SHARE: Short New Wave B-sides Vol. 14

[Rissan]

Thanks a lot for these nice compilations. Always fun to hear songs from your musical favorite period and artists, that have not been played to dead on the radio.
I know what it is and takes to create a nice listenable compilation. So glad I could be of any help.

[Passing_Stranger]

Guys, thank you for your kind words! I try my best and to see such encouraging reaction to my efforts is most heartening

NuWavo80s, I fully agree - New Wave era won't be replicated. I always plan to dive into the modern version of it all, but there's always some 1980s stuff to listen to and it's usually more original, interesting, just plain fun. There's heaviness and/or one-dimensionality to the approach of today's followers and recreators that I cannot ignore. At the same time it all sounds next to perfect - but again, no soul, so to say. Some great songs but overall not a patch on the original era. Sad, but perhaps inevitable as all cultures dry out sooner or later. At least we have those gems to marvel at...

[Chuck50]

Thank you for all that you post.

The main reason I like the late 70s though the early 80s Synth pop is because they were just pop bands using synthesizers and drum machines to make music. After about 1986 Synth-pop became a stereotypical genre, where most newer bands sounded like DM or Erasure. That was really exclusive with the 90s Different Drum/Synth-pop. I've tried many synth-pop bands since the 80s and most sound like something that has been done before or cliche.

[Passing_Stranger]

Thank you for all that you post.

The main reason I like the late 70s though the early 80s Synth pop is because they were just pop bands using synthesizers and drum machines to make music. After about 1986 Synth-pop became a stereotypical genre, where most newer bands sounded like DM or Erasure. That was really exclusive with the 90s Different Drum/Synth-pop. I've tried many synth-pop bands since the 80s and most sound like something that has been done before or cliche.

Thank you for the kind words - much appreciated! I also fully agree with you - the difference between, let's call it "New Wave" for simplicity, and what started around 1985-86 is staggering. Before there were little to no rules, after that it all became codified somehow, samey. And yes, precious little of them leave any kind of lasting impression with their music, just separate songs. Maybe the appearance of those performers was the actual end of "New Wave"/postpunk era...

[Chuck50]

Yes, that is so true. Like any cohort/generation they mature in their music tastes. About 1985/86, I myself, moved on from earlier New Wave/Synth-pop to Sophisti-pop, College Rock, and even some Adult Contemporary. Bands like Blow Monkeys, The Smiths, The Church, Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Style Council, China Crisis, Danny Wilson, R.E.M., Josef K, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Del Amitri, Everything But The Girl, Felt, Swing Out Sister, Gangway, Go Betweens, Johnny Hates Jazz, and Prefab Sprouts. In the 90s when the Synth-Pop revival scene appeared, (Cosmicity, The Echoing Green, B! Machine..) I went back to my early love of New Romantic, Techno - Pop, and Post-Punk. Now days, I listen to everything I ever listened to in my lifetime from 50's-present. I even listen to 1920's- 30s Big Band Swing.