New Wave Outpost Forum

I have been reading for a few weeks now and you are bringing back memories of KYYX, dances and growing up in the 80’s - thanks!

Here is my question:

New Wave was my music growing up and still is in many ways. That said, it was not who I was. I was and am rather conservative in politics and religion. Yet, Devo, Thompson Twins, Oingo Boingo, The Clash, The Alarm, B-52’s and Psychedelic Furs were all on heavy rotation on my personal sound track. Was I alone? Anyone else dance to the beat even though it clashed with who they were?

TIA,

TB

That is an excellent topic.

I wholeheartedly admit that the Music made me. It exposed me, shaped me, influenced me, and i embraced it in turn. It shaped my political beliefs ( Reagan, the Republicans, & Thatcher were bad; nuclear war was worse); my va

Most definately. New Wave inspired me to play the drums(Terry Bozzio) and the bass(Ben Orr). I followed my musical ambitions to music school after high school and was heavily involved in the new wave movement in Atlanta during the 80's. My life today revo

Ooh, this is a GREAT topic! It's deep.

I was a musical kid, and at the age of around ten I was told that I was a gifted singer. So from that age on, everything revolved around that. I sang classical music, but my family encouraged me to like all kin

New wave music changed my life. I grew up in guido infested Brooklyn. If you don't know what guido's or cooshines are, watch satur[:D]day night fever. It's all true! Anyway I grew up with narrow minded people who all had the same views on everything. It w

Yep. A New Waver then, a New Waver now. Still love the music and still live my life around it.

I must concur with the other positive responses.
Music can influence ideas, fashion, politics, faith.
Two people can hear the same song & each get something different out of it. The individuality factor kicks in, separating creative minds from the trend

I The B-52's perform on SNL back in 1979 and it changed my life - it was the first time I was exposed to music that was "out of the mainstream." I was still a kid then, but as the years went on I kept searching for more of this "different" music (as oppos

Music has always been one of my favorite things in life,so I think that it has sometimes influenced me, but that the music that I chose to listen to also reflected who I was and the events in my life. When I discovered new wave as a kid in the late seven

I'm not sure music itself is political-I can name lots of Reagan kids who listened to the DK's and Black Flag in the 80s-they sure weren't picking up the political message-

I think I was who I was in terms of my belief systems and like a lot of people,

From the time I was in preschool I knew I didin't fit in with everyone else. 1976, at 8 years old, I heard "Autobahn" by Kraftwerk and realized that there was "something else" out there. When I was 12 (1980) I was already being called apunk or a New Wav

Wow, excellent subject matter! And excellent responses from everybody!

New Wave music absolutely influenced me, without question. And it was a major part of who I was, and still am. The whole scene embraced individuality - something which was highly ou

Well said man! And greatings from Brooklyn, your old stomping grounds!

Thanks buddy!

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Well I for one was never outrageously stupid looking. Nor was I ugly or a misfit. I had girls from every clique giving me their phone numbers. Maybe that's part of the reason some of the guys seemed to resent me.....oh well, LOL!