute new wave! His world beat stuff is arguably deeper but not as much fun.

And (they were closer to punk than new wave, but were really too idiosyncratic for either label) Television.

[Insider]

66. relax

frankie goes to hollywood. basement jaxx can do it this time. new wave? maybe.

[Nlighten1]

73. Power Station.

Too bad Robert Palmer wouldn't tour with them.

[scottcsmith]

75. Kind of hard

When you're dead.

I saw them in 1985 or whatever year it was they were big. I don't remember who the lead singer was but he did an okay job.

OMD opened the show. Great set by OMD.

[truthseeker1]

80. Yes, Robert Palmer - and featuring the boys from Duran Duran

John and Andy Taylor playing bass and lead guitars, as well as Tony Thompson (from the 70s group Chic) on drums. And yes, the year was 1985. (The other members of Duran Duran went off and formed Arcadia which didn't produce any hits.)

I liked Power Station's version of Bang a Gong (Get it On).

[mitchum]

82. Michael DesBarres (the man with the un-golden touch) filled...

in for Palmer

[salin]

76. wasn't that... dah dah dah Dah.....

? VW picked it up years later for an ad campaign.

[truthseeker1]

77. I think you're thinking of Trio

Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha - Trio

(That seriously is the title of the song!)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

79. Some like it hot and Bang a Gong were Power station