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by **guyinsf** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:47 am

Are there any major new wave groups with huge followings but for some reason they have never been able to rock your boat? For me it's the Police and U2. I like many of their songs but never enough to buy any of their CDs or go to any of their concerts, always been content with just listening to them on the radio but never get excited over them in any way.

by **zill** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:50 am

Freur.

Oh wait, that'd be a Dootergroup not a Supergroup.

by **Nakedprey** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:38 pm

I tried to get into The Police recently, and I've liked a couple of songs but I can't stand most of the singles. In fact, "Every Breath You Take" is on a short list of songs I never need to hear again.

by **Frank_Chickens** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:33 am

Smiths, Cure, Morrissey, New Order, Joy Division, Gary Numan, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode..

by **empyrean** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:00 pm

The Alarm. big country. then jericho. hoodoo gurus. cetu jevu. the animals. edie brickel and the new bohemians. abc. dead milkmen.

wait, are they supergroup? [:D]

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by **i_like_lectric_motors** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:09 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by empyrean[/i]
 The Alarm. big country. then jericho. hoodoo gurus. cetu jevu. the animals. edie brickel and the new bohemians. abc. dead milkmen.

wait, are they supergroup? [:D]

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No, but neither are any of the groups listed by everyone else in the thread so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

by **oldnewwaver** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:32 pm

there are 3 bands that I could not get into in the 80's

Depeche More
The Smiths
The Cure
U2

I think the reason is when I was working at a record store during 84-85, when these groups got huge, everyone was buying all their music and they became hugely popular.
Don't get me wrong, I do like early Depeche and the Cure.
Never been a big fan of the Smiths: never can get into Morrisey's moping and his voice (always thought he sounded like Pee Wee Herman for some reason).
As far as U2, I did not get into the political arena thing with them and always thought they were a little bit on the preachy side.
Big fan of War but it seems every record had to bigger than the last one.

by **TragicMagic** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:35 pm

The Cars for me. I dont mind a few of their songs, but have never purchased any albums.

by **KYYX4ever** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:09 am

U2

I quite like early U2, but after a while all their songs just sounded the same to me.

by **tiger_mn** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:23 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by oldnewwaver[/i]
 there are 3 bands that I could not get into in the 80's

Depeche More
The Smiths
The Cure
U2

I think the reason is when I was working at a record store during 84-85, when these groups got huge, everyone was buying all their music and they became hugely popular.
Don't get me wrong, I do like early Depeche and the Cure.
Never been a big fan of the Smiths: never can get into Morrisey's moping and his voice (always thought he sounded like Pee Wee Herman for some reason).
As far as U2, I did not get into the political arena thing with them and always thought they were a little bit on the preachy side.
Big fan of War but it seems every record had to bigger than the last one.

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Apparently you couldn't get into counting, either.

by **oldnewwaver** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:03 am

as I was writing, I added another and whoops! I realzied I had 3 instead of 4.

by **djcraig** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:03 am

Boingo.

I had a friend who was rabid about them as seemingly most Boingo fans are. A little too frenetic/frantic for me.

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by **zill** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 1:42 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by oldnewwaver[/i]
 as I was writing, I added another and whoops! I realzied I had 3 instead of 4.
[/quote]

There are only 3 types of people in the world. Those who can count and those that can't.

by **Frau_Blucher** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:54 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by zill[/i]
 [quote][i]Originally posted by oldnewwaver[/i]
 as I was writing, I added another and whoops! I realzied I had 3 instead of 4.
[/quote]
There are only 3 types of people in the world. Those who can count and those that can't.
[/quote]
3 words...pay attention.

by **deevo0** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:44 am

Back in the day the groups I never got too excited about were talking heads, u2, and the police (synchronicity? please) ... now I like the early work by all these bands. I also listened to a ton of XTC back in the day until I finally decided they were too clever by half and I just didn't like them. So I stopped listening. But now I kinda like the Go 2 period. So I guess for me the early period is usually best ... for the name brands anyway.

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