New Wave Outpost Forum

Their very first album I really couldn't get into.It sounded more like a cross between Jazz and mid 70's Disco.So it did not impress me at all.But their second album impressed me alot.Couldn't believe the guest singers that they had on that album,such as Ozzy Osborne singing a New Wave song.I never got the impression,that Ozzy could do any song in a New Wave style.It just wasn't him.And of all people Mel Torme is a musical guest on one of the songs,geez.But their big hit from that album Knocked Down Made Small was a great song.I believe that Don Was is still around either making music today,or at least producing other artists.

I don't think that Was Not Was is still around though.Their next album with "Walk The Dinosaur" I felt wasn't very good.It had more of a funk and a R&B sound to it,then it did a New Wave sound.But yet I still like "Walk The Dinosaur" Just not the rest of that album too much.

I have to agree with you about Was Not Was. Born To Laugh At Tornados is an excellent piece of work. It is out of print and fetches good bids on Ebay these days. However, their other albums did not impress me. Don Was is a major producer so I guess he

Considering that Was Not Was were signed to Ze Records, it's not surprising they would have that Jazz/Disco flavor to their music, as a lot of their artists did. I find that listening to it nowadays, I liked the first album a lot more when it was first r

I think that early was(not was) were fantastic: way ahead of their time with the disco/alternative/rock crossover sounds.

Genius lyrics and fantastic music.

The version of Out Come the freaks from '83 is one of my top tunes of all time. Also their