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New Wave American Idol
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:43 amby bpdp3
Ok, I admit I watch American Idol with a sick perverse curiosity - -
But what if they aired the show circa '83 and all OUR heros were the contestants. Which new wave vocalist could've won something like this?
I'm thinking maybe someone like Paul Young.
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:55 amby i_like_lectric_motors
Tony Hadley
Boy George
George Michael
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:01 amby Abercrombie-Ai
Green Gartside
David Gahan
Neil Tenet
Alison Moyet
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:12 amby yipyipcoyote
Diamanda Galas
I can just imagine Simon Cowell covering his ears and rolling around the floor in agony.
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:36 amby ben_at_work
[quote][i]Originally posted by yipyipcoyote[/i]
<br>Diamanda Galas
I can just imagine Simon Cowell covering his ears and rolling around
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:54 amby design_femme
great topic!
and even better answers!
off the top of my head:
Phil Oakley
Annie Lennox
Klaus Nomi could show up for the early auditions, in full makeup and costume, and perform "Falling In Love Again", totally deadpan. Just to see the judges' j
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:12 amby i_like_lectric_motors
[quote][i]Originally posted by ben_at_work[/i]
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:13 pmby more than this
Huey Lewis would've ran away with it. He wouldn't have had to worry about George Michael, Alison Moyet, Tony Hadley, Annie Lennox, Boy George, or Martin Fry because they weren't american. What? Not a Huey fan? Ok, how about Terri Nunn then. I can't think
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:03 pmby middlesexnj
[quote][i]Originally posted by yipyipcoyote[/i]
<br>Diamanda Galas
I can just imagine Simon Cowell covering his ears and rolling around
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:52 pmby 2Nu
[quote][i]Originally posted by design_femme[/i]
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Klaus Nomi could show up for the early auditions, in full makeup and costume, and per
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:17 pmby neworder
The truth is stranger than fiction.
In the UK we recently had a tv show called REBORN IN THE USA giving 80's popstars a chance to revive their carreers. They travelled around the US in a bus, stopping at small towns, performing and being voted out by t
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Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:21 pmby marie3
[quote][i]Originally posted by Abercrombie-Ai[/i]
<br>Green Gartside
David Gahan
Neil Tenet
Alison Moyet
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Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:22 amby mygreen
[quote][i]Originally posted by marie3[/i]
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Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:02 amby newwavepop
i just wish they could have something like this for people that are actually creative and talented.
no americans? cyndi lauper.
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Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:31 amby more than this
[quote][i]Originally posted by neworder[/i]
<BR>In the UK we recently had a tv show called REBORN IN THE USA giving 80's popstars a chance