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I almost puked! Hall & Oats New Wavers?

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Postby ExRat » Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:32 am

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The AllMusic.com guide classifies 4 of the most popular Hall & Oates albums as NEW WA
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Postby devildog » Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:54 am

Although I like them, I do not consider them new wave, either. Many 70's icons tried to adapt to the sound of new wave. Steve Miller's 1984 album "Italian Xrays" is an example of this. Hall & Oates were skillful enough to pull it off and became very su
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Postby Blaster » Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:59 am

I wouldn't consider them new wave either, but saying that they "incorporated elements of new wave", or somesuch, is a fair statement for some generic music description book to say.
By the 1980's MANY non-new wave acts were "incoporating" elements of new
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Postby phillyidol » Thu Jul 01, 2004 7:22 am

Hey blaster, good point. Sounds like a great topic to me, what artists incorporated elements of new wave into their acts?
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