Not to rain on DM'69's parade, but I never thought of Men at Work as new wave. Quirky and fun and good but not new wave. I always thought of them as a mainstream band sort of a Monkey's of the 80's. Am I alone in this? Your thoughts?
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Men At Work and Men Without Hats
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by troutbreath » Wed Sep 29, 2004 7:16 am
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by design_femme » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:07 am
[quote][i]Originally posted by A2sportsguy[/i]
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But I have heard Colin Hay perform "Overkill" acoustically. What an incredible song. T
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But I have heard Colin Hay perform "Overkill" acoustically. What an incredible song. T
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by Ollie Stench » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:18 am
I don't see how the 2 bands can even be compared. To me there is no similarity aside from the names.
MAW were a good pop band, I've never owned any of their records, although I do smile when I hear them.
Mw/oH are great synth-pop. If you've only h
MAW were a good pop band, I've never owned any of their records, although I do smile when I hear them.
Mw/oH are great synth-pop. If you've only h
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by Grunch » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:35 am
Men Without Hats - Utter Space, man, Utter Space, THE best track they ever recorded, IMO. New wave in its best form.
Agree, Colin Hay's solo material is outstanding, and I would highly recommend it. His acoustic material is very nice, and he will work
Agree, Colin Hay's solo material is outstanding, and I would highly recommend it. His acoustic material is very nice, and he will work
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by jaybag » Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:51 am
Dang - I've never heard Utter Space. Looks like it was on just about every MWOH recording that I don't have. I'll have to work on that...
Maybe MAW wasn't really a new wave band, but they certainly had a few songs that could be considered new wave ("
Maybe MAW wasn't really a new wave band, but they certainly had a few songs that could be considered new wave ("
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by savethewave » Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:25 am
I always thought of them as relative second-stringers in the whole New Wave scheme of things. However, I can still pull out an old Men Without Hats LP and enjoy it, whereas Men at Work just doesn't do anything for me.
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