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Spudboy wrote:Because by 1986 or 1987 new trends like House and Hip-Hop had begun, so anything still recognized as New Wave were almost considered nostalgic, or sadly, a parody or pastiche.
WeLiveSoFastx83 wrote:So, if new wave died in 1984, that means
Pet Shop Boys - Actually
Human League - Crash
Ultravox - U-VOX
Blancmange - Believe You Me
New Order - Brotherhood
Vicious Pink - Vicious Pink
Propaganda - A Secret Wish
The Cure - The Head on the Door
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
are not new wave?
tha_farfetch wrote:
Pet Shop Boys, New Order, The Cure are not New Wave.
Rubellan wrote:New Wave was all but gone by 1985, being replaced by the general Alt Rock moniker, and the music was no longer as interesting. Some great albums came out but things were more dancey than quirky. The first half of the decade was magic, the second was considerably less interesting.
tha_farfetch wrote:New Wave died in 1984. The music you like or what you consider "late 80s New Wave" is definitely NOT New Wave. It could be Sophisti-Pop, Pop, Dream-Pop or House.
postpunkmonk wrote:Rubellan wrote:New Wave was all but gone by 1985, being replaced by the general Alt Rock moniker, and the music was no longer as interesting. Some great albums came out but things were more dancey than quirky. The first half of the decade was magic, the second was considerably less interesting.
That's putting it mildly. The second half of the decade was dominated by the arrival of "dull, soulless daaaaance music." And that continued throughout the 90s, unless you were thrilled by grunge rock; a retreat to the most retrograde 70s hard rock sound imaginable by sensitive heroin addicts.
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