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Nov 22, 1963
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 2:05 amby oldnewwaver
songs that come to mind:
1963 New Order
Seconds Human League
Don't Want to Be a Kennedy Shoina Lang
Jackie Onassis Human Sexual Response
any others?
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:18 amby i_like_lectric_motors
Destroy All Monsters - November 22nd 1963
Fear - Now You're Dead
The Misfits - Bullet
Lou Reed - The Day John Kennedy Died
Devo - The Spirit of JFK
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 4:04 amby Frau_Blucher
Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy
Okay, it's not new wave
And it's not about Kennedy (Nick Drake)
But it does mention him
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 4:54 amby plagiarism
Anything by Single Bullet Theory.
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:52 amby swerve
Steinski And Mass Media - The Motorcade Sped On
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:12 amby q89747
Not at all new wave, but definitely about JFK: 'Warmth of the Sun' by the Beach Boys
Also let's not forget 'The Devil in Me' by John Wesley Harding.
And there's a song from around 1990 with the line 'Lee Harvey Oswald's brother's on the loose'. Thought it might be John Wesley Harding, but don't remember exactly... anyone know?
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:37 amby djcraig
Love the Warmth of the Sun' by the Beach Boys but how in the heck is that about JFK?
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:58 amby q89747
[quote][i]Originally posted by djcraig[/i]
<br>Love the Warmth of the Sun' by the Beach Boys but how in the heck is that about JFK?
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From Mojo June 2012: "On November 22, 1963, depressed upon learning of the assassination of President Kennedy, Brian Wilson and Mike Love assembled to write a melancholic ballad of strength and resilience in the face of despair. Rendering Love's bittersweet lost-love lyrics-- 'I cried when she said I don't feel the same way'-- in his purest, most aching falsetto, Brian, assuaged by the others, transcends the pain to deliver words of hope and comfort: 'Still I have the warmth of the sun within me tonight.'"
OK, maybe not explicitly about the JFK assassination per se... inspired by?
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:15 amby Violent Pacification
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:09 pmby q89747
Just thought of another NW connection: at the press conference held with LHO, future BBC DJ John Peel is in the room. I think he was working at a Dallas radio station at the time, and had blagged his way into the press conference.
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Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:38 amby oldnewwaver
[quote][i]Originally posted by Violent Pacification[/i]
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the most obvious choice!!
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Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:01 amby abacab66
So NOT new wave but-
Abraham, Martin & John - Dion
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Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:58 amby rsgonzalez
Adam And The Ants - "Catholic Day"