New Wave music to my mind was the bridge from Punk Rock to electronic music in the early to mid 1980's.
New wave music is a broad subgenre of rock 'n' roll that combines elements of punk rock, mainstream pop music, art rock, synth pop, funk, and reggae. New wave bands largely emerged during the punk and post-punk eras of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but their influence prevailed throughout many decades of pop rock.
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Sort of bears out what I believed.
Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease
Ashley Crash
1 year ago
I’ll never forget the first time I saw Depeche Mode in concert in 2009 in Salt Lake City. I was pretty close the stage but once Dave walked out on the stage everyone stood up, and I was too short to see the stage, but I was standing there crying because I could hear my all time favorite band getting ready to perform and the energy was just so electric. A sweet bouncer saw me standing there crying in excitement and came and grabbed me and pulled me up to the very front VIP section because he could tell how excited I was, the only other person in the VIP section was this really executive type of guy, he was jamming out and dancing in his suit and tie. It was one of the greatest memories of my life! I’m still so grateful for that bouncer doing that for me 🖤
Human League - Human
bleep77
1 year ago
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.
To be honest I am not a big fan of New Wave ... but I do find themusic to listenable... especially as background music. They do not challenge in any way.
Duran Duran - View To a Kill
Duran Duran embraced the use of synthesizers and funk rhythms which really worked. I found them very boring initially as all our music stations were on AM (Amplitude Modulation) as opposed to FM (Frequency Modulation). The quality of AM radio was not that good and a lot of the instrumentation was lost. I think it was around 1982 we first got FM Music radio in South Africa .... and I heard this song and I was like "Holy Cow, there is a hell of a lot going on here!!!" ..I really enjoyed Duran Duran after that.
Tears for Fears - Mad World
WarriorAuranae
8 months ago
Gary Jules: this song is giving me depression
Tears for Fears: this song makes me want to dance with my depression
Hope you enjoyed the mix today .... I feel the urge to do some Jazz sounds so that may well be our chill Sunday sound. Thanks for stopping by and as always I truly value your support !!