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Was Loverboy new wave with an edge???
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:14 amby WoodlandParkPunk
They had a lot of new wave tendencies. Synth, poppy songs, outfits etc... Loved em'!!
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:31 amby ghosty
All I remember really liking about Loverboy was the blonde in the "Hot Girls In Love" video.
I can't even believe I used to sit and watch videos for hours on end in the 80's. I had a surplus of time when I was a teenager (sigh).
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:40 amby fritzb
I liked Loverboy's first two albums quite a bit. While they probably aren't what we all think of as New Wave, their heavy synth sounds mixed nicely with the New Wave and Power Pop of the early 80s. I like almost anything with synths in it. [8D]
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:56 amby MikeP
They were always more AOR to me -- Canada reigned supreme in that category back then. "Turn Me Loose" and "Take Me to the Top" are some of my faves, with cool synths to boot; "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" and "Working for the Weekend" were decent/passable, howe
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:18 amby Extremely 80s
Loverboy was just about as New Wave as Foreigner and Journey were.
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:23 amby oneno
No. They were as much of new wave as winger was hard rock.
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:06 amby EchoBeachBunnyBoy
[quote]Originally posted by WoodlandParkPunk
[br]They had a lot of new wave tendencies. Synth, poppy songs, outfits etc... Loved em
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:02 pmby buffalochipz
Yes, the Metropolis soundtrack is quite excellent although the Benatar song on the CD is slightly changed from the one in the movie. I forget exactly but it's not as good somehow. We played the movie in a pretty much continuous loop at the video store I
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:04 pmby Quite Life
NO!
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:07 pmby ekahob
Would it make you feel better if they were?
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:20 pmby bpdp3
I think they were originally kinda/sorta marketed as new-wave - - that cover on the first lp looks more new wave than hard-rock to me.
As for the music, I don't think so. I like it now more than I did then, kind of in a cheesy/reminiscent way. It's g
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Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:12 pmby devildog
Not really. More like pop-rock/AOR. Canada ROCKS!
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Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:10 amby EchoBeachBunnyBoy
[quote]Originally posted by buffalochipz
[br]Yes, the Metropolis soundtrack is quite excellent although the Benatar song on the CD i
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Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:24 amby KYYX4ever
No !
"More pop-rock/ AOR"....I would agree. it's quite funny how stuff I abhorred back then is kind of fun to listen to now, in a cheesy sort of way.
What about other pop-rockers with synths/the clothes...Asia ( "Heat of the Moment"); whoever else
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Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:37 amby christsmasher
Styx kinda fall into this category with Mr. Roboto, don'tcha think? Not New Wave, but Rock that crossed over into Pop.
I'm Canadian, and I love the Loverboy. There is just SOMETHING about that headband, lol. "Hot Girls in Love", not yet mentioned,