Can someone accurately name all the NW bands that dominated the charts through the time span from 1979-1990 for the US and UK combined?
1979 - Blondie
1980 - Blondie
1981 - Blondie?
1982 - The Police?
1983 - The Police?
1984 - Duran Duran?
1985 - Duran Duran?
1986 - Duran Duran?
1987 -?
1988 - U2?
1989 - U2?
1990 - U2?
I'm totally guessing here and I'm probably way off.
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Chart Success Time Span for NW
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by guyinsf » Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:55 pm
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by MonkeyTrousers » Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:30 pm
Hard to say considering the VAST differences in UK and US charts and how they work. A lot of top ten in the UK have never even had a top 100 in the US. Two different worlds I'm afraid. But a damn good query.
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by schwenko » Mon Sep 12, 2005 2:14 am
I would agree with the Police in your listing. I would say that in the USA they had the greatest chart success (if not, then Blondie). U2 hit the big time later (in the USA), but then you run into the perennial problem of "what is new wave". Personnally, after 1985 virtually everything that I like I would qualify as "Alternative", not what I would call New Wave (a few exceptions exist, such as Camouflage, Cetu Javu...)
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by WolverineSyr » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:52 am
Looking at it from a Top 40 success viewpoint:
I might throw Culture Club into 1983. It seemed no matter where you went there they were, and they had a few singles chart highly & get a lot of play on Mtv.
I think Cyndi Lauper might qualify for 1984.
The Police had a great run from 79 to 82, but after Every Breath You Take, they weren't making such a huge impact as they once did.
One thing that always bothered me is that looking at the US charts, the casual observer would think New Wave was full of one or two hit wonders - Human League, Pretenders, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Joan Jett, Berlin, Motels, etc. - which WE know is not the case!
I think Blondie, Duran, U2, Police were definitely the exceptions with some consistant chart success.
I might throw Culture Club into 1983. It seemed no matter where you went there they were, and they had a few singles chart highly & get a lot of play on Mtv.
I think Cyndi Lauper might qualify for 1984.
The Police had a great run from 79 to 82, but after Every Breath You Take, they weren't making such a huge impact as they once did.
One thing that always bothered me is that looking at the US charts, the casual observer would think New Wave was full of one or two hit wonders - Human League, Pretenders, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Joan Jett, Berlin, Motels, etc. - which WE know is not the case!
I think Blondie, Duran, U2, Police were definitely the exceptions with some consistant chart success.
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by guyinsf » Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:58 pm
Oh yeah, I did forget about Culture Club and maybe in 1983 and 1984?, they were the biggest new wave band in the world. However, I would never consider Cyndi lauper NW, relatively she was more NW than Madonna though.
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by Panorama » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:03 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by MonkeyTrousers[/i]
<br>Hard to say considering the VAST differences in UK and US charts and how they work. A lot of top ten in the UK have never even had a top 100 in the US. Two different worlds I'm afraid. But a damn good query.[/quote]
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<br>Hard to say considering the VAST differences in UK and US charts and how they work. A lot of top ten in the UK have never even had a top 100 in the US. Two different worlds I'm afraid. But a damn good query.[/quote]
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