New Wave Outpost Forum

Here's a subject (one of two) that got started at work this week about 80's music: 80's Bands or Artists that were NOT New Wave but tried to cross over.

Examples:
Village People > 5 O'Clock In The Morning
Gino Vanelli > Black Cars

I remember just about everybody in Pop trying this out.

What were your favorates (or total losses) you remember...

How 'bout some of the rock veterans and 60's/70's artists testing the waters or trying to jump on the bandwagon:

Bill Wyman (1982 self-titled album w/ "Si, Si, Je Suis un rock Star")
The Kinks - "Come Dancing" (their contribution to the 2nd wave of sk

the FRIDA song was great, and a good video as well. Phil Collins rips it up on the drums. I got the import CD just for that one song!!

As we had our talk at work last week, Neil Young and his DEVO connections reached the top of our list (remember the 50's/new wave edged Wonderin'?!?) as well as Kim Carnes.

We tried to keep synthesizers out of the running as too many artist used them a

There was a similar thread: http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.as ... rms=clones

Rod Stewart adopted a new wave look and wore stripes like Phil Seymour on his "Foolish Behaviour" cover, but surprisingly didn't do a new wave soundin

Billy Joel - His Glass Houses album contains a couple pretty credible (hard to admit because I'm really not a BJ fan) stabs at wavin' it:
"Sometimes a Fantasy" is the new-waviest, but "Still Rock & Roll to Me" and "You May Be Right" are new-wave tinged p

I'm not a B Joel fan either, but I remember 'Pressure' from the Nylon Curtain? Definite new wave leanings. The video as interesting too.
Scarier new wave leanings...Olivia Newton-John w/'Make A Move On Me' & 'Heart Attack' & her cheesy New Romantic look.

[quote]Originally posted by BHols
I'm not a B Joel fan either, but I remember 'Pressure' from the Nylon Curtain? Definite new wave leanings

On the flipside, Debbie Harry's Blondie going disco with Heart of Glass was always a favorite of mine.