So, when did "new wave" die?

[Frank_Chickens]

For me the new wave era ended around 85-86 with music from the clubs becoming more prominent combined with the failure of acts associated with the period such as Blancmange, Nik Kershaw, Heaven 17 etc.

People were getting bored of this style of music and from then on styles like the re-emergence of adult pop and Stock Aitken and Waterman's style of pop took hold of the charts.

I would say the last new wave hit was Kon Kan's 'I Beg Your Pardon' in 1989.

[plagiarism]

[quote][i]Originally posted by bpdp3[/i]
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For further proof, this was when non new-wave artists would 'try out' the style, ie alice cooper and linda ronstadt. There are countless one-off albums by new wave artists from those years.

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For me, this is it exactly. I was even going to mention Linda Ronstadt as well as Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Village People, etc. etc.

[bpdp3]

I would say the last new wave hit was Kon Kan's 'I Beg Your Pardon' in 1989.
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Not a bad estimate, that. I've also heard people mention When in Rome's "the promise" as the last new wave hit.

[Jeffrey]

[quote][i]Originally posted by bpdp3[/i]
<br>I would say the last new wave hit was Kon Kan's 'I Beg Your Pardon' in 1989.
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Not a bad estimate, that. I've also heard people mention When in Rome's "the promise" as the last new wave hit.
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Very interesting to the extreme. When I first the When In Rome single, it definately had that "throw back" sound of what, to me, defined New Wave.


Jeffrey

[newwavepop]

i would say it died in 84 but for me pesonally it died when i heard the pop goes the world album in 87.

[postpunkmonk]

Funny, I just was considering re-posting this blog due to it being a snow day for me, when I happened across this topic here:

http://postpunkmonk.wordpress.com/2011/ ... enclature/

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[postpunkmonk]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Frau_Blucher[/i]
<br>It's funny because something like this has always been my recollection. I associated 83-84ish to be when new wave felt less private and less special somehow. People would come up to me with a huff about "Have you heard REM? They're great. I love em. I love new wave." No you don't, fuck off. Soon after, break dancers started showing up at clubs and that's all she wrote as far as how novel and underground those early days of Rodney on the Roq etc felt. Mind you, there was plenty of more good music to come, but it wasn't really "my" new wave anymore. Honestly, it's probably why I still kinda hold a grudge against REM, post-Vince DMode, and all the people who came into the scene around that time. It's silly and random (I don't feel that way about the Smiths for example), but it's how I've always felt.
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Personally, all of that American New Guitar Rock of '83 onward seemed like a New Wave backlash to me. Not that such attitudes weren't there even during the blight that was West Coast Hardcore in '81! I found the attitudes of bands like X to be very conservative.

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[negative1]

i agree with a lot of people that said that in 1984-1985 we
saw a major shift in musical direction from a lot of groups.

some were incorporating more guitars, and getting away from
the new wave sound.

later
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[elviscaprice]

Silly, it's all good 1st wave thru the 60th. Love it today in the recent release of Ocean Blue to 78' or 71' if you consider Bowie or Roxy Music the fathers. Love the 2nd wave dance scene, fantastic, love being around folks that appreciate it to. It's all good. It won't die until the last of us are gone.

[8D] Elvis