Why are we still talking about New Wave 20 yrs lat

[WoodlandParkPunk]

Because it was and still is sooo good. The music was fun and happy. The fashions were bright and colorful. It was new and "catchy". Since the New Wave era we have been subjected to lousy fashion, depressing music and overall lack of individuality and style. Let's keep the "Wave" going and hopefully todays youth will come to their senses and the revival will continue.

[Jimbo]

I agree!
Hair metal sucked, grunge sucked about the same but sucked in a different direction and whatever came after that I don't know... I stopped paying attention.

Is that Woodland Park, CA?

[bowiestation]

I might add:it took talent,originality, and artistic ability--to me it was a true art form.

[unguarded moment]

Fashion was the LEAST of all reasons I was drawn to New Wave music. Let's face it, a lot of the New Wave artists dressed pretty silly, if not effeminate. Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of the so-called New Romantic bands but the poofy pants and make-u

[oneno]

I like the whole enchilada.The music ,hair, style, although at the time I didn't appreciate it as much.I turned 20 in 1980, so I was pretty much age apropriate to truly enjoy the new wave life.I really didn't care much for some of the fashion, I was a lon

[randy]

Grunge is actually worse than hair metal--very depressing--virtually killed rock with one punch.

[ebbhead]

We're all talking about it because it's the music that we grew up with. Sociologically, people tend to think most fondly of the music that they enjoyed from ages 15-23. Guessing that most of the people on this board fell into that 15-23 range at some po

[schwenko]

[quote]Originally posted by ebbhead
[br]We're all talking about it because it's the music that we grew up with. Sociologically, peo

[cubby]

First, the music was great. Second, it was what a lot of us grew up with. I think some of it has to do with nostalgia. You hear a certain song or band and your mind goes back to a certain period of time.

[Grayson]

<I>Randy said...

<B>Grunge is actually worse than hair metal--very depressing--virtually killed rock with one punch.</B></I>

I just don't understand the hostility shown towards "Grunge" on this board. Grunge is just as much a sub set of Punk as new

[Frau_Blucher]

Right on Grayson! It saved rock IMHO. I think maybe what grates on people though is that people kept piling it on higher and deeper and we OD'd on it. But nevertheless, there's a lot of good hard alterno rock along with the burgeoning of electronic and br