Kim Wilde:

[newwavepopman]

Loved her music and her looks period.She didn't last very long at least over here in the states.But she did have a bunch of hits overseas,like in the UK and everywhere else.She is my second favorite female New Wave artist of all time.I know some of you are going to say that she was never really New Wave,well all I know is that the Trouser Press Guide To New Wave has her in their books.I always looked at Kim as being a New Wave singer.Plus,not very long ago she was on that Here And NOw Tour with other New Wave artists.


To quite a few people Kim has always been looked at as nothing more than an 80's New Wave singer that drew a line in the sand between New Wave and Bubblegum,and when I say Bubblegum I don't mean the 60's style of Bubblegum.What I mean is like the Stock,Aitken Waterman kind of Bubblegum.Along with Kylie Minogue as well.

Well I can see how alot of people put Kylie in that catagory back in the 80's,but nowadays she has more of a New Wave Techno style and sound,and she has really gone past that Stock Aitken Waterman Bubblegum image from the 80's and really has moved on.

[dead_irony@yahoo.com]

I'm still trying to figure out why "Kids in America"--a great pop song--mentioned East California? I've been to East California, as in Blythe (border of CA and AZ) and there is nothing there but gas stations, a handful of churches, and a lot of dust. Very

[fritzb]

Yeah, Kim Wilde never really got much attention in the USA as a New Wave artist, inspite of the fact that her first 4 albums really are New Wave. Only a few of her albums were even released in the States (Kim Wilde (1981), Teases & Dares (1984), Another

[Ollie Stench]

24 years on and I still swoon over Kim Wilde. The first album and the follow-up, "Select", are 2 very fine pop/new wave albums.

I saw James Stevenson (guitar player on the first album) at the Punk AIde festival in 2001 when he was playing with Chelsea

[skinnytie]

I never particularly liked Kim Wilde. To me, she seemed like some kid who was trying to jump onto the New Wave bandwagon, and trying a little too hard at that. I always categorized her with other female singers in the early 80's that were out at the tim

[fritzb]

Skinnytie, you heard correctly about the gardening show. Kim is quite the little Suzy Homemaker these days; she's also the "Kitchen Diva" for the German-based retailer Tchibo. I guess she's looking to be the next Martha Stewart? D'Oh!!! [:p]

[randy]

Best song--You'll Never Be So Wrong.
Liked her old stuff but recently picked up a greatest hits cd--I've decided anything after 86 is lame.

[fritzb]

Personally I like her non-hits better than many of her hits.

[Jimbo]

[quote]Originally posted by dead_irony@yahoo.com
[br]I'm still trying to figure out why "Kids in America"--a great pop song--mention

[fritzb]

Actually most of Kim Wilde's early songs were written by Marty & Ricki Wilde (her father & brother). Marty Wilde was actually a bit of a pop star himself back in the 50s and 60s.

[Jimbo]

http://www.kimwilde.com/tv/1981.html

[Elf]

She was Hot Stuff when she was younger--loved her!!!!!!!!!
Cambodia rocks!!

[savethewave]

I have every 12" and every album from "Kim Wilde" to "Another Step," and I agree that "Select" is a great record. Even "Catch as Catch Can," is kinda New Wavey.

I'm not like "Mr. Obsessed With Kim Wilde Guy;" I just spend a LOT of time in used record

[A2sportsguy]

My favorite? "Suburbs of Moscow." Kind of a companion piece to Shona Lang's "Soviet Snow." How I would love to find an MP3 of either song on the Internet...

[Grunch]

My all-time favorite track by Kim Wilde was actually a 7 minute plus b-side track, great dance song, called 'Lovers On A Beach' which was the flip side on the 12" extended mix of 'The Second Time' - if you have heard 'Lovers On A Beach' you know what I me