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by **scramjet** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:53 am

Country?
Classical?
Singer-Songwriter (James Taylor, John Denver, Carly Simon, etc.)?
Hip Hop? (But Blondie did a rap song - of sorts)?
Lounge Jazz? (But Elvis Costello later went this direction)?
Heavy Metal?
Disco?
Hippy Rock? (CSNY, Grateful Dead, etc.)
Corporate Rock (Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx)?

I'm not sure. New wave was an attempt to break away from a lot of things but also incorporated a lot of things. What do you think?

by **Panorama** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:26 am

Country is the worst! It's the most anti new wave music of all you listed.

Of the remaining genres, I think you could find elements of each scattered throughout new wave history.

by **Cheetos** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:35 am

How about...

CORPORATE ANYTHING (money first) = BAD

...everything else, is personal preference.

by **phillyidol** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:24 am

The anti-new wave act of all time.......The Osmonds.

by **scramjet** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:36 am

"Anithesis" Thanks, kimiiii, that's the word I was looking for.

And on the subject of the Osmonds have you heard their cover of Bowie's "Fame"? I think "Puppy Love" is just crying out for a punk cover.

The Osmonds were largely bubblegum, a genre

by **ekahob** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:37 am

Wow, not a lot of love for country music here. Ever hear of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck or Gram Parsons? These guys were as punk as they come. Remember when Elvis Costello did a country album? He did this because his mu

by **scramjet** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:51 am

OK, maybe a distinction needs to be made between cool country (which is more rockabillyish) and the rest of the crap. I was doing some stuff in my yard Saturday and my next-door neighbor was washing his car to the acompanyment of "She Thinks My Tractor's

by **troutbreath** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:56 am

Let me suggest contemporary Christian from the days of new wave as its antithesis. Sandi Patti, Hale and Wilder, B.J. Thomas (btw – what was that whole BJ Thomas thing???) Way too much sugar for my liking! Today there are some really great Christian gr

by **hexicon** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:21 am

Ekahob, I'm with you and against you here.

Re country, as someone said earlier on another post, is there anything more Goth than Johnny Cash? Oooh, "Long Black Veil" scared me as a little kid. I can't stand the jingoistic country music that's popular

by **bpdp3** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:35 am

Love them or hate them, the undeniable antithesis of new wave is the GRATEFUL DEAD.

by **ExRat** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:05 am

I would guess the antithesis of New Wave would be soulful R&B -I'm not really knocking it, but I would be willing guess that Anita Baker and Luther Vandross aren't big fans of Devo.

by **scramjet** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:16 am

Yet, numeerous new wavish artists spent their careers or at least dabbled in "blue-eyed soul".

by **Grunch** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:50 am

Actually, when you think of the "anti" of something, it would typically be reactive to it, but country was here long before and way the heck after new wave, so it really is not. Actually, I don;t think any music theroetically has an "anti" unless you just

by **Grunch** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:53 am

Listen to early 77's, or Vector, and then rethink CCM being totally against or opposite new wave. Not necessarily so.

by **phillyidol** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 10:04 am

Hey Kimiii! I hate to admit it, but one sunday afternoon, there was nothing on tv so I go to ch.13(public tv) and they are playing that movie(or film of the play)and I watched it. I really liked it! Not for the same reason as you, but it was good. And he

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