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Interesting article in tomorrow's [2/13] New York Times. (requires membership - which if you don't have you should get - it's free)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/13/arts/ ... 3leed.html

No mention of U2 anywhere.

A few thoughts (aside from the glaring U2 omission):

1) Where in the hell did they get that awful picture of Debbie Harry? She looks like a drag queen on speed.

2) There was absolutely no mention of all the bands out today that sound like they are f

One of the main reasons why these new albums by '80s bands aren't selling is because they can't get radio and/or MTV/VH1 play. There's something in the article about a radio station not wanting to sound "dated" by playing these artists. What we have are p

Surly,
I think you are right about age not being such an issue in the 80s. A lot of my favorite bands were over 30, and I never heard that they were too old. It is strange that the radio programmers think that over 30 artists are too old. A lot of gre

[quote]Originally posted by ekahob
[br]Interesting article in tomorrow's [2/13] New York Times. (requires membership - which if you

The article means nothing. people's brains aren't open enough anymore because of the current state of radio and the music industry. Just because they've got an article out with a "clever title" doesn't make an impact on peoples intrest, unless they follow

Well I didn't take this atricle to heart because obviously the NWOP proves that the 80'w will live on. [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
I LOVE THE 80'S!

Sadly, a lot of New Wave fans refuse to grow with the groups they once loved. Duran Duran had a huge number of significant TV appearances that should've propelled "Astronaut" to big numbers so not having enough exposure wasn't a problem. Similarly, the Cu

[quote][i]Originally posted by knowitallrecs[/i]
<br>Sadly, a lot of New Wave fans refuse to grow with the groups they once loved. Duran Du

[quote][i]Originally posted by middlesexnj[/i]
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[quote][i]Originally posted by knowitallrecs[/i]
Beethoven is dead; the Cure are not.

Are you saying that there should be an expiration

The title of the article is a little out of touch. While I'm sure Duran Duran would like to sell a lot of albums they are probably just as happy with the nice advance. Even the article mentioned that they are selling out concerts and that's were the mon

I'm sure New Wave never died and it lived through the 90s and 00s with the bands mentioned above and it still has influence on new artists and bands performing 80s covers, it also has influence on young new wave fans who want to escape from the garbage

it's no surprise to me, those new yorjerk critic guys alwasy have something stupid to say. i'm sure glad i'm from the mid-west.

[quote][i]Originally posted by djsoss[/i]
<br>it's no surprise to me, those new yorjerk critic guys alwasy have something stupid to say. i'