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The Tubes
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Mon May 31, 2004 4:54 amby devildog
Do you consider them new wave? proto-new wave? proto punk? Or Other?
Your thoughts please!
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Mon May 31, 2004 5:55 amby fritzb
The Tubes are difficult to characterize style-wise. It varied from album to album, even song to song. They did it all - punk, new wave, pop, funk, rock, glam....
Of course, in their early pre-commercial period, they were best known for their elaborat
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Mon May 31, 2004 10:10 amby romanticide
The Completion Backward Principle was certainly new wave, with "Talk to Ya Later" and "Don't Want to Wait Any More". "She's a Beauty" is new wave as well, but not nearly as catchy or interesting.
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Mon May 31, 2004 12:57 pmby randy
Personal favorite---Cathy's Clone.
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Mon May 31, 2004 1:23 pmby Dave
[quote]Originally posted by romanticide
[br]The Completion Backward Principle was certainly new wave, with "Talk to Ya Later" and "D
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Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:38 amby oneno
I Love remote control (Produced by Todd Rundgren) How bout the TRASH album (Tubes Rarities And Smash Hits) they did a cover of Muskrat Love.Love white punks on dope too.
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Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:55 amby philware
I love Remote Control. I've played my vinyl copy of it to death! "TV is King" is one of my favorite tunes ever. I saw the Tubes at the Savoy in Manhattan somtime around 1981 and it was awesome. In my opinion they are New Wave.
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Tue Jun 01, 2004 11:23 amby skinnytie
I liked "Remote Control" too, even down to them using the Hollywood Squares set on the package. I always wondered how the album would have sounded without Todd Rundgren as producer; to me, the album sounded like a Utopia record, especially "Adventures in