New Wave Outpost Forum

I never understood really why some of the New Wave radio stations and music video shows like MV3 and quite a few of the New Wave clubs would always seem to play alot of his songs,when he really wasn't all that New Wave really.Heck,for that matter no matter what time of the day it was back in the early 80's WLIR would always play alot of his songs quite a bit,so much so that they would shove Eddy Grant down your throat.I can recall WLIR not only playing Electric Avenue quit a bit,but also these following songs too.

I Don't Wanna Dance
Living On The Frontline
Do You Feel My Love
War Party
Till I Can't Take Love No More
Come And Make Me Love You(Believe it or not this song also became a Screamer Of the Week on WLIR at one time too)At least I think so.
Romancing The Stone(Now this is one of the few songs by Eddy Grant that I would consider New Wave somewhat.New Wave with a funk beat.
Gimme Hope Jo'Anna(My favorite of all of his hits,and this too was sort of New Wavey.Not nearly played to death like most of his other hits were at the time.
Walking On Sunshine(Not the Katrina And The Waves song,but a different song entirely.

I didn't reaalize that he had this many hits.No wonder why stations like WLIR used to play alot of his hits to death at one time,and the music video stations too.Don't get me wrong,I liked quite a bit by Eddy Grant,but when you've heard Electric Avenue for about the millionth time,you say to yourself,okay I have had enough of this.

Today I can listen to his music without getting tired of his songs as much as I did back then.Does anyone else feel the same way about alot of Eddy Grant's music that he was overexposed a little too much,and that the radio stations and clubs would just shove his music down your throat too much back then? I would say that he was more of a Reggae artist than a New Wave one.

Well, of course he was a reggae artist but I do not know if he was pushed down our throats. I do remember MTV playing Electric Avenue on the hour, every hour. I have to admit that Electric Avenue had an intriguing sound and I enjoyed it quite a bit!

newwavepopman, WLIR would always play Bob Marley, and I wouldn't consider him new wave in the least. Perhaps because of the ties between reggae and certain new wave bands, he fit in for a time, and he certainly did to capture that sound in some of his hits. And don't forget, the Clash did a cover of his song "Police on My Back" for the Sandinista album. [:)]

i liked his stuff too, romancing the stone, telepathy, electric avenue, i don't wanna dance.... a lot of good tunes

Whatever happened to him, is he still alive?

Wow !!! I never knew that Eddy Grant had all of those songs. In fact I always thought he was a one hit wonder. [xx(] By the way are any of those other songs any good ??????

I've always really like Eddy Grant, so I didn't mind him being lumped in with new wave artists...even if his music didn't quite fit. Always thought it was cool in the "Romancing the Stone" video how the guitar falls out of the sky into his hands for the solo...I was pretty easily impressed as a teenager. Eddy Grant fact: he bought the rights to tons of calypso music and makes some pretty serious coin off of it now.

I always enjoyed Eddie--how can you NOT love that reggae sound!!!??? Even depressing reggae songs sound happy!!

I only know "Electric Avenue". I have passing memorites of "I Don't Wanna Dance", so I guess here in the midwest he wasn't really shoved down our throats.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/granteddy.shtml

Eddy it's a really popular choice for Argentina's classic radio stations to put on. I hear him frequently on them and not just "Electric Avenue".
But he's not NW, he's reggae.

Mercedes

Well, reggae fans would tell you he's not. Poor Eddy is a part of both camps, but not truly at home with either.

To further cloud the issue, Eddy also gets lumped in with disco as well.

Walking on Sunshine & other songs were played quite a bit in the discos in the late 70s.

So in other words, Eddy Grant is one of the rare artist who can adapt to many different genres. Not a bad position to hold, unless you want your cd's carried in the stores, but nobody knows where the f--- to place you on the shelves.

You're absolutely right. I can't think of many artists who spanned genres like that all at once.

Might be an interesting thread...

Kraftwerk did. They were big in new wave, hip hop and house music.
Prince also crosses from funk to pop to rock.

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<br>Kraftwerk did. They were big in new wave, hip hop and house music.
Prince also crosses from funk to pop to rock.
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Not to keep playing the same old song, but Kraftwerk's Man Machine & Trans-Europe Express were heavilly marketed to the disco audience too.